Recently, a video claiming to be Aryan and taken while he was in an inebriated state at the airport and urinating in the open at queue is going viral on WhatsApp. It is followed by another image that has the wording “CONFIRMED” stamp with a logo of ALT News, a fact checking organization. The claim states: “Shah Rukh Khan’s son ...
Read More »Video ridiculing SP goes viral in UP ahead of elections with wrong claims; Fact Check
Ahead of the elections in Uttar Pradesh. several social media posts have shared a song claiming that it had been “composed by Muslims” to trigger anti-Hindu sentiment among the people. The song could be heard in this 29-second long clip shared on Twitter on November 7. The songhttps://t.co/xwbEGo3Ucd — Memeved (@memeved) December 24, 2021 The lyrics in Hindi translate as: ...
Read More »Old image of meteor used to claim an asteroid just missed hitting earth, over India: Fact Check
An image of a green streak of light in the night sky is being shared on WhatsApp and other social media platforms with the claim that it is an asteroid that flew-by the earth just missing to hit our planet. The message further claimed that “This is that asteroid that just missed earth about a day ago, in the skies ...
Read More »Video claims temple elephant throws away devotee for not wearing mask: Fact Check
Recently a video of a temple elephant in Bengaluru throwing away a person going inside has been going viral on WhatsApp. The caption on the video in Kannada says: “Not wearing a mask! Get out”. It was widely shared by people who appreciated that the elephant was wise enough to prohibit entry of devotees if they do not wear a ...
Read More »Two of three videos on Gen Rawat’s chopper crash going viral false; Fact Check
When India’s Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat’s chopper crashed in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu on Dec. 8, 2021, several videos began to surface on social media. Essentially there were three videos which were shared widely on WhatsApp and Twitter. Here they are: CDS Bipin Rawat Indian military chief, 12 others killed in helicopter crash pic.twitter.com/kgk4eJGnQK — अनिकेत सिंह (@singhaniketbjp) ...
Read More »Wrong image used to highlight protests by anti-vaaxers in Germany; Fact Check
As Germany is set to impose strict restrictions for the unvaccinated in the wake of rising infections of Covid-19 Omicron variant, several messages started hitting the social media platform, while in some places protests against the restrictions were held. Who wants to start an antivaxx protest?#protest #Proteste #Protesta #verzet #Germany pic.twitter.com/qEEczvbmt3 — Protest News (@ProtestNews_EN) December 4, 2021 As Germany ...
Read More »Upcoming Noida International Airport not Asia’s largest as claimed; Fact Check
The upcoming Noida International Airport was coined as Asia’s “biggest” airport by several Union ministers when PM Narendra Modi inaugurated it on November 25, 2021. In all the images, the model of an upcoming airport was widely used without any accreditation. Union Minister of Civil Aviation Jyotiraditya Scindia told media that the upcoming airport in Jewar, Uttar Pradesh, will be ...
Read More »BJP leaders share poster with Srisailam dam in AP as UP dam; Fact Check
As Uttar Pradesh elections are nearing, several claims have become usual on social media and the latest one is by the Bharatiya Janata Party members in the state. Using the image of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, they showed a poster with an image of a dam to claim that UP’s Bundelkhand region is witnessing infrastructure development under the current ...
Read More »Arvind Kejriwal never said his family roots were in Jan Sangh Parivar; Fact Check
A short video clip is going viral on social media in which AAP chief and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal says:“Our family was of the Jan Sangh Parivar. We are born ‘BJPwallah’. My father was in Jan Sangh. He went to jail during the emergency.” “हमारा जनसंग का परिवार है , पैदाइशी भाजपा वाले है हम” – संघी केजरीवाल @LambaAlkapic.twitter.com/4eu2otSxk2 ...
Read More »Did Japan ban microwave ovens due to harmful radio waves? Fact Check
A viral message on WhatsApp is making rounds with a claim that the harmful effects of Microwave oven have forced Japan to ban the production and use of Microwave ovens. Surprisingly, it was also found in one of the product reviews of Amazon. The lengthy message reads: “End of Microwave industry!!!!! Japan govt has decided to dispose of all the ...
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