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Fact check: No clashes between India, China in Galwan Valley; false claims in circulation

Fact check: No clashes between India, China in Galwan Valley; false claims in circulation

The Indian Army has strongly rebutted the claims made by an English daily about clashes taking place in the Galwan Valley in Ladakh. Jul 14, 2021
Fact Check: India is not closing its Embassy, Consulates in Afghanistan; debunks rumours

Fact Check: India is not closing its Embassy, Consulates in Afghanistan; debunks rumours

The Indian embassy in Kabul debunked media reports speculating that Indian embassies and consulates are closing down in Afghanistan due to increasing violence. Jul 6, 2021
Fact check: No, anaesthetics won't kill vaccinated people; false claim causing panic [truth here]

Fact check: No, anaesthetics won't kill vaccinated people; false claim causing panic [truth here]

A viral social media post is claiming that vaccinated people could die if anaesthetics are induced within a month of taking the jab. The claim couldn't be farther from the truth. Jun 17, 2021
Covaxin doesn't contain newborn calf serum

Fact check: No, Covaxin doesn't contain calf serum; calves not slaughtered [truth here]

After some social media posts claimed that newborn calf serum was used in the manufacturing of Covaxin, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued a clarification. Jun 16, 2021
J&K bifurcation just a rumour

Fact-check: No, Jammu and Kashmir are not being bifurcated; rumours unfounded [details]

Amid ongoing speculations of J&K bifurcation, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha debunked the rumours. Jun 12, 2021
Fake domiciles in J&K

Fact check: No, India didn't issue fake domiciles to change Kashmir's demography [truth here]

Contrary to a shocking claim made by an international news agency, India has not indulged in issuance of fake domiciles to change Kashmir's demography. Jun 11, 2021
Fact check: Pressing cancel twice on ATM won't prevent PIN theft; false RBI notice in circulation

Fact check: Pressing cancel twice on ATM won't prevent PIN theft; false RBI notice in circulation

A viral message on social media advises people using ATMs to press cancel button twice before using the machine to prevent PIN theft. There's no truth to it. Jun 9, 2021
Dilip Kumar is alive, not dead

Fact check: Dilip Kumar is alive, condition stable; reports of actor's death false

For the second time in two months, thespian Dilip Kumar was on Sunday admitted to P.D. Hinduja Hospital at Khar after he complained of breathlessness and subsequently diagnosed with bilateral pleural effusion. Jun 7, 2021
Fact check: No, govt isn't giving free internet for three months; beware of fraud

Fact check: No, govt isn't giving free internet for three months; beware of fraud

The government has announced several relief measures to help people hit by the pandemic, but offering free internet for 3 months isn't one of them. Jun 4, 2021
Krishnapatnam medicine not COVID cure

Fact check: Yes, Andhra's herbal medicine is good, not for COVID

Andhra Pradesh government approved Krishnapatnam-based herbal medicine practitioner B Anandaiah's herbal concoction But that doesn't mean the remedy should be treated as a cure for COVID. Jun 1, 2021
Fact check: J&K police foil suicide; truth behind viral video woman carried by cops

Fact-check: J&K police foil woman's suicide; fake narrative claims harassment

Shortly after the report of a youth jumping into the river Jehlum in Srinagar, another suicide attempt was made by a woman, but the timely action of the police saved her life. May 31, 2021
Fact check: Filmmaker falsely links Brahma Kumari's meditation to Christian conversions

Fact check: Brahma Kumaris not Christian missionaries; filmmaker makes false allegations

Indian filmmaker Ashoke Pandit took a dig at Dr Johnrose Austin Jayalal, the national president of the IMA, in a Twitter post, alleging that he had been involved in converting people into Christianity. May 28, 2021
Fact check: Viral post claiming all vaccinated people will die in two years is false [truth here]

Fact check: No, vaccinated people won't die in two years; false message in circulation

Yet another baseless claim adding to the vaccine hesitancy is going viral as a post claims all vaccinated persons will die within two years. May 25, 2021
Fact check: Officials thrashing B'luru youth for COVID test in viral video not BBMP workers [truth here]

Fact-check: No, BBMP did not force COVID test on pedestrian in viral video [Truth here]

A video of a young man being thrashed near COVID test booth has gone viral, claiming that BBMP workers are forcing people to get tested for the virus. Here's the full truth. May 24, 2021
Fact check: Truth behind viral photo of CT scans comparing lungs of COVID and vaccinated patients

Fact check: Truth behind CT scans comparing lungs of COVID patient and vaccinated individual

As the viral photo shows two sets of lungs in CT scans, claiming one to be of a COVID patient and another of a vaccinated individual. But the context appears to be misleading. May 24, 2021
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