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This ‘good Samaritan’ video is a scripted drama

Priyanka Jha9th December 2021

A video of an autorickshaw breaking down while the pregnant woman inside the vehicle is crying in pain is viral on social media. The driver motions other vehicles on the…

Fictional movie poster ‘The Omicron Variant’ believed to be true

Archit2nd December 2021

The World Health Organisation has declared the new SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.529 as a “variant of concern”. It has been named Omicron and its first incidence was reported to WHO from…

Awareness video showing woman’s abduction believed to be true

Priyanka Jha2nd December 2021

A CCTV video of a group of men kidnapping a woman has been circulating widely on social media. In the clip, the woman can be seen waiting on the side…

Scripted video of youth dying due to ‘birthday bumps’ believed to be true

Priyanka Jha2nd December 2021

A CCTV clip of a group of young men participating in a birthday celebration is viral on social media. The video shows the youth giving the birthday boy ‘birthday bumps’…

Mock drill video of Maharashtra police capturing terrorists in bus depot shared as genuine

Kinjal1st November 2021

A video of police escorting two masked men off a bus is viral online. It has been claimed that police in Maharashtra’s Amravati captured two terrorists carrying bombs from a…

Alt News impact: Twitter suspends multiple imposter accounts in Pushpendra Kulshrestha’s name

Priyanka Jha11th October 202111th October 2021

A large portion of the disinformation on Indian Twitter came from fake and imposter accounts created in the name of journalist Pushpendra Kulshrestha. Some of these accounts had millions of…

Child abuse video from Mexico falsely linked to ‘DPS Rajbagh, Valsad’

Archit7th October 20217th October 2021

[CW: References to child abuse. The video has not been included in the fact-check due to its graphic nature.] A video of a person physically assaulting a minor girl has…

Fact-check: Is this a video of a ‘miracle’ river that appears for one month in Southern India?

Kinjal1st October 2021

A video of a gushing stream of water is viral on social media with the claim that it is ‘Pitri River’ appears for a month every year in Southern India….

Fake account posts tweets against Muslims and women in UPSC topper Shubham Kumar’s name

Abhishek Kumar30th September 2021

The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) released the results for the 2020 Civil Services Examination on September 24. Shubham Kumar from Bihar’s Katihar district secured the first rank. He was…

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Red carpet for Laura Loomer, deportation for critics: A tale of two Indias

Varanasi Iftar-on-boat arrests: Complainant’s shifting claims mirror gaps in case against 14 Muslim men