Fact Check
Video of Man Cleaning Table with Indian Flag Is Neither New nor from Andhra Pradesh
A video has gone viral on X, showing a man using the Indian flag to dust a table and chair. Social media users...
Old Colombia Video Shows Local Woman Trapped at Anti-Skip Entry, Not Indian Immigrant
A social media post has gone viral showing a woman attempting to pass through an anti-skip gate but getting stuck. The post claims...
Viral Claim That No Income Tax Will Be Levied After Narendra Modi Becomes PM is False
A newspaper clipping is going viral on social media, claiming that after Modi becomes the Prime Minister, there will be no need to...
No Caste Angle in The Death of Teenager in Basti
The news making rounds on social media claims that a Dalit boy in Basti district, Uttar Pradesh, committed suicide after being stripped, brutally...
Man Killed Over Child-Lifting Rumors was Hindu, not Muslim
A video of crowd beating a man is going viral on the social media platform X, accompanied by claims that in India, the...
Claim That Indian Soldiers Are Being Victimized Under PM Modi’s Government Is Misleading
A video clip has gone viral on the social media platform X, showing a man in an army uniform holding a baby. In...
The Wire’s Founding Editor MK Venu Spreads False Claims of 19 Lakh Missing EVMs
On October 8th, the results of the Haryana Assembly elections were announced, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging victorious, defying all odds...
Dalit Man Committing Suicide After He Was Beaten For Sitting on Chair in Ramleela is Misleading
A claim about a 48-year-old Dalit man named Ramesh from Kasganj committing suicide after being publicly humiliated and beaten by the police for...
BJP Did Not Make a Young Woman Dance on Stage in West Bengal to Demand Justice for Female Doctor
In August 2024, the nation was shaken by the horrific rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata,...