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Old video of temple elephant taken for rehabilitation used to falsely target PETA India

Kinjal14th August 202014th August 2020

A 1:31 minute video showing an elephant being transported in a truck has gone viral on social media. In the video, the elephant struggles to stay inside the truck and…

Video from Mexico viral as cattle washed away in floodwater in Kerala

Archit10th August 202010th August 2020

On August 7, the India Meteorological Department issued a red alert for ‘extremely heavy’ rainfall in Kerala’s Idukki, Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, and Wayanad districts, as per a Down to Earth report….

Old image from Bihar shared as man in Kolkata standing on Indian national flag

Kinjal7th August 20208th August 2020

A picture of a man standing on the Indian national is floating on social media the past few days. The person has the Pakistani flag wrapped around him and a…

Video from Karachi shared as boy rescued from manhole during heavy rains in Mumbai

Kinjal7th August 2020

Pictures of flooded roads due to heavy monsoons in Mumbai are widespread on social media. The downpour on August 5 broke a 46-year-old record. In 12 hours, Mumbai witnessed 294mm of…

Video from South Africa shared as man cuddling with cheetah in Pipleshwar Mahadev temple

Archit7th August 20203rd August 2021

Several social media users have shared a video of a person sleeping with cheetahs. As per the claim, the video is from Pipleshwar Mahadev, a Rajasthan-based Hindu temple in Mochhal….

Chennai skating boy misidentified as ‘Jamal Mallik’, fictional character from ‘Slumdog Millionaire’

Kinjal6th August 2020

A video of a young boy performing stunts on rollerskates has gone viral on social media. As per claims, the boy is “Jamal Malik from Mumbai”. Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA…

Video from China shared as vehicles driving on potholed road in Mumbai

Pooja Chaudhuri6th August 20207th August 2020

A video of vehicles driving over a huge pothole on the road has been shared with the claim that it is from Mumbai. #vehicles suspension testing in #Mumbai #RoadSafety #MumbaiRains…

Moscow’s forest soccer field shared as football ground in Ukhrul, Manipur

Archit5th August 20205th August 2020

Several Facebook and Twitter users have posted an image of a football ground surrounded by trees. As per social media claims, the football ground is from Ukhrul in Manipur. A…

Delhi doctor’s arrest in kidney transplant racket viral with false COVID angle

Archit5th August 202019th April 2021

Several Facebook users have shared a message that claims that a doctor named Devendra Sharma was arrested for surgically removing the kidneys of healthy people by falsely declaring them COVID…

Coronavirus: Old video of crowded KR Market in Bengaluru shared as recent

Kinjal3rd August 20203rd August 2020

A video of a crowded market is being widely shared on social media. The video has been shot from a high vantage point and shows people shopping. On July 31,…

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Viral video of woman claiming she married her father-in-law is scripted

NSA Ajit Doval did say ISI recruited more Hindus than Muslims in India; his ‘deepfake’ claim is false