Fact-Check: Shefali Vaidya once again posts a misleading claim, this time about Karachi Bakery

On October 22,2021, Shefali Vaidya, a popular figure on conservative social media posted a screenshot of an article in response to Shiv Sena politician Priyanka Chaturvedi’s tweet. Chaturvedi had commented on the recent backlash on brand FabIndia’s controversy over their Diwali ad campaign. Users took to social media to express their anger of the words […]

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Fact Check: Is there any “Muslim colony” coming up in Rudrapur?

Since 20 Oct, 2021 , a banner is viral on Facebook and Twitter with the claim that in Uttarakhand, some people are selling land in the name of religion. On the banner, it is written that  “ लालपुर (रुद्रपुर) में पहली बार मुस्लिम कॉलोनी आसान मासिक किस्तों में प्लॉट उपलब्ध ५० वर्ग गज का प्लॉट […]

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Fact-Check: Consulting Editor of News Nation TV Deepak Chaurasia posted misleading claim about Farmers’ protest

On October 21,2021, the Consulting Editor of News Nation TV, Deepak Chaurasia posted an update about the ongoing farmers’ protest taking place at the borders of Delhi.  In the tweet, Chaurasia has claimed that after Supreme Court expressed their displeasure, the farmers have vacated the Ghazipur border, He also claims that Rakesh Tikait, the leader […]

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Fact Check: Old images being used to show more and more farmers are reaching Delhi

Bhartiya Kisan Sangathan account on twitter, which claims itself to be an Indian Farmer’s organization that is politically linked to the #FarmerProtest, having 1585 Followers and created on June 2021 along with others account which support farmers protest, including @Parm_000, having 5453 Followers has shared an image on 21st Oct,2021 of hundreds of Farmers and […]

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Fact-Check: Pakistan claims to have blocked Indian navy submarine by uses old footage

On October 19,2021, Pakistani news channels claimed to have successfully blocked an Indian Navy submarine from entering Pakistani waters. The claim is supported by the ‘actual footage’ of the submarine in a river body.  The news was covered by outlets such as Dawn, Pakistan Today and even Hindu. Fact-Check:  We performed a keyframe and keyword […]

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