Politics

No, Pak flag was not bigger or placed higher than Indian flag in Kerala mall

Abira Das14th October 202314th October 2023

A picture depicting the Pakistani flag apparently bigger in size and apparently placed higher than the Indian flag has gone viral on social media. Social media users have added a…

RSS mouthpiece Organiser shares 2022 Sweden video falsely linking it to Israel-Hamas war

Shreyatama Datta14th October 2023

A 15-second video, in which two smaller clips are added one after the other, has gone viral on social media. It shows a police van being attacked. In the first…

Two-yr-old video of antisemitic rally in London viral amid ongoing war

Oishani Bhattacharya14th October 202317th October 2023

Amid the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, a video of a fleet of cars with Palestinian flags is viral on social media with the claim that the visuals are…

US aid to Israel: Viral video of aircraft is made up of unrelated, old clips

Shinjinee Majumder12th October 2023

A video apparently showing the “US military sending huge planes full of heavy-duty equipment to Israel” in the war against Hamas is viral on social media. X user @MattWallace888 tweeted…

Ad film shooting clip viral as visuals of violence from Israel-Palestine conflict

Oishani Bhattacharya12th October 2023

Against the backdrop of the Israel-Palestine conflict that has now escalated into a war, a 20-second clip has surfaced on social media that features a man with a bloodied face…

Disinformation, falsehoods flood social media as Israel-Hamas conflict escalates into full-blown war

Shinjinee Majumder11th October 202312th October 2023

Entering its fifth day on October 11, the Israel-Palestine conflict all but escalated into a full-blown war with the Israeli military confirming that dozens of its fighter jets had struck…

Israel-Palestine war: Unrelated, old clips shared as visuals of ongoing conflict

Abhishek Kumar11th October 202312th October 2023

Entering its fifth day on October 11, the Israel-Palestine conflict all but escalated into a full-blown war with the Israeli military confirming that dozens of its fighter jets had struck…

2021 incident of sexual assault in Bengaluru viral as rape of Hindu woman in Bangladesh amid ongoing crisis

Oishani Bhattacharya11th October 20236th August 2024

Trigger Warning: Sexual Violence A photo is being widely shared on social media with the claim that it shows the rape of a Hindu woman in Bangladesh amid the ongoing…

Israel-Palestine conflict: 2020 video of protest in Iran Parliament shared as recent; false report by Times Now

Shreyatama Datta10th October 2023

Amid the ongoing Israel-Palestine conflict, media outlet Times Now put out a report claiming that Iranian members of Parliament chanted the slogans ‘Death to Israel’ and ‘Death to America’ inside…

Ambassador fact-checks edu-fair ad which shows German palace as Indian boarding school

Abira Das6th October 2023

Some Indian newspapers recently published an advertisement for an event in New Delhi where various boarding schools will come together for interaction with guardians and on-spot registration. The ad contained…