GENERAL

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 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. ...

As Ukrainian war unfolded, several images with claims have been making rounds and the latest was its President Volodymyr Zelenskyy donning military uniform and the caption claims that he was wearing the uniform and would take up arms to personally fight the war against Russia. Ukrainian President #Zelensky took off his clothes and put on a military uniform to fight ...

  As the controversy over wearing hijab in Karnataka pre-university colleges is widening across the country, a video is being shared on WhatsApp and Twitter with a claim that a group of Muslim women are being harassed by a right-wing Hindutva group. While the hijab controversy is being taken up by the state high court, colleges and schools are shut ...

As Lata Mageshkar’s funeral made headlines on Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, several celebrities paying their last rites was constantly watched on TV channels by people and one such as Bollywood star was Shah Rukh Khan, who paid his last prayers before the funeral. The most secular person .But this secularism always brings hate for him🙂#ShahRukhKhan #LataDidi #LataMangeshkarPassesAway pic.twitter.com/St6gY3FdNa — Azharul ...

Here is a video going viral claiming that a man on a helicopter is rescuing a bird tangled in a power line and it was shared with a claim that this unusual daring act was performed by a soldier of the Indian Army. When we received the request for fact checking it, we first searched with a frame cut on ...

A viral video is being shared on WhatsApp and Twitter with the claim that the Indian government is planning to remove all Sikh soldiers from the Indian Army. The poorly made video shows a meeting of the PM Narendra Modi with Home Minister Amit Shah, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, and National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and claimed they were discussing ...