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Did Mughals give birth to Raksha Bandhan in India? Fact-check

Raksha Bandhan is a Hindu tradition celebrating the love, care and bond between the siblings and its origins dates back to several millennia

The curious case of Dr Aisha: How the quest to find the perfect ‘Muslim’ victim of the Wuhan Coronavirus fell flat on its face

Dr Aisha supposedly lost her life to the Wuhan Coronavirus after being put on ventilator on the occasion of Eid-al-Adha.

Congress shares images from West Bengal to attack Nitish Kumar-led govt over floods in Bihar

In a hurry to attack the Nitish Kumar-led government in Bihar, the Bihar Congress on Friday resorted to passing-off an old image from flood-hit areas of West Bengal as that of Muzaffarpur, Bihar Sharif, Bhagalpur and Patna in Bihar.

Did Sadhvi Pragya say reciting Hanuman Chalisa will ‘cure’ coronavirus? Read details

The mainstream media and some 'liberals' twisted Sadhvi Pragya's statement by claiming she has stated that reciting Hanuman Chalisa will 'cure' coronavirus.

No, controversial SP leader Azam Khan is not threatening Jal Samadhi if not invited to Ram Mandir Bhoomi Pujan: A fact check

Azam Khan who wants to attend Bhoomi Pujan for Ram Mandir is not the SP leader, but the president of Muslim Kar Sevak Manch

Congress, India Today get together to promote Rahul Gandhi, end up adding imaginary zeroes in social media views. Read details

In their haste to 're-launch' Rahul Gandhi for the nth time, India Today and Congress IT Cell added imaginary zeroes to the number of views, mistaking millions as crores.

Fact-check: No, Govt of India is not selling 3 Khadi masks for Rs 999

On Friday, several social media users took to Twitter to share images of an advertisement put out by a certain seller, who claims to be selling three Khadi masks for Rs.999.

Times Now runs news claiming Amitabh Bachchan has recovered from COVID-19, Big B calls it ‘incorrigible lie’

Amitabh Bachchan stated that the claims made by Times Now are incorrect. He added that it is "irresponsible, fake and an incorrigible lie".

Video of activist-devotee of Padmanabhaswamy temple circulated as Travancore royal family member and ‘richest person in the world’

Shilpa Nair's video from 13 July where she was thanking the SC judges and lawyers for the Padmanabhaswamy Temple verdict was used in a WhatsApp share claiming she is from the Travancore royal family who has now become 'world's richest person'.

Fact Check: 6-years-old images of a Bangladeshi boy saving a young fawn from drowning being passed off as a recent one from Assam floods

The image widely shared on Internet about a teenage boy saving a baby deer is not from Assam but old image from Bangladesh

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