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It’s safe to fill your fuel tank to the max in summer, viral Indian Oil notice is fake

Oishani Bhattacharya24th April 202319th February 2024

A public interest announcement apparently made by the Indian Oil Corporation is viral in different languages on various social media platforms. The said announcement warns vehicle owners and users against…

Scripted video of cop chasing and rebuking drunk girls in car viral as real

Vansh Shah13th April 202313th April 2023

A video recently went viral, which shows a policeman arguing with a few girls whom he apparently caught drinking alcohol in a car. The video is shared with a caption…

Morphed version of Dainik Jagran’s Instagram post on Sana Khan viral

Vansh Shah21st March 202321st March 2023

Several social media users have shared a photograph where actress Sana Khan is seen with her husband, Surat-based businessman Mufti Anas Saiyad. The Hindi text below this photograph says, ‘Sana…

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…

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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