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 […]
Continue ReadingRecently, a video of a man calling himself Mufti was posted multiple times on Facebook and twitter. Users claimed this video to be from Uttar Pradesh and the same caption was used,”बिजली चोरी करूंगा !! नहींं मानूंगा!!मरूंगा या मारूंगा ये तालिबान तो देश के भीतर ही पैदा हो रहा है”. The video was posted by […]
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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 […]
Continue ReadingFamed separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani passed away at the age of 92 on September 1, 2021. He advocated for Kashmir to be separated from India and faced a lot of flack from the right wing community in India. Upon his death, several memes and messages were posted on social media. Some celebrated his […]
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On July 28, 2021, three hashtags were trending on Twitter. These three hashtags were #सुदर्शन_एक_बाप_की_औलाद_नहीं (Sudarshan does not have a father), #सुदर्शन_गद्दारों_का_बाप_है(Sudarshan is the father of all traitors) and #ArrestSureshChavhanke. These hashtags were all trending simultaneously with various heinous comments made on the TV channel Sudarshan News and its owner Suresh Chavhanke as people accused […]
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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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