As soon as Capt. Amarinder Singh resigned from the post of the Chief Minister of Punjab, many questioned whether he would be joining the ruling party BJP as the tussle within Congress was the reason he resigned. This prompted many to take to twitter to give their opinion on the matter. Very soon some started […]
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In the past week many videos of flooding in Delhi have been making rounds on social media. Many videos showing ankle deep water logging have been going viral. One particularly shocking image that was posted by many is of an aircraft being pushed by people on what looks like a flooded runway. Fact-Check: Upon conducting […]
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On September 17,2021, the official twitter handle of BJP India posted a video commemorating Prime Minister Modi’s birthday. The video details all the various developments made under the Modi government. At the 2:24 mark of the video, the video shows a couple of high rise buildings lighting up. These buildings look extremely modern and were […]
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On September 19,2021, a black and white image of RSS workers and Queen Elizabeth started to go viral on Facebook and Twitter. The posts claimed that RSS workers were conspiring with Queen Elizabeth during the independence struggle. Fact-Check: Upon reverse searching the image on google, we found that the image has been morphed using two […]
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On August 30 and 31, 2021 many reports of Janmashtami processions in Kashmir were published by news media sites and on social media. Many reported this procession to be taking place for the first time in 32 years. Outlets such as News18, Zee news and Sudarshan News claimed this a triumph after the abrogation of […]
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Recently, a post about a radio platform called “Radio Garden” started to get circulated on social media. According to these posts, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has developed a new platform on which one can spin the globe and listen to any radio station from anywhere in the world. The post was circulated by […]
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On September 15,2021, an image of a conference meeting started to get posted by multiple handles on Facebook and Twitter. The users claimed that this meeting was taking place between the ‘top five’ intelligence agencies of the world namely, RAW from India, Mossad from Israel, CIA from USA, MI6 from Great Britain and KGB from […]
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Sudarshan News and Jammu Kashmir Now used an old report with an unverified claim and ran the story The news story On September 8, 2021, Sudarshan News and Jammu Kashmir Now channels ran a television segment on an incident that took place in Pul-e-Khumri district, Afghanistan. The news anchor proclaimed that 51 people were killed […]
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In the last 24 hours, video of a Taliban raid is going viral on social media platforms such as Twitter. The video shows Talibani raiders in a compound somewhere where they have found numerous bottles of liquor. The users have claimed that this raid was conducted in the house of former Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin […]
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A recent contentious sermon given by a Bishop Pala in Kerala’s Kuruvilangad in which the pastor talked about how Christian girls are falling prey to “love and narcotic jihad” has made national news. These comments led to a group of nuns staging a walkout due to the repeated communal and sexist comments made by Bishop […]
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