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Weekly Wrap: Misinformation Around Israel-Iran Conflict, Manmohan Singh Deepfake And More

Fact Check Newschecker Team

From misinformation around the Middle East crisis marked by increasing tension and fresh escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel to a viral video...

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2022 Video Of Bus Stand Blaze Shared As Tel Aviv Struck By Barrage Of Suicide Drones

Kushel HM , Edited By Chayan Kundu

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Fact Check: Old Video Of Israel’s Rafah Attack Shared As ‘Israeli Aircrafts Destroyed By Iran’

AI/Deepfake

Viral Video Of Manmohan Singh Promoting Investment Scheme Is A Deepfake

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Old Video Of Netanyahu Rushing To Vote Shared As Israeli PM Fleeing To Bunker After Iran’s Missile Barrage

NEWS

Fact Check: Old Video Of Israel’s Rafah Attack Shared As ‘Israeli...

Tanujit Das , Edited By Chayan Kundu

Viral video does not show that Iran destroyed 30 Israeli F-35 fighter jets.

Truth Behind The Viral Video Claiming To Show Seafood Jihad in Kerala

Sabloo Thomas , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim Seafood Jihad in Kerala. Peaceful Fish sellers in Kerala were raided for selling fish stuffed with tablets that can cause kidney failure. They will...

POLITICS

Truth Behind The Viral Video Claiming To Show Seafood Jihad in Kerala

Sabloo Thomas , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim Seafood Jihad in Kerala. Peaceful Fish sellers in Kerala were raided for selling fish stuffed with tablets that can cause kidney failure. They will...

Fact Check: India Has Not Halted Its Electricity Supply To Bangladesh

Tanujit Das , Edited By Pankaj Menon

India has not halted its electricity supply to Bangladesh. But, Bangladesh has confirmed a ban on the export of Hilsa fish to India to prioritise domestic consumption

VIRAL

Weekly Wrap: Misinformation Around Israel-Iran Conflict, Manmohan Singh Deepfake And More

Newschecker Team

From misinformation around the Middle East crisis marked by increasing tension and fresh escalation of hostilities between Iran and Israel to a viral video...

2022 Video Of Bus Stand Blaze Shared As Tel Aviv Struck By Barrage Of...

Kushel HM , Edited By Chayan Kundu

Viral video found to be unrelated and from 2022.

Viral Video Of Manmohan Singh Promoting Investment Scheme Is A Deepfake

Kushel HM , Edited By Chayan Kundu

Video was found to be AI-manipulated

RELIGION

Truth Behind The Viral Video Claiming To Show Seafood Jihad in Kerala

Sabloo Thomas , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim Seafood Jihad in Kerala. Peaceful Fish sellers in Kerala were raided for selling fish stuffed with tablets that can cause kidney failure. They will...

Viral Video Does Not Show ‘Advocate Gayasuddin’ Rebuked For Misconduct During Hearing Plea Against...

Vasudha Beri , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Viral post claiming to show a judge reprimanding “advocate Gayasuddin” for misconduct during a hearing a plea against a Bageshwar Dham event is false.

Man Thrashed For Mocking Hindus Amid Tirupati Laddu Row? Viral Video Is Old &...

Vijayalakshmi Balasubramaniyan, Translated By Vasudha Beri , Edited By Pankaj Menon

2019 video has been shared out of context to show a mob thrashing activist Piyush Manush over his comments on Hindus following the Tirupati Laddu row.

Fact Check

2020 Video Viral As Lebanese Citizens Celebrating Nasrallah’s Death

Old Video Shared To Show Iranians Celebrating Hassan Nasrallah’s Death

Viral Video Claiming To Show NH 44 In Jammu & Kashmir Is Actually From China

Viral Video Of Manmohan Singh Promoting Investment Scheme Is A Deepfake

Old US Basketball Meme Shared As ‘Israeli Air Force Celebrations’ After Strikes Against Hezbollah Targets

Viral Video Claiming To Show Yemen Attacking Israeli Ship Is Old & Unrelated

Science & Technology

‘Warning’ Message Asking People To Switch Off Phone And Keep Them Away From The Body For Protection From Cosmic Rays is FAKE

Tanujit Das , Edited By Pankaj Menon

The viral message recommending people to turn off their phones for protection against cosmic rays is false.

Debunking the Seismic Waves Card: Can It Really Hack Your Phone in Seconds?

Pankaj Menon , Edited By Ruby Dhingra

Claim: File called Seismic Waves CARD, allegedly circulated as photos of Morocco earthquake, will hack your phone in 10 secondsFact: The viral claim regarding...

What’s HAARP & Is It Responsible For The Turkey Earthquake? Here’s A Fact Check

Abrar Bhat

Over 46,000 people have been killed and thousands have been left injured after a devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 in the Richter scale struck Turkey...

COVID-19 Vaccine

Fact Check

No, COVID-19 Vaccines Or Boosters Do Not Cause AIDS

Coronavirus

Misleading Claim Of Lawsuit Against WHO, WEF In Canada Court For ‘Crime Against Humanity’ Resurfaces

Coronavirus

Did WHO Chief Confess That Booster Doses ‘Kill Children’? No, Viral Video Shared Without Context

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Can RT-PCR Tests Detect Omicron Variant?

DAILY READS

Internet Trends Around RG Kar Rape-Murder Case Underscore Disturbing Truths

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

The ghastly rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on the night of August 8...

Did PM Modi Say One Of Guru Gobind Singh’s ‘Panch Pyare’...

Vasudha Beri , Edited By Pankaj Menon

A video from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent address in Patiala has gone viral on social media...

Coronavirus

India Makes Testing Mandatory For Travellers From Countries Seeing Covid Spike:...

Prashant Sharma

The rising Covid-19 cases across the globe has prompted concerns in India too, with central health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday making the RT-PCR...