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Taiwan’s Mazu Pilgrimage Video Falsely Attributed To ‘Victory Celebration In Italy’

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State Government’s Do Not Levy 55% Tax on LPG Cylinders, Viral Message Is False

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Weekly Wrap: A Look At The Different Claims Viral In India

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Viral Landslide Video Attributed To Cloudburst In Dharamshala Is Actually From Japan’s Atami City

NEWS

Viral Landslide Video Attributed To Cloudburst In Dharamshala Is Actually From...

Nikita Vashisth

Viral video shows landslides triggered by heavy rains in Japan's Atami City, not a cloudburst in Dharamshala.

Screenshot Of BBC Report On Rahul Gandhi Voted Most Trustworthy Leader...

Nikita Vashisth

BBC Press Office confirmed the article to be fake.

POLITICS

Screenshot Of BBC Report On Rahul Gandhi Voted Most Trustworthy Leader...

Nikita Vashisth

BBC Press Office confirmed the article to be fake.

Image Of Old Inmate In Uttar Pradesh’s Etah District’s Hospital Falsely...

Nikita Vashisth

The image in context is of inmate Baburam Balwan Singh at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah district.

VIRAL

Taiwan’s Mazu Pilgrimage Video Falsely Attributed To ‘Victory Celebration In Italy’

Nikita Vashisth

The video of firecrackers lit on a street is from Taiwan's Mazu pilgrimage. Online users falsely attributed it to ‘victory celebration in Italy’.

State Government’s Do Not Levy 55% Tax on LPG Cylinders, Viral Message Is False

Nikita Vashisth

GST of 5% is levied on the domestic LPG cylinders and no State imposes a 55% tax on it.

Viral Landslide Video Attributed To Cloudburst In Dharamshala Is Actually From Japan’s Atami City

Nikita Vashisth

Viral video shows landslides triggered by heavy rains in Japan's Atami City, not a cloudburst in Dharamshala.

RELIGION

Viral Video With Claim On Bharuch Police Arresting Siraj Mohd Anwar In Relation To...

Nikita Vashisth

The arrests in the viral video were made by Ahmedabad Crime Branch and are not related to the Delhi riots.

Video Of Man Striking A Statue In Algeria Falsely Shared As “Migrant Muslim Destroying...

Nikita Vashisth

Though the video is real, the incident took place in Setif, Algeria.

Viral Audio Clip Criticising Protests Against CAA Falsely Attributed To Lawyer Harish Salve

Nikita Vashisth

The viral audio clip criticising protests against the CAA has been falsely attributed to lawyer Harish Salve. Clip was made by Janam TV COO, Suresh Kochattil.

Fact Check

Did Qatar cancel all Air India flights under Vande Bharat Mission? No, it’s a false claim

Photograph Taken in 1985 Shared on Social Media in the Backdrop of COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Patients Are Not Being Segregated On The Basis Of Religion; Media Outlets Falsely Report

A Mock Drill Video From Hajipur Jail Shared With False Claim, Read To Know More

A Video of Notes Found Lying On Road In Indore Shared On Social Media With A Communal Angle

No, Internet Sensation Anahita Hashemzadeh Is Not Suffering From COVID-19

Science & Technology

Video Of Man Holding A Circuit Board With COV-19 Inscribed Is Not For A 5G Mast

Nikita Vashisth

A London-based documentary maker created this video in an attempt to show how easy it is to start a conspiracy theory.

Video Posts With Claims Of A Gigantic Moon Appearing Between Russia And Canada In Arctic Are False

Nikita Vashisth

The video was created by a CGI artist and initially shared on Tik Tok.

Claims on 5G Testing Radiation Being The Cause Of India’s Second COVID-19 Wave Are False

Nikita Vashisth

Claims on 5G testing radiation being the cause of India’s second COVID-19 wave are false. These claims are unsubstantiated and lack scientific evidence.

Fake Image Of COVID-19 ‘Vaporizer’ Vaccine Goes Viral With Pfizer’s Logo And ‘Made in China’ Tag

Nikita Vashisth

Days after Pfizer rolled out its injectable COVID-19 vaccine, several Twitter users shared a claim suggesting that the pharma company issued a ‘vape vaccine’....

Recent Claim On ICMR And Bharat Biotech Using FBS To Produce COVID-19 Vaccine Is Misleading

Nikita Vashisth

An image shared by a Twitter user claims that pregnant cows are slaughtered to produce COVID-19 vaccine. This is done to extract Fetal Bovine...

COVID-19 Vaccine

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COVID-19 Vaccines Don’t Give People Magnetic Power, False Claims Viral Online

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Vaccine Hesitancy At A High Of 74.53% In India Claims Deccan Chronicle

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After Uproar On Social Media, Indian Government And COVAXIN Manufacturer Deny Use of Newborn Calf Serum In SARS-COV2 Jab

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Fake Matrimonial Newspaper Clipping Shared Online Created To Encourage COVID-19 Vaccination

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Viral Message Claiming “All Vaccinated People Will Die Within 2 Years” Lacks Evidence

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Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin NOT Approved For Children Above 12 Years, It’s In Trial Stage

Health & Wellness

Viral Message Claiming “All Vaccinated People Will Die Within 2 Years”...

Nikita Vashisth

Luc Montagnier did not comment that vaccinated people will die within 2 years.

Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin NOT Approved For Children Above 12 Years, It’s...

Nikita Vashisth

“India’s drug regulator has given Bharat Biotech the permission to conduct clinical trials of its Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, on children between the age of 2 and 18."