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Viral video of woman beaten up by men: No communal angle to the 2-yr-old incident

Abhishek Kumar3rd February 20233rd February 2023

A purported video of a Dalit woman being beaten up for bathing in a water body is making the rounds on social media. The footage shows a group of young…

No, renaming of UAE area to ‘Hind City’ has got nothing to do with Hindus or Indians

Archit2nd February 20237th February 2023

On January 29, Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum issued instructions to rename Al Menhad area and its surroundings ‘Hind City’….

Unrelated, old videos viral as audience reaction to Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Pathaan’

Vansh Shah2nd February 2023

Despite boycott calls from some sections including the Indian Right Wing, Shah Rukh Khan’s film ‘Pathaan’ has set the box office on fire. Against this backdrop, social media users have…

BJP leaders tweet clipped video, share T R Baalu’s remarks on ‘demolishing temples’ sans context

Kalim Ahmed31st January 2023

A 40-second-long clip of DMK MP T R Baalu speaking at an event has gone viral on social media. It is claimed that the leader was boasting about demolishing Hindu…

Rahul Gandhi’s photo with UK politician falsely viral as him meeting BBC Modi-docu producer

Vansh Shah28th January 202328th January 2023

The BBC documentary, India: The Modi question, which questions Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots has been banned in India by the BJP government by using emergency powers…

Misreporting by major news outlets; Pakistan flag was not hoisted in Bihar’s Purnea

Shinjinee Majumder27th January 202327th January 2023

On January 26, 2023, news broke that a Pakistani flag had been hoisted on a residential building in Madhubani Sipahi Tola area in Purnea, Bihar. Several news media outlets reported…

Image of burqa-clad students who won scholarships shared with false communal claim

Archit27th January 202327th January 2023

An image of burqa-clad girls receiving scholarships from Kerala-based Malabar Charitable Trust is being shared on Twitter. The girls are holding certificates and posing for photographs on a stage. The…

Devesh Kumar: Untangling a complex web of lies and deceit

Kalim Ahmed & Mahaprajna Nayak26th January 202327th January 2023

On October 30, 2022, The Wire registered a police complaint against journalist Devesh Kumar for allegedly fabricating and supplying documents, emails, and video with a view to damage the media…

2014 copter crash video shared as Kyiv accident that killed Ukraine minister

Vansh Shah26th January 2023

On January 18, a helicopter crashed in a residential area in the suburbs of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv resulting in the death of 14 people including a minor, the country’s…

IT Rules amendments: Can PIB be given carte blanche to decide what is ‘fake’?

Archit25th January 202326th January 2023

The ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY) on January 17 uploaded a new draft of amendments to the IT (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, which…