The Waqf (Amendment) 2024 has sparked a debate about the Waqf Board in the country. Social media platforms are also witnessing these discussions, with one side defending the amendment and the other opposing it, claiming it would harm the Waqf Board. Amidst these debates, a viral Facebook post claims that the Waqf Board owns 9.40 […]
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An image of a road cut off due to rain is being shared on social media platforms as depiction of the state of roads in Congress ruled Telangana. However, when we fact-checked the photo we found that the road is not in Telangana but neighbouring Andhra Pradesh. Viral Photo An X (formerly Twitter) user named […]
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Recently a video of astronaut Sunita Williams went viral on social media. The video shows Sunita Williams giving a tour of the space station. Sharing the video, users are claiming that the video shows Sunita Williams returning to the Earth after the 127-day Space Tour. Sharing the video on Facebook, users wrote, “After successful 127 […]
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A video of several big machines being washed away in heavy floods went viral on social media, claiming it to be from Nepal. Sharing the video on Facebook a user wrote, “Nepal flood_sush a big crusher washed away by flood in Nepal_2024.बाढि पहिरोको कारण यति ठुलो क्रसर लाई बगायो ………….” Facebook Link | Archived Link. […]
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Four Israeli soldiers have been killed and 58 injured in a drone strike by Hezbollah targeting an army base in northern Israel on 13 October 2024. Against this backdrop, an image of a few soldiers sitting on the floor with their heads down went viral on social media claiming it to be an image of […]
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A video of buses catching fire went viral on social media, claiming it to be the footage of Tel Aviv after being hit by Kamikaze drone barrage. Sharing the video on Facebook, users wrote, “Tel Aviv now on fire after being hit by Kamikaze drone barrage”. Facebook Link | Archived Link. Similar posts can be […]
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A video of a drone attack on an oil refinery is going viral on social media claiming it to be a “Hezbollah drone” reaching oil refineries in northern occupied Palestine. Sharing the footage on Facebook, a user wrote, “A Hezbollah drone reaches oil refineries in northern occupied Palestine”. https://archive.org/details/drone-attack Facebook Link | Archived Link. However, as we […]
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A photo of burning solar panels went viral on social media claiming it to be from the recent explosions in Lebanon. Sharing the photo on Facebook, the user wrote, “Solar panels belonging to Hezbollah exploded also today in Lebanon” https://archive.org/details/screenshot-2024-09-23-151154 Facebook Link | Archived Link. The photo was shared on Twitter, too, with the same claim. Archived Link. […]
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A video circulating on social media claims that a newly constructed railway station in Kawnpui, Manipur, has collapsed. However, our investigation revealed that this claim is false. The railway station was not recently inaugurated, and the incident did not occur in Manipur. Here’s the truth about the viral video. Viral Video Recently, a statue of […]
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Last week, Muslim students staged a protest against the Principal of Nirmala College in Muvattupuzha, Kerala, after the Principal denied them permission to pray inside the college campus. Following the protests, the college authorities called a press conference and reiterated their stance that prayers cannot be allowed on the college campus. A joint delegation from […]
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The results of the elections for the 18th Lok Sabha were declared last Tuesday, and for the first time in 10 years, not a single party has been able to achieve an absolute majority in the house. The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has emerged as the single largest party in the lower house of […]
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A video showing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi asking ‘Who is Bharat Mata?’ is being widely shared on social media platforms, accusing him of insulting the country. The video, shared on Instagram, compares Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. The video shows PM Modi emphatically raising slogans of ‘Bharat Mata Ki Jai’ (Glory to Mother […]
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A video showing a group of men accusing some Indian Army personnel of canvassing votes for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections is being shared widely on social media. Sharing this video, a user on X claims that BJP has deployed Indian Army to seek votes for itself in these […]
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A video showing a group of women tearing down a poster featuring the images of Lord Ram, Sita, and Hanuman is circulating widely on social media. In the viral video, one of the women can be seen trampling the poster. An X (formerly Twitter) user posted this video, claiming that the women are Congress workers […]
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A video showing a group of women tearing down a poster featuring the images of Lord Ram, Sita, and Hanuman is circulating widely on social media. In the viral video, one of the women can be seen trampling the poster. An X (formerly Twitter) user posted this video, claiming that the women are Congress workers […]
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A video depicts a VVPAT machine printing a slip with the BJP’s Lotus symbol when the voter presses the button beside the Congress candidate on the EVM. The user who shared the video also claims that it is from Kota in Rajasthan. View original post here – X | Archived Link The caption of the […]
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A 2022 video of PC George, a political leader from Kerala, making communal remarks targeting the Muslim community, is going viral on X (formerly Twitter). The user who shared the video claims that PC George, a member of the Kerala Congress, called upon Hindus and Christians, asking them to boycott restaurants run by Muslims. PC […]
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The world’s largest electoral exercise is being carried out in India for electing members for the 18th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament. The polling began on April 19th, and as of now, two phases have been completed with 5 phases still remaining. As India votes to elect its representatives, the voters […]
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The largest electoral exercise in the world began last week with the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections. The first phase, which concluded on April 19, 2024, recorded a voter turnout of 65% across 102 seats. During elections, we have witnessed in the past that old and unrelated videos of EVM machines […]
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A few images showing pages of a textbook have been shared on social media platforms for the past few days. These images appear to be from a textbook for children, teaching them values and hygiene. The images feature characters with Hindu and Muslim names. X User, Mr. Sinha ( Modi’s family), shared these images and […]
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Caste-based atrocities continue to plague our society, as evidenced by recent incidents such as the assault on a Dalit woman in Uttar Pradesh after her goat strayed into fields belonging to upper-caste individuals, and the attack on a Dalit child from Madhya Pradesh for touching a water bucket. A video of an incident where a […]
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A video is being shared widely on social media platforms with a claim that PM Modi expressed his opposition to the caste based reservation system. The video is being shared on social media as evidence of PM Modi’s anti-reservation stance along with the hashtag #NoVoteToBJP. Following is one such tweet. Archived Link In the above […]
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As the general elections approach us, the social media platforms buzz with political content. These content are being shared to campaign for political parties and target their rival parties. One such video that is being shared widely shows Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s campaign vehicle being attacked by a mob. Sharing this video on Twitter, a […]
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A video has gone viral since yesterday, showing former Indian cricketer and Lok Sabha MP, Gautam Gambhir, making an obscene gesture at spectators. The spectators were trolling him, which made Gambhir irate. This created controversy and prompted the Delhi MP to explain his actions. Gambhir stated that the spectators were raising anti-India slogans, and unable […]
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On 23 August 2023, India witnessed with pride as Chandrayaan 3 safely touched down on the surface of the Moon. This achievement made India the first country in the world to land a spacecraft on the South Pole of the lunar surface. The event was followed by a flood of congratulatory messages directed towards the […]
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The state of Haryana witnessed several incidents of communal violence this week. The violence that started in the Mewat region later spread to other regions resulting in the loss of lives and property. As these reports of violence emerged, a video was shared on Twitter showing a Muslim mob brutally assaulting a helpless man on […]
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The video of two Kuki women being paraded naked and molested by a group of men in Manipur has led to widespread outrage across the nation. The violence between the ethnic groups of Kuki and Meitei in the state has manifested itself in such an ugly fashion, leaving citizens numb. Manipur Police has clarified that […]
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A post circulating on Facebook shared images of two women who were arrested by Assam Police for drug trafficking. The post claimed that these women belonged to the Kuki tribe of Manipur. It was accompanied by a caption in Meitei, amidst the tensions brewing between the Meitei and Kuki communities. Facebook Archived Link However, when […]
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A video showing Karnataka Football team sitting on footpath with the Santosh Trophy is going viral on social media platforms. It is alleged that the Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah meted out this mistreatment to the Champion footballers. However, when we investigated the video, we found that the incident is three months old and Siddaramaiah was not […]
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A video clip featuring former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader, social activist, and psephologist, Yogendra Yadav is making buzz on social media platforms. Citing this clip, some users have claimed that the AAP co-founder and a popular face in the India Against Corruption movement is actually a Muslim named Salim. The posts also allege that […]
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A video has gone viral on Twitter. The Twitter user who shared the video claims that a shark can be seen helping humans rescue a severely injured sea turtle. However, upon investigating the video, we found that it was created by combining footage from two unrelated incidents. Here’s the fact check. Viral Video Archived Link […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the new building of the Indian Parliament last Sunday. This event was mired with a number of controversies, ranging from the boycott of the event by 20 opposition parties, the installation of Sengol as the symbol of power and the arrest of wrestlers protesting against WFI chief Brij Bhushan Sharan […]
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Representative Image, Courtesy: Emil Kalibradov, Unsplash The Economic Affairs Department of the Ministry of Finance issued a Gazette notification on 16 May 2023 announcing amendments in the Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) rules. These amendments brings the overseas spending done with the help of Credit Cards under RBI’s Liberalized Remittances Scheme (LRS). This meant that […]
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A video showing a person casting votes multiple times inside a polling booth is going viral on social media platforms. It is being alleged that this video is from Gulbarga North, where the Congress party is accused of committing fraud to win the assembly elections. https://www.twitter.com/Himanshi_mehra_/status/1658007671348543489 Archived Link In the viral tweet given above, we […]
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American film director David Fincher is renowned worldwide for his thought-provoking and soul-stirring movies, including “Seven,” “Fight Club,” “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Gone Girl,” and “The Social Network,” among others. He has also received critical acclaim for his work on the Netflix series “House of Cards” and “Mindhunter.” A news card attributed to […]
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A video of a woman lambasting the BJP government is being widely shared on social media platforms. The video is accompanied by a caption on Twitter claiming that the woman is Menaka Kumari, a BJP Member of Parliament, who is criticizing her own party leadership. Archived Tweet The text etched on the Kannada video claims […]
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A video showing a team of police officers nabbing a man disguised in a burqa is being widely shared on social media. It is being claimed that the police caught a BJP worker, disguised in a burqa, throwing stones at police in Karnataka. A tweet with a caption that reads, “Many people in Hijab threw […]
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Images of a submerged wreckage of an airplane are being shared widely on social media as the wreckage of MH-370, the Malaysian Airline plane that mysteriously disappeared in 2014. The mystery of MH-370 continues to be one of the biggest unsolved mysteries of the last decade. Hence, the news of discovery of its remains went […]
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A video of Kamala Harris is going viral on Twitter. The video depicts the US Vice President speaking at a rally for Reproductive Freedom, during which she can be heard saying things that do not make sense. Here is a tweet featuring the viral video. Archived Link In the video, Kamala Harris can be heard […]
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Indian wrestlers have been protesting in Jantar Mantar accusing Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh of sexually assaulting female wrestlers. The wrestlers are protesting because, despite numerous accusations of sexual misconduct, no FIR has been launched against Singh. The protesting wrestlers include stars of Indian wrestling like Olympic […]
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Rhea Bullos, an 11-year-old girl from the Philippines, captured the attention of the world a few years ago when images of her running barefoot in a school race with only bandages wrapped around her feet went viral. Unable to afford expensive shoes, the impoverished girl drew Nike’s “Swoosh” logo and the word “Nike” on the […]
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Left: Muskan Khan, the 2nd year graduation student who braved anti-hijab protestors last year and Right: Tabassum Shaikh the Karnataka 2nd PUC Topper in Arts Stream. Image Courtesy: Google. Karnataka Pre-University Course (PUC) Exam results were declared recently. 18-year-old Tabassum Sheikh topped the Arts stream of the PUC exams. Following this achievement by a Hijab-clad […]
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A reel is going viral on social media featuring a bikini-clad woman walking on a beach. The caption shared along with the reel claims that the woman is the tallest in the world and is 8’7” tall. However, we found that the woman in the video is not the tallest woman in the world through […]
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A short video claiming that there is a borderless Hindu country called Global Country of World Peace (GCWP) with its own currency Raam (where 1 Raam = 10 USD/10 Euros) is going viral on social media platforms. However, when we investigated GCWP, we found that it is not a real country and its currency is […]
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A screenshot of a tweet by BBC Breaking News is doing rounds on social media platforms. The tweet has an image of Shaista Parveen, the wife of Atiq Ahmed who was killed recently in Prayagraj. The caption of the tweets talks about rumors of extra-marital affair of Shaista Parveen with Atiq Ahmed’s co-accused in Umesh […]
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A video is going viral on social media showing former Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh being asked by a guard to vacate his seat, which is later occupied by Sonia Gandhi. The video is shared as a proof of how Sonia Gandhi controlled the then PM and at times even insulted him in the process. […]
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A post is going viral on social media claiming Turkish midfielder Karim Demirbay first made a sexist comment on a woman referee and then while refereeing a junior girl’s league football match as a punishment, he abused his power and unfairly issued eight red cards. The post claims that he did not lament on his […]
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A video is going viral on Twitter where an officer from Haryana Police can be seen confronting two drunk women on a street. The Police officer stops their car and later schools them for drinking alcohol and creating public nuisance. However, we found this video to be scripted. The Police officer seen in the video […]
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On Sunday night, a man poured an inflammable fluid on his co-passengers and set them on fire while traveling on the Alappuzha-Kannur Express near Kozhikode, Kerala. The incident occurred while the train was passing over the Korapuzha Railway Bridge. The passengers were able to stop the train and escape, but unfortunately, three people, including a […]
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Many social media users have claimed that UPI transactions over Rs.2000 will be charged 1.1% as interchange fee from 1 April 2023. However, we found that UPI transactions remain free of cost. Only PPI merchant transactions over Rs.2000 will be charged 1.1% as interchange fee. Social Media Narrative View post here – Instagram | Archived […]
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Photo of a Transwoman model, Meera was falsely shared as a man who won the first prize for posing as a woman in the annual Chamayavilakku festival in Kottankulangara temple in Kollam district of Kerala. A photo of a person wearing a Saree has gone viral on social media. Social media users claim that the […]
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A video of a man catching a kidnapper guised in a Burqa is going viral on social media platforms as a real incident of a Muslim man kidnapping a Hindu child. However, we found that this video is scripted and the incident shown in it is fictitious. Here is the fact-check. Viral Video Archived Tweet […]
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The barrage of disinformation on how Hindi-speaking migrant labourers in Tamil Nadu are being targeted and lethally assaulted does not seem to cease. This onslaught of disinformation has made migrant labourers stay away from work in panic. As per a report by the Hindu, the MSME sector in Tamil Nadu has been deeply affected by […]
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Recently, miscreants have circulated many false videos as acts of violence perpetrated on North Indian migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu Police has called these videos a part of the false propaganda spreading among the migrant workers in the state. Police have dismissed rumors of attack on North Indian migrant workers in Tamil Nadu […]
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A video of a group of men mercilessly beating a man with iron rods on a street is going viral on social media as attack on Bihari migrant workers in Tamil Nadu. However, when we investigated, we found the video is not from Tamil Nadu but from Punjab. Let us know the truth behind this […]
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Hindi news media have been reporting about Bihari migrant workers fleeing Tamil Nadu because of constant attacks on them by the locals. According to a report by Jagran, the migrant labourers have been facing attacks from the locals in Tamil Nadu and some have even died in these attacks. Subsequently some videos also went viral […]
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A viral video is being shared widely on social media platforms claimed to be of the earthquake that hit Japan recently. However, the video is not of the recent earthquake that struck off the Northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. Viral Video Archived Link The tweet above shows us a video of a building experiencing tremor. […]
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An old video that has been around for a few weeks on the internet is going viral as the damage done by recent earthquake in Tajikistan. A massive earthquake hit the central Asian country of Tajikistan yesterday morning. The epicenter of this earthquake was reported to be in the Gorno-Badakhshan semi-autonomous region that borders Afghanistan […]
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A video of a mother dog leading rescuers to her puppy trapped under debris is going viral on social media. It is being claimed that the video is of a rescue operation in earthquake hit Turkey. However, we found that the heart-warming video is not from Turkey nor it is related to the ongoing rescue […]
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After a series of massive earthquakes hit Turkey and neighbouring Syria, thousands have been reported dead. As per the latest reports, more than 11000 people have lost their lives in this catastrophe. Search and rescue operations are being carried out on a large scale as prayers pour in from around the globe. Images and videos […]
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Disturbing visuals continue to surface from Turkey after a series of massive earthquakes hit the Eurasian country and its neighbours like Syria. However, many videos on social media were found to be unrelated to Turkey. One such video shows a scaffolding falling off a building on a street. However, we found that this video is […]
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Heart-wrenching reports of destruction keep surfacing from Turkey after a series of massive earthquakes rocked Turkey and its neighbouring countries. Many videos of the catastrophe and the devastation it left are shared on social media. Among these, we found few unrelated videos that are shared as earthquake in Turkey. One of the video shows huge […]
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A video of a crowded establishment is going viral on social media platforms. It is being claimed that this video is from Dubai where Shahrukh Khan fans stormed movie theatres to watch his Khan’s recently released movie Pathaan. However, this video is old and has no relation to either Pathaan or Dubai. Here is the […]
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Shah Rukh Khan is back at the box office after more than 4 years as a lead in the movie Pathaan. The movie Pathaan shrouded in controversy over the color of Bikini worn by lead actress Deepika Padukone in a song, has been receiving threats of Boycott on social media. Amid calls for Boycott and […]
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A video showing a group of women pulling out a man from his car and thrashing him has gone viral on social media. The video is claimed to be of a group of women thrashing a Muslim man who allegedly abused them. However, when we investigated we found that the incident is not communal. The […]
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News18 published a video showing a man standing in fear near a massive Python wrapped around a white colored van. The caption of the Facebook post says, “When man fights nature!” However, we found that the video is not of a real snake but an artificial one. Here is the truth of the video. Bizarre […]
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Image Courtesy: Newcastle United Times group, Facebook The charismatic Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo is often regarded as one of the GOATs of the game of Football. He has earned huge popularity across the world due to his impeccable and elegant soccer skills. The 37 year old shocked the world in an interview with Piers Morgan, […]
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Prime Minister Modi’s mother Hiraben Modi passed away on December 30 last year at the age of 100. Not only the entire nation but also World leaders mourned her death and extended condolences to a grieving PM Modi. Many social media users also offered their tributes to the late Hiraben Modi. We came across one […]
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American kick-boxer Andrew Tate who is notoriously known for his extremely misogynistic views is not new to controversies. This time he stirred up a new controversy after he poked teenage climate justice activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter. Displaying his fleet of 33 luxurious cars, Tate mocked Greta Thunberg and asked her to provide her email […]
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Actress Tunisha Sharma (20) who has worked in movies like Fitoor and television series Alibaba: Dastan-e-Kabul, passed away after she committed suicide on December 24. Her unfortunate death sent shockwaves among her colleagues in the television industry and her fans. The suicide of this young artist stunned the entire nation. However, the mother of the […]
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A reel showing some women displaying their wounds and alleging that Police stopped them from casting their votes is going viral on Facebook. Text etched over the video says that this incident happened in Gujarat during the recent assembly elections. However, when we investigated the incident, we found that the incident happened in Uttar Pradesh […]
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Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is making headlines again. This time for anti-Brahmin graffiti on the walls of the university. On Thursday several walls of a building at JNU were defaced with anti-Brahmin slogans, reported The Hindu. The images of these graffiti on the walls of JNU went viral on social media platforms. This in turn […]
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A video of a group of kids reading Quran in a football field is being shared widely on social media platforms. It is being claimed that this was a part of yesterday’s opening ceremony of FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. However, we found the video to be more than a year old. The video […]
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Byline – As the country continues to digest the gruesome details emerging out of the investigation of Shraddha Walkar’s murder, an old and unrelated video is being shared to add fuel to the narrative of Love Jihad on social media. Shraddha Walkar, a 27-year-old woman was allegedly killed by her partner Aftab Amin Poonawala in […]
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A video of a long dazzling boat slithering on a river, is being shared on social media platforms with a claim that this is ‘Deepotsavam’ in Kerala. However, the video is not from Kerala but China. When we checked the video, we found that the event is from Guangxi province in China. Here are the […]
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India beat Pakistan by 4 wickets on Sunday in a match that put the audience on the edge of their seats. Virat Kohli emerged as the hero for India in the vicious contest between fierce competitors and arch-rivals that ended in a nail-biting finish, much to the joy of the Indian cricket fans. Following the […]
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Actor and Politician, Paresh Rawal shared a poster that claimed ancient Hindu sages had correctly predicted features of the number 108. The poster shared by the Lok Sabha MP also claimed that the Sun is 108 times the diameter of the Sun away from the Earth and the same applies to the Moon as well. […]
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Video showing party workers carrying Red flags bearing sickle and hammer on it raising slogans in favour of Wayanad M.P. Rahul Gandhi and his ongoing Bharat Jodo Yatra is being shared heavily on Twitter since the last few days. It is being claimed that Congress’s archrivals in Kerala, the Communist Party of India – Marxist […]
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The Congress party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra has been in the headlines since it has started. It has also managed to create a buzz on the social media circles as well. As the coverage of the Yatra increased, misinformation around the Yatra and Rahul Gandhi also began to surface. We have fact checked many false claims […]
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The longest reigning monarch of the United Kingdom, Queen Elizabeth II died at the age of 96 on 8 September this year. Many social media users mourned the Queen’s death, while some seemed criticizing her for some of the human rights violations, which happened during her reign and for the sins committed by the British […]
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We often find images and videos of Engineering marvels and incredible infrastructure built by Indians on social media. These visuals leave social media users in awe and garner a lot of traction. One such video was shared on Twitter with a claim that it is a highway submerged in a water body enough to allow […]
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We continue to witness the consequences of climate change across the globe in the form of wildfires, devastating floods and scorching heatwaves. It becomes difficult to deny the existence of climate change day by day as it is affecting millions of people, globally. Despite this, Climate Change Deniers do not seem to budge. While denying […]
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A video is being shared widely on social media platforms with a claim that Muslim girls were stopped from celebrating Onam by fundamentalists. However, when we checked the video we found out that the communal narrative shared along with the video is False. The institution sent the students home for not wearing school uniform. Let’s […]
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A video shows an Arab dignitary surrounded by his guards approaching the entrance of a building when suddenly there is an attack on him and chaos ensues. This video is being shared widely on social media platforms with a claim that the person seen in the video is Saudi Arabia’s defense minister, who got scared […]
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In an interview in 2015, Anushka joked about spreading rumors of Ranbir’s drug use. This video is being shared out of context with a misleading claim. Recently, Twitter has been buzzing with trends calling for the boycott of Bollywood. Some Twitter users have been using anti-Bollywood hashtags such as #BoycottBrahmastra, #BoycottBollywood among others. Many users […]
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A video of Muslims protesting in Kerala was shared by Twitter account of Indu Makkal Katchi (Offl) alleging that these Muslims are protesting in Alappuzha against the newly appointed collector of the district, Sriram Venkitaraman, because he is a Brahmin. However, we found that the allegation is untrue and misleading. The protesters took out a […]
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Four images claimed to be of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde in their youth are going viral on Twitter. However, we found the images to be either altered or unrelated. Let’s check out the reality of these photos. Viral Photographs Four photos […]
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A photo showing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from Tamil Nadu pasting posters of PM Modi with ‘GO BACK MODI’ written on it is going viral on social media platforms. However, when we checked the viral photo, we found it to be altered. BJP leaders seen in the photo are not pasting posters of ‘GO […]
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A poster is doing rounds on Twitter claiming that India has slipped to 164th place among 193 countries in the list of fastest growing economies. It also claims that India is now 164th economy from being third largest economy in 2011. However, we found these claims to be untrue. India is the fastest growing economy […]
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GST is not applicable on Crematorium Services. Image Credit: Chandan Khanna/AFP Former union minister and veteran Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had tweeted that Goods and Services Tax (GST) on crematorium has been increased to 18%. Apart from Mr. Ramesh, many social media users also made the same claim on Twitter. You can see a few […]
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A photo of a teacher teaching his class with a baby latched on to his chest is going viral. Social media users claim that the baby is the Professor’s child, he brought her to the class because child’s mother is dead, and there is no one to look after the child. However, we found that […]
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A video showing vehicles skidding on a wet flyover is being shared on social media relating it to the ongoing floods in Surat and other parts of Gujarat. However, the video is not from Gujarat. In fact, when we investigated the video we found that the video is from Pakistan. Viral Video on Social Media […]
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A video is going viral on social media with a claim that social activist Teesta Setalvad spit on Police personnel who are seen trying to arrest her. However, the woman seen in the video is not Teesta Setalvad but Netta D’Souza, the President of Mahila Congress. Let us learn more about the false narrative on […]
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A video of a burqa-clad person sedating and kidnapping a boy with the help of accomplices is being shared widely on social media platforms. The video is being peddled as Muslims kidnapping Hindu boys. However, when we verified the video, we found it to be scripted and not related to India. Communal Narrative on Social […]
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A video of INC leader and Wayanad MP Rahul Gandhi is going viral on social media. Mr. Gandhi can be seen addressing the press as Congress leaders from Kerala look on. Zee News had played this clip in their prime time show DNA and reported that Rahul Gandhi was commenting on the accused Riaz Akhtari […]
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An image of the Pyramid stage at Glastonbury festival is going viral on social media. The image shows the area surrounding the pyramid stage filled with litter. Some Twitter users claim that this was after Swedish activist Greta Thunberg delivered her speech at the festival. However, we found out that though the image is from […]
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A Time magazine cover showing Adolf Hitler’s face partly juxtaposed over Prime Minister Modi’s face is going viral on Twitter. However, when we checked, we found that this poster is an edited one. Let us see the viral illustration and its truth. Viral Tweet Archived Link We can see in the above tweet, the TIME […]
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An image of some protestors burning the Indian National Flag is being shared on social media claiming that these are Indian Muslims protesting against Nupur Sharma’s controversial statement on Prophet Muhammad. However, the image is not from India. We found that the image is from a protest organized in Lahore, Pakistan. Viral Image on Social […]
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A video of a group of men and women raising slogans and burning the Indian National Flag is doing rounds on social media platforms with a claim that these are foreigners, protesting against former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s controversial statement on Prophet Muhammad. Nupur Sharma had made a controversial statement about Prophet Muhammad during a […]
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Image of temple razed in Karachi in 2012. Credits: AFP An image of Hindu deities placed on a pile of debris is being shared on social media claiming that the image is of a Hindu temple, recently vandalized in Karachi, Pakistan. However, the image is not related to the recent act of vandalism of a […]
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Images of bicycle carvings are going viral on Facebook with a claim that these carvings are from a 2000-year-old temple in Tamil Nadu. Users who have shared the images have also claimed that there was the concept of bicycles in ancient India before the invention of bicycles in the 1800s. However, when we fact checked […]
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An image purported as a rare flower Nagapushpam that blooms once in every 36 years is being shared heavily on Facebook. However, the creature in the viral image is an invertebrate called Sea Pen and not ‘Nagapushpam’. Viral Post on Facebook Facebook Archived Link As you can see in the screenshot given above, a creature […]
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A post claiming Martyr Bhagat Singh’s last surviving sister Parkash Kaur died recently at the age of 96 is receiving a lot of traction on Facebook. Many users have commented their condolences and some have even shared the post under the impression that the news is recent. You can see the post below: Facebook Archived […]
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The Union Public Services Commission announced the results of Civil Services (Main) examination 2021 last Monday. Shruti Sharma topped the list of rank holders with 54.56 per cent marks. Followed by Ankita Agarwal and Gamini Singla who secured the second and third positions respectively. Meanwhile media organizations, web portals and social media posts claimed that […]
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A post is being widely circulated on social media that claims TNEB charges more money for electricity from temples and less money from churches and mosques. These claims have been circulating on Twitter and Facebook since the middle of the month of May. You can see an example of such tweets and Facebook posts below: […]
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A photo of the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and a young girl inaugurating a project is going viral on social media. The photo was shared by a Twitter user whose profile name is ‘satendra picture posted is of April 1969.’ It garnered over 430 retweets and 2497 likes in just a […]
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A decade-old photo of Muslims offering Namaz in front of Bandra Railway Station as police stand guard is going viral as a recent incident. The users sharing the image are taking a dig at Maha CM Uddhav Thackeray accusing him of minority appeasement. A photo of Muslims offering Namaz is being shared on social media […]
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In the light of Russian aggression, the country of Ukraine has been converted into a war zone. The Ukrainian skies have also been closed due to aerial attacks from Russia. Thus, the area was converted into a no-fly zone. A short clip is however being shared claiming Air India is the only airline that was […]
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A video is being shared on social media in which some soldiers can be seen hugging and kissing their wives/girlfriends before leaving for war. The video is being shared widely as Ukrainian soldiers bidding farewell to their loved ones before joining the war. However, when we fact checked the video we found that the video […]
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An image of a female soldier with an assault rifle is doing rounds on social media with a claim that she is the wife of Ukraine’s Vice President on the battlefield resisting the Russian aggression. However, we found out that the image is old and is not of the wife of the vice-President of Ukraine. […]
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As Ukraine battles the Russian troops to defend its sovereignty and autonomy, a barrage of images and videos claiming to be from the warzone can be seen on mainstream and social media. Over the last few days, fact checkers across the world have debunked hundreds of fake claims made on videos and photos purported to […]
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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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Posts lamenting the loss of the life of a pregnant elephant and her unborn calf in a heart-wrenching incident that unfolded in Kerala, have flooded the social media. Be it on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter or any other platform, netizens and celebrities raised their voices to condemn the incident. However, the initial reports by the media […]
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We are into the last week of Lockdown 3.0 and the situation in many parts of the country still appears grim, especially in states like Maharashtra and Gujarat. As Indians struggle with the challenges posed by the lockdown, fake news peddlers and fear mongers have been spreading rumors regarding COVID-19 and the lockdown. Even though […]
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COVID-19 pandemic has brought down the world to an unprecedented halt momentarily. The deadly novel coronavirus has so far infected over 8 lac people across the globe with COVID-19 related deaths approaching 40K. The Pandemic has hit almost every country on the globe with a few exceptions like North Korea. While the world is battling […]
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Novel Corona Virus, originated in Wuhan, China and has now been declared a global epidemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). With the latest reports showing over 20,000 confirmed cases from 24 countries and over 400 deaths. Social media is flooded with multiple posts containing home remedies for treatment of novel Corona Virus. However, a […]
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Since the outbreak of a new strain of human infecting Corona Virus (also known as Wuhan Virus) in China, more than 300 people have died. This virus has infected thousands across the globe and most of the infected are in China. WHO has declared the outbreak of Wuhan Virus a global medical emergency and many […]
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One of our readers sent us a video of torture of inmates by officials on our WhatsApp number 9049046809 for verification. The video was followed by a message that read as follows: “The camp of detention. Modi’s counterfeit report. Death by brutal torture. To live as human beings; Are they still too lazy to fight […]
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Narrative on Social Media A Facebook page named Ottamoolikal shared a post bearing text in Malayalam along with an image of a black chicken and black coloured eggs. The Malayalam text translates as such: “This is Kadaknath chicken which is found in some areas of Madhya Pradesh. Its meat and eggs appear to be in […]
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Narrative on social media Facebook Archived Link A Facebook page called Sudarshanam has recently shared a video along with a caption in Malayalam saying, “Miracle! A Christian Pastor stops Tsunami by praying. The world is stunned.” The caption is a sarcastic jibe at the person in the video who seems to be standing near a […]
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Narrative on social media A Facebook page, Mollywood Connect shared an image of a woman pilot claiming that she is the first woman aviator to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. The post contains caption in Malayalam that translates as such: “Aren’t these the posts that need to be shared so that everyone can come to […]
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Narrative on social media Facebook Archived Link A Facebook user Jameesha Jas had published a post on April 6, 2019, which has been shared over 4200 times. The post shares an image of a girl with a stethoscope around her neck and some text in Malayalam inscribed at the top. The caption of the post […]
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Narrative on social media A Facebook page called ” witness | സാക്ഷി | شاهد ” has published a post on June 20th 2019 claiming that Dr. Saibal Jana has been arrested by Chhattisgarh police on grounds of sedition. The text in Malayalam accompanying an image in which an old man is being handcuffed and taken […]
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Narrative on social media A Facebook page called Kondotty Sakhakal has been circulating a Malayalam post on Facebook, which has garnered over 300 shares in mere 19 hours. The Malayalam post claims that CPM’s Kerala State Secretary has responded on allegations made against his elder son Binoy Kodiyeri by a woman who is a resident […]
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Narrative on social media A Facebook page called Ottamoolikal had posted an image on June 14, 2019 with a caption in Malayalam claiming that the man seen in the image is Anwar Sadiq from Afghanistan and he is the tallest man in the world who stands 10 feet 9 inches tall. archived FB post The […]
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Narrative on social media Archived Link A Facebook page called Kerala Trending Media has published a post in Malayalam on 16 June 2019. The post carries an image of a lady cop donning Police’s Khaki uniform and seems to be a decorated officer holding a high rank. The caption of the post in English reads […]
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Narrative on social media Archived Link A Malayalam Facebook page posted a video on 14 June 2019, which received more than 1350 shares in a short span of 5 hours. Post which similar posts started mushrooming claiming that ‘Sonia Gandhi and her daughter have purchased three buildings worth crores of rupees in Italy is what […]
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Narrative on social media: Archived FB post A Facebook page by the name of CPIM Commandos had shared an image of seriously wounded woman with injuries on her eyes and face claiming that the image of a female journalist, Nikita Rao who was attacked in Maharashtra for asking questions about development works carried out by […]
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While surfing online, we come across several bizarre news about incidents happening around the world. Most of the times these fascinating incidents turn out to be true but not every time what we read, is reality. Sometimes these news are a result of misunderstanding by the publisher. For example, a prank believed to be true […]
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Narrative on Social Media Archived Link A Facebook post in Malayalam with an image was published by a Facebook page called Z4 Media on 10th June 2019. This post contained a vintage image of a busy street with people and horse carriages. The post claims that this image is of Ernakulam’s M.G. Road shot in […]
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Guruvayoorappan Temple on 8th June 2019 in Thrissur’s Guruvayoor and also addressed a rally of BJP workers after seeking blessings from Lord Guruvayoorappan. However, during his visit to the famous shrine, posts claiming Modi had violated the customs of the temple by entering the temple wearing footwear started to appear […]
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Narrative on Social Media Archived Link A Facebook post in Malayalam with a caption that reads “Hindu terror attack on an Eidgah in Bihar. The attack with bows and arrows injured a lot of people,” is being shared since June 6 2019. The post also contains an image of a group of Muslim youth carrying […]
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Narrative on social media Archived Link A Facebook page called Karma News had posted a news video on Facebook claiming that the Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy has appointed a Christian as the chairperson of the board of the world’s richest temple. The video claims that Jagan Mohan Reddy who is a Christian himself has […]
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Narrative on social media A post claiming that an infant was brutally raped and murdered in Aligarh is getting viral on Facebook. A Facebook user named Mada Swamy Madaswamy has published the post on Facebook, which has been able to garner almost 700 shares till now. Archived Link The caption of the post in Malayalam […]
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Narrative on social media Archived Link A post in Malayalam, claiming discrepancies in data of polled votes and votes counted on EVM, has gone viral on Facebook. The post claims that in 373 constituencies, the total number of polled votes is less than the total number of votes counted. The caption of the post, published […]
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Narrative Deepika Newspaper has shared a Malayalam news article on their Facebook page on 4th June 2019. The headline of the article in Malayalam reads as such: Modi pulled up for attending Iftar party; warning issued to Giriraj. The body of the article in Malayalam however clarifies in the first paragraph that the Modi in […]
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Narrative on social media The following Facebook pages Youth Icon Media, SouthViral Health , ആരോഗ്യം, Love Media, PrimeReel Media, Youth Icon Media, Latest Home Designs, ആരോഗ്യം Life Plus, രുചിക്കൂട്ട്, have been spreading posts that claim that Kerala police has issued a warning to people of Kerala against robbers who attack homes at night. Such posts […]
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Narrative Asianet news have been sharing a news article from their Facebook page since June 1, 2019. The news article’s headline in Malayalam reads as follows: “Kids imparted training to operate firearms in campus of a school owned by a BJP MLA; DYFI files complaint.” Below is a screenshot of the Malayalam article published by […]
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Narrative: Archived Link A facebook user, Prince Abraham has published the above embedded post on Facebook with the following caption in Malayalam whose translation is as such: “The figure of 300 is not projected casually…New model has arrived, Modi’s Make In India EVM! Watch with your eyes wide open.” The post contains five videos. The […]
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Narrative on Social Media: Archived Link The above post shared by a Facebook user named Sagav Vapputty claims that the reign of terror unleashed by Sanghaparivar continues. Muslim youth shot with a bullet after being asked his name by the attacker. The caption of the post in Malayalam reads as follows: “ Muslim youth shot […]
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