A claim of the former chairperson of the State Bank of India (SBI) Arundhati Bhattacharya, on the 2016 demonetization is getting viral on social media. In the viral post, a placard is seen with the SBI’s logo at the back with Bhattacharya’s picture in the front. Beneath this sentence is written in Hindi which when […]
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A video is getting viral on social media sites claiming that the holiest site in Islam, the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s sacred city of Mecca, has been bombarded by cockroaches. An account with the username @MuslimsofTiktok, shared this video on twitter and writes, “In Mecca, millions of cockroaches came out from under the ground, […]
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There are many claims made about the Constitution Maker Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar. One such claim is that he said that until there is a single Muslim in India, this division is incomplete. Suresh Chavhanke, CMD and Editor-in-Chief of Sudarshan News, quoted Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar on Twitter and wrote, “I will not accept this division of […]
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A claim that apps such as Uber hike fares if your phone’s battery is low is getting viral. The topic has resurfaced for discussion on Twitter as the users tweeted about an extremely expensive ride becoming cheaper after people charge their phones. According to a report in the Belgian newspaper Derniere Hurie, Ride-hailing app Uber faces accusations […]
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A video of former Congress President Rahul Gandhi is going viral on social media, in which he is seen trying to shake hands with a physically challenged person sitting on a wheelchair without hands and legs. A Twitter Blue subscriber named Bala who is also followed by Narendra Modi himself on Twitter, posted a nine-second […]
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South Asian Human Rights Watch is a Twitter account purported to raise human rights issues. It has 120951 followers so far. In his bio, he writes that ‘we dream of a tomorrow where women, children, minorities and human rights in general are under a common custody of human civilization.’ Source: Twitter Seeing the timeline of […]
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There is a viral news on social media regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi, which claims that he is the biggest contender for the Nobel Peace Prize before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. It is claimed that he is a trusted leader who can stop wars and establish peace in the world. According to Nobel panel […]
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Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan is said to have built the Taj Mahal in memory of his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, which is one of the Seven Wonders of the World and a major attraction for tourists around the world. However, there are many claims regarding Shah Jahan and Mumtaz Mahal that are viral on social […]
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Recently, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath gave a speech in which he claimed that no riots took place in UP in the last 6 years. He also mentioned that the women in his state are safe as no crime happened against them. Fact Check: To investigate the claim DFRAC team searched for the data on […]
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A video is going viral on social media, wherein a man can be seen with Sarfaraz Ahmed, the former captain of the Pakistan cricket team. In this video, Sarfaraz claims that- ‘I have seen many Indian players eating korma, biryani, in the room of Yusuf Bhai (Pak cricketer).’ Then he says with what seems to […]
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