On January 31, Times of India reported India's first case of the new strain of coronavirus in Thrissur, Kerala. Since then, the disease has been covered extensively in the media. Recently, videos of a meat market have gone viral with the claim that it is from the Chinese city Wuhan, the epicentre …Read more at ......
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A photograph of two men donning skull caps burning the Indian national flag is circulating on social media. The text inscribed in the image reads, “ CAA NRC , …Read more at ......
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The January 5 attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) left 36 people injured, among them was Kamlesh Mandriya, a first-year MPhil student at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, JNU. Photographs of Mandriya with head injuries went viral on social media with the claim that the Left attacked him. On …Read more at ......
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Ahead of the Delhi assembly elections on February 8, a 26-second video has gone viral which shows a man on wheelchair accepting a blanket. After introducing himself and thanking the organiser for distributing blankets to differently-abled persons, he is seen as getting up from the wheelchair and walking away. This video has …Read more at ......
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A video of a man attempting suicide by touching a live transformer is being circulated on social media with the claim that an LIC (Life Insurance Corporation) employee in Surat committed suicide after the government’s decision to sell off the company’s stake. One Sanjay Gadhia who in his Twitter bio claims to …Read more at ......
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A picture of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal walking down a narrow alley along with other people is going viral on social media. In the photo, the Aam Aadmi Party leader's shirt appears to be wet, and it is being claimed that a woman threw dirty water at him.Read mo......
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A young man from Uttar Pradesh’s Jewar (Gautam Buddha Nagar district) turned up in New Delhi on Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary, January 30. He pulled out a gun amid a crowd of students from Jamia Milia Islamia agitating against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and injured a protester. Soon after, news agency &helli......
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A video is making the rounds on social media with the claim that the Prime Minister of China visited a mosque and realised that the only way to protect oneself from Coronavirus is to “bow before Allah.” The viral message also claims that the Chinese PM said that his government will “translate” …Read more at ......
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On February 3, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a 45-second video clip with the claim, “ (They want to live and our children are ready to die) Dangerous very Dangerous Wake Up before it's too late!!”. The tweet has amassed close to …Read more at ......
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A video has gone viral on social media claiming that some men participated in the Shaheen Bagh protests wearing burqas and posing as women. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the claim to be false.Read more at ......
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On January 30, a person opened fire at students of Jamia Millia Islamia protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). A report from the same day by NDTV stated that a random shot injured Shadab Farooq, a student of mass communications at the university. The gunman reportedly has links with Bajrang Dal, …Read more at ......
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On January 30, a minor opened fire at students of Jamia Millia Islamia protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). A report from the same day by NDTV stated that a random shot injured Shadab Farooq, a student of mass communications at the university. The gunman reportedly has links with Bajrang Dal, …Read more at ......
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A video that shows a truck, loaded with men, parked at a police station is massively viral on social media. The background narration claims a group of Dalits was captured by the police after they complained of land grabbing by upper-caste ‘Kshatriya’ community in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. “They were called to the &hel......
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A video of former cricketer Irfan Pathan is viral on social media with the claim that he was at Shaheen Bagh lending support to protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019. A Facebook page titled ‘ “ ” Shabnam‘ posted the 13-second video on January 24, 2020, with a …Read more at ......
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A video of Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has gone viral on social media. In the video, Kejriwal can be seen in a vehicle surrounded by people while there a scuffle on the road. The viral video claims that a person was mishandled by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) during Kejriwal’s roadshow and …Read more at ......
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A video has been circulated on various social media platforms with the claim that ‘terrorists’ attacked ISKCON Netrakona Muktarpara Temple in Bangladesh, seriously injuring three devotees. The video shared on Facebook page FM Hindu shows the alleged attack. The accompanying caption reads, “ ......
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Ahead of Delhi Legislative Assembly elections set to be held on February 8, 2020, an alleged list of 27 Aam Aadmi Party candidates has been circulating on social media. According to the list, 21 out of 27 candidates hail from the Muslim community. On January 11, Facebook page Vishwa Hindu Mahasangh posted …Read more at ......
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A one-minute video which shows people hoisting BJP’s flag to the Indian national anthem is being shared on social media. Shabbir Ahmad, a Facebook user, posted the video and wrote, “If media doesn’t show this, we must show this to entire Hindustand. BJP’s reality is that they don’t recognise the national flag. …......
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“Condition of Hindu girls in Pakistan’s Punjab province. See what happened when they reported…” is a message widely circulating on social media along with a video that shows a man brutally thrashing two women. Twitter user @shukla28 who describes himself as a BJP supporter was among those who shared the clip drawing …......
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A 1:37 minutes video is circulating on Facebook with the claim that it shows a Coronavirus patient being treated. The video has been shared by the Facebook page of an NGO named For Change. Korona virus, very new deadly form of virus, china is suffering, may come to India immediately, Team ForChange …Read more at ......
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