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Morphed photo viral to claim city bus in Colombia pays tribute Dr BR Ambedkar

Kinjal23rd September 2020

An image of a bus with a poster of Independent India’s first law minister Dr BR Ambedkar and his wife Savita Ambedkar is doing the rounds on social media. Facebook…

Old photos of Rakhi Sawant posing with Pakistani flag during film shooting viral

Kinjal22nd September 2020

A few images of actor and TV personality Rakhi Sawant posing with Pakistan’s national flag has caused quite a stir on social media. Recently, a Facebook user named Kuber Kawar…

Video of leopard roaming in a South African lodge shared as India

Jignesh Patel16th September 202017th September 2020

A video of a leopard roaming inside a lodge is circulating on social media with the claim that this happened in Taj, Ranthambore. In the video, the leopard can be…

Old image from Meerut shared as funeral procession of Pune-based doctor who died of COVID

Archit9th September 2020

Since the last week of August, several Facebook and Twitter users have been sharing an image of a funeral procession. As per their claim, Muslim youths organised a funeral procession…

No, IPS officers in this photograph are not siblings

Pooja Chaudhuri8th September 2020

Facebook user ‘দূর্গা খাতুন’ (Durga Khatoon) shared a photograph of three police officials claiming that they are siblings. The elaborate caption in Bengali says that girls are not a burden…

Fact-check: Saddam Hussein’s dead body did not decompose after 12 years of burial?

Kinjal4th September 2020

A 2:20-minute-long video reportedly showing former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein has recently gone viral on social media. Users are claiming that his body was exhumed “12 years” after his burial…

Video of 2011 Japan tsunami shared as ‘God punishing China for coronavirus’

Anuradha Prasad28th August 2020

This week, a video of a tsunami has gone viral on social media in which people can be seen standing on a rooftop and watching as vehicles, homes, and parts…

Fake News18 screenshot shared to claim 57 COVID deaths after COMEDK exam in Karnataka

Archit27th August 202027th August 2020

Lakhs of students appear for the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) and the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) every year. Both these exams have been postponed a number of times…

Fake cashews manufactured? No, these are cashew-shaped snacks made out of flour

Archit21st August 202018th September 2020

A short video is being circulated on social media with the claim that fake cashews being manufactured and sold in Kerala. The same clip was earlier viral with a different…

Man seen in viral video honouring math teacher is not Sundar Pichai or Satya Nadella

Priyanka Jha21st August 2020

A video is being shared on social media with claims that it shows Google CEO Sundar Pichai visiting his former math teacher’s house to honour her. It is also claimed…

Society

From self-identification to state control: Trans voices raise alarm over new law

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