Fact-check

Word 'Indian' Not In WHO Report On Covid Variant: Government Fact-Checks

India News | Reported by Parimal Kumar, Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 12, 2021

The government today objected to the labelling of the B.1.617 Covid variant as an "Indian variant", stressing that the word "Indian" was never used by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Double Murder In Mall On Camera? Truth Behind Viral Video From Haryana

India News | Edited by Stela Dey | Tuesday April 13, 2021

A police officer shoots a man at point-blank range, and then his friend crying over his death, in a video that has been fact-checked by an Uttar Pradesh cop who pointed out it was a scene from a web series.

Yogi Adityanath Seen Abusing In Video? His Team Suggests Video Is Fake

India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday April 5, 2021

A media advisor to Yogi Adityanath has retweeted a 'fact-check' that claims a viral video of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister allegedly using a swear word against a news agency cameraperson was edited and fake audio was inserted into its last few sec

Facebook Says It Took Down 1.3 Billion Fake Accounts in October-December

Gadgets 360 With Inputs From Reuters | Monday March 22, 2021

Facebook in a blogpost published Monday said that it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December last year, and that it had over 35,000 people working on tackling misinformation on its platform.

Fact-Checked By Government, Rahul Gandhi Talks Fisheries Ministry Again

Kerala News | Edited by Abhishek Chakraborty | Thursday February 25, 2021

Seeking to reach out to the fishing community in poll-bound Kerala, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today interacted with the fishermen at Thangassery beach in Kerala's Kollam district. During his interaction, Mr Gandhi again called for a separate fisheries ministry, despite being fact-checked by the Centre last week.

Trinamool's Derek O'Brien "Fact-Checks" PM Modi After "Poriborton" Speech

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday February 22, 2021

Derek O'Brien "fact-checked" Prime Minister Modi's speech in Bengal's Hooghly district on Monday afternoon, rebutting nine statements accusing Mamata Banerjee ofpreventing development of the state by stalling the centre's welfare schemes

Fact-Check: Viral Video Of Crowded Mumbai Station Is From Pre-Covid Times

Mumbai News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday February 19, 2021

A video of a train station in Mumbai, with false claims that it was from this month right after local trains reopened to the general public, has been widely circulated social media in the recent weeks. The 21-second clip shows huge crowds on the platform as well as the on the tracks, trying to get in and out of trains at the Borivali station in the...

NEP 2020: Government Fact Check Refutes Claim On Scrapping Class 10 Board Exams

Education | Written by Mridusmita Deka | Thursday February 11, 2021

NEP 2020: The government fact-check refuted a claim related to the scrapping of Class 10 board exams.

Fact-Check: No, Rihanna Wasn't Holding A Pak Flag. See Original Pic Here

World News | Edited by Shylaja Varma | Friday February 5, 2021

A doctored image showing pop superstar Rihanna purportedly holding up a Pakistan flag has been widely circulated after she expressed solidarity with farmers protesting in India against the agricultural laws.

"Fact-Checkers" Proposed For Nobel Peace Prize

World News | Agence France-Presse | Thursday January 21, 2021

With truth famously known as the "first casualty of war," a Norwegian parliamentarian announced Thursday that she is nominating "fact-checkers" for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

CBSE Board Exams 2021: PIB Refutes Fake Notice On Passing Marks

Education | Written by Bhoomika Aggarwal | Tuesday January 19, 2021

Recently, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) fact-checker has refuted a claim related to the passing marks in the CBSE Board exams.

"IAS Backdoor Entry" Claim On Speaker Om Birla's Daughter Fact-Checked

India News | Edited by Nandini Gupta | Wednesday January 20, 2021

A fact-check into the social media claims that Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla's daughter Anjali Birla cleared the country's top civil services exam without even appearing for the highly competitive tests are false.

Fact-Checked: Is This Really The First Pic Of Virat Kohli And Anushka Sharma's Baby?

Offbeat | Written by Sanya Jain | Tuesday January 12, 2021

As friends and fans flooded social media with congratulatory messages for new parents Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma, Virat's brother Vikas Kohli also shared a heartwarming post and a picture that instantly created a flutter on social media.

Report On Ex-Pak Diplomat Admitting 300 Killed In Balakot Fact-Checked

India News | NDTV News Desk | Monday January 11, 2021

A report on a former diplomat from Pakistan "admitting" that 300 terrorists were killed in India's air strike at Balakot in 2019 has been called out by fact-check website Alt News, which says the video clip that the news was based on was manipulated.

Amit Shah Owes Me Dhokla Treat, Says Mamata Banerjee, Sharing Stats

India News | Reported by Monideepa Banerjie, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday December 22, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday fact-checked Union Home Minister Amit Shah on his searing criticism on Sunday of her government's performance and said he owed her a treat as government of India stats on Bengal's social and economic parameters proved him wrong.