Yearly Archives: 2021

Newschecker analysis UP's Crime Rate and finds that it has not shown a 'dramatic improvement' as was claimed by the Home Minister.

A post, showing PM Modi bow to a differently abled woman is going viral, identifying her as IAS officer Arti Dogra, who is the special secretary to CMO of Rajasthan.

An alleged CCTV video showing two army men helping a pregnant lady climb a stairway is going viral on social media with captions heaping praise on the soldiers, with many sharing the video as authentic. Newschecker found the video to be scripted and made for entertainment and educational purposes.

A viral video, claiming to show a Muslim man performing namaz inside Mumbai local train, was found by Newschecker to be from Kolkata instead.

A video showing a truck colliding into a vehicle on a highway and exploding into flames is being widely shared online, claiming to show a tanker explosion in Dubai. Newschecker found the video to be a compilation of four separate accidents that had occurred in Italy, Egypt, and the UAE.

From imposter accounts and images to old photos revived with a new context, Newschecker debunked a wide range of misinformation this week.

The age old claim that Shah Jahan cut off the hands of those who built Taj Mahal is just a myth.

A photo showing a large number of Muslims offering Namaz on a road blocking traffic was shared online by Tarek Fatah, a Pakistani-Canadian commentator claiming that a highway in India was blocked to perform Friday prayers. Newschecker found the image to be from January 2020 in Bangladesh.

A message stating Maharashtra has imposed several new restrictions over concerns due to the Omicron variant is being shared widely on social media. While there are new guidelines in the state the viral post is misleading.

A notice by the University Grants Commission (UGC) regarding offline examinations in all universities for the upcoming semesters is widely shared online. As students took to social media asking if the notice was real, UGC confirmed the viral notice to be imposter content.