On October 22, News18 Uttar Pradesh tweeted about a video supposedly viral on social media. The channel said that, in the clip, one can hear a blizzard of gunshots piercing through the dead and SSP Meerut Ajay Sahani has stated that the video will be investigated – “- …Read more at ......
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A video of Bakhshish Singh Virk, BJP candidate from Haryana’s Assandh constituency, was shared on social media where Singh can be heard making comments about voting machines – “Whichever button you press, the votes will automatically go to flower (BJP’s election symbol)”. He further suggested that BJP......
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News agency IANS tweeted a photo of Pankaja Munde, the BJP candidate from Maharastra’s Parli assembly seat, who was defeated in the recently-concluded assembly elections. The news agency’s tweet read, “#BJP’s heavyweight and #Maharashtra minister #PankajaMunde weeps inconsolably after her shock defeat in #Parli (Beed) seat by her estranged......
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Columnist Harbir Singh quote-tweeted a tweet which shared a photograph of a turbaned woman holding an automatic weapon. The original tweet claimed that the image showed US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar at an Al-Qaeda training camp in Somalia. Singh also claimed that the woman was Omar but at a camp of a Somali …Read more......
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A video, which supposedly shows a group of people packing Tata Salt in an unhygienic manner is circulating on social media. One can see several people picking up the Tata Salt packets lying on the floor and manually filling salt in them. Facebook user Dinesh Kumar posted the video with the claim, …Read more at ......
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A video depicting elaborate choreography by hundreds of artists has been shared on social media with the narrative that these are Chinese artists performing to the song ‘Jai Ho’ from the motion picture ‘Slumdog Millionaire’. Chinese performing on Jai Ho. Superb, Amazing. Wirth a watch & share pic.twitter.com/myxNnqnxPn -- Lt Gen V......
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An image of what is purportedly a notice by the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB), has been shared on social media. It has been claimed therein that the RRB has drastically reduced the number of NTPC posts. In this ‘notice’, it is mentioned, “This is to inform that indian railways is improving its …Read more at ......
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Cross-border firing broke out between the Indian and Pakistani armies on October 20 along the Line of Control in Kashmir. Soon after, a video began to circulate on social media. Two Indian bunkers destroyed Clearly can b seen.#PakistanArmy#IndianArmy pic.twitter.com/ygNPlCFX7b -- yousafsaeed (@NeelamVallian) October 20, 2019 Pakistani social media users claimed th......
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A video of an aircraft supposedly hijacked in Mexico has gone viral on Twitter. In the video, several masked, armed men can be seen roaming inside the plane while the passengers have their arms above their seats. Twitter user Primo posted the video with the message, “A plane got hijacked with passengers …Read more at ......
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In the backdrop of recent India-Pakistan cross-border skirmish, several Pakistani social media users have shared an image of slain soldiers claiming that they are Indian army men killed by the Pakistani army. The tweet posted below was shared by a user who identifies as ‘Cyber Defense & combat team of Pakistan’. Sh......
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Screenshots of a broadcast by the Hindi news channel Aaj Tak have been circulated along with the claim that the RBI is going to discontinue the Rs 2000 currency note. Screenshots like the one above have been shared, mostly on messaging platforms. The information contained in these stills suggests that the same …Read more at ......
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A video of a biker who while performing a stunt was knocked down by a speeding car on the road has been shared with the claim that the accident happened in Karnataka’s Bengaluru. In the video which seems to be filmed by a fellow rider, the biker can be seen performing a …Read more at ......
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