Digit Eye Fact Checker of News & Social Media

A video is being circulated showing an anchor repeatedly stressing that old Rs. 2 coin can make you rich overnight as buyers are ready to pay lakhs of rupees. finally, she urges you to open Quikr account and asks you to upload a picture of the Rs. 2 coin and wait for a buyer. Several news publications like Zeenews.com/business have ...

A Twitter post with a screenshot of a tweet criticising the current state of Indian banks is being shared widely despite the fact that it was from a parody account of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.  The post said in Hindi: “Leave aside what is inside the Taj Mahal, Qutub Minar and Gyanvapi. Look at what’s left inside the Reserve ...

A video of Congress MP Shashi Tharoor is going viral after the Congress held its Chintan Shivir claiming that he was seen clapping and dancing to a Bollywood song, during the three-day meeting in Udaipur, Rajasthan, earlier this month. It’s being shared here and here. FACT CHECK However, we found that the video was not from Rajasthan but from Kerala ...

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 ...

A video claiming that an outfit called “Ghazwa-e-Hind” is training Muslim children in an Indian madrasa to use guns. It said, “If madrasas are not closed, then India will soon become Pakistan”. It is being widely shared on WhatsApp and Twitter with a similar claim. The video depicts children being trained in using pistols and rifles. The 1.42 minutes video ...

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. ...