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Fact-Check: Video of heavily loaded trains is from Bangladesh, not from India.

February 23, 2025March 1, 2025Megha Bajaj

A video showing two heavily loaded trains with passengers on the roof of one train is making rounds on the social media platform X(formerly Twitter) claiming that this video is from India. The video has been ridiculed by users who are sharing it and asserting that this could only happen in India. An account named […]

Fact-Check: Was a Kashmiri civilian tortured to death? Here are the facts.

February 21, 2025February 21, 2025Megha Bajaj

Pak-based Handles took to X and claimed that a Kashmiri civilian, 27-year-old Muhammad Abid, had been tortured to death in police custody in Ramban district of Jammu and Kashmir. An account by the name of Kashmir English posted a gruesome image and wrote: “Another Kashmiri civilian, 27-year-old Muhammad Abid, has been tortured to death in […]

Fact Check: Viral Video from Pakistan, falsely shared as of Maha Kumbh

February 20, 2025April 2, 2025Siddharth Urmil

The Maha Kumbh Mela has seen the biggest congregation of people in history. Pilgrims from world over have descended upon the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and Saraswati to take a holy dip. During the auspicious occasion of Mauni Amavasya an unfortunate incident of a stampede had occurred on Maha Kumbh Mela, many were killed […]

Fact Check: False Claims of Brazil banning India migrants goes viral

February 19, 2025April 2, 2025Siddharth Urmil

After assuming his second term at the White House, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to deport illegal immigrants. Since the beginning of February deportation of illegal immigrants has been ongoing. Claims of Brazil doing the same is going round online. Till now, two batches of illegal immigrants have been deported to India from […]

Fact-Check: Has one soldier been killed by Kashmiri militants in Udhampur? Here’s the Truth

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025Megha Bajaj

A pak-based handle took to social media platform X(formerly Twitter) and claimed that one Indian soldier was killed & three injured during a Kashmiri militant attack in J & K’s Udhampur. An account named Tactical Tribune posted an image on X and wrote: “1 Indian soldier killed, 3 injured during a Kashmiri Fighters attack in […]

Fact Check: Viral Claims of Fare Hike in Delhi Metro is Misleading; Photo from 2017

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025Siddharth Urmil

Claim The National Capital Territory of Delhi went to poll on 5 February 2025 and on 8 February 2025 the result was declared. BJP won the polls in Delhi and is returning to power in Delhi after a long gap of 27 years. Users on social media are spreading misleading and false claims in this […]

Viral tax rates on social media: Are tax rates really that high?

February 17, 2025February 18, 2025Siddharth Urmil

Claim The 2025 Union Budget was announced on February 1, 2025. Many concessions were announced like the introduction of new income tax slabs, focusing on infrastructure, digital economy, healthcare, education, green technologies, social security, and schemes to support the farmers was there in this year’s union budget. In this background, a claim is going viral […]

Fact-Check: Facts of the recent Nagpur Incident have been manipulated. Find the truth here.

February 17, 2025March 4, 2025Megha Bajaj

An unfortunate incident of a blast explosion occurred in a manufacturing firm at Kotwalbudi in Maharashtra’s Nagpur on Sunday, killing two persons & several others injured in a blast. Upon receiving the news about the incident, fire engines were called from the nearby area. Ambulances were also deployed at the spot. A probe has begun […]

Fact Check: Viral claim about Samay Raina receiving an invite from Pakistan PM debunked as misleading. Image shows false social media post analysis.

Fact Check: Viral Post Says Samay Raina got an invite from Pakistan PM; Post is Misleading

February 15, 2025February 27, 2025DFRAC Editor

Claim An image is going viral on social media, claiming that the Prime Minister of Pakistan has extended an invite to Indian YouTuber Samay Raina. He has been offered a Golden Visa to start ‘Pakistan’s Got Latent’. This image is widely shared and discussed online. This claim of an invite by Pakistan’s PM to the […]