Monthly Archives: February, 2021

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1962 Photograph Of Jawaharlal Nehru At A Congress Party Meeting In Patna Shared With Misleading Claims

Nikita Vashisth

Nehru's image was found in AP archives describing it as a security man grabbing Nehru from plunging into a riotous crowd at a Congress party meeting in Patna.

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Whatsapp Message On COVID-19 Vaccine Registration For Elderly On Co-WIN Is False

Nikita Vashisth

Press Information Bureau Fact-check verified the Whatsapp message on COVID-19 vaccine registration for the elderly on Co-WIN app to be false.

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Puducherry CM Narayanasamy Mistranslates To Rahul Gandhi, Later Clarifies On Twitter

Nikita Vashisth

It's true that Puducherry’s CM Narayanasamy mistranslated a fisherwoman’s words during an interaction, but says she falsely accused.

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“Go Back Modi” Graffiti From Anti-CAA Protests In Kolkata Shared As Recent From Tamil Nadu

Nikita Vashisth

On 14 February, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Chennai to inaugurate and launch a few projects. His presence in the city was seen as...

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Old Video Of Amit Shah Falling Revived Amid Bengal’s State Assembly Rally

Nikita Vashisth

In view of the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal, Union Home Minister Amit Shah flagged off the Bharatiya Janata Party’s fourth Parivartan Rath...

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Old Images Of A Religious Leader Falsely Shared In Context Of Ongoing Farmers’ Protest

Nikita Vashisth

Three images of a man in different clothing are being shared on social media in context of the ongoing farmers’ protest. The first image...

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2013 Image Of RSS Workers Shared As Recent Relief Efforts In Uttarakhand

Nikita Vashisth

On 7 February, Chamoli district in Uttarakhand witnessed flash floods reportedly caused after a part of Nanda Devi’s glacier broke. The northern Indian state...

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Old Video From PM Narendra Modi’s Visit To Mongolia Shared As “Japanese doing Surya namaskar”

Nikita Vashisth

A video of a group of people wearing T-shirts of the Indian tricolour flag and doing surya namaskar is being attributed to Japan. The video...

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Old Image of Congress Members Celebrating Rahul Gandhi’s Birthday Edited To Include Mia Khalifa’s Photo

Nikita Vashisth

Bharatiya Janata Party member Major (retd) Surendra Punia (now deleted) and other users shared an image showing Congress members feeding cake to Mia Khalifa’s...

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

Nikita Vashisth

Farmers have been protesting in various Delhi borders for over two months now. Unsurprisingly, related misleading and false claims have been on the rise....

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Congress’ Assam Bachao Did In Fact Post Images Of Tea Gardens From Taiwan, Himanta Sarma’s Claim True

Did FM Nirmala Sitharaman claimed, “Taapsee Pannu was raided in 2013?”

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

Assam Government Plans To Close Only State-Run Madrassas, Social Media Posts Mislead

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Monthly Archives: February, 2021

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Congress’ Assam Bachao Did In Fact Post Images Of Tea Gardens From Taiwan, Himanta Sarma’s Claim True

Did FM Nirmala Sitharaman claimed, “Taapsee Pannu was raided in 2013?”

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

Assam Government Plans To Close Only State-Run Madrassas, Social Media Posts Mislead

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