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Fact Check: Pakistani Journalist Asad Kharal spreads misleading news against India

June 13, 2022DFRAC Editor

Award-winning Investigative Journalist-Chief Analyst/Anchor of Pakistan, Asad Kharal shared a video of a mob Lynching targeting Hindu extremists. Further, he gave the caption to his post, “Another inhumane act of extremist Hindu terrorists in India Extreme criminal silence and hypocrisy of these atrocities by international human rights organizations and so-called human rights activists.” Soon his tweet […]

Fact Check: The truth behind Pardhan Mantri Loan Yojna.

June 11, 2022June 10, 2022Ananaya Sharma

A Post on the name of a scheme called Pardhan Mantri Loan Yojna is getting viral on social media sites. It is being claimed that the loan provides a subsidized loan of up to 20 lakh rupees. Many users shared the below screenshot with different captions of Pradhan Mantri Yojana Loan. In many captions, the […]

Fact Check: ‘Zee Hindustan’ gave false information, SSP said – stop spreading fake news!

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022Ananaya Sharma

Fake news and misinformation keep spreading on social media. Not only social media users are involved in spreading this fake news but also the mainstream media. A misleading video was shown in the news by ABP News regarding the Kanpur riots, whose fact check has been done by DFRAC with the headline – “Fact Check: […]

Fact Check: Did Moen Ali boycott IPL over the Nupur Sharma controversy?

June 10, 2022June 10, 2022DFRAC Editor

A screenshot of a tweet is becoming fiercely viral on social media sites. Through this, it is claimed that famous English cricketer Moen Ali has boycotted the IPL. A user named Mohammad Quamar captioned it on Facebook, “Respect Moen Ali ??? ????ℎ?? ??? ??????. ??? ????ℎ?? ??? ????????. ??? ????ℎ?? ??? ???????. ??? ????ℎ?? ??? […]

Fact Check: Truth Behind the pictures of destroyed houses shared by Salman Khurshid?

June 9, 2022June 10, 2022Ananaya Sharma

Some pictures of destroyed houses went viral from the account of Salman Khurshid, Senior Advocate of Supreme Court of India and former Minister for corporate affairs, water resources, minority affairs, law & justice, and external affairs. He tweeted from his account, “Not Ukraine, these are photos of Unnao and Farrukhabad of Buldozerland.” Not Ukraine, these […]

Fact Check: Know the truth behind the viral video of Mooseswala’s murder.

June 9, 2022June 8, 2022Ananaya Sharma

Famous Punjabi Singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, popular by his stage name Sidhu Moose Wala, was shot dead in Jawaharke village of Mansa district in Punjab on May 29, 2022. Soon after Punjab government reportedly reduced his security to half. A video of some man openly firing another person is getting viral on social media claiming […]

Fact Check: Did Sourav Ganguly resign as the President of the BCCI?

June 7, 2022June 7, 2022Ananaya Sharma

On social media, many users are claiming that former Cricketer Sourav Ganguly has resigned from the position of President of BCCI. People are sharing such images, a user on Facebook writes, “Saurabh Ganguly resigned from the post of BCCI President.” with the image that states the above mentioned in Hindi. Another user on Facebook shared […]

Fact Check: Was Hardik Patel Welcomed With A Slap On Joining BJP?

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022DFRAC Editor

Hardik Patel, the leader of the Patidar community in Gujarat, recently resigned from the Congress and joined the BJP. As soon as he joined BJP, his old anti-BJP tweets were fiercely shared by the social media users to troll him. Meanwhile, a video of Patel is going viral. In the video, he is giving a […]