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Fact-Check: Rahul Gandhi calls Mahatma Gandhi a womanizer, is it true?

September 17, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 15,2021, BJP worker Kapil Mishra posted a video of Rahul Gandhi giving a speech. In this video, Rahul Gandhi can be seen saying that “You must have seen in pictures of Gandhiji (Mahatma Gandhi) that he is photographed with three or four women. But have you seen a picture of Mohan Bhagwat with a […]

Fact-Check: Taliban raid the house of former Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and recover alcohol

September 16, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

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 […]

Fact-Check: Is Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar dead?

September 14, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

For the last 2-3 days the news of Taliban’s new Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar went viral particularly in India and Pakistan. According to a hoard of handles, Baradar was allegedly killed either by COVID-19 or in a bomb attack on Monday. The news was spread massively in Indian and Pakistani circles. An image […]

Fact-Check: Viral image of CNN report on Taliban ban on sanitary napkins

September 14, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 13,2021 , a screenshot of a CNN article on the Taliban began to get circulated on Twitter and Facebook. The screenshot of the article claims that the Taliban has banned sanitary napkins in Afghanistan as it does not comply with the Sharia law. The screenshot was circulated by various handles mentioned below including […]

Fact-Check: Is South African cricketer AB de Villiers holding Ganpati’s idol?

September 13, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

With Ganesh Chaturthi festival still being celebrated all throughout the country, many pictures and videos are making rounds on social media. One such picture is of the South African cricketer AB de Villiers. In this image that being circulated on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, Villiers can be seen holding the idol of Lord Ganesh. Fact-Check: […]

Fact-Check: The image of ‘loot’ procured by the Taliban in Panjshir is old

September 9, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 6,2021 , a page by the name of Rising Pakistan posted a picture on twitter that showed a field filled with military vehicles. The image was captioned “From Panjshir, all the wealth has been captured for the UAE” implying that the Taliban has taken control of the equipment after taking over the region. […]