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 […]
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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: […]
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On September 10,2021, a twitter user by the name of Nikhil Aggarwal posted an image of a the gopuram at Murudeshwar along with Qutub Minar, side by side, comparing their heights. The caption of the image reads ,”If we mention the tall buildings on the basis of history, then only Qutub Minar has been praised, […]
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On June 10, 2021, a Facebook page by the name of Hindu Sena posted pictures of a collapsed Madrasa on their page along with the caption,” बिहार के बाँका जिले में मदरसे की छत धमाके से उड़ गई। देश के 7 होनहार बम वैज्ञानिक हमें छोड़कर चले गए xD (translation: The roof of the madrasa […]
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On September 6,2021 , a page by the name of Rising Pakistan posted a picture on twitter that showed a field filled with military vehicles. The image was captioned “From Panjshir, all the wealth has been captured for the UAE” implying that the Taliban has taken control of the equipment after taking over the region. […]
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On September 7,2021, twitter user @iSandeepBisht posted a video on twitter of what looks like a child sitting in boiling oil and meditating. A group of people have surrounded the boy and the boy seems to be unphased by the temperature of the oil. Within a span of less than 24 hours, the video has […]
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On September 7, 2021, TV9 Kannada’s YouTube channel posted a video of what looks like an area being bombed. The caption roughly translates to “Fights are happening day and night in Panjshir.” The video has been viewed 24,000 times on their YouTube channel. Fact-check: Upon reverse searching the key frames of the video, we found […]
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Claim: A Bangladeshi Facebook account named Md Belal has posted an image with the description “এই হলো ভারতীয় মুসলমান ভাইদের অবস্থা, আল্লাহ আপনি তাদের হেফাজত করুন আমিন,“, when translated it in English, it was written “This is the condition of Indian Muslim brothers, may Allah protect them Amin” The post got 63 likes, 8 comments […]
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A viral video first circulated 16 weeks ago has once again started making rounds on social media. According to the video and the caption, the video depicts how the Israeli force has captured the Al-Aqsa mosque in Jerusalem. The video was posted by “Pushpendra Kulshrestha Hindu Yoddha” on Facebook and currently has over 8,00,000 views […]
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On September 5, 2021, Priti Gandhi, a popular figure on twitter posted a video of Rakesh Tikait, the leader of Bharatiya Kisaan Union giving a speech at the kisan Mahapanchayat that is currently taking place in Uttar Pradesh. In the video, which is less than 20 seconds long, Tikait can be heard saying: “If such […]
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