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Because not everything one reads, hears or sees is the truth. As India’s first digital Fact news checker, we know a thing about fact checking news

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NDTV uses old video to claim riders without helmets are walking with two-wheelers to avoid enhanced penalty after 1st September

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NDTV says an old video shows people using innovative ways to avoid excessive fines after new traffic rules came into effect
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Fact check: No, Indian Rupee didn’t lose against Bangladeshi Taka

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The Indian currency INR is stronger than the Bangladeshi Taka
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‘Journalist’ Ali Sohrab tries to pass off 2013 image of CISF jawan martyred in terrorist attack as image from Kashmir after abrogation of Article...

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According to the fact-checker - Facthunt.in, this image shared by 'journalist' Ali Sohrab is almost 6 years old.
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Fact check: No, the rich Saudi man did not accidentally buy two Airbus A350s for his son

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Numerous people on social media shared the article of rich Saudi businessman buying two Airbus A350s for his son believing it to be true.
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Youth Congress peddles lies, claims Z-category security to Mukesh Ambani was given by BJP govt

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Congress' UPA government had granted Mukesh Ambani Z-category security in 2013 for which it drew criticism from the Supreme Court.
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Abusive ‘journalist’ Swati Chaturvedi spreads fake news, tweets photoshopped image of PM Modi wearing Arabic attire

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Swati Chaturvedi, abusive troll masquerading as a journalist, has yet again been caught red-handed after propagating fake news.
News Reports

Fact-Check: Unlike Chidambaram who tried to escape from law, Amit Shah resolutely faced trial and was acquitted

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Hartosh Singh Bal equated P Chidambaram's disgraceful escape with Amit Shah's tenacity to face the law
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Viral video showing Pakistanis slaughtering cow on Indian flag is real, but it is old

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The video showing Pakistanis slaughtering cow on Indian flag is from February 2019
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The Wire and IndiaSpend’s Factchecker journalist caught trying to manipulate Dalit victims who were attacked by local Muslims to prove ‘no hate crime’

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While the date of the recording is not clear, it can be inferred from above conversation that it took place sometime in July.
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Fake news on Kashmir continues, now Hurriyat leader’s professor wife passed off as Maharaja Hari Singh’s granddaughter

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Video claiming to be of Maharaja Hari Singh’s granddaughter is actually of Prof. Hameeda Nayeem
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