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Fact-Check: Pakistan PM Imran Khan makes a false statement about UN designated terror organisation Haqqani Network, calling it a tribe

September 17, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 15,2021, Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan sat down for an interview with CNN’s Becky Anderson. In this interview Khan continued to criticize the lack of understanding displayed by the US government when dealing with the crisis in Afghanistan. He also questioned the US intelligence services. The interviewer, Becky Anderson then asked […]

Fact-Check: Sudarshan News’ pattern of hate and misinformation continues

September 17, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

Sudarshan News and Jammu Kashmir Now used an old report with an unverified claim and ran the story The news story On September 8, 2021, Sudarshan News and Jammu Kashmir Now channels ran a television segment on an incident that took place in Pul-e-Khumri district, Afghanistan. The news anchor proclaimed that 51 people were killed […]

Fact-Check: Rahul Gandhi calls Mahatma Gandhi a womanizer, is it true?

September 17, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 15,2021, BJP worker Kapil Mishra posted a video of Rahul Gandhi giving a speech. In this video, Rahul Gandhi can be seen saying that “You must have seen in pictures of Gandhiji (Mahatma Gandhi) that he is photographed with three or four women. But have you seen a picture of Mohan Bhagwat with a […]

Fact-Check: Taliban raid the house of former Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani and recover alcohol

September 16, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

In the last 24 hours, video of a Taliban raid is going viral on social media platforms such as Twitter. The video shows Talibani raiders in a compound somewhere where they have found numerous bottles of liquor. The users have claimed that this raid was conducted in the house of former Afghan Foreign Minister Salahuddin […]

Fact-Check: Is Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar dead?

September 14, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

For the last 2-3 days the news of Taliban’s new Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Ghani Baradar went viral particularly in India and Pakistan. According to a hoard of handles, Baradar was allegedly killed either by COVID-19 or in a bomb attack on Monday. The news was spread massively in Indian and Pakistani circles. An image […]

Fact-Check: Viral image of CNN report on Taliban ban on sanitary napkins

September 14, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 13,2021 , a screenshot of a CNN article on the Taliban began to get circulated on Twitter and Facebook. The screenshot of the article claims that the Taliban has banned sanitary napkins in Afghanistan as it does not comply with the Sharia law. The screenshot was circulated by various handles mentioned below including […]

Fact-Check: Video of counterfeit Indian currency printing in Pakistan is misleading and fake

September 14, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 13,2021 , a twitter account by the name of @ThePushpendra_ posted a video of what looks like a man printing Indian currency notes in a bootleg facility. The man can be seen printing notes of all different denominations. It must be noted that the account seems to be a fake account of the journalist […]

Fact-Check: The truth behind the viral video of police obstructing Ganesh Puja in Kerala

September 13, 2021September 13, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 13,2021 a fake account of actress Payal Rohtagi posted a video of what looks like a Ganesh Chaturthi ritual being disrupted by police officers. The idol of Ganesh can also be seen being picked up. The video is captioned as below: “This situation has happened in Kerala during Ganeshotsav for Hindus. Hindu cannot even […]

Fact-Check: Is South African cricketer AB de Villiers holding Ganpati’s idol?

September 13, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

With Ganesh Chaturthi festival still being celebrated all throughout the country, many pictures and videos are making rounds on social media. One such picture is of the South African cricketer AB de Villiers. In this image that being circulated on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, Villiers can be seen holding the idol of Lord Ganesh. Fact-Check: […]

Fact-Check: Did the Indian-owned British Herald declare PM Modi as ‘World’s most powerful person” because of his management of the COVID-19 pandemic?

September 13, 2021November 18, 2021DFRAC Editor

On September 12, 2021 , an image of PM Modi on the cover of the British Magazine “British Herald ” started to go into circulation on Twitter. User claimed that the magazine has declared Modi the most powerful person in the world based on how well he handled the COVID-19 pandemic and helped other countries […]