Social Media Fact-Check

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

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Fact-check: Is Nidhi Razdan conducting classes in Harvard as claimed in the viral message

OpIndia Staff -
A photograph showing Nidhi Razdan conducting a lecture is getting viral on social media with claims that it is from Harvard University
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Social media users outrage over a poster of a Muslim shrine inside Barabanki police station: Here’s the complete truth

OpIndia Staff -
A clip of Barabanki SP's media interaction is being shared on social media to question a picture of a Muslim shrine seen in background
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Did Hindu activist Pramod Muthalik call for the ‘Babri-like’ demolition of a mosque in Karnataka? Fact Check

OpIndia Staff -
Several media houses wrongly claim that Pramod Muthalik called for a "Babri-like" demolition of a mosque in Karnataka.
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Fact Check: The ‘truth’ behind the viral video of former PM Morarji Desai doing Garba

OpIndia Staff -
On contacting his family, they confirmed that the video featured deceased businessman Kunvarji Narshi and not Morarji Desai.
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Fact-check: is Amazon selling Bhindranwale and Khalistan t-shirts in India?

OpIndia Staff -
Is Amazon selling Bhindranwale or Khalistan merchandise in India? A Fact Check.
Social Media Fact-Check

Fact Check: Old image from Czech magazine goes viral claiming to be the creation of Afghan graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani

OpIndia Staff -
2018 Contest entry by Czech Reporter magazine circulated claiming to be created by Afghan graffiti artist Shamsia Hassani
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UP Congress shares fake news to malign Yogi Govt and state police: Here is the truth about the Baghpat rape victim who was ‘kidnapped’

OpIndia Staff -
As the high octane Uttar Pradesh Assembly election draws closer, Congress has upped its ante against the BJP government in the state
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Rahul Gandhi tries to pass off old image of a Kisan rally as that of recent Mahapanchayat in Muzaffarnagar

OpIndia Staff -
The image is actually that of a Kisan rally that was held at Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, in February this year in defiance of the restrictions placed by state government to curb the spread of coronavirus
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Beheading video being shared on Whatsapp not made by Sudarshan TV, CMD and Editor in Chief Suresh Chavhanke suspects conspiracy to defame channel

OpIndia Staff -
Video of a mob attacking a man in UP and beheading of a boy in Venezuela combined to claim the UP was beheaded after beating him
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Fake video claiming death of actor Sidharth Shukla captured by CCTV goes viral: Here is the truth

OpIndia Staff -
Minutes after actor Sidharth Shukla's death was reported, a video went viral on social media where a man in workout gear can be seen having a heart attack and falling unconscious.
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