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Weekly Wrap: Misinformation On 2024 Lok Sabha Polls, Manisha Koirala & More

Fact Check Newschecker Team

As the political parties geared up for the Phase 4 of the Lok Sabha Elections with offline and online campaigning, social media platforms continued...

Fact Check

Old, Unrelated Video From Kerala Shared As Accident Involving BJP Workers While Burning Effigy Of Rahul Gandhi

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Election Watch

Fact Check: Old Emotional Video of TMC’s Kalyan Banerjee Passed Off As Recent

Election Watch

Old Interview Of Manisha Koirala Batting For Hindu Rashtra In Nepal Shared As Recent

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Old Video Shared As Recent Protests In Sweden Over Israeli Singer’s Participation In Eurovision Contest

NEWS

Fact Check: The Malabar Gold Scholarship Is Not Only For Muslim...

Sabloo Thomas , Edited By Chayan Kundu

Claim: The scholarship provided by Malabar Gold is for Muslim students only.Fact: Scholarships were given to all category students. A post is going viral...

Did Congress Leader From Kerala Say That Muslim-run Restaurants Use Impotence...

Sabloo Thomas , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim Congress leader PC George alleges that Muslim-run restaurants are using impotence pills.FactThe video is from 2022. PC George quit the Kerala Congress...

POLITICS

2018 Video Of Congress Leader’s Remarks On Kashmir Revived Amid Lok...

Vasudha Beri , Edited By Pankaj Menon

A video showing Congress leader Haji Sagheer Saeed Khan accusing the BJP...

President Murmu Accompanied PM Modi For His Election Nomination? No, 2022...

Vasudha Beri , Edited By Chayan Kundu

A photograph of President Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh...

VIRAL

Old, Unrelated Video From Kerala Shared As Accident Involving BJP Workers While Burning Effigy...

Kushel HM , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim Dhotis of protesting BJP workers catch fire while burning effigy of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. The archived version of the tweet can be seen here. Fact Newchecker...

Old Interview Of Manisha Koirala Batting For Hindu Rashtra In Nepal Shared As Recent

Kushel HM , Edited By Chayan Kundu

ClaimActor Manisha Koirala supports the idea of Hindu Rashtra, says leftist governments destroyed Nepal.FactInterview dates back to November 2022, shot during the run-up to...

Old Video Shared As Recent Protests In Sweden Over Israeli Singer’s Participation In Eurovision...

Vasudha Beri , Edited By Chayan Kundu

Thousands of protesters thronged the Swedish city of Malmo, demonstrating against the participation of...

RELIGION

Fact Check: The Malabar Gold Scholarship Is Not Only For Muslim Students

Sabloo Thomas , Edited By Chayan Kundu

Claim: The scholarship provided by Malabar Gold is for Muslim students only.Fact: Scholarships were given to all category students. A post is going viral...

Did Congress Leader From Kerala Say That Muslim-run Restaurants Use Impotence Pills? Here’s The...

Sabloo Thomas , Edited By Pankaj Menon

Claim Congress leader PC George alleges that Muslim-run restaurants are using impotence pills.FactThe video is from 2022. PC George quit the Kerala Congress...

Does The Viral Video Show A Muslim Man In Kerala Bathing In Milk For...

Sabloo Thomas , Edited By Chayan Kundu

Claim A Muslim Man in Kerala is bathing in milk to make it ‘halal’ before distributing it to hindus. A video has gone viral on...

Fact Check

15-Year-Old Comment From A Reader Goes Viral As New York Times Article Hailing Indian Elections

Here’s The Truth Behind Viral Photo Showing PM Modi’s Image Covered With Paper At Kozhikode Railway Station

Fake Notice Promises Financial Support To Muslims Travelling To India To Vote Against ‘Fascist Forces’

Old Video Shared As Recent Protests In Sweden Over Israeli Singer’s Participation In Eurovision Contest

2018 Video Of Congress Leader’s Remarks On Kashmir Revived Amid Lok Sabha Polls

Old, Unrelated Video From Kerala Shared As Accident Involving BJP Workers While Burning Effigy Of Rahul Gandhi

Science & Technology

‘Warning’ Message Asking People To Switch Off Phone And Keep Them Away From The Body For Protection From Cosmic Rays is FAKE

Tanujit Das , Edited By Pankaj Menon

The viral message recommending people to turn off their phones for protection against cosmic rays is false.

Debunking the Seismic Waves Card: Can It Really Hack Your Phone in Seconds?

Pankaj Menon , Edited By Ruby Dhingra

Claim: File called Seismic Waves CARD, allegedly circulated as photos of Morocco earthquake, will hack your phone in 10 secondsFact: The viral claim regarding...

What’s HAARP & Is It Responsible For The Turkey Earthquake? Here’s A Fact Check

Abrar Bhat

Over 46,000 people have been killed and thousands have been left injured after a devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 in the Richter scale struck Turkey...

COVID-19 Vaccine

Fact Check

No, COVID-19 Vaccines Or Boosters Do Not Cause AIDS

Coronavirus

Misleading Claim Of Lawsuit Against WHO, WEF In Canada Court For ‘Crime Against Humanity’ Resurfaces

Coronavirus

Did WHO Chief Confess That Booster Doses ‘Kill Children’? No, Viral Video Shared Without Context

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Can RT-PCR Tests Detect Omicron Variant?

DAILY READS

PM Narendra Modi Cites Manmohan Singh’s 2006 Speech In Jibe At...

Kushel HM , Edited By Ruby Dhingra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sharp criticism of the Congress during an election rally in Rajasthan ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has ignited...

Congress Manifesto For 2024 Lok Sabha Polls Uses Photo Of New...

Kushel HM , Edited By Chayan Kundu

The Congress on April 5, 2024, announced its manifesto, “Nyay Patra”, for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Focussing on the five ‘pillars of justice’,...

Coronavirus

India Makes Testing Mandatory For Travellers From Countries Seeing Covid Spike:...

Prashant Sharma

The rising Covid-19 cases across the globe has prompted concerns in India too, with central health minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Saturday making the RT-PCR...