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Yearly Archives: 2020

Weekly Wrap: From Bihar Elections To Coronavirus-Related Claims

This week social media platforms witnessed a variety of misleading and fake claims being circulated with themes ranging from Coronavirus to Bihar elections, and...

Old Image Of Alcohol Bottles For Thailand’s Flood Victims Shared In Relation To Bihar Elections

Social media users shared an image of several alcohol and coke bottles kept in plastic bags.  The caption with this image read, “बिहार में...

Edited Image Shared As Indian Tricolour Flag Waved At Recent Rally In Karachi

A mass protest rally was held in Karachi last week by the Pakistan Democratic Movement, an alliance formed by opposition parties against the current...

2018 Image of BJP’s Dilip Ghosh In Hospital Shared With COVID Angle

Social media users shared a photograph of BJP’s Dilip Ghosh admitted in a hospital with the text, “Meeting COVID Positive Dilip Ghosh without wearing...

Weekly Wrap: A Look At The Different Political And Coronavirus-Related Claims

This week social media platforms witnessed a variety of misleading and fake claims being circulated with themes ranging from politics, coronavirus, and the pandemic...

Narendra Modi-led Central Government Is Not Giving Free Android Smartphones To All Students

A Whatsapp message claims that the government is giving free Android smartphones to all students to help them continue their education online during the...

Viral Video Of Distressed Auto-Rickshaw Driver Is From Bangladesh, Not India

Social media users shared a video of a distressed auto rickshaw driver talking to a reporter. The video also shows a cycle auto-rickshaw being...

GPCC’s Pratibha Borkar’s Image Shared With Viral Hashtag ‘FakeNaxalBhabi’

Several social media users shared an image of Congress (INC) leaders at a press meet and claimed the woman in it to be the...

Claims Related To Trump Taking The Russian COVID-19 Vaccine, And Saying His DNA Is USA Are False

Days after United States President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump tested positive for COVID-19 related fake news has been circulating on social...

Weekly Wrap: From A Video Of Children Emerging Out Of A Truck In Syria To India-China Dispute

For this week’s wrap, where Newschecker rounds up key fact checks, we found a video of children and women emerging out of truck being...

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