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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On social media,a video of a group of women walking with Indian flag has gone viral. While sharing the video users claim that “Power of our national flag Now the people and women in Palestine are leaving Palestine with the tricolor in their hands because Israel does not fire on the tricolor Not just Israel, […]
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Some Pak-based handles took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) and shared news claiming that a cyber attack occurred on multiple Indian nuclear power plants and an emergency was declared. A pak handle “Ironclad” posted an image of nuclear power plants and claimed: “#BREAKING Cyber attack on multiple Indian nuclear power plants, emergency declared” […]
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On social media, the thumbnail featuring Indian wrestler Vinesh Phogat along with the text: “they wanted to record me Modi’s call had come, if Nita Ambani wanted…Vinesh told these things for the first time on camera” has gone viral. While sharing the thumbnail users wrote “Oh my god! This is the thumbnail on the YouTube […]
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A pak-based handle shared a screenshot of a news article and claimed that the confiscation of Bilal Ahmad Lone’s property by Indian authorities was part of a wider campaign to displace Kashmiris in their own land. An account with username @AtbanHanif posted a screenshot of a news article and wrote: “The confiscation of Bilal Ahmad […]
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