Authors
Vasudha noticed the growing problem of mis/disinformation online after studying New Media at ACJ in Chennai and became interested in separating facts from fiction. She is interested in learning how global issues affect individuals on a micro level. Before joining Newschecker’s English team, she was working with Latestly.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
Claim
Indian-Chinese soldiers began disengagement at Depsang and Demchok with chants of “Jai Shri Ram”
The post can be seen here.
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Fact
A keyword search for “India,” “china” and “disengagement” on Google led us to a report by Economic Times, dated October 25, 2024, stating that the troops on both sides of the border have started disengaging at Depsang and Demchok in eastern Ladakh.
“As per the agreements between the two sides, the Indian troops have started pulling back equipment to rear locations in the respective areas, said defence officials,” the report stated.
We then looked up the keyframes of the viral video on Google lens which led us to an X post by @chatterjeea330, dated January 22, 2024. It carried the same video purportedly showing the Indian and Chinese troops chanting “Jai Shri Ram.”
We also found a YouTube video by @theaffairsinternational2108 from January, 2024 carrying the viral clip.
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Carrying the same video, a report by Hindustan Times, dated January 23, 2024, “an undated video showing Chinese soldiers – along with Indian troops – chanting Hindu slogan ‘Jai Shri Ram’ purportedly at Line of Actual Control has gone viral. The video – whose authenticity is not verified – emerged on a day when Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly-built Ram Temple in Ayodhya. So far, neither the Indian Army nor Chinese military reacted to the viral video.”
Multiple other social media users, such as this, this and this, had shared the video in January 2024.
Newschecker was not independently able to verify the authenticity of the video. However, it does not show the visuals from the recent disengagement at the India-China border.
Result: False
Sources
X Post By @chatterjeea330, Dated January 22, 2024
YouTube Video By @theaffairsinternational2108, Dated January 23, 2024
YouTube Video By Hindustan Times, Dated January 23, 2024
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Authors
Vasudha noticed the growing problem of mis/disinformation online after studying New Media at ACJ in Chennai and became interested in separating facts from fiction. She is interested in learning how global issues affect individuals on a micro level. Before joining Newschecker’s English team, she was working with Latestly.
Pankaj Menon is a fact-checker based out of Delhi who enjoys ‘digital sleuthing’ and calling out misinformation. He has completed his MA in International Relations from Madras University and has worked with organisations like NDTV, Times Now and Deccan Chronicle online in the past.
