On September 27,2021, Rajat Mishra, a journalist at Sudarshan News posted a video claiming that a Hindu to Muslim conversion was taking place in Aligarh. In the caption, he claims that that the boy seen in the picture had been brainwashed into trying to convert other people from Hindu to Muslim. Being cognizant of the […]
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Since PM Modi has been on a visit to the US, many doctored and misleading images of protest against him are being used on social media. A hashtag used to criticize Modi’s trip called #नाक_कटा_आया is also trending on twitter. The hashtag is being used not only by small accounts but also verified blue ticked […]
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On September 15,2021, an image of Rihanna went viral on Facebook. Rihanna is an acclaimed musician and business woman who has had a lot of success in the American music industry and with her makeup and clothing lines. The image of Rihanna posted on Facebook shows her with a baby bump along with the caption […]
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On September 23,2021, a twitter user named Rupesh posted a claim that Gujarat is the first state to declare that caste based reservations are abolished in the state. He went on to list the places where there will no longer be any reservation for the next 25 years including railways, buses, government jobs and promotions. We […]
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In the last few weeks, an image of a truck with Taliban soldiers sitting on top is being used online. In the image, the truck looks peculiar and modified so look very futuristic. Three Taliban soldiers can be seen on top of it. Many versions of the same picture were posted online stating that the […]
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On September 19, a woman named Anita Choudaary and her family arrived at an upscale restaurant named Aquila in New Delhi’s Ansal Plaza. Upon their arrival, there was a big scuffle, a 10 second video of which was posted by Choudaary after the encounter. In her criticism of the restaurant, Anita posted a video of […]
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On September 23,2021, Hitesh Shankar, the editor of the weekly magazine Panchjanya posted a series of tweets claiming that a temple in the Noor Nagar area of Delhi was demolished. He claimed that since this was a Muslim neighbourhood, they sought to demolish a temple that had existed their for the last 50 years and […]
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An Info graphic got viral claiming that maximum number of AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) were built during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime. Among many who shared the claim was Nand Kishore Yadav, former cabinet minister for road construction and health in the Government of Bihar. His […]
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On September 10,2021, the Chief Minister of Goa Dr. Pramod Sawant declared that Goa has now successfully vaccinated 100% of its population with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. With this claim, he also congratulated the healthcare workers of Goa and the image posted along with the claim features his picture as well as PM […]
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On September 22,2021, BJP workers Priti Gandhi and C T Ravi shared a video of Rahul Gandhi and Manmohan Singh cutting a cake together. They claimed that Singh was not even allowed to cut his own birthday cake. In the video, it can be seen that both Singh and Gandhi cut the cake and then […]
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