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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…

Video from Bihar shot in 2013 shared as police violence against Muslims in Assam

Archit27th September 2021

[Disclaimer: The video that is the subject of the story exhibits violence and can be disturbing. Viewer discretion is advised.] Last week, unrestrained police brutality was reported during an eviction…

No, this Krishna and Pandavas painting is not in ‘Panjshir Palace’, Afghanistan

Archit20th September 202121st September 2021

After the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in August, Panjshir Valley emerged as the last province that resisted the Islamist extremist organisation’s control. In the first week of September however, the…

Urfi Javed is not related to Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi; false claim viral

Priyanka Jha7th September 20217th September 2021

A video of a woman sporting a cropped and ripped denim jacket is making the rounds on social media. Users are identifying her as Urfi Javed, granddaughter of Shabana Azmi…

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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