Eastern University from Sri Lanka confirmed to Fact Crescendo that this video is of a college prank that took place in their campus in 2019. Amid the ongoing protests across the country as the Karnataka hijab row intensifies, a video is being widely circulated on social media that shows a group of boys throwing buckets […]
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Samajwadi Party leader Rajesh Yadav’s PRO has provided Fact Crescendo the original video. The video getting viral is edited and a complaint against it has been registered with the police. As voting began in Uttar Pradesh, a video is being widely circulated on social media claiming a Samajwadi Party leader is making provocative statements against […]
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The image shows the prediction for only second phase of elections. The final opinion poll survey predicted a majority of 205-221 seats for BJP and 144-158 seats for Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh elections. As the phase one voting for Uttar Pradesh has begun from today (10 February 2022), an image showing TV9 Bharatvarsh opinion […]
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The woman seen without burqa in viral images is not Muskan Khan, the girl who confronted anti-hijab protestors in a college in Mandya. Fact Crescendo spoke to JD (S) Najma Nazeer whose images are being shared widely as Muskan Khan. Over the last few days, Karnataka has witnessed several protests across the state over the […]
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This is not Lata Mangeshkars’s last video. This is a 5 year old live video posted by her on Facebook. On Sunday, 6 February, India lost one of its most cherished singer Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar. Her death sent shockwaves globally and tears poured in from all parts of the world for their beloved nightingale […]
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As Phase-1 voting of the UP assembly election 2022 began today, videos of alleged public outrage are making rounds on social media. One such video of a clashing mob is going viral with a claim that people are thrashing BJP workers during UP elections. We can see in the video that a large mob has […]
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Ritu Raj Choudhary has himself clarified that the viral message is Fake. He clearly mentioned that he was not offered any job from Google nor did he hack Google. A viral post on social media claimed that a second year student of IIT Manipur named Ritu Raj Choudhary native from Begusarai has hacked Google for […]
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The viral graphic cards are made after digitally altering India TV opinion poll survey results. With the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, two graphic images are circulating on social media that showing an opinion poll prediction for the upcoming winners and losers for Uttar Pradesh Elections. The first image shows SP winning all the 403 […]
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Sharing a supposed clip of the Kapil Sharma show, users are claiming that an Indian soldier berated Tennis star Sania Mirza for marrying a Pakistani cricketer on the show. It has also been further claimed that this clip was deleted by the show makers. Readers of Fact Crescendo forwarded this video to our WhatsApp FactLine […]
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Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was on the Punjab tour last week for campaigning in the upcoming assembly polls. During which he had also partaken langar at Golden Temple in Amritsar. Video of him attending the langar with keeping the mask on is going viral on social media. Users have been sharing this video with a […]
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An Indian political cartoonist Amal Medhi created the original cartoon. Ben Garrison has not drawn any cartoon related to the Indian politics. A caricature of a cow depicting Congress party exploiting the country for the Gandhi family is being shared widely on social media. Social media users claim that this image is a cartoon that […]
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The old man in the video clarified that he is the uncle of the BJP councilor and they created the video as a joke. A video showing a man threatening an old man forcing him to support and vote for BJP is widely circulating on social media claiming that this video shows a BJP leader […]
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The image is digitally altered. The original image does not have lord Krishna’s image put up on it. An image showing a painting of Lord Krishna on the engine of a train is widely circulating on social media. Users claim that the devotees of ISKCON temple have painted the image of Lord Krishna on a […]
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The video is from 2017 when Bengal’s BJP President Dilip Ghosh was attacked during his visit to Darjeeling. As the dates of polling in UP are coming closer, political misinformation has mushroomed on social media platforms. In the past few days, we have seen many a posts targeting the ruling BJP by sharing purported videos/images […]
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The viral image is digitally altered. The original image shows Akhilesh Yadav holding a placard that mentions jobs and employment. Leading up to the assembly elections in UP, social media has witnessed many viral content showing opposition leaders promoting the incumbent BJP government. Fact Crescendo has earlier debunked such images and videos and found them […]
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Chinese researchers have said that they have found a type of coronavirus that spreads among bats in South Africa. It is called NeoCov. With the emergence of their findings, News articles mentioned NeoCov as the new deadly variant of Coronavirus which causes Covid-19 disease. Users have been claiming NeoCov is going to be the next […]
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There would be hardly any household in the world that would be oblivious to the use of facemasks since the past few years. Governments across the world have urged their citizens to use facemasks in public. Some countries have also enforced strict laws and have mandated the use of facemasks. With different varieties of facemasks […]
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Delhi police and Swati Maliwal, Chairperson, Delhi Commission for Womenconfirmed to us that the victim has not committed suicide and is recovering from the trauma. On 26th January a woman was allegedly abducted, gang-raped and paraded by her attackers (who were present when she was gang raped) on the streets of east Delhi’s Kasturba Nagar […]
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The video has no relation with the upcoming Uttar Pradesh election. The video is of Congress workers protesting against the Hathras case blocked Smriti Irani’s car in 2020. Social media has witnessed several videos and images of political nature ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Elections scheduled next month. In the past few days, we have […]
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The image of the filthy beach shared by Goa Congress in an attempt to attack the ruling BJP government is actually from the Hawaii islands in the United States. The official Twitter handle of Goa Congress tweeted an image as a report card of the Pramod Sawant led BJP government’s performance in Goa, ahead of […]
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The video is not from India neither the man in the video is the priest of Pipleshwar Mahadev temple. A video showing a man sleeping alongside three cheetahs is widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the video is from the temple of Pipleshwar Mahadev in Sirohi, Rajasthan. It is further claimed […]
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The image is from January 2021 when Rahul Gandhi had his lunch with women weavers in Erode, Tamil Nadu. He took off his mask after the food was served. An image showing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wearing a mask and sitting along with women on a dinner table is widely circulating on social media. Social […]
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Video originally shows an incident from 2021 during Bengal assembly elections when BJP leader Locket Chatterjee was chased away by people in Hooghly. In the context of the upcoming general elections in Uttar Pradesh, a video showing a group of villagers chasing BJP leader Locket Chatterjee is widely circulating on social media claiming that the […]
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The narrative going viral with the video is false. The SPG did not fire at a beggar but a man named Karamjit Singh who tried to attack Rajiv Gandhi. The SPG did not kill him. A 2-minute video of India’s former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi’s regime at Rajghat is widely circulating on social media. […]
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The image has no relation with the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Elections. Image shows BJP leader Kailash Meghwal whom farmer in Rajasthan allegedly attacked in 2021. As the election dates for Uttar Pradesh approach closer, social media platforms are witnessing more and more misleading and false content. In this series, an image showing a man with […]
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The Congress Manifesto launched on 21 January is named Bharti Vidhan and not after AAP or BJP. An image of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi holding booklets endorsing AAP CM candidate Bhagwant Mann in their hands is widely circulating on social media ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections. The AAP Gurgaon Facebook […]
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CGI artist Aleksey Patrev confirmed to us that the viral video is digitally created. American astronaut Michael Collins of Apollo 11 died of cancer at the age of 90 in April 2021. A 59-second video from space is widely circulating on social media claiming to claim an Indian satellite that can be seen colliding with […]
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Kashmiri Journalist Basit Zargar confirmed to Fact Crescendo that no such incident has taken place in Kashmir. The video is not from Kashmir. A distressing video showing few men lying on the ground, bleeding profusely and groaning in pain is widely circulating on social media as a group of Muslim boys from Rajasthan who visited […]
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Samajwadi Party’s spokesperson Nasser Salim confirmed to us that the viral image is Fake. A poster showing Samajwadi Party’s leader Akhilesh Yadav’s quote is widely circulating on social media. The poster claims that Akhilesh Yadav has promised to build 2000 mosques when he wins the election, reduce the reservation for Dalits and other backward classes, […]
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the events shown in the video are scripted and dramatized. It also does not have any communal angle to it. A video showing a boy stealing a moped from a girl after offering to fix her scooty is circulating on social media with a communal claim. The claim made along with the video is that […]
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Samajwadi Party shared an image from Mumbai captured in 2011 as evidence for the progress of the youth during their government in Uttar Pradesh. Amid the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, social media is brimming with misinformation related targeting one party or the another. The war between the parties is expected to intensify as […]
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A collage of three images of what looks like helmets, implements and a chariot with the remains of a few animals around it is going viral on social media with a claim that these are images of remains of a 4000 year old chariot in Uttar Pradesh, India. Most of the posts are captioned as: […]
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The three images in the first collage claimed to be before 2017 during SP rule were from Adityanath’s rule. Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) leader and national spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a poster on his official Twitter account showing a collage of images of a dilapidated school building along with images of a modern school building. […]
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The image shows a derailed passenger train near Sahadai Buzurg railway station in Bihar in 2019. An image showing a derailed train surrounded by people is widely circulating on social media. The claim made along with the image is that recently Bihar-Guwahati express derailed in the North of Bengal. Recently, seven persons were killed after […]
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The Omicron variant of coronavirus is spreading fast with massive spikes in daily cases in various nations. World Health Organization has even warned that half of Europe to be infected with Omicron within the next six to eight weeks. In India alone, 268,833 new Covid-19 cases and 402 deaths in the last 24 hours were […]
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Anyone who has been following the latest developments in managing Covid-19, has surely come across the term self-testing kits or Rapid at-home Antigen testing kits recently. If someone has been experiencing symptoms or has just been to a Covid-19 hotspot, rapid at-home antigen testing kits are very good way to check if they should be […]
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Media outlet Knews has clarified that the viral screenshot is digitally edited and they have not published any such news. With the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh a screengrab of a breaking news is widely circulating on social media. The image claims that UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has threatened to leave the BJP […]
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Neurologist Dr. Sushil Razdan has clarified in an interview that the viral video is shared falsely in his name. He also insists people to maintain COVID-19 appropriate behaviour. Dry ginger powder will not prevent or cure COVID-19. As Covid-19 cases in India rise rapidly and threat of a third wave of COVID-19 continue to loom over […]
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With the number of COVID-19 positives on the rise again, social media is also getting flooded with misinformation related to the infection as well as the vaccines. One such message being forwarded on instant messaging apps claims that Bill Gates has confessed that the vaccines are harmful and has called for all Covid-19 vaccines to […]
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A viral video showing a man clad in saffron listening to Bhajan is being shared in the name of UP CM Yogi Adityanath. However, the IPRD fact-checking handle on Uttar Pradesh has refuted the viral claim. A video showing a man dressed in saffron sitting in the front seat of the car and listening to […]
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January 12th, 2022 Ms. Susan Wojcicki, It’s been almost two years since the COVID-19 pandemic started. The world has seen time and time again how destructive disinformation and misinformation can be for social harmony, democracy, and public health; too many lives and livelihoods have been ruined, and far too many people have lost loved ones […]
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The viral claim is False. Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has not made any such statement. The numbers that are claimed is far too huge in number. Social media users have claimed that Mark Zuckerberg said that the word ‘#Alhamdulillah’ is written 5 billion (500 crore) times each day on Facebook. Poster containing the same have […]
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The viral claim is False. Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg has not made any such statement. The numbers that are claimed is far too huge in number. A poster claiming Mark Zuckerberg’s said that the phrase ‘Jai Shri Ram’ is written 200 crore times each day on Facebook is widely circulating on social media. The poster […]
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The viral video is a scripted drama created for education and awareness purpose. A video showing a girl pushing an old rickshaw puller on the road and misbehaving with him is widely circulating on social media. We can see that the rickshaw puller complains of pulling his rickshaw for 4 kilometres and refuses to go […]
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Akhilesh Yadav did not wear shoes while praying to an idol of Lord Parshuram. The black accessory that is visible on Akhilesh Yadav’s feet in the picture are his socks. Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav unveiled the statue of Lord Parshuram in Gosaiganj area of Lucknow on 2 January. Social media users shared several images […]
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Video is of a Lahore based choreographer named Shoaib Shakoor dancing on a Bollywood song. The video does not show a Pakistani Member of Parliament. A video showing a man dancing at a wedding to the Bollywood song “Tip Tip barsa Paani” is being widely circulated on social media. Several media organizations such as ANI, […]
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The viral image is three years old showing Sachin Tendulkar offering his help to his childhood cricket coach and mentor Ramakant Achrekar at his funeral in 2019. Senior social activist Sindhutai Sapkal passed away at the age of 74 due to a heart attack on Tuesday (January 4). Her body was cremated on Wednesday (January 5) […]
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Punjab’s Health Ministry confirmed to Fact Crescendo that 125 passengers who landed from Italy to Amritsar came in a chartered flight and not in an Air India flight. Air India has also refuted the viral claim. Amidst the rising Covid-19 cases in India and the upcoming third wave in the country, we saw a breaking […]
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The Election Commission confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral post is False. They have not announced the official dates of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections in 2022. Political campaigning is intensifying in Uttar Pradesh as the upcoming assembly elections approach nearer. The present chief minister’s tenure will end next year on 14 March 2022. […]
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A video of a spectacular light and sound show, apparently from when the clock struck midnight on December 31, 2021 is going viral across social media platforms with some captions stating that it is from Shanghai and some claiming that it is from Beijing, in China. The video shows a tall tower on a hillock […]
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The images are old and has no relation with the claim and is being shared with a false communal narrative that Muslim men are running restaurants lacing their food with impotency pills to control the growth of the Hindu population. A collage of few images is widely circulating on social media showing few men being […]
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Vellore’s DIG confirmed to us that the video shows the recovered jewellery by the police after the robbery. The video has no relation with Mr. J. Shekar Reddy. A video showing several gold jewellery, gold biscuits and other precious metals including cash displayed on a table is widely circulating on social media. In the video, […]
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Image of a 2018 incidence where some party workers burnt BJP flag is being shared in connection with the upcoming UP elections. An image showing a group of men burning the BJP flag is circulating on social media to claim people protesting against BJP in UP before the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Election scheduled some time […]
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Video shows Twilight star Bronson Pelletier at the Los Angeles International Airport in December 2012 under intoxication. The video has no relation with Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Bollywood Superstar Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan on October 3 last year for alleged possession of drugs from a […]
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The image is digitally edited. TIME Magazine announced Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk as the ‘Person of the Year.’ for 2021. An image of the cover photo of the TIME magazine is circulating on social media claiming that the magazine has awarded the tag of “Person of the Year” to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. […]
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Image of a PM Modi’s rally is being shared as a recent rally for the upcoming elections in UP amidst Omicron scare. The image dates back to 2019 during the Lok Sabha election campaign. An image showing PM Modi taking part in a huge road rally surrounded by a huge crowd is widely circulating on […]
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The video does not have any relation with the Covid restrictions in Saudi Arab. It shows footages from the Baloot championship in Riyadh in 2018. With the rise in the cases of the Omicron, latest variant of the deadly novel coronavirus in the world, a video showing a huge crowd dressed in white sitting in […]
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The viral video is a scripted drama created for education and awareness purpose. A video showing a schoolgirl being reprimanded by her school teacher for bunking her school and meeting a boy at a hotel room is widely circulating on social media. Users claim that this video is a real incident where a girl was […]
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The viral video is a scripted drama created for education and awareness purpose. A video showing few villagers questioning an unknown man with suitcase in his hand. After few seconds, we can see the villagers opening the suitcase where they find a minor girl inside. Social media users claim that the video shows a man […]
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Gopalganj Police confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral claim is False. The incident has no communal or love jihad narrative associated. Both the accused and the victim belong to the Muslim community. A CCTV of a boy assaulting a girl with a knife in broad day light is widely circulating on social media with […]
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The viral video is a scripted drama created for education and awareness purpose. A video showing a stranger talking to a schoolgirl and then later attempting to kidnap the girl is widely circulating on social media. Users claim that the video shows how a child is kidnapped while waiting outside her school. The video goes […]
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Hasanganj police confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the accused involved in this brawl do not hail from any political party. There is no MLA in Mukhtarganj with the name Salim Haider. A video showing people slapping a police officer on the road is widely circulating on social media. Social media users claim that one of the […]
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A picturesque video of a steam-engine train decorated with colorful lights is making rounds on social media with a claim that it is of Tejas Express that runs between Mumbai and Goa. It has been claimed that Tejas Express was specially decorated on the occasion of Christmas. Readers of Fact Crescendo forwarded this video to […]
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The Election Commission confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral post is False. They have not announced the official dates of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections next year. Political campaigning is intensifying in Uttar Pradesh regarding the upcoming assembly elections in 2022. The present chief minister’s tenure will end next year on 14 March […]
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The image was captured at a wedding reception where Mohan Bhagwat was sitting along with Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav. An image showing of AIMIM party President Asaduddin Owaisi meeting with RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat at an event is widely circulating on social media. Users are claiming that the image shows a recent meeting […]
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IAS Aarti Dogra confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the woman in the image is not her. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Kashi Vishwanath Dham in Banaras . In this ceremony, he touched the feet of a woman. An image showing this incident is circulating on social media claiming that this picture shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched the feet […]
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Jaideep Bhatnagar, principal spokesperson of PIB confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral image is Fake. The government has not made any announcement on the nationwide lockdown. With the rising cases of the omicron variant of Covid-19 in India, people are worried about the possibility of another lockdown. India has recorded over 300 Omicron cases […]
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The image is from Narsingdi district in Bangladesh showing a family of five who converted to Islam from Hinduism. The image has no relation with Rajasthan. An image showing a Muslim family sitting together is widely circulating on social media claiming that the image is from Rajasthan where a family of five Hindu members converted […]
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The man in the video is Jagdeesh Chandra who is the head of a Rajasthan based media channel named First India News. He is not a Congress spokesperson. With the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh in 2022, the internet has been witnessing misleading posts related to the political parties and political personalities. PM Modi […]
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The viral video is scripted and created for “awareness, entertainment and educational” purpose which has been falsely shared with false communal claims. A video showing few boys spiking the birthday cake of a girl and taking her inside the house when she is semi-conscious. Social media users claim that in the video, the group of […]
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A passage being shared widely on Social Media platforms claims that McDonald’s burgers are unfit for human consumption. The message attributes the statement who Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver who has reportedly proved that the food they sell is not fit to be ingested as it is highly toxic due to the use of bacteria-killing ammonium […]
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The viral video is scripted and created for “awareness and educational” purpose which has been falsely shared with false communal claims. A video showing a group of men confronting a girl dressed in school uniform with a youth on his bike is widely circulating on social media claiming to be a video of a real […]
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The video has no relation with the Karachi blast in December 2021. The video shows a massive blast in Beirut, Lebanon in 2020. On 18 December, 15 people were injured and at least 16 people lost their lives due to a sewer blast in the financial capital of Pakistan, Karachi. In the context of this […]
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The image is not from India. It shows religious prayers offered during the religious congregation of Bishwa Ijtema in Bangladesh in 2020 An image showing a large crowd offering namaaz on a busy street blocking traffic is widely circulating on social media. Several social media users including Pakistani-Canadian columnist Tarek Fatah have shared this image. […]
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The news was published by a satire website, but people started sharing it as real after it went viral. More than 100 cases of Omicron variant has been reported in India. The WHO has expressed their concern over the rising cases of this variant in the world. Amid this, a screenshot of a news report […]
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Local media owner confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral video dates back to 2019 when massive crowds took to streets for protesting against CAB. On 6th December 1992, raging crowd of volunteers called Karsevaks stormed and demolished what used to be called Babri Masjid in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. This led to violent communal riots […]
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Dr. Manoj Mittal has himself confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the social media posts are baseless and fake. He is healthy and continues consuming cow dung. Last month, a video of a doctor named Manoj Mittal eating cow dung went viral on social media. In the backdrop of this, social media users are claiming that […]
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DSP Faridabad confirmed to Fact Crescendo that both the victim and accused are Hindus. This video does not show atrocities against the minority in India. A horrifying video showing two men mercilessly attacking another man with a sledgehammer on a road in Faridabad, Haryana in broad daylight is widely circulating on social media. Some users […]
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Samajwadi party worker Manish Yadav confirmed to us that the man in the viral image feeding cake to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s photo is himself. This photo was captured in Lucknow on Mulayam Singh Yadav’s birthday. Samajwadi party founder and former UP CM Mulayam Singh Yadav celebrated his 83rd birthday on 22nd November. An image is […]
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Falakata Police and the Principal of Falakata College confirmed to Fact Crescendo that both the accused and victim belong to the Muslim community. The love jihad angle to the story is False An image showing an injured girl is circulating on social media claiming that a Muslim boy named Fayez Ahmad attacked the Hindu girl […]
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The digital head of News 7 Tamil confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral video was created using VFX. The video does not show the satellite view of the helicopter crash in Coonoor. India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat died on 8th December, after a military chopper carrying him crashed in Tamil Nadu. Indian […]
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Comedian Nitin Gupta confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the video belongs to one of his interview to OpIndia A video showing a speaker explaining about Bollywood filmmakers and Islam is widely circulating on social media. He explains his views on how slowing the Bollywood is promoting Islam, how girls are converted to Islam, temples are […]
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Video has no relation with the helicopter crash of CDS General Rawat. The video shows a recent IAF helicopter crash in Arunachal Pradesh. India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat died on 8 December, after a military chopper carrying him crashed in Tamil Nadu. Indian Air Force has tweeted that his wife Madhulika Rawat and […]
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India’s first Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat died today after a military chopper crashed in Tamil Nadu. Indian Air Force has tweeted that his wife Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have also died in the accident. As this news broke today, several old videos and images re-surfaced on the internet […]
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The viral video is old and dates back to 2018 and it is not from India. The video is from Colombia showing indigenous people clashing with the army officials. On 4th December, 14 civilians were shot dead security forced in Mon, which is a district in Nagaland. The security forces opened fired on a group […]
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The image is not of the chopper carrying CDS General Bipin Rawat, his wife and others, which crashed in Tamil Nadu. The image is of an army helicopter that crashed in Colombia in 2020. A helicopter carrying India’s Chief of Defence staff General Bipin Rawat and other officials crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on […]
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An army chopper carrying Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat crashed today in Tamil Nadu. According to reports, CDS Bipin Rawat, his staff, and some family members were on board the chopper including Defence Assistant, security commandos, and IAF pilots. On the heels of this news, social media users are sharing an image of a […]
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FSSAI has refuted the claims of plastic rice. The videos originally shows the plastic granulation process in Korea based company named Hanwha Total Petrochemical Co. Ltd. A video allegedly showing a rice mill where plastic sheets converted to create artificial plastic rice is circulating on social media. The users sharing the video claim that the […]
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The original comic shows Phantom asking people to protect themselves from the ‘sleep death’ and not ‘China virus’. Several conspiracy theories regarding the Covid-19 pandemic had cropped up since the outbreak of the virus. As a new variant of this Covid-19 virus named as ‘Omicron’ becomes a global concern, new conspiracy theories have started surfacing […]
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The original poster of the film named “Phase IV” released in 1974 was digitally edited to create the viral poster. Becky Cheatle, who photoshopped the original poster, has clarified the same on Twitter. On November 26, World Health Organization (WHO) designated the new COVID-19 variant B.1.1.529 as a ‘variant of concern’ and named it Omicron. According […]
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The image is digitally edited to shows filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Original image was taken in 1964 showing actor Sean Connery as James Bond. An image of filmmaker Satyajit Ray standing with his luxurious sedan Aston martin is widely circulating on social media claiming that Ray’s image was captured in 1953. The caption of the image […]
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The image has no relation with the present. The image is not from Vienna. It shows Boris Yeltsin supporters rallying in Moscow in 1991 on the eve of the fall of U.S.S.R. Massive protests broke out in Austria after the country imposed a nationwide lockdown and mandated vaccines for its entire adult population. In this context, an […]
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An image of a woman clad in traditional Indian finery, holding a toddler in her arms, is going viral with the claim that it is not a photograph, but, is actually a painting by the artist “Ravi Varma”[sic]. The woman in the image is wearing a red saree with golden jewellery and her hair is […]
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Images shows a monk who died in 2017 whose body was exhumed months after his death for Buddhist rituals. An image showing two police officers carrying remains of an old Buddhist monk is widely circulating on social media. Social media users claim that the image is of a Tibetan monk discovered in the mountains of […]
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The image is morphed and the original image shows Yorkshire cricketer Hedley Verity in circa 1940. Swami Vivekananda’s birthday is celebrated as the National Youth day in India. He was a Hindu monk and a Philosopher who was an ardent disciple of Indian mystic Ramakrishna. He is fondly remembered for his historic speech at the […]
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UP Police has called out the viral post to be Fake. One arrest has been made so far for spreading misinformation on social media. Uttar Pradesh cancelled their Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) due to alleged leaking of their examination paper, which triggered politics in the state bound for elections next year. Amidst this, an image […]
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The video does not show the Kashi Vishwanath temple. According to the trust there has been no major changes made on the temple in Varanasi. PM Modi is going to inaugurate the Kashi Vishwanath Temple Corridor project on December 13 in Varanasi. This renovation project is said to ‘change the face of the city of […]
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The video shows an incident that took place in Karnal in January this year when Haryana CM Khattar was scheduled to attend the Kisan Mahapanchayat. He had to cancel his visit to the Kisan Mahapanchayat venue as the agitating farmers had vandalized the venue. After a rigorous agitation by farmers for more than a year, […]
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The image shows the Incheon International Airport at Seoul in South Korea. The Noida International Airport in Uttar Pradesh has not been constructed yet. PM Modi laid the foundation stone one day ago. On 25 November 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of the Noida International Airport, near Jewar in Uttar Pradesh’s […]
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The video is a simulated one used in video games. The video does not show a real train on the pyramid bridge in Israel. Israel is popular for their technological prowess and over the years, many countries have tried to learn and emulate their advanced techniques in various fields. A video of an ‘amazing example’ […]
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The video shows the supporters of the German football team Borussia Mönchengladbach marching on a street in Graz, Austria in 2019. It has no relation with the ongoing anti lockdown protest in Austria. Massive protests broke out in Austria after the country imposed a nationwide lockdown and mandated vaccines for its entire adult population. In […]
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Public Information Officer at Travancore Devaswom Board and the company Al Zahaa confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral claim is False. The image does not show the original Aravana Payasam served at the Sabarimala temple. An image allegedly showing the “Aravana Prasadam” given to devotees at the Sabarimala temple in Kerala is widely circulating […]
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UK based talent management company PBJ that manages Rowan Atkinson, has confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the actor is healthy and alive. British actor Rowan Atkinson has carved a special place for himself in the hearts of his fans across the world through his infamous portrayal of hilarious Mr. Bean. The actor-comedian has also starred […]
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The trustee of the NGO confirmed to us that the image is digitally edited and is being spread with malicious intent. An image is circulating on social media claiming that an NGO named “Citizen for Green Doon” have filed a petition in the Supreme Court urging SC to stop the construction of roads along the […]
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The claim made along with the image is misleading and it shows an image published in 2015 showing attack on Indian Army personnel in Manipur. On November 13, a deadly ambush of a convoy of Assam Rifles took place in Churachandpur district in Manipur. It claimed the lives of five Assam Rifles personnel including Viplav […]
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The video is from Pakistan and shows the 40th day mourning by the followers of Khadim Hussain Rizvi who was the the chief of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan. Following reports of communal violence in the state of Tripura, many photos and videos purportedly from Tripura have emerged on social media platforms. Over the past few weeks, Fact […]
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Gadchiroli SP clarified to Fact Crescendo that the viral video is old and is not related to the recent encounter On 13 November, Maharashtra Police encountered 26 naxals who were killed including the top militant Maoist leader Milind Temtumbde. Amidst this, a video of a celebration is going viral on social media claiming to show […]
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Image clicked in Bangladesh being shared on social media as Muslims blocking street for offering Namaz in India. An image showing men offering Namaaz on the street in front of a mosque is circulating on social media. Some of the social media users sharing the image claim that the scene in the viral image is […]
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The Media Team of AAP confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the viral image is digitally edited. The original image talks about Employment in Goa. Amid the campaigning for the Assembly Elections in Goa in 2022, an image is being widely shared on social media. The image shows a billboard by Aam Aadmi Party saying “Kejriwal’s […]
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Image of a cleanliness drive organized by Telangana Police was shared with a false claim that Bengal police is cleaning a mosque. An image showing few police officers with water pipes surrounded by a group of Muslim men is circulating on social media with a claim that the image is from West Bengal. The social […]
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A video showing an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan is going viral on social media as Police inflicting atrocities on Muslims in Tripura. A disturbing video of people lying on ground in a petrol pump is being circulated on social media alleging it to be police brutality in Tripura. This video is getting viral in the […]
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Image of a girl who was severely injured young woman who survived a deadly attack on her life was shared as the image of actress/model Poonam Pandey who was recently hospitalized after an alleged assault by her husband Sam Bombay. An image of a critically injured women lying on a hospital bed is being shared […]
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Edited photos from PM Modi’s recent visit to Italy are being shared on social media to falsely claim that Modi had to travel in a taxi. A couple of images related to PM Modi’s 5 day visit to UK and Italy is doing rounds on social media, claiming the Italian government did not provide any […]
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The images are old and unrelated to the Tripura violence. The images are not from Tripura. They show fire-engulfing in factories and warehouses in Uttar Pradesh In the wake of communal violence that took place in Tripura recently, the social media is inundated with videos and photos purported to be from Tripura. Among these are […]
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Australian cricket team booked its place in the finals after defeating the Pakistan team by five wickets in the second semi-final match of the ongoing Twenty20 World Cup. Australian batter Matthew Wade played crucial innings in this match. After the match, several users shared a clip of a man in the Australian cricket team jersey […]
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An image of India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi in what looks like the Pope’s outfit, complete with the headgear worn by the head of Vatican on special occasions is getting shared a lot across social media platforms in multiple languages. The image shows the Prime Minister amidst many people and holding a cross in his […]
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A viral message listing the harmful effects of Microwave oven is going viral on messaging platforms. The message claims that because of its harmful effects, the use and production of Microwaves has been banned in Japan. Fact Crescendo received the same message on its 24×7 Factline number 904 905 3770 with a request to verify […]
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The image shows Akhilesh Yadav distributing food under a health scheme in 2016. An image of Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav distributing food while wearing shoes is going viral on social media. It is being claimed that the image is taken during the Navaratri this year. The caption of the post states “Akhilesh Yadav feeding […]
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Telugu actress Hamsa Nandini confirmed to Fact Crescendo that the video is scripted and has been shared to spread awareness in the society Some videos published on social media with the intent of creating general awareness about crime get viral with different context. A similar video has gone viral on several social media platforms. The […]
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Mainstream media and social media users across the world claimed that an Afghan National Volleyball Player Mahjabeen Hakimi was beheaded by the Taliban. However, Fact Crescendo found that these reports were false and Mahjabeen’s was not beheaded by Taliban. In fact, she was found dead under mysterious circumstances even before the fall of Ashraf Ghani […]
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A collage of two images going viral across social media platforms claims that the person in both the images is former MP Phoolan Devi. The text in the image has the text “She Was Phoolan Devi She Was Raped By Her Upper Caste Husband 3 Times Older Than Her Age In Front Of Her Parents […]
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A video of what looks like a tornado on a sea facing city is going viral on social media platforms. The 22 second long video is captioned “Hurricane Shaheen on the shores of Oman..Photographed from Burj Khalifa in Dubai. Amazing videography…. look at the greatness of the Creator.” Here are some such posts: Facebook Post […]
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A distressing video showing a man physically assaulting a minor girl child is widely circulating on WhatsApp. It has been claimed that the abuser is a teacher named Shakeel Ahmad Ansari working at DPS School in Rajbagh at Valsad in Gujarat. Fact Crescendo received many fact-check requests about this video on our WhatsApp FactLine (9049053770). […]
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Several incidents of attacks on places of worship of Hindu minority communities in Bangladesh were reported during the Durga Puja celebrations last week. On this backdrop, a video of a mob vandalizing the Durga Puja pavilion (Pandal) is going viral. Many have been sharing this video claiming it to be from West Bengal. Fact Crescendo […]
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Badaun police has clarified to Fact Crescendo that this incident is not from Uttar Pradesh A video of a petrol pump worker being kidnapped is circulating on social media claiming that the incident is from Badaun, Uttar Pradesh. The video clip shows a black car inside a petrol pump, where one of the kidnappers is […]
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The image dates back to 2017 showing the clashes between the student activists ofAISA and ABVP at Delhi’s Ramjas College. After several civilians were killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir, there has been a tensed situation in the area. Amidst this, an image of a woman who is being grabbed by another woman during […]
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Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd (GCMMF) or Amul, a dairy cooperative based in Anand, Gujarat is India’s largest food product organization. Even as the organization celebrates its 75th Anniversary in 2021, a number of links are going viral on messaging platforms claiming that Amul is giving out cash to winners of a contest. The […]
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Controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks was killed in a car crash on October 4, 2021, after two murder attempts by fanatics following his drawing of the Prophet Mohammed with a dog. Shortly after the death of the provocateur artist at Sweden, a video is circulating on social media platforms claiming it is from the same […]
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A video showing a rickshaw carrying policemen overturning into muddy water is going viral. Some claimed that this video is from Uttar Pradesh, and some have shared it as being from Haryana. Many have been sharing this video to show the deplorable condition of the roads in those respective states. Fact Crescendo received many fact-check […]
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A video apparently showing Priyanka Gandhi sweeping a rangoli design of the Congress party symbol is making rounds on social media. It has been shared with quirky captions equating it as a step towards “Congress-free” India. Fact Crescendo received many fact-check requests about this video on our WhatsApp FactLine (9049053770). Readers must note that the […]
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Controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks was killed in a car crash on October 4, 2021, after two murder attempts by fanatics following his drawing of the Prophet Mohammed with a dog. Shortly after the death of the provocateur artist at Sweden, some pictures have emerged on Social media platforms claiming it is from the same […]
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An image circulating on social media claims that the Supreme court has approved a permanent logo for all the teachers in India. It says that now all teachers can put this logo on their vehicles as doctors and lawyers do. The logo shows two hands protecting a book with a sun with an inscription written […]
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Social media has witnessed several misinformation related to the unrest in Afghanistan since August. Amidst this an image showing a man hanging from a pole with a crying child standing by his side is circulating on social media. The social media users claim that the image shows a recent incident from Afghanistan showing the atrocities […]
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An image supposedly showing a print advertisement issued by the Delhi government in a newspaper on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s Jayanti has become a trending topic on social media. On the basis of this viral photo, Netizens are ridiculing Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal for “self-promoting” by using a bigger picture of himself while cornering […]
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A message going viral on social media claims that the Tata Group has announced an event where the participants will be able to win cars as a prize. It is being claimed that the Tata Group on their 150th anniversary has organized this event. A link is also being circulated along with the message, which […]
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PM Modi concluded an official visit to the Unites States of America on 25 September. He addressed the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York and attended the QUAD leaders’ summit as well. During his visit, he met the US President Joe Biden and the Vice President Kamala Harris. Amidst this, […]
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A video with disturbing visuals of a Policeman stomping on what looks like an unconscious person is going viral on social media platforms with the claim that it is a video of a recent eviction drive in Assam. The 36 second clip shows a person lying on the ground with a few policemen gathered at […]
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A video showing the former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi cutting a cake together is circulating widely on social media. The claims made along with this video are that Rahul Gandhi can be seen cutting a birthday cake on the former PM’s birthday. It is important to note that […]
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After the Taliban seized Afghanistan social media platforms have become one of the major sources of sharing misleading content. A gruesome video showing few men beheading a group of men is widely circulating on social media. The claim made along with this video is that the video shows Taliban executing Christians in Afghanistan. Several instances […]
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A photo of a meeting is being shared on social media with captions claiming that shows intelligence agencies from 5 nations including India’s RAW, Israel’s Mossad, America’s CIA, Russia’s KGB and England’s MI6 met at Delhi recently. The photo went viral on social media, leaving many users believing that there was a meeting in New Delhi […]
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A video of a group of people playing with a cut-off human head like a football is going viral on social media. Many have been sharing this video along with a claim that it shows the barbarity of Taliban fighters in Afghanistan. Fact Crescendo received many fact-check requests about this video on our WhatsApp FactLine […]
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A screenshot of a purported news report published by CNN is circulating on social media, which claims that the Taliban has banned the use of sanitary napkins, as the Sharia law does not allow the usage of sanitary napkins. The headline of the article mentions, “Taliban bans sanitory napkins in Afghanistan, says it’s not a […]
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A video of violence and arson by a group of people setting what looks like a security post on fire is going viral on social media as Afghan civilians setting fire to a Pakistan security post recently. The claims are being made in connection with recent reports of a stampede at the Chaman-Spin Boldak crossing […]
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A horrifying video of people wrapped up in plastic bags has emerged on social media claiming to show the atrocities carried out by the Taliban on Christians in Afghanistan. It is has been shared with a claim that Taliban wrapped Christians who refused to give up their faith in nylon bags to suffocate them. Fact […]
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A video of a fighter jet flying across a valley has gone viral on Social media with claims that the visuals are from Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan and that the jet is from Pakistan. Facebook Post | Archived Post Fact Crescendo found that the video is actually from Mach Loop, a Welsh training circuit where […]
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Images of a mother holding her newborn baby in a run-down hospital bed covered in glass shards are going viral on social media. It has been claimed that these images show the horrific situation and sufferings of the Afghan people under the new Taliban rule. The collage of images also shows the father holding his […]
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Social media is witnessing a lot of content showing the atrocities carried out by the Taliban in Afghanistan after the change in power. Amidst this, an image of a little girl wearing a colorful outfit lying lifeless on the floor is widely circulating on social media claiming that the Taliban killed the little girl. The […]
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After the fight in Panjshir valley there have been several reports claiming that atrocities were carried out by the Taliban in the province. Amidst this, a video showing men pushing alleged prisoners into shipping containers is going viral on social media claiming to show the atrocities carried out by the Taliban on their prisoners in […]
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During the ongoing pandemic doctors and health workers are encouraging people to get vaccinated and to stand united against this deadly virus. Amidst this, there is a viral video showing a man saying that the Covid vaccine license has been banned for two weeks by the German Government due to its side effects. The claim […]
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After Kabul was captured by the Taliban, social media is flooded with misinformation related to the seize. Amidst this, an image of an aircraft on fire is circulating on social media claiming a US Military C 130 aircraft has crashed in the Farah province which has taken several lives including hundreds of citizens and soldiers. […]
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Several news reports coming from Afghanistan mention that women in Afghanistan are supporting the Taliban Government. On 11 September 2021, around 300 Afghan women organised a rally in support of the Taliban and attended a lecture at Shaheed Rabbani Education University in Kabul. Amidst this, an image showing burqa clad women holding the Taliban flag […]
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Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, many other seasonal diseases have also created health risks in different part of the country. Dengue fever is one of the most prominent disease among these. Many people lose their life due to Dengue every year. Even today, many states in our country have been experiencing an outbreak of Dengue fever. […]
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A picture of a Young Man being escorted by Police Officers is going viral on Facebook with Captions like stating that it is an image of late separatist leader from Kashmir, Syed Ali Shah Geelani when he was young. Multiple profiles and pages have been posting the same image and the posts have gone viral. […]
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The Panjshir province in Afghanistan has been the only province in the country that was not seized earlier by the Taliban. News reports state that the resistance force have inflicted heavy casualties on the Taliban. Amidst this, a video showing heavy warfare is circulating on social media claiming that it shows the Taliban and Northern Alliance Resistance’s […]
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The Panjshir province in Afghanistan has been the only province in the country that was not seized earlier by the Taliban. News reports state that the resistance force have inflicted heavy casualties on the Taliban. Amidst this, a video showing heavy firing is circulating on social media claiming to show the Taliban facing heavy resistance […]
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A gruesome video showing three dead bodies hanging from the ceiling is going viral on social media claiming that the Taliban is now entering and raiding houses in Afghanistan and murdering the Christian population who supported the previous government. The video shows a woman and her two children hanging in their home. This video is […]
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A video showing a man dangling on a Black Hawk Helicopter from Kandahar has gone viral and is creating a lot of sensation not only on social media but also on mainstream media. People started sharing this video claiming that it shows another example of cruelty Taliban is inflicting on the Afghans. However, when Fact […]
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Social media is flooded with misinformation related to the ongoing unrest in Afghanistan post the Taliban take over. Amidst this a terrifying news of a twin blast that took place near Kabul airport claiming lives of at least 170 people including 13 US troop on 26 August 2021 was reported. The Islamic State (IS) -Khorasan, the Afghan unit […]
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Assam is going through a gradual unlock phase with the number of Covid-19 positive cases steadily coming down in the state. After being put on hold for many months now, classes are to resume from the Higher Secondary to the PG level in the state from September 1, 2021 as per a recent government announcement. […]
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With the recent unrest on social media after the Taliban took over the country of Afghanistan, reporters report a terrifying news of a twin blast that took place near Kabul Airport claiming lives of at least 160 people including 13 US troop on 26th August 2021. Amidst this, an image showing smoke after a blast is doing rounds […]
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With the recent unrest on social media after the Taliban took over the country of Afghanistan, reporters report a terrifying news of a twin blast that took place near Kabul Airport claiming lives of at least 60 Afghans and 13 US troop on 26th August 2021. Amidst this, a video showing a huge blast in […]
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Social media is flooded with the trend ,’Boycott Myntra’ which is requests users to boycott the shopping app and refrain from buying any product from the website. Amidst this, a graphic image depicting Draupadi’s vastraharan scene from Mahabharata is going viral on social media. The image further shows Lord Krishna using a smartphone and shopping for ‘extra-long sarees’ on […]
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Social media is flooded with misinformation related to the recent take over of Afghanistan by the Taliban forces. In relation to this, a video showing hundreds of people rushing inside a huge hall is circulating on social media claiming to show actual footage from the Kabul airport in Afghanistan. This video is being shared with […]
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A text message claiming that an NGO, supported by Infosys Foundation is offering financial help to meritorious students from weak financial background is being shared widely on messaging platforms like WhatsApp. The message is: “Hi All, A small help required. Will you please post this message in the known groups so that it gets circulated…. […]
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After the Taliban seized over the Capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, social media is filled with misinformation related to this incident. Several unrelated images and videos are being shared online as footage of the country post the takeover. Amidst this, a video of the first ever protest by few Afghan women against the Taliban went […]
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Social media has been flooded with misinformation related to the recent Taliban seize over Afghanistan. Several unrelated images and videos are circulating with misleading claims. Amidst this, an image of a group of men entering the Presidential Palace is circulating on social media claiming to show Abdul Ghani Baradar storming into the Presidential Palace of […]
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Soon after the Taliban seized the capital city of Afghanistan, Kabul, social media was flooded with misinformation related to this incident. One such video showing the former President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani boarding a flight and waving goodbye to others. The claim made along with this video is that President Ashraf Ghani fled Afghanistan leaving […]
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After the Taliban seized Kabul, various social media posts in connection with Taliban and the present situation in Afghanistan have flooded social media. One such video doing the rounds is of some armed men dancing together during some kind of celebration. It has been claimed that the men in the video are Talibani militants who […]
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As India celebrated its 75th Independence Day on Sunday, Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital Kabul forcing the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani to flee. In the aftermath of the fall of Kabul, social media witnessed a flurry of disturbing that went viral in no time. Some of those videos, however, have been debunked as old […]
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As India celebrated its 75th Independence Day on Sunday, Taliban forces entered the Afghan capital Kabul forcing the incumbent President Ashraf Ghani to flee the country and thus seizing power in the country. In the aftermath of the fall of Kabul, social media witnessed a flurry of disturbing videos showing desperate Afghans trying to flee […]
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With the Taliban taking control of Kabul, Afghanistan, a lot of posts are being made on social media in connection to the happenings there. One such post that is going viral is a screenshot of an article with the headline “CNN Praises Taliban For Wearing Masks During Attack.” The screenshot also has an image of […]
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A video allegedly showing women being auctioned off on the street is going viral after news of the seizure of the Afghan capital by the Taliban. It claims to show the current harrowing situation in Afghanistan. Fact Crescendo received many fact-check requests about this video on our WhatsApp FactLine (9049053770). The truth is that this […]
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A picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a banner congratulating the toppers of the Government Engineering College in Thiruvananthapuram is going viral in different languages on social media. The photo of the banner has been shared by multiple users with captions like “Height of Narcissism” on platforms like Twitter. Here is one such post uploaded […]
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Fact Checkers witnessed a lot of misinformation related to the Tokyo Olympics 2020. In the beginning of the event, we found an unrelated video in circulation claiming to be the opening ceremony of the event. Amidst this, we found another video showing a synchronized walking performance going viral on social media claiming to be the […]
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Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the upcoming third wave in the country, social media is filled with information related to the effects of third wave and lockdown. Fact Crescendo has previously debunked many such claims and brought their authenticity to its readers. Amidst this a video of a news organization is circulating on […]
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Amid rising clamour for implementation of the Uniform Civil Code, an image of a signboard is going viral on social media. The Delhi High Court has backed the implementation of a Uniform Civil Code in the country. A Uniform Civil Code involves having a common set of laws governing marriage, divorce, succession and adoption for all Indians, instead […]
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The Tokyo Olympics 2020 kick started on July 23, with 120 Indian athletes (67 Men, 53 Women) participating in the tournament. Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu won a historic silver medal in the women’s weightlifting (49kg category) on July 24 and ended India’s 21-year wait for an Olympic medal in the discipline. Amidst this, a video is […]
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On 24th July 2021, Mirabai Chanu won India’s 1st medal at Tokyo Olympics with a silver. She bagged the silver medal by successfully lifting 115kg in clean & jerk. While the whole country is cheering and celebrating the achievement of Mirabai Chanu at the Tokyo Olympics, a post is going viral on social media. The […]
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French President Emmanuel Macron’s latest measures to push people to get vaccinated and to curb new Covid infections, announced recently, have generated an angry response from both the far-left and far-right groups in the EU country, with more than 1 lakh protesting nationwide on 17th July 2021. French President Emmanuel Macron has decided to make vaccination compulsory […]
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A video has been circulating on social media after the much anticipated football match between Italy and England where the former prevailed 3-2 on penalties at Wembley stadium in London on July 11, 2021. In the video we can see a string of firecrackers going off as people standing nearby record the spectacle on their […]
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A cloudburst occurred in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh on 12 July 2021. It has caused severe damage to the public properties in Bhagsu village. IMD has issued an orange weather alert of heavy to very heavy rainfall on Monday and Tuesday, and yellow alert on July 14 and 15 in Himachal Pradesh. Amidst […]
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A video clip showing an aircraft soaring over treetops and descending on a path on top of a dam, coming to a halt, before turning and taking off again, is being widely circulated on social media platforms claiming to show a MiG aircraft landing on a dam. The video is claimed to be an original […]
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Ever since the video of football star Cristiano Ronaldo choosing a bottle of water over a bottle of Coca Cola went viral, netizens have flooded the internet with their response, memes and even claims such as the Coca Cola company has gone through a loss after the footballer chose to drink water over their product. […]
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A comparison image of two rivers – allegedly of the Sabarmati River of Gujarat and the Mithi River of Mumbai – is going viral. The image tries to show the sorrowful state of the plastic filled Mithi River in comparison to the beautiful Sabarmati Riverfront despite the Maharashtra government spending more than a thousand crore […]
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A video going viral on social media claims that Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg has accepted that climate change does not exist. In the viral video the Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg can be heard saying, “Since the climate crisis doesn’t exist, how can we expect people to want climate action?” In the viral video, […]
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A video of a horrific storm swirling around like a rattlesnake, destroying cars and buildings is being shared on social media claiming it to be a hurricane that struck the Canadian city of Toronto. The caption of the post mentions “The hurricane in Toronto, Canada, was even rolled up at the airport. Terrible! China National […]
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A video is going viral on social media claiming that the U.S. government has sacked Dr. Fauci. The post further goes on to claim that the U.S government has finally admitted that the COVID-19 virus is man-made. Dr. Fauci is the Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the Chief Medical Advisor […]
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Findings of research conducted by IIT Gandhinagar made headlines recently and caused huge panic everywhere. Citing this research, news media websites reported that scientists found “traces of Coronavirus” in the Sabarmati River in the city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat. This led to viral messages and posts claiming “coronavirus was found in drinking water” on social […]
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During the ongoing pandemic, RTPCR tests and Rapid Antigen tests have become a common term in our daily conversation. Recently we found a claim going viral which was no more than a anti testing conspiracy theory regarding the Covid-19 rapid antigen test kits which claims that the results are declared in a cherry-picking process. A […]
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A viral message circulating on social media with regards to COVID-19 claims that Singapore doctors have found that WHO has hatched a conspiracy to mislead people about the disease and its treatment. The message further claims that Singapore’s health ministry has finally found a treatment procedure for the virus. The viral message further goes on to claim […]
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A video of a group of police officers thrashing a man with sticks is going viral with a claim that an ambulance driver was beaten after he was caught disconnecting the oxygen supply at a hospital. Fact Crescendo received many fact-check requests about this video on our WhatsApp FactLine (9049053770). We found that this claim […]
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Image Credit- The Wall Street Journal Social media has become our best friend in this difficult and lonely time during nationwide lockdowns. We are constantly glued to social media, updating our daily routine, sharing news related to COVID-19 etc. Amidst this, a viral post on social media claims that it shows users how to reset […]
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A video is going viral with a claim that it shows people celebrating the innaugration of the office of the Palestinian Hamas group in the state of Kerala. Fact Crescendo received many fact-check requests about this video on our WhatsApp FactLine (9049053770). This is a false claim. The viral video is not from India. WHAT’S […]
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At present, many videos are being shared on social media platforms in relation to cyclone Yaas which recently hit West Bengal and Orissa. Many of these videos are old and not related to Cyclone Yaas. Recently, a video has been circulating on social media claiming that this video shows real life footage of cyclone Yaas. […]
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A video going viral across social media platforms has led to an outrage amongst netizens. The video showing sexual assault on a woman by a group of men and another woman shook the northeast on May 26, 2021, the day it went viral. A lot of social media users claimed that the victim is from […]
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A video showing a barren landscape showing a gigantic moon eclipsing the sun. In the video, the Moon appears at a very close distance from the surface of the Earth, before eclipsing the Sun and causing a moment of darkness, and fades below the horizon. Social media users are sharing this video and claiming that […]
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An urgent new warning has gone viral on social media, urging users to check their privacy settings after WhatsApp reportedly having made a secret update. Social media is ablaze with messages suggesting that the platform has suddenly updated group privacy settings and urging users to change these settings. It claims that every group on WhatsApp […]
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A short clip of Hitler’s speech is going viral with a claim that it shows him crying in front of people. In the viral clip, Hitler supposedly says: “Because I know somewhere deep down in my heart I still love you.” Fact Crescendo received many fact-check requests about this video on our WhatsApp FactLine (9049053770). […]
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Interacting with doctors, paramedical staff and other frontline health workers of Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi over the challenges posed by the pandemic, PM Narendra Modi on Friday, 21 May, became emotional, as he said: “This virus took away so many people who were close to us. I offer my deepest condolences to their families.” After this, […]
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A video going viral on social media platforms shows Police Personnel performing “Aarti” of people on a street. The captions accompanying some of the posts claim it to be from Guwahati. The text on some of the videos further specify that it is from Ganeshguri in Guwahati. Original Link- Facebook | Archived Link We also […]
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