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Fact check: Did Mamata Banerjee say if she was born in Pakistan she would have thrown atom bomb on India?
The viral image of Mamata Banerjee with the caption that if she was born in Pakistan, then she would have dropped a nuclear bomb on India is false. She has never made any statement like this.
Modi changed EVM in 200 Loksabha constituencies: No, Savita Anand of AAP tweeted a propaganda video
The video uploaded by AAP member Savita Anand was originally produced by TNN, the dubious news publisher which live streamed the press conference about EVM hacking in London. There is no evidence to suggest that PM Modi has changed EVMs in 200 ...
Fact Check: No stones were thrown from inside the campus during Vidyasagar college violence as claimed by AltNews
Altnews prematurely declares that no stones were thrown from inside the college during Vidyasagar violence. They updated the article after we pointed out but yet to inform their readers about the correction.
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Episode 19: Fact Hunt - A Web Series to Hunt Fake News
In this episode we have covered various fake news going viral in the last few weeks.
View All EpisodesUrban Naxals: a reality or just a term coined against dissent
The term Naxal derives from the name of the village Naxalbari in West Bengal, where the movement had its origin. Naxalites are considered far-left radical communists, supportive of Maoist political sentiment and ideology. Their origin can be tr...
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Part 1: Demolishing the false claims and lies of Ram Puniyani about temple destruction by Islamic invaders
This article exposes the lies and factual mistake committed by Ram Puniyani in his lecture about temple demolition by Muslim invaders. We have found that most of his videos are factually incorrect and more often than not he quotes unreliable so...
Fact check of Master Stroke's episode which got Punya Prasun Bajpai sacked from ABP News
Chandramani in her interview with ABP News said that with 25 Kg custard apple they make 5 kg pulp and sell it at Rs150 per kg thus making Rs 750 per 25 kg. She never said that it is the daily income of the group. ABP news made a lot of assumpti...
Part 1: Exposing Dhruv Rathee and his squad - an undeclared IT Cell of Aam Aadmi Party
Dhruv Rathee is an Aam Aadmi Party's supporter and left-leaning youtube blogger who mostly opposes BJP and right-wing through one-sided opinion which he calls facts. He has formed a Facebook group called Dhruv Rathee Squad to mass...
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