The United States on Wednesday sanctioned four Pakistani entities, including the state-owned flagship aerospace and defense agency — National Development Complex (NDC) — on charges of contributing to nuclear-armed Islamabad’s long-range ballistic missile program. Surrounding this backdrop, a claim has gone viral stating,” India lobbied the US for sanctions on 4 Pakistani companies regarding the […]
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On social media, a video is being shared where a person can be seen breaking the balcony of a house. While sharing the video, users have claimed, “Muslim houses are being demolished because the Hindutva gang claims to find an old temple near Jama Masjid in Sambhal, India” A user named Ashok Swain shared the […]
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On social media, a post has been shared claiming that the price of One dollar before 2014 was equivalent to 40 Indian Rupees, and today it’s ₹85. Link Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found the claim to be false. We found data from ‘PoundSterling’ which states: “In 2013, the highest level of a dollar […]
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On social media, a Pakistan-based account recently shared a viral claim stating, “Indian forces have martyred 5 innocent Kashmiri youth in Kulgam. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here and here Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found the claim to be false. According to […]
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An unfortunate accident occurred on December 18 in Maharashtra where an Indian Navy speed boat collided with a passenger Ferry. Against this backdrop, Pakistan-based accounts shared a claim that an Indian Navy missile vessel hit a Passenger ferry, killing at least 13 people and 80 onboard, off the coast of Mumbai. Following we also found […]
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Chaos erupted outside the Parliament as BJP and opposition MPs staged parallel protests, leading to a controversy. BJP MP Pratap Chandra Sarangi alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi pushed an MP, causing injury. In this backdrop, a video has gone viral about Leader of Opposition, Rahul Gandhi where he can be heard saying, “see…see…see…yes done […]
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On social media, a screen grab of an article is going viral with a headline,”Starbucks to exit India due to high costs, bad taste, and mounting losses”. While sharing the image, the users are claiming that Starbucks is going to exit from India. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The […]
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On December 15, Sunday, Army jawans were injured after an Indian Army vehicle travelling from Bandipora towards Gurez skidded off the road and rolled down into a deep gorge Amid this, on social media, news from Kashmir has gone viral. While sharing the news, users named ‘Tactical Tribune‘ wrote, “6 Indian soldiers have lost their […]
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On social media, news from India and Bangladesh has gone viral. While sharing the news, users wrote: “BSF has been instructed to shoot down any aerial object flying near the India-Bangladesh border after a TB-2 attack drone of the Bangladesh military was spotted close to the Indo-Bangladesh border.” Link FactCheck During the investigation, DFRAC found […]
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Amid the heightened political crisis in Canada, Jagmeet Singh, leader of the New Democratic Party, has called for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation. This comes after the departure of Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland.Surrounding this backdrop a claim is going viral on social media where users are sharing that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has signed […]
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