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Ahmedabad man's lie about lack of checking at airport exposed

CCTV nails lie about coronavirus checking lapse at airport, Ahmedabad man to face legal action

The man, identified as Abhimanyu, raised a false alarm that passengers were not being checked for coronavirus at the Ahmedabad airport.

Mar 22, 2020

Fed up of fake messages on WhatsApp? Simple way to fact-check without leaving app

WhatsApp is cracking down on fake messages and misinformation heavily while the world is gripped in the fear of coronavirus.

Mar 19, 2020

No, BBMP is not spraying medicine to kill COVID-19 in Bengaluru tonight

A WhatsApp forward asking Bengaluru residents to stay indoors from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. while BBMP sprays medicine to kill Covid-19 is false. Read full story here.

Mar 18, 2020

Fact Check: Did WHO issue advisory against buying Holi colours from Coronavirus-hit China?

World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Government of India (GoI) have issued an advisory asking people not to use Chinese Holi colours. Scroll down to find out the reality.

Feb 28, 2020

Fact check: Baba Ramdev a womaniser? Old picture with cancer patient surfaces online

A picture with a false claim of Baba Ramdev with a cancer patient, which has been circulated on social media for over a few years now, has surfaced again.

Nov 25, 2019

Fact Check: Is video footage of US forces sniping down Islamic terrorists real?

The video was shared across Facebook and Twitter along with various other versions of the same clip. The video is being circulated since July 2018 with an identical claim.

Nov 5, 2019

Fact Check: Will Russian President Vladimir Putin attend Jallikattu in 2020?

Several news websites falsely reported that the Russian president will attend the famous bull-taming sport during 2020 Pongal celebrations along with PM Narendra Modi.

Oct 31, 2019

Fact Check: Did India have a dramatic fall in the global hunger index 2019?

The score raised great concern for many, especially Indians, who questioned how India could fall down so low when the country was ranked 55 out of 76 nations in 2014, 100 out of 119 nations in 2017, 103 out of 119 countries in 2018 and 102 out of 117 countries in 2019.

Oct 19, 2019

Fact check: Did Xi Jinping sport Indian attire while meeting Pakistan PM Imran Khan?

The picture was shared during the backdrop of his visit to India for an informal summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Chennai. During the meeting between Xi and PM Modi, Modi sported a similar look.

Oct 16, 2019

Fact Check: Protest video from Indonesia shared as Kashmir by fake FB page

The page transparency for the BBC News Kashmir page was found and revealed details that the Facebook page impersonating BBC News was set up on August 6, 2019, which was run by admins based in Bangladesh.

Oct 14, 2019

Fact check: Mock drill or Indian forces capture terrorists? Find out

The video that has 3,17,001 views was posted by user Raju Kumar on October 4 has around 4,200 shares on Facebook.

Oct 11, 2019

Pakistan minister puts her foot in mouth tweeting fake video on Kashmir 'atrocity'

It has been revealed that the video clip was from a High Court-ordered drive to clear encroachment in Shimla in 2018.

Sep 16, 2019

FAKE NEWS - Belagavi teenager had committed suicide; was not murdered for protecting cows

The post-mortem conducted on Shivakumar Uppar, who had died on Saturday, revealed that the 19-year-old had actually committed suicide and was not murdered.

May 28, 2019

Seven years jail, fine for Twitter executives who fail to comply with IT Act?

Twitter has been asked to delete/ block any content, account that is detrimental to the country's integrity and sovereignty.

Mar 13, 2019

Fake news of Shah Rukh Khan donating Rs 45 crore to Pakistan's gas tragedy victims brings chaos

For the uninitiated, the short clip was precisely trimmed from India TV news bulletin video to make it look like as if Shah Rukh Khan had donated Rs 45 crore Pakistan's gad tragedy victims in order to spread hatred against the superstar.

Feb 20, 2019

Time travel or hoax? Noah now shows microscopic nanobots in bizarre video

The self-proclaimed time traveler revealed that the liquid showed in the video are actually millions of nanobots combined together

Feb 1, 2019

Did Nostradamus predict World War 3, Narendra Modi's return in 2019?

As per a section of researchers, Nostradamus had predicted World War 3 and the Lok Sabha election win of Narendra Modi

Dec 15, 2018

Google CEO Sundar Pichai explains why searching 'idiot' turns up Donald Trump's images

Pichai was in Washington, DC. on Tuesday to defend his company against allegations of political bias and manipulating content at House Judiciary Committee. Republicans felt that search results were manipulated for political gain.

Dec 12, 2018

Facebook begins verifying political ads in India ahead of 2019 general elections

Facebook has announced fresh steps to increase ad transparency and defend against foreign interference ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in India.

Dec 7, 2018

Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja's brother arrested for faking terrorism 'hit list'

Usman Khawaja's brother, Arsalan Khawaja, was arrested for framing another man as a terror suspect and it is believed Arsalan was motivated by personal vendetta over a woman.

Dec 4, 2018

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