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    Shinjinee Majumder & Abhishek Kumar

    Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

    29th April 20253rd May 2025
    At least 26 people were killed in the picturesque Baisaran valley near Pahalgam in Anantnag district on April 22 in the deadliest terror attack targetting tourists in Kashmir in recent...
    Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India
    Shinjinee Majumder

    To fellow Indians, with love: How little, nameless acts of kindness & mutual respect defeated hate this Eid

    5th April 20255th April 2025
    “Tum kala kamal likho, hum lal gulaab likhenge…” [Roughly translated as: You may say the rose is black, we shall keep saying it’s red, tinged in the colour of love.]...
    To fellow Indians, with love: How little, nameless acts of kindness & mutual respect defeated hate this Eid

    Video of man falling into puddle of water is digitally altered

    Kalim Ahmed10th June 2021

    As IMD forecasted heavy rainfall in parts of India, including Maharashtra, a video of a man purportedly disappearing after falling into a puddle of water has been shared on social…

    Fact-check: Are circuit boards with ‘COV 19’ engraving being installed on 5G towers?

    Jignesh Patel3rd June 20213rd June 2021

    A video of a man presenting himself as a telecom engineer and showing equipment labelled ‘COV-19’ to be installed in 5G towers is doing the rounds on WhatsApp. The man…

    Old image from Agra shared as Budaun cop carrying dead body on shoulders

    Kinjal19th May 2021

    A photograph of a policeman carrying a corpse on his shoulders has been shared by Congress MLA Aradhana Misra-Mona with the claim, “Family abandons the dead and a Badayun cop…

    Old video from Saudi Arabia shared as Cyclone Tauktae’s devastation in Mumbai

    Archit19th May 2021

    In the backdrop of India’s west coast region witnessing the devastation of Cyclone Tauktae, several social media users have posted a clip of concrete falling on parked cars during a…

    Video from 2018 falsely shared as ‘5G tower’ caught fire in Gujarat

    Archit13th May 202113th May 2021

    A 90-second video of mobile tower in flames has been shared on social media with the claim that it is from Gujarat. Some Twitter users have shared a 40-second clip…

    Photo of man transporting dead body on rickshaw is from 2017

    Kalim Ahmed7th May 20217th May 2021

    The second wave of COVID-19 in India has taken a heavy toll on healthcare infrastructure, with 4,12,262 new coronavirus cases reported on May 6, 2021. Citizens are overwhelmed, with many…

    Video of Reliance stickers installed on oxygen tankers viral with false claim

    Archit1st May 2021

    The second wave of COVID-19 in India has taken a heavy toll on health care infrastructure. In response, several countries have committed to supply raw materials required for vaccines, oxygen…

    Video of people fainting after Vizag gas leak last year falsely linked to COVID second wave

    Anuradha Prasad29th April 2021

    India is overwhelmed with a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic caused by a more infectious strain of the coronavirus and the government’s apathetic response to the crisis. Photographs of…

    CCTV from 2020 falsely viral as COVID patient killed in Bengaluru’s Oxford hospital

    Archit27th April 202128th April 2021

    A CCTV footage from a hospital that shows the staff thrashing a patient behind curtains is being circulated on WhatsApp. It is being shared with the claim that the government…

    Video of man tossing money on New York streets is not related to COVID

    Archit17th April 20217th June 2021

    A video of a man tossing money in New York’s Time Square is being shared on social media along with the text, “A man died in New York City, due…

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