Since the morning of October 9,2021, two images have been circulating on social media. These two images show injured soldiers making their way through a rocky region and the second seems to be showing a skirmish of some sort. One user from Pakistan claimed that one of the soldiers in the picture is Indian Air […]
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On October 5, 2021, many users on Twitter and Facebook began posting a newspaper clipping of a newspaper report on the death of Hindu boy after he was burnt alive by his girlfriend’s Muslim family. People seemed to claim that this incident was extremely serious and was not being reported by any major news media […]
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In the last few days since the violence at Lakhimpur, Kuldip Singh Dhaliwal, a spokesperson for BJP has been invited to be a part of a panel on both Zee News and Aaj Tak. In both instances, he has been labelled as a ‘kisaan neta (farmers’ leader)’. Fact-Check: This however is a misleading statement as […]
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On September 5,2021, many users on Facebook began posting a graphic of the new Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi bringing back new pension schemes for those government employees who were admitted after 2004. They congratulated him and celebrated his victory in Punjab. Fact-Check: We performed a keyword search on the issue and found that Channi […]
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In the last few days, Middle Eastern twitter have started raising slogans against India demanding that everyone should boycott Indian products because of how Muslims are treated in India. Within this hashtag, many used violent videos to show how people are being beaten up in India. One such video posted by many users shows the […]
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On September 28,2021, Sudhir Chaudhary, the Editor-in-chief of Zee News posted a clip of BKU leader Rakesh Tikait speaking to the media. In the clip, Tikait can be seen saying that “the next target is media houses. If you want to survive then support us or else you will suffer”. Chaudhary captioned the video further […]
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On September 30,2021, #AntiIndiaCongress started to trend on twitter. Within this hashtag, the users targeted the INC and their decision to induct Kanhaiya Kumar into the party. As of when this piece was being written, the hashtag had a whopping 27,000 tweets within it. Some verified handles also used the hashtag most notably, Yogi Devnath, […]
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A post got viral on Facebook which reads “It is being reported that the Indian High Commission has appointed Yohani De Silva as the new Indian Cultural Ambassador/ Congratulations!”. The post was published on 20th September in Sinhala language. The post shows a photo of a Sri Lankan Singer Yohani. Her cover “Manike Mage Hithe” was […]
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On September 23,2021, a day after PM Modi left for his 3-day trip to the US, a clip of a conversation between PM Modi and Lata Mangeshkar was posted by multiple handles. In this clip, PM Modi can be heard saying that by the time he will be back, her birthday will be over. The […]
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September 27,2021 marks the day when the ongoing farmers’ protest called for a nationwide strike to shine a light on their cause. The Samyukt Kisan Morcha called the strike to commemorate the first anniversary since the three farm laws were enacted. The farmers movement blocked a few borders in different states. As a reaction to […]
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