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Did Bhupesh Baghel welcome Congress leaders by wearing gold garlands at the Congress session in Chhattisgarh? – Know the Reality

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023

A video has been doing rounds on social media wherein it is claimed that Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupendra Baghel golden garland while welcoming visiting Congress delegates in Raipur during the party’s 85th plenary session. Many leaders from BJP and journalists shared this video with the same claim. A verified user Santosh Chauhan tweeted, “Is it […]

FACT-CHECK: Twitterati resorts to ranking rhetorics to run down Cambridge

March 6, 2023March 15, 2023

On 4th March 2023, a verified Twitter account run by the name of ‘Rishi Bagree’, who has a following of almost 300k, posted the following tweet: The tweet quotes an article with the headline ‘Cambridge slips to lowest-ever place in world university table’ and writes ‘Is this a coincidence’. In the replies to this tweet, […]

Fact Check: Did Zelenskyy ask young Americans to go to war against Russia?

March 4, 2023March 4, 2023

A video of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asking American youths to fight the war against Russia is doing rounds on the Internet. In this video, people are seen making allegations against Zelensky that he was seeking young Americans to go to war for NATO’s sake. In the viral clip of Zelensky, he is speaking in […]

United States of Lies: Misleading and moronic claims made by Nithyananda and his Kailasa – A Fact Check Detour

March 1, 2023March 15, 2023

Swami Nithyananda, a rape accused and fugitive from India, figured in news debates and memes on social media on Monday as a so-called representative of a his fictional country ‘United States of Kailasa’ called him as a ‘persecuted’ man at the 19th United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Geneva, Switzerland. His […]

Fact Check: Viral video of a girl singing ‘Piya Tose Naina Lage’ is from 2022

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

A video is getting viral on social media. In this video, a girl can be seen singing Lata Mangeshkar’s song ‘Piya Tose Naina Lage’ in a melodious voice. The girl is telling in this video that she was not selected. Social media users are claiming that even after having such a melodious voice, the girl […]

Former CM Kamal Nath said – “Defeat is certain if 90% Muslim votes are not received”, Read- Fact Check

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

A video of former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath is becoming increasingly viral on social media. The text on this video reads- “Congressmen now have the support of Muslim voters. If we don’t get 90 percent Muslim votes, our defeat is certain. Users who shared this video are targeting Congress and Kamal Nath. By […]

Video of Rahul Gandhi explaining the meaning of Satyagraha misleadingly viral – Fact Check finds and explains truth

February 28, 2023February 28, 2023

A video clip of former Congress president Rahul Gandhi is being widely shared on social media. In this video, Rahul Gandhi can be heard saying, “There is a word is for this. Mahatma Gandhi used to say and talk about ‘Satyagraha’. What is the meaning of Satyagraha, the meaning of Satyagraha? Never leave the path […]

Upset with ‘Loan to Adani’, customers are closing accounts with Bank of Baroda in UAE? No, finds Fact Check

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

A photo is becoming fiercely viral on social media. It can be seen in this photo that there is a line of customers in front of the Bank of Baroda. Social media users are claiming that this photo is of Bank of Baroda’s Al Ain branch in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where customers are […]

Muslims attacked temple priest in Rajasthan? Fact Check punctures claim

February 27, 2023March 2, 2023Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui

A video is becoming increasingly viral on social media. In this video, it can be seen that some people are attacking a man with knives. After this, they kill him by pelting him with stones. Social media users are claiming that a temple priest preparing for Mahashivratri Puja in Rajasthan was attacked by Muslims and […]

Fact Check: Did Ashok Gehlot say – 80 percent Rajputs were involved in the forgery?

February 25, 2023February 26, 2023Dilshad Noor

The politics of Rajasthan heated up when Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot blamed Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat for the Sanjivani scam. The round of allegations and counter-allegations against each other is going on from both sides. Meanwhile, First News Rajasthan journalist Devraj Singh Mandani posted a news cutting on his Twitter account. On […]

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Did Bhupesh Baghel welcome Congress leaders by wearing gold garlands at the Congress session in Chhattisgarh? – Know the Reality

FACT-CHECK: Twitterati resorts to ranking rhetorics to run down Cambridge

Fact Check: Did Zelenskyy ask young Americans to go to war against Russia?

United States of Lies: Misleading and moronic claims made by Nithyananda and his Kailasa – A Fact Check Detour

Fact Check: Viral video of a girl singing ‘Piya Tose Naina Lage’ is from 2022

Former CM Kamal Nath said – “Defeat is certain if 90% Muslim votes are not received”, Read- Fact Check

Video of Rahul Gandhi explaining the meaning of Satyagraha misleadingly viral – Fact Check finds and explains truth

Upset with ‘Loan to Adani’, customers are closing accounts with Bank of Baroda in UAE? No, finds Fact Check

Muslims attacked temple priest in Rajasthan? Fact Check punctures claim

Fact Check: Did Ashok Gehlot say – 80 percent Rajputs were involved in the forgery?

Fact Check: Viral Clip of Emmanuel Macron on Rafale Deal Is Digitally Manipulated

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Fact Check: Video of Two Old Incidents shared claiming Recent Protest against PM Modi

Fact Check: Did protests take place in Nagaland against the Indian Army over human rights violations? Here’s the truth behind the viral video

Fact Check: Claim that a Muslim man was beaten in Mumbai because of his religious identity is misleading