As flight-tracking website Flightradar is known for showing all the flights around the world avoiding Ukraine airspace due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, a picture showing one aircraft in red and claiming it to be of an Air India flight AI121 as a showcase of India’s power under PM Narendra Modi. Ever since Ukraine was under attack from the Russian ...
Read More »Did Putin warn India of consequences if votes against Russia at UN Security Council? Fact Check
As Ukrainian war unfolded, several claims and counter-claims have been making rounds and one with respect to India’s act of abstaining from a UN Security Council vote has made many to look for reasons behind such move. It may be noted that Russia is a long-standing ally of India, especially during the Cold War period and on several occasions even ...
Read More »Photos claiming Ukrainian President Zelensky dons uniform to fight war go viral; Fact Check
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 ...
Read More »Video claims burqa-clad women with fake identity cards voting for SP; Fact Check
As the state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh are going on in phases, the Samajwadi Party has been facing false allegations and several videos have been released on social media with false claims. In this context, a video of a woman holding several Voting Identity cards has been going viral with a claim that the burqa-clad women are caught red-handed ...
Read More »This video showing Muslim women being harassed is not from India; Fact Check
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 ...
Read More »No Shah Rukh Khan did not spit at Lata Mangeshkar’s funeral; Fact Check
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 ...
Read More »Animation video game passed off as Indian satellite colliding with ISS: Fact Check
A 45-second video clip is circulating on social media with the claim that it shows an Indian satellite colliding with the International Space Station and that an American astronaut Michael Collins died in the mishap. It was shared on Twitter here. FACT CHECK An image search with key frames of the video showed that it was part of a longer 3D video ...
Read More »Old US video of rescuing bird from power line claimed as Indian Army’s; Fact Check
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 ...
Read More »Collage of photos claims AAP leaders change attire to suit different state elections; Fact Check
The state assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Goa, among others have seen Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) being the target of sarcasm on many occasions. One such collage of images showed that AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and Sanjay Singh in different attires in different states. The remark says while AAP leaders don skull caps in Delhi elections, ...
Read More »Doctored video goes viral as panel discussion on removal of Sikhs from Indian Army; Fact Check
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 ...
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