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A social media user claims that a 19-year-old Indian college student from Tokyo visits the Indian Embassy in Tokyo for a visa renewal and gets raped by an Indian staff member inside. Fact Check: After investigating further, it was revealed that no such incident had taken place recently, making the claim false. Although an incident […]

Numerous social media users have defamed India’s reputation by claiming that this viral video is from India and accusing it of severe water pollution. Fact Check: After a Google reverse image search, it was revealed that the claim is false. The original video clip was recorded in 2022 in Guatemala. The news report for the […]

Many social media users have claimed that Brooklyn erupts in celebration as Zohran Mamdani becomes the first Muslim mayor in New York’s history Fact Check: This claim is false. According to the official schedule released by the NYC Board of Elections, the results will be announced on the 4th of November, 2025. Furthermore, the DFRAC […]

Many internet users are sharing the claim that a “recalibration” of Russian oil imports by India is harming India-Russia relations. This decision by India is also harming India-Russia defence ties, as the deals between the two may be delayed. One X user posts the image from last year when Modi visited Russia for a Russian […]

A video of a man molesting women and recording them without their permission in Canada has been made viral on the internet. Users claim that the man is from India because of his brown-coloured skin and harassing Caucasian women. A user on X posts this video with a caption that says, “How long before this […]

A social media user has claimed that 100 students of a medical college in Srinagar were chanting pro-Pakistani slogans, and the Indian government has revoked their degrees.  Fact Check: After investigating this claim, it was found that the claim is false. In 2021, after the T-20 World Cup Final, an incident took place in the […]

 A social media post claims that recently, an army truck caught fire, and many soldiers died. Fact Check: After an image reverse search, it was discovered that the two photos shared in the post are from different timelines. One image is from a 2024 accident in Madhya Pradesh’s Rajgarh area, and the other is from […]

Internet users are sharing an image-based claim that depicts a notice of a Swiss hotel. In this image, a notice is displayed specifically for Indians that says, “DON’T PACK BUFFET FOOD IN YOUR PURSE”. A text in Urdu has also been inserted in this image, which also repeats the same message from the notice. A […]

After the appointment of Japan’s first-ever women Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, a claim has been made viral by internet users that she has officially formed a “Ministry of Mass Deportation” under her “first policy”. The claim was supported by the fact that Takaichi, a far-right conservative, is the face of a campaign against illegal immigration […]