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₹500 Notes With Star Symbol Fake? No, They Are Legal Tender

Fact Check Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim ₹500 notes marked with star (*) symbol are fake and are in circulation. We received this claim on our Whatsapp tipline (9999499044), requesting us to...

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Old Video Of Residents Enjoying In Flood-Hit Kanyakumari Shared As Chennai

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

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Old Video Showing Cargo Ship On Fire Off Sri Lankan Coast Falsely Shared As Israeli Vessel Bombed By Yemen

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Sunny Deol Drunk On The Streets Of Mumbai? Viral Video Is From A Movie Shoot

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Old Video From Georgia Supermarket Falsely Linked To 2023 Chennai Floods

NEWS

Fact Check: Tsunami In Southern Philippines after the 7.6 magnitude Earthquake?

Rangman Das , Edited By Pankaj Menon

a 10-year-old video from Leyte Philippines showing the storm surge of Typhoon Haiyan, has been shared as recent. The video is not linked to the recent earthquake in the Philippines.

Video Of Palestinian Family Mourning Death Of 5-month-old Baby Shared With...

Pankaj Menon , Edited By Ruby Dhingra

Claim Palestinian propaganda pushers share video of man holding up a toy baby as a dead baby. Also Read: Humanoid Robot Waitress In China? Video Of...

POLITICS

Sunny Deol Drunk On The Streets Of Mumbai? Viral Video Is...

Rangman Das , Edited By Pankaj Menon

The viral video of Sunny Deol apparently roaming the streets drunk is actually from a movie shoot and has been shared out of context.

Video Of Palestinian Family Mourning Death Of 5-month-old Baby Shared With...

Pankaj Menon , Edited By Ruby Dhingra

Claim Palestinian propaganda pushers share video of man holding up a toy baby as a dead baby. Also Read: Humanoid Robot Waitress In China? Video Of...

VIRAL

₹500 Notes With Star Symbol Fake? No, They Are Legal Tender

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim ₹500 notes marked with star (*) symbol are fake and are in circulation. We received this claim on our Whatsapp tipline (9999499044), requesting us to...

Old Video Of Residents Enjoying In Flood-Hit Kanyakumari Shared As Chennai

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim Residents of Chennai having fun amid the floods triggered by cyclone Michaung. The archived version of the tweet can be seen here. Fact Newschecker first ran a...

Old Video Showing Cargo Ship On Fire Off Sri Lankan Coast Falsely Shared As...

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim Yemen bombs Israeli cargo ship ‘Unity Explorer’ amid the Israel-Hamas conflict. The archived version of the tweet can be seen here. Fact Newshchecker first ran a keyword...

RELIGION

Pakistan’s Historic Hinglaj Temple Demolished? No, News Outlets Misreport Land Dispute With Exaggerated Claim

Runjay Kumar , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Newschecker found the viral claim of the demolition of the historical Hinglaj temple in Pakistan to be false.

Fact Check: Viral Post Falsely Claims Passengers without Burqas Prevented From Boarding A Bus...

Rangman Das , Edited By Chayan Kundu

The viral video is unrelated to any religious matter. It actually depicts a protest demanding a halt at the bus stop.

Debunked: These Visuals Are Not From Ayodhya Ram Mandir. Here’s Where They Are Actually...

Pankaj Menon , Edited By Ruby Dhingra

Claim Interior decoration of Ayodhya Ram Mandir Fact Upon careful examination of the viral video, we observed a watermark reading ‘Nagpur Experience’ and the YouTube logo...

Fact Check

Old Videos From Taiwan, Japan Falsely Linked To Philippines Earthquakes

Qatar Quashes Death Sentences Of 8 Ex-Indian Navy Personnel? No, Viral Claim Is False

Crocodile In Chennai Residential Area? No, Old Video From Madhya Pradesh Resurfaces

Sunny Deol Drunk On The Streets Of Mumbai? Viral Video Is From A Movie Shoot

Video Of Palestinian Family Mourning Death Of 5-month-old Baby Shared With False Claim

Fact Check: Tsunami In Southern Philippines after the 7.6 magnitude Earthquake?

Science & Technology

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...

Here’s What Experts Have To Say About The Viral ‘Google Pay Scam’

Vasudha Beri

Ever since its launch in 2016, the Unified Payments Interface (UPI), has played a major role in the growth of digital payments in the...

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

Is Adani Group Linked To Uttarakhand Tunnel Collapse? Here’s What We...

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

The multi-agency rescue operation that ended late on Tuesday saw the close of a 17-day ordeal for all 41 workers trapped inside the 4.5-km...

Gautam Gambhir Rubbishes Report Of Him Taking A ‘Sly Dig’ At...

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Several social media users are circulating a purported quote by former Indian cricket team opener Gautam Gambhir, where he allegedly takes aim at Indian...

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...