On October 14,2021, a user named @Palashok_ posted a video of what looks like a news coverage by ANI news. In the video it can be seen that cops were attacked by goons in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur. The cop who was attacked is named Sushma Yadav details the incident that she was attacked by BJP […]
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On October 12,2021 amidst news of the growing coal crisis in Delhi and all over the country, an advertisement by the Aam Aadmi Party began to be shared widely on social media. In the advertisement, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal is asking for citizens to donate coal to the government in order to keep the electricity […]
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Just as assembly elections approaches next year, BJP suffered a blow when two politicians from Uttarakhand Yashpal Arya and Sanjeev Arya left the party, resigned from their seats and joined Congress. They are a father and son duo. Amidst this, an image of BJP politician Rekha Arya started to go viral on Facebook. An image […]
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M. Nageswara Rao is an IPS officer who served as the interim-Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for a brief period in 2019. Rao is now retired but continues to be very active on Twitter where he is known to post polarizing views about a variety of topics. He also regularly writes for Op […]
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On October 12,2021 news began to flash that Covaxin had gotten emergency approval from the government to be administered to children between the ages of 2 and 18. This came as a very good news for everyone as children in India have not yet been vaccinated against COVID-19 The news spread like wildfire on all […]
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On October 13,2021, a hashtag named #RSS_देश_की_शान begun trending on Twitter. Within this hashtag, users who support RSS came forward and voiced their support for the Hindu nationalist organisation. Within this hashtag users particularly used an image of a compound stating that RSS workers built India’s second largest COVID-19 care facility with 6000 beds and […]
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A photo showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi being welcomed with an applause is going viral on Facebook and Twitter. In the picture, Modi can be seen standing at the centre of what looks like a conference. This is being vigorously shared on Facebook in the form of a graphic. However, the same claim on Twitter […]
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On October 6,2021, a video alleging that the new Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi converted to Christianity through baptism is going viral on Facebook and Twitter. In the video, a man in a turban can be seen getting baptised by a priest followed by a dip in the water. This video has been posted by […]
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Since October 10,2021, many hashtags related to India and Kashmir started to trend on Middle Eastern Twitter. These hashtags include #india_is_the_terrorist_country, #help_Kashmir, #Modi_is_a_terrorist , #save_kashmir, #free_kashmir. Each of these hashtags were supplemented with their Arabic versions as well. The hashtags on Kashmir called for the people to come together and stop India from ‘terrorizing’ Kashmir. […]
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On October 10,2021, a video of a man in a bus started to go viral on social media. In the video it can be seen that a woman is slapping a man who was allegedly repeatedly touching her. The man can be seen apologising. The video is being posted along with a caption saying,”इन पक्के […]
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