Fact-Check: Panchjanya editor Hitesh Shankar claims local temple demolished because it was in a Muslim-dominated area. Is it true?

On September 23,2021, Hitesh Shankar, the editor of the weekly magazine Panchjanya posted a series of tweets claiming that a temple in the Noor Nagar area of Delhi was demolished. He claimed that since this was a Muslim neighbourhood, they sought to demolish a temple that had existed their for the last 50 years and […]

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Fact-Check: Were most of AIIMS built under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime?

An Info graphic got viral claiming that maximum number of AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Sciences) were built during Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s regime. Among many who shared the claim was Nand Kishore Yadav, former cabinet minister for road construction and health in the Government of Bihar. His […]

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Fact-Check: Misleading Claim ‘vaccine for all, free vaccine’ by the Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya

A tweet got viral of Mansukh Mandaviya who is serving as Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Chemical and Fertilizers of India. He called for a major push to the COVID-19 vaccinations drive during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on Friday, 17th Sept, saying it would be a perfect gift for him. “Prime Minister Narendra […]

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