Uttar Pradesh elections are getting closer by the minute. This has prompted the resurgence of fake news and misleading claims about the parties and people involved in the elections. On August 19,2021, Zubair Menon made a claim targeting the lack of alliance building in Uttar Pradesh. He used a picture of what looks like Akhilesh […]
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Several Twitter and news media channels from different countries are posting the video of Ashraf Ghani leaving Afghanistan. Some well-known media channels like FRESH News (Cambodia’s news channel) and Orient TV (Turkish news channel) also posted the viral video without checking whether it is related to recent incident or past. Upon checking all the accounts, […]
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As Afghanistan is taken over by Taliban, it is in a total disruption. Afghans are fleeing to other countries by any means possible. Tens of thousands of Afghans swarmed Kabul airport in hunt for an airplane to flee the country from Taliban and their ideologies. Some even clung to the undercarriage of a military transport […]
Continue ReadingA few days ago, a video started to make rounds on social media of a law enforcement officer catching an assailant in a seemingly cinematic manner. The police vehicle can be seen knocking a bike over and then a police officer is seen jumping over the car and pouncing on the criminal. This video was […]
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A recent message circulating on WhatsApp has caught the attention of many. The message attached below informs the public about a new “Pradhan Mantri Rambaan Suraksha Scheme” which would give every young person in the country a sum of Rs4000. There is a link attached with this message as well. Here is what the website […]
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On August 15, 2021, TV9 Bharatvarsh ran a video of some men dancing with rifles in their hands. The news channel claimed this to be a video of Taliban troops celebrating after capturing Maidan, a region just outside Kabul. The video has thousands of views on all social media platforms. Fact-Check: Upon some research we […]
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As the situation still develops in Afghanistan, misleading news on a high as everyone seems to want to be a part of this moment in history and add to the conversation. A video posted by Major Surendra Poonia went viral where he claimed that Taliban forces have entered the Presidential Palace of Afghanistan in Kabul […]
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On July 31, 2021 Madhya Pradesh’s Minister for Medical Education when asked about the inflation in the country said the following: Sarang blames Nehru and his entire family for inflation happening today and claims that inflation has been on the rise since Nehru delivered a speech on the Red Fort on 15th August,1947. Fact Check: […]
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Vivek Agnihotri is a famed film director who maintains a very active presence on social media. He has been known to post about controversial issues. Agnihotri has 5.8 lakh followers on twitter. On August 14, 2021, Agnihotri posted a graphic of Capt. Amarinder Singh, the chief minister of Punjab saying that he believes that the […]
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Megh Updates is a twitter news dispensation account run by another twitter user who goes by @TheMeghdoot. Megh Update posts real time ‘headlines’ on the page for the purpose of giving bite-sized news updates to its followers. Megh Updates has over 1.5 Lakh followers on twitter having only joined in March 2019. The account is […]
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