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.
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.
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.