A picture of Sydney’s Opera House emitting the Tiranga lights is shared by BL Santosh who is a general secretary of BJP on social media claiming that Sydney is welcoming Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He tweets, “Sydney welcomes PM Sri @narendramodi & recognizes the talent & resolve of #NewIndia.” Source: Twitter The picture is having […]
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An image of explosion at Pentagon is going viral on social media. Several media outlets and millions of Twitter users shared this picture with the same claim. An Indian media outlet by the name of Republic Bharat too posted on the same claim, but later deleted it. The tweet spooked some investors. The S&P 500 […]
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A video is going viral on social media. In this video it can be seen that a man is being thrashed by a Muslim mob. Social media users are claiming that an RSS worker was taken inside a mosque and killed by a Muslim mob in Kerala. Sharing this video, a user named Nupur Sharma […]
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Pakistani Twitter users were sharing fake and misleading pictures to show that heavy police force and army personnel have been deployed in Kashmir for the G-20 meeting, and apparently, they have been arresting the youth of Kashmir. There is a user named Khadim Sawarya on Twitter. According to his bio, he hails from Mirpur district of […]
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An important meeting of the G-20 Tourism Working Group is being held in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, where the delegation of G-20 countries are participating. Srinagar has been decorated and decked out for the event, as it is all set to welcome foreign guests. Adequate security arrangements have also been made there because it is […]
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A 38-second video of a dancing man is going viral on social media claiming that the man is Karnataka’s Chief Minister-Siddaramaiah dancing to a popular Kannada song. Some people can also be seen in the video enjoying the dance performance. Source: Facebook Fact Check: To investigate the viral video, DFRAC team did a keyword search […]
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A video has been shared on social media as Sambhaji Nagar in Maharashtra. This video has been shared with the claim that a woman wearing a burqa got down from her scooty and threw an egg at Shri Ram’s poster. This video has also been posted from the Twitter handle of media organizations like Sudarshan […]
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A short video clip is going viral on social media sites. In the video, some people can be seen scaling the border fence. Social media users are claiming that Rohingya infiltrators are entering India. Posting the video, Pushpendra Kulshrestha wrote, “With folded hands, I request the Defense Minister of India, these Rohingyas are committing crimes […]
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There is a claim being made on social media that the assistant actress of the controversial film on issues like ‘Love Jihad’ and conversion, ‘The Kerala Story’, Devoleena Bhattacharjee’s husband is himself a Muslim. This claim is being made by several journalists and verified users. Former ABP News journalist Akhilesh Tiwari shared a picture in […]
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An African woman who was visiting Rishikesh was in an accident, and instead of helping her, people took all of her belongings, according to a post shared on social media. The user named Ali Shorab shared a picture and claimed that “South African Karina, visiting Rishikesh, was in an accident and injured for almost an […]
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