Monthly Archives: December, 2021

A video showing a group of men confronting army personnel is being widely shared claiming, soldiers in Nagaland being ganged up by the locals before the fatal shooting that killed 14 civilians. Newschecker found the video is not related to Nagaland. It is an old video from Colombia.

Hours after the reports of Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat's chopper crash came in, several users posted a video of an Mi...

Soon after it was reported that a helicopter carrying CDS Bipin Rawat and 13 others, crashed in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor, several videos and images...

A viral video, claiming to show a young school girl helping a pregnant woman has gone viral on social media

As the world grapples with the new Omicron strain of the coronavirus, there is widespread misinformation around it. Here are some of the claims debunked by Newschecker on Omicron

A video showing a werewolf-like creature lying down on its face and panting heavily is being shared online claiming, ‘this animal with a face like a dog and body like a human is killing people in Telangana.’ Newschecker’s investigation found the animal seen in the video is an artwork created by special effect sculpture artist, Joseph-Rob Cobasky.

A viral claim that Rs. 7000 Crore was seized from an Income Tax Raid on Believers Eastern Church in Kerala was Fact-check to be Misleading.

The viral message claiming Minister Imran Khan was expelled from a ‘Conference of Islamic Countries’ for condemning the construction of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya is false. Imran Khan did not represent Pakistan in the said conference and the claim is fabricated.

Viral Birthday video depicting death of boy due to birthday bumps is false. The video is enacted to create awareness against such acts of violence.

While researchers are still studying the new Omicron variant of the Coronavirus and its possible implications to the partly vaccinated world, Netizens were quick to share their unsubstantiated findings on the Omicron strain. Here is a list of the top five fake claims Newschecker debunked this week.