Social Media Fact-Check

Social Media has empowered the voiceless, yet, it is often the cesspool of fake news. Read before you believe.

News Reports

Fact-Check: Is Adani Group procuring wheat in Punjab and Haryana instead of FCI

Anurag -
Media houses publish fake and misleading reports that Adani Group is purchasing wheat from farmers in Punjab
Fact-Check

Congress supporters confuse loan underwriting with write off and waive off, wrongly accuses SBI of waiving loan to Adani group

OpIndia Staff -
SBI has approved a Rs.12,770 crore loan to Adani group, Congress supporters accused the bank of waiving off the loan
News Reports

Fact check: Viral message claims arms cache seized from a madrassa in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor

OpIndia Staff -
Bijnor Police quoted its statement issued in November 2020, refuting the viral message as fake and misleading.
Social Media Fact-Check

Is the viral pic of a man in lipstick at some fashion event that of AAP leader Raghav Chadha? A fact-check

OpIndia Staff -
A photograph of AAP leader Raghav Chadha with heavy makeup and lipstick is circulating on social media. Is that photograph real? Here is what we know
News Reports

Second hijacker of IC 814 killed? What we know about this viral claim

OpIndia Staff -
Social media users claimed that the assassination of Jamali is the second assassination of IC-814, which came after the killing of another hijacker Zahoor Mistry who was killed on March first week.
Government and Policy

Has the government just allowed Kirpan for Sikh passengers on domestic flights? Here is what we know

OpIndia Staff -
Earlier on Monday, Center government reversed its decision to ban Sikh employees working at the airports from carrying a Kirpan.
Social Media Fact-Check

Viral post claims Ugandan police officer attacked journalist with a catapult for asking ‘irrelevant questions’, here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
An attempt by the Ugandan police force to raise public awareness about the rise of a criminal gang last year was misrepresented as a recent attack on a journalist.
News Reports

NDTV claims Gandhi family to offer resignation tomorrow, Congress denies it, accuses NDTV of peddling “unsubstantiated propaganda”

OpIndia Staff -
Citing sources, NDTV had reported that Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi will submit their resignation tomorrow
News Reports

Abhisar Sharma opening an omelette stall, Ajit Anjum to sell chicken pakoda: Here is what we know about these viral claims

OpIndia Staff -
Alleged journalists Abhisar Sharma and Ajit Anjum are viral on social media for the past 2 days over their alleged predictions related to election results in Uttar Pradesh
News Reports

Did MEA outright deny that there was no coordination between India and Russia on evacuation of Indian Students? Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Unlike claims by many, MEA has not denied reports that Russia had halted operations to allow Indians to leave Kharkiv
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