An image circulating online shows Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former U.S. President Barack Obama bowing before Iran’s leader. Users sharing the image have called it “the absolute low point in American history.” Fact Check Upon investigation, we found the claim image to be digitally altered. We conducted a Google reverse image search […]
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DFRAC participated in EQUINOX’25, the annual interdisciplinary fest organized by the School of Social Sciences at Christ (Deemed to be University), Delhi NCR Campus. The fest celebrated innovation, ethics, and leadership across Media, Economics, and Political Science disciplines. Ms. Ayushi Rana, Senior Fact Checker at DFRAC, was invited as a guest of honor for the […]
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Videos featuring news anchors are being widely shared on social media, which claim that leaked documents have exposed secrets of the current BJP government in Assam. A user named John Samuel has shared a video of a female anchor, where she is seen talking about the leaked documents. While sharing the video, the user has […]
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Pakistan-based social media accounts asserted that, according to the WDMMA Global Air Power Ranking (2026) and the Global Firepower Index, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) ranks second globally with a TVR score of 146.68, while the Indian Air Force (IAF) ranks 20th with a TVR score of 32.4. An account named Hawk Eye, a Pakistan-based […]
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A video is being shared on Twitter where a woman is seen sitting between the spaces of two train coaches. Social media users have shared the video of the old woman and are claiming it to be from India. A user on Twitter has shared the video with the caption, “So we are the world’s […]
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Over the past few months, videos of an artist called BV Singh have been going viral. The songs have political themes – praising Pakistan’s military, criticizing Indian officials by name, mocking Indian media, and supporting Khalistan. The videos say he’s a Sikh singer based in Calgary, Canada. The content looked professional. The view counts were […]
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In the border districts of Bangladesh, Pakistani clerics held secretive meetings with local extremists and banned militant operatives. And connecting these two distant points was a network involving Lashkar-e-Taiba commanders, Bangladeshi Salafi organizations, and a Pakistani preacher with deep ties to the masterminds of the Mumbai attacks. This investigation reveals how Pakistan’s terror organization (Lashkar- […]
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A disturbing video has been shared on Twitter. In the video, a man can be seen arguing with a woman in a hijab and then hitting her head, which leads to her unconsciousness. While sharing the video, a user claimed, ” Sanatani people are mistreating women of other religions, especially Muslim women, and no action […]
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On 17 November 2025, DFRAC delivered a comprehensive media literacy workshop for the Muslim Student Organisation (MSO), engaging students from diverse academic disciplines and educational institutions. Conducted as part of the “Empowered Youth and Verified Voices” initiative, supported by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN), the session emphasized that fact-checking extends beyond professional journalism to become […]
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A video is circulating online with the allegation that “young white children are being indoctrinated into Islam” and shown “raising their hands and chanting ‘Allahu Akbar’ in a classroom.” The video looks like it was filmed in an elementary or middle school classroom, with a date and time stamp like CCTV footage. It shows 12 […]
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