Yearly Archives: 2021

Social media users shared images of Kangana Ranaut with Border Security Force (BSF) soldiers claiming the actor spent the day celebrating Vijay Diwas with the soldiers. Newschecker found the images to be old and misleading.

A video showing two girls consuming alcohol in public is being shared widely on social media platforms to take a dig at Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Newschecker found the video to be scripted and falsely linked to the new liquor policy implemented by the Kejriwal government.

As congratulations poured in for Harnaaz Sandhu on social media, many made the same error- tagging an imposter.

List of top five factchecks done by Newschecker this week. unrelated photos and videos surfaced claiming to show the final moments of the chopper. Old videos from Arunachal Pradesh and Syria showing helicopter accidents were widely shared by netizens this past week.

Viral post claiming that Akhilesh Yadav was among the signatories in the petition for commutation of Ajmal Kasab's death sentence is false.

A video showing firefighters dousing the fire on a series of buildings is shared online claiming to show an arson attack in Nagaland’s Tuensang district to protest the killing of 14 civilians. Newschecker found the video is unrelated to the recent protest and is actually from a separate fire accident in Tuensang district on December 05.

Fake claims on Ravish Kumar questioning the presence of Madhulika Rawat, wife of CDS Gen Bipin Rawat, who was also killed in the fatal chopper crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor is being widely shared on social media platforms. On checking the veracity of the claim, Newschecker has found it to be false.

An awe-inspiring video claiming to show the recent volcanic eruption in Mount Semeru is actually an old video from Chile.

A viral post claiming that Priyanka Gandhi said that if people can't offer Namaz in the streets then Yoga should be stopped in parks was fact-checked to be False.

A day after the tragic death of India’s first Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat in a helicopter crash in Tamil Nadu’s Coonoor,...