Social Media Fact-Check

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

Fact-Check

Congress party fudges Global Hunger Index numbers to falsely claim that India’s rank has gone down after 2014

OpIndia Staff - 17 October, 2019

Congress puts 2014 number in 2019 scale to claim India's global hunger index has done down after 2014

Fact-Check

Fact Check: Read the truth behind viral video showing a Pune electric bus charged by a diesel generator

OpIndia Staff - 13 October, 2019

Pune electric bus was charged using diesel generator during transit from Hyderabad to Pune

Political Fact-Check

Congress leader Shashi Tharoor shares a photoshopped image of TOI headline to undermine Modi-Xi meet

OpIndia Staff - 13 October, 2019

Shashi Tharoor shared a fake image of a Times of India (TOI) article that was headline, "Modi, Xi will mate 6 times in 24 hours".

Social Media Fact-Check

Mathura Police debunks anti-RSS propaganda being peddled on social media claiming attack on Christians

OpIndia Staff - 12 October, 2019

The incident pertains to August 28, 2019, when a Hindu couple had tried to immolate themselves to mark their protest against police inaction on their complaint.

Media

Propagandists share 2017 incident of Dalit man beaten to death allegedly for attending Navratri event as recent one

OpIndia Staff - 4 October, 2019

Several Hinduphobic propagandists have shared a 2017 report to allege as if the unfortunate incident of a Dalit man being beaten up allegedly for attending Garba event has happened during the current Navratri festival.

News Reports

West Bengal: Hindus in Kanglapahari village have been celebrating Durga Puja since 2016 after not being allowed for years by Muslims

OpIndia Staff - 2 October, 2019

Contrary to claims on social media, Kanglapahari village in WB is celebrating Durga Puja since 2016

Fact-Check

Former Diplomat uses Houston paying respect to fallen Sikh officer to belittle PM Modi and the ‘Howdy Modi’ event, spreads fake news

OpIndia Staff - 1 October, 2019

In an attempt to mock Prime Minister Modi and his historic 'Howdy Modi' event, KC Singh used Houston paying respect to the fallen Sikh police officer, Sandeep Dhaliwal and spread fake news in the process.

News Reports

Fact-Check: Viral video that claims to show a stray crocodile during floods in Patna is actually from Vadodara

OpIndia Staff - 30 September, 2019

A certain video clip has gone viral on social media which claims to be of a crocodile on the prowl during the floods in Bihar.

Fact-Check

Shashi Tharoor presents photograph of Nehru in Soviet Russia as image from USA to downplay success of Howdy Modi

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2019

The photograph tweeted by Shashi Tharoor to belittle the 'Howdy Modi' event is not from the USA, neither this is from the year 1954. The image is from Moscow in USSR, and it is from 1955.

News Reports