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Yet another scripted video viral with claims of burqa being used for child kidnapping

Priyanka Jha20th March 202320th March 2023

By the end of 2022, rumours of child kidnapping had become so widespread that state authorities had to intervene and issue warnings to the common people. Innumerable unrelated and scripted…

Viral video: Doctor sexually assaulting patient is Giovanni Quintella Bezerra from Brazil, not ‘Islam Mohammad’

Kalim Ahmed27th February 2023

Trigger Warning: Description of sexual assault A video clip of a doctor sexually violating a patient is widely circulating on social media with the claim that a pregnant woman was…

Hotel CCTV footage from 2020 Turkey earthquake viral as visuals of recent disaster

Vansh Shah10th February 2023

Disturbing images and videos purportedly of the earthquake in Syria and Turkey have flooded social media ever since the disaster hit the countries on February 6, 2023. At the time…

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…

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…

No, Cristiano Ronaldo did not say in interview that he loved Islam

Vansh Shah11th January 2023

Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo joining Al Nassar football club has made headlines worldwide. In this context, several social media users claimed that replying to a question in an interview, Ronaldo said…

Video of angry outburst by Bangladesh bodybuilder shared with false caste-bias claim

Kinjal9th January 2023

A video of a bodybuilder angrily throwing away the prize he won in a competition is circulating widely on social media. In the opening of the video, the contestant is…

2017 Yamuna Expressway car pile-up video goes viral again

Vansh Shah6th January 2023

Several North Indian states recorded their lowest temperature of the season in the first week of the year resulting in dense fog which affected air travel and railway movement. In…

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

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