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Ruckus in a bus: Kasaragod college students’ protest given communal twist on social media

Shinjinee Majumder28th October 202328th October 2023

A video of a group of women clad in burqa on a bus engaged in an altercation with a woman in a saree is viral with the claim that the…

Rahul Gandhi’s pic with Amitabh Dubey & latter’s wife Amulya Gopalakrishnan viral with misleading claims

Shreyatama Datta28th October 2023

Two images of Rahul Gandhi with a few men and a woman in a brown shirt have been shared by several Right Wing users on X (formerly Twitter). The photographs…

Video of Catholic family celebrating daughter’s first communion viral with ‘Muslim man marrying girl child’ claim

Oishani Bhattacharya28th October 202328th October 2023

A video of a man presenting a ring to a young girl at what seems to be a family event is viral on social media. Several users have shared the…

Halloween photo used earlier as meme shared to mock Gaza’s death-toll claims

Oishani Bhattacharya27th October 202327th October 2023

An image of a person sitting with a white sheet wrapped around their body and a phone in their hand is viral on social media. Pro-Israel social media users are…

False claim by Israel: Patient in viral video is not an ‘actor’, but a survivor of West Bank refugee camp raid in July

Oishani Bhattacharya & Mohammed Zubair26th October 202327th October 2023

A video of an intubated man on a hospital bed is viral on social media amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Several users claim that the man is an actor playing…

No, Indian flag was not banned at Chepauk during Pak vs Af match

Shinjinee Majumder26th October 202330th October 2023

Claims of the Indian tricolour being banned at the Chepauk or M A Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai surfaced online after a police sub-inspector was seen picking up an Indian flag…

‘Javed Hussain’ disparaging Hindus of Haridwar in viral video is actually Dilip Bhagel: Police

Oishani Bhattacharya25th October 202326th October 2023

A 1.30-minute-long clip is viral on social media where a man who claims to be Javed Hussain can be heard saying that there are no Hindus in Haridwar who can…

Video of child trapped in Tajikistan mudslide falsely linked to Gaza violence

Shreyatama Datta23rd October 2023

Even as reports came in about Israel intensifying the bombing of Gaza, a video of a child, eyes closed, crouching under a tree in darkness is in circulation. The child…

‘Save Gaza’ march in Kerala: Flag used is not Italian, but of Welfare Party of India

Shinjinee Majumder23rd October 2023

A video of a pro-Palestine march held in Kerala is viral on social media. Users claimed that the flag carried by demonstrators was the national flag of Italy. National secretary…

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Old video of aviation minister K R Naidu dancing falsely viral amid Indigo crisis

Hindi is not India’s national language; Bengal governor C V Ananda Bose amplifies oft-repeated falsehood