Fact Check

Fact check: Is it now mandatory for Govt employees to take 20 days earned leave? Find out

A wrongful claim suggesting that the government employees have to take at least 20 days of earned leave in a year is doing rounds on the Internet. The Centre has issued a clarification on the same.

Jan 15, 2021

Fact check: No, drinking Rasam does not protect you from coronavirus

Ahead of the launch of India's vaccination program, a claim has gone viral on social media that drinking Rasam helps in killing off the novel coronavirus, which is certainly not true.

Jan 13, 2021

Fact-check: Truth behind viral image showing Chuck Norris at MAGA insurrection

An image of a man closely resembling Chuck Norris posing with a Trump supporter outside the US Capitol building is going viral with the claim that the legendary martial artist participated in the deplorable act of violence.

Jan 12, 2021

Fact check: No, NMDC is not culling ducks in Lodhi Gardens | Truth here

Dr KML Pathak, Former deputy DG, Animal Science, GOI, said there's not a single case of human infection so far, yet panic has struck most parts of India.

Jan 12, 2021

Fake message claims Modi govt has removed nationality column from Indian passports

Fact-check: Nationality column from Indian passports not removed; Modi govt falsely accused

A message circulating heavily on multiple social media platforms states that the Centre has removed the nationality column from the Indian passports. International Business Times, India, finds the claim to be false.

Jan 11, 2021

Fact check: No, All India Radio stations are not being shut down in Kerala

An image circulating online claims that AIR radio stations in Kerala are about to be shut down. However, CEO of Prasar Bharati Shashi Shekhar has dubbed it as completely false

Jan 10, 2021

Fact check: No, Donald Trump was not banned by PornHub too [details]

After Donald Trump got banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, there have been several reports of outgoing US president getting banned from various other platforms.

Jan 10, 2021

Fact check: No, Rahul Gandhi is not secretly married with two children

An image of Rahul Gandhi with a woman is doing rounds on the Internet with the false claim that she is his wife. The lady in the viral picture is actually Spanish-American actress Nathalia Ramos.

Jan 9, 2021

Fact check: No, the man repairing AC in viral video is not Jack Ma; here's the truth

As the news of Jack Ma, founder of Alibaba Group mysteriously missing shocked the world, a video of a man who appears to be the spitting image of the Chinese billionaire seen repairing an air-condition is going viral on social media. Here's the truth.

Jan 8, 2021