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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Lakhs of farmers gushed out into Muzaffarnagar on Sunday for the Samyukt Kisan Morcha’s largest mahapanchayat so far to hear Bharatiya Kisan Union (BKU) leader Rakesh Tikait declare his resolution to expel the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh next year by tapping into rural anger and uniting farmers and workers across caste and religion. Thousands […]
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A video of the actress Urfi Javed seems to be going viral on social media. In the video, Javed can be seen walking with a suitcase. People have raised objections to her outfit and have called it skimpy. The outrage was mostly shared by male users on Twitter. Poet and writer Javed Akhtar has also […]
Continue Reading“Liquor sales should be sold through Aadhaar card. Government food subsidies should be stopped for alcohol buyers [sic],” the quote attributed to industrialist, philanthropist Ratan Tata read. “Those who have the facility to buy alcohol can definitely buy food. When we give them free food they buy alcohol,” it continued. The screenshot of this post […]
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Recent news reports have claimed that Panjshir Valley, an Afghan resistance army stronghold, has been captured by the Taliban. However, videos and images of the conflict zone have been circulating online and some of them are not credible. On September 1,2021, an account by the name of National Resistance Front posted a video showing a man […]
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For the past few days, an image of a plane on fire has been circulating on Facebook. Each of these posts claim that this is a US aircraft that crash landed in Farah province of Afghanistan and the crash injured hundreds of people. The post was circulated in Bengali as well as English. Other instances […]
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Since 31st August,2021, a message about the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan went viral on social media. In this, there was talk of amending the law for misbehaving with the employees of any mosque or madrasa. The message claimed that the law has been amended to provide for three years imprisonment for doing so or […]
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On September 1, 2021, a video of a little girl firing a machine gun and smiling with glee was posted by a handle called @TheZaiduLeaks with the caption “Mashallah, who say Afghan children have no future under the new Taliban regime. Proud moment for Indian Liberals & Shahid Afridi as the Taliban coming in Afghanistan […]
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On August 29, 2021, Daily Expose UK posted what seemed like a satirical piece on how Bill Gates has called for the withdrawal of all COVID-19 vaccines. The piece has quotes from Bill Gates on the efficacy of the vaccines and even talked about his alleged relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. The article was mainly focused […]
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On August 31, 2021, a video of a helicopter went viral on social media. This video vaguely showed a man hanging from the helicopter. This video was claimed to be from the Taliban occupied Afghanistan. The video was repeatedly tweeted by multiple sources including Sudhir Chaudhary who tweeted the video. The video was played on […]
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