Misleading: Viral Claim Surrounding 2018 Varanasi Flyover Collapse Sparks Controversy. Fact Check Busts Information Deceit.

A distressing video is currently circulating on social media, depicting the aftermath of a flyover collapse. The footage shows numerous cars trapped under the weight of the debris, causing concern among viewers. The location of the incident is being widely reported as Thane, a city in the Indian state of Maharashtra.  By sharing the video […]

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‘RSS-linked’ former decorated Indian Army Major shares video of Pak mob lynching claiming the victim was Christian. Fact Check finds deceased was Muslim.

Recently, a case of mob lynching on charges of blasphemy has come to light in the Nankana Sahib district of Pakistan’s Punjab. Where a young man was beaten to death by an angry mob on charges of insulting the Holy Quran.  A video related to this incident is getting viral on social media. It is […]

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Is Big Boss 16 2nd runner-up Priyanka Chahar Chaudhary working in Shah Rukh Khan’s next movie Dunki? Fact Check busts the Bollywood buzz.

Priyanka Chahar Choudhary has shot to instant limelight after becoming 2nd runner-up of the popular yet controversial TV show Bigg Boss. Rapper MC Stan walked out of the house as the winner. The show is hosted by Bollywood’s Dabangg star Salman Khan and it makes the show all the more TRP-grosser. After the end of […]

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Saffron Diaries: Verified Pakistani Think Tank Spews anti-India Hateful Propaganda on Twitter

INTRODUCTION Saffron Diaries (@SaffronDiaries) is an official page running on Twitter with a following of more than 2,000 accounts. According to its Twitter bio, the page is a non-partisan, journalists-run platform, which shares real-time information and analysis, not propaganda. But while scrolling through the content of the page, the DFRAC team found the material being […]

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Satirical video of David Bowie misleadingly shared as that of Bob Geldof resurfaces — Read Fact Check

A video is going viral or resurfacing on social media where a person is claiming to be Irish singer-songwriter and political activist ‘Bob Geldof’ and is predicting the advent of internet and smartphones and information slowly going viral across social media platforms. Social media users are also claiming that 23 years ago when BBC interviewed […]

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