As the cyclone Asani hit the coast of Andhra Pradesh on May 10, 2022, a viral video about a “golden chariot (‘सोने का रथ’)” washed ashore at Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh has caught the attention of many. Almost all the news outlets have covered the news and TV channels have shown how local people were trying to drag it from ...

In a new kind of narrative, a viral video on social media claimed that a group of women was detained for pelting stones at a Ram Navami procession. It was widely shared with a claim in Hindi that said,”*MP के #खरगौन मे #हिन्दुओं पर #पत्थर और #पेट्रोल बम चलाने वाली #सलमा,#रुकसाना को जेल भेजती #पुलिस* *बाबुल की दुवाये लेती जा…………” ...

Amid an increasing clamour about the success of Vivek Agnihotri’s film “The Kashmir Files” that earned more than Rs.250 crore but not a single penny went to benefit the affected or displaced Kashmiri Pandits, a Twitter claim has gone viral. It claimed that “The KASHMIR FILES donated the entire fund of 200 crores to the Prime Minister’s Fund. Salute to ...

A viral video of US President Joe Biden has gone viral on Twitter and WhatsApp showing him as if about to shake hands with someone. The viral video, showing only 30 seconds of a 40-minute speech by Biden, focuses on his finishing the speech and turning to his right with his hand extended. However, the claim by Washington Free Beacon, ...

A video on social media is going viral claiming that Rajasthan voters woun’t vote for Congress after the recent communal violence in Karauli. The caption in Hindi reads: “Following the Ram Navami incident in Karauli, Rajasthan, we pledge not to vote for Congress.” It was shared widely on FACEBOOK and on Twitter. FACT CHECK When our team conducted a Google ...

Nizamabad in Telangana has made headlines over the installation of a Shivaji statue last week coinciding with the birth anniversary of Mahratta ruler. When two groups clashed over the issue, police made arrests and imposed section 144 to. On the sidelines, however, social media is abuzz with several claims of Hindutva groups from nearby Maharashtra state reaching Telangana on motorcycles. ...

A video on WhatsApp and Twitter is going viral showing a news footage of the war in Ukraine, with several rows of dead bodies lying behind the reporter but one man is clearly seen moving inside the body bag while posing as a dead body. Something to make you laugh 😂 😂 See Ukraine dead bodies 🤣 Local man is ...

Two weeks into the invasion of Ukraine, Russia claimed that US-funded labs in Ukraine are into making bioweapons, which has made many many global media outlets seek truth from the United States. A spokesperson for the Chinese government called on the Pentagon to disclose details on biolabs in Ukraine, while Fox News host Tucker Carlson questioned the US on this ...

Reminiscent of the popular saying that a Roman king was playing fiddle while Rome was burning, here’s a social media message that said a video showed a cover version of the song “Endless Love” being sung by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife Olena Zelenska. The timing of the video when their capital Kyiv was being bombarded by invading ...

As the Russia-Ukraine war reached its peak, several stranded Indian students in Ukraine were asked to go to neighbouring countries from where they were airlifted to India under the “Operation Ganga”. But social media is abuzz with a claim that Russia had agreed to a ceasefire and gave 6 hours window specifically to evacuate the stranded Indians from Kharkiv city, ...