Some pak-based handles took to social media platform X(formerly Twitter) and claimed the Indian military had been attacked multiple times in Jammu and Kashmir in which 21 Indian soldiers were confirmed dead. Taking to X, a Pak-based account named Ironclad posted an image of an Indian Flag and wrote: “Multiple attacks on Indian military in […]
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On social media, a video of an explosion has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Huge explosion in Tel Aviv at Mossad headquarters”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the […]
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Bihar has been battling severe floods for a couple of weeks affecting around 1.5 million people. Thousands of residents facing shortages of relief materials. The Indian Air Force (IAF) has carried out multiple rescue and relief operations in the areas that the floods have ravaged. Amid this, a pak-based handle posted a video on the […]
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On social media, a video of missile launched has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Miracle in Lebanon: The missile launched at Israel returns to its source and blows up the launch pad and 5 barbaric Islamist terrorists”. Link Fact Check During the investigation, DFRAC found that the claim was false. We […]
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An image of a 500 rupee note with the star (*) symbol on the number panel of the banknote is being widely shared on social media platforms such as WhatsApp with the claim that this currency is fake and invalid. We received this post on DFRAC’s WhatsApp tiplineIn the post, it was written along with […]
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On social media, a video of buses on fire has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Do you know where this video is from? This is a video from Tel Aviv… And the artist of this art is Yemen”.(English Translation) Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The […]
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Some pak-based handles took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and claimed that Indian forces martyred two Kashmiri youths during a cordon and search operation in Kupwara, Jammu and Kashmir X account named Hello Pakistan posted an image on X and wrote: “Indian forces continue to violate human rights in J &K, killing two […]
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On social media, an image of a massive smoke emitting from the flames of fire has gone viral. While sharing the image users wrote “Tel Aviv is lit up in flames”. Link Moreover, several users shared this video and made similar claims. The link can be seen here, here and here Fact Check During the […]
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An image showing some people from the Northeast Region standing near the Vande Bharat train is making rounds on Social media platform X (formerly Twitter). Users are sharing this image with captions indicating that Vande Bharat has reached to Nagaland now. Posting this image on X, a user named Karthik Reddy wrote: “People of Nagaland […]
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On social media, an image showing a road from a vehicle’s mirror has gone viral. While sharing the image users wrote “Road-mobile ballistic missile launchers are being moved around inside Iran – the missile force is at 100% readiness in all regions. Iran announced that it would bomb Israel immediately if Israel made the mistake […]
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