As the Kanwar Yatra starts from next week, a video of a Dhaba in Ghaziabad has gone viral on social media. While sharing the video users claim that a cook named Tamizuddin working at a dhaba in Ghaziabad was seen spitting on chapatis. Users are associating this video with Kanwariyas and raising questions about why […]
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Doda district of the Jammu region, which was cleared of terrorism in 2005, has witnessed a series of attacks since June 12 when six security personnel were injured in terror attacks. Surrounding, Pakistani accounts have shared a claim about the attacks. A named PSY Bureau (@psyops), has stated, ” In Doda, Kashtigarh, after facing losses […]
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On social media, an image of a broken statue of Lord Ganesh goes viral. While sharing the image users claim that two Muslim boys broke the statue of lord Ganesh in Siddharthnagar UP. Fact Check On investigation, DFRAC found a tweet from the official X account of Siddharthnagar police stating “At the time when this […]
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A video of JD Vance’s entry with his wife of Indian-origin Usha Chilukuri in the RNC (Republican National Convention) is making waves on social media platform X. In this video, the crowd can be heard chanting “India-India” as JD Vance walks into the RNC convention along with his wife. Users are fiercely sharing this video […]
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Thousands of Shia Muslim mourners took out a Muharram procession on Monday, following the traditional Guru Bazar-Dalgate route in Srinagar. This procession, marking the eighth day of mourning, resumed in 2023 after the J&K administration, led by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha, lifted the ban. This year’s procession also passed peacefully with adequate security arrangements. The […]
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On X, a social media user QTHESTORMM shared an image depicting Donald Trump holding a red folder, with the caption: “ALERT: JUST MINUTES BEFORE ANNOUNCING HIS VP, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS RECEIVED A RED FOLDER !!!” Fact Check The DFRAC team investigated the image in question and came across various media reports from The New York Times and Lawfare. It has been found that […]
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Manipur is still suffering from ethnic clashes. Admist this multiple false claims are being shared on internet to incite hatred among ethnic groups. Surrounding a video has gone viral showcasing the firing of Bullets is shared and claims that Meitei people are disguised as Manipur state police and are attacking Kuki’s with stolen weapons from […]
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At least 60 Palestinians were killed in southern and central Gaza after the recent Israeli airstrikes. In its aftermath, some images showing substantial scars on human beings are being falsely shared on social media platform X(formerly Twitter) with the claims implying that they are of injured Palestinians after Israel dropped phosphorus bombs on Gaza Sharing […]
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On social media, the video of Gorakhpur University went viral. While sharing the video users claim that in Gorakhpur University, the ABVP members first beat up the police inspector and then chased and beat up the university’s vice-chancellor and registrar. Link Many users shared this video with similar claim. It can be seen by clicking […]
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Ahead of the US presidential elections in 2024, the trend of misinformation has escalated on social media platforms. Recently, we came across a short clip from US President Joe Biden’s recent speech on the 75th Anniversary of NATO being falsely shared on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) with the claim that he used a […]
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