Fact Check: Tarek Fatah loads up on fake again, drops a film clip to mislead on polio

 India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found that the viral video is a scene from a Pakistani feature film "Load Wedding" and not the real incident.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Anti-encroachment drive in Jaipur passed off as police action after NRC

 It is clear that the video of an anti-encroachment drive in Jaipur is being shared as people being evicted from their houses in Assam after NRC.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Images of fake notes from Telangana go viral linking them to RSS and Gujarat

 India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the post to be misleading. The images used in the viral post are not from Gujarat but Telangana.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: News about four-day working week in Finland is too good to be true

 India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found this to be a misleading post. The Finnish government has denied this claim and categorically said that this issue is not even in the government agenda.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Hilarious video of woman slapping girl goes viral linking it to CAA

 India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the claim to be misleading. The viral video is nearly four years old and has no relation to the ongoing anti-CAA stir.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Co-workers prank goes viral with deadly claim

 India Today's Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) found that the claim with the viral post is misleading. The man in the picture didn't suffer a heart attack and is very much alive.Read more at ...... Read More
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Fact Check: Are these 69 siblings from one mother? It's half true

 A group photograph has gone viral on social media with the claim that this is the family of the world's most prolific mother, who has given birth to 69 babies. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the Russian woman mentioned in the post does hold the world record for having the highes...... Read More
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Fact Check: Claims of black ban at Wankhede during India-Australia ODI fall on flat pitch

 Many have claimed that authorities did not allow spectators dressed in black inside the stadium fearing that it might be used to protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens.Read more at ...... Read More
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Man accused of sexual harassment of minor girls falsely claimed to be Muslim - Alt News

 On January 21, several social media users posted a video of a man stripped naked in public and thrashed by a group of women. As per the social media posts, the man tried to rape a 5-year-old. Twitter user @cbpunjabi tweeted, “(TTC News) In Ambala’s Jain market, a Muslim tried to rape …Read more at ...... Read More
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Photo of Nehru, Indira Gandhi shared with false portrayal of her father-in-law being "Yunus Khan" - Alt News

 A photograph of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with his daughter Indira Gandhi and two unidentified men is being shared with a claim that the man marked in red is Indira Gandhi’s father-in-law and Feroze Gandhi’s father “Yunus Khan”. The claim, shared by Facebook user Sukhie Rajput, is stated below. “ &hellip...... Read More
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Photo of Nehru, Indira Gandhi shared with false portrayal of her father-in-law being "Yonus Khan" - Alt News

 A photograph of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru with his daughter Indira Gandhi and two unidentified men is being shared with a claim that the man marked in red is Indira Gandhi’s father-in-law and Feroze Gandhi’s father “Younis Khan”. The claim, shared by Facebook user Sukhie Rajput, is stated below. “ &helli...... Read More
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Old video from Bengal viral as BJP leaders thrashed in NE during CAA/NRC campaigning - Alt News

 A video where individuals sporting BJP sashes can be seen beaten up by a crowd is widely circulating on social media. The accompanying caption reads, “acche din for #BJP in northeast India. During the door to door campaign in the favour of #CAA_NRC_NPR how the people welcoming BJP leaders.” acche din for …...... Read More
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No, woman criticising government is not Atal Bihari Vajpayee's niece - Alt News

 A video of a woman criticizing the government is viral on Facebook. It is being claimed that she is former prime minister late Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece. Facebook user Ayyub Qureshi shared the video with the message, “ NRC CAA (Listen …Read more at ...... Read More
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CAA Protests: Old video from MP shared as UP police thrashing stone-pelters - Alt News

 A video of policemen brutally thrashing several men has been shared with the claim that Uttar Pradesh police is beating stone-pelters for destructing public property. “UP Police (UP Police presents a short film ‘result of …Read more at...... Read More
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Video from Brazil shared as "Muslim infiltrator" killed by French police - Alt News

 A video is viral on social media with the claim that a “Muslim infiltrator” lost his life in police retaliation in France when a group of such men attacked the cops. It furthers states that the law in France allows the police to retaliate when attacked, but the same is not permitted …Read more at ...... Read More
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Old image of BJP MP Manoj Tiwari with Jama Masjid's Imam Bukhari shared ahead of Delhi polls - Alt News

 Since the beginning of 2020, several social media users have been sharing an image of BJP Delhi MP Manoj Tiwari and Imam Ahmed Bukhari, the 13th Shahi Imam of Delhi’s Jama Masjid. The viral post takes a subtle dig at Tiwari and the Bharatiya Janata Party for indulging in ‘identity politics’. Tiwari’s …Read more ...... Read More
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Morphed poster falsely claims 'burqa, hijab' dress code for CAA protest in Mumbai - Alt News

 BJP media panellist Yashveer Raghav shared a poster of a protest rally against the Citizenship Amendment Act (2019) which allegedly mentions that the dress code for women attendees is ‘Hijab or Burqa’. He wrote, “If you want to take part in protests against CAA and NRC (provisions for which are yet to …...... Read More
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Fake Rs 2000 notes seized from RSS supporter Ketan Dave in Gujarat? False claim viral - Alt News

 Several social media users have posted images that show stacks Rs 2,000 denomination currency notes seized by the police. The accompanying claim suggests that the cash was recovered from the car of Ketan Dave, an RSS worker. On January 14, Twitter-user @HabibHasan_ posted the viral images and tweeted in Hindi, “Consignment o...... Read More
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