# claims

text: PM Narendra Modi has renamed Train 18 as 'Vande Mataram Express'.
claimant: Facebook page Narendra Modi Whatsapp Group
claim_date: 2019-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: New name of Train 18 is not Vande Mataram Express
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-train-18-new-name-is-not-vande-mataram-express-1442236-2019-01-29


text: Prime Minister Narendra Modi humiliated in Italy, had to take a taxi for his trips.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens drive on the wrong side of facts on PM Modi’s Italy tour
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-drive-on-the-wrong-side-of-facts-on-pm-modi-s-italy-tour-1871797-2021-10-31


text: Image of fingerprint-shaped building in Thailand’s Bangkok
claimant: Facebook page “World’s Amazing Factz” and others
claim_date: 2019-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this fingerprint-shaped building for real?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-this-fingerprint-shaped-building-for-real-1613884-2019-10-29


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Video: Old video of PM Modi’s mock funeral linked to recent farmers’ protests
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows PM Modi’s mock funeral being held in Haryana as part of the ongoing anti-farm reform protests.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-video-old-video-of-pm-modi-s-mock-funeral-linked-to-recent-farmers-protests-1726982-2020-09-30


text: In Lucknow, a Hindu child pushed a Muslim child into a pond and killed him.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Chilling incident of one child pushing another into pond DOES NOT have communal angle
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-chilling-incident-of-one-child-pushing-another-into-pond-does-not-have-communal-angle-2412035-2023-07-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, “Chowkidar Chor Hai” slogans were not raised during PM’s Bengal visit
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Slogans of “Chowkidar Chor Hai” were raised to “welcome” Prime Minister Narendra Modi in West Bengal on May 22.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-chowkidar-chor-hai-slogans-were-not-raised-during-pm-s-bengal-visit-1681226-2020-05-23


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 18-year-old video from Iraq resurfaces as Russia-Ukraine combat
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Fresh footage from Ukraine, where the Russian and Ukrainian armies can be seen confronting each other.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/18-year-old-video-iraq-resurfaces-as-russia-ukraine-combat-1918270-2022-02-26


text: Angry people pelted stones at the convoy of Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar amid lockdown.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of attack on Nitish Kumar’s convoy is two years old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-attack-on-nitish-kumar-s-convoy-is-two-years-old-1677730-2020-05-13


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not the funeral procession of man who beheaded French teacher Samuel Paty
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows the funeral procession of the killer of French teacher Samuel Paty at his hometown in Chechnya.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-the-funeral-procession-of-man-who-beheaded-french-teacher-samuel-paty-1739851-2020-11-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Two-year-old protest video against Shivraj Singh revived before MP bypolls
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In Madhya Pradesh, just days before the by-elections, a protest rally against Shivraj Singh Chouhan was taken out with an effigy of a body.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-two-year-old-protest-video-against-shivraj-singh-revived-before-mp-bypolls-1735375-2020-10-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Edited clip of Mamata reciting Islamic prayers linked to Netaji event controversy
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Mamata Banerjee can recite Islamic prayers at a government event, but has a problem with “Jai Shree Ram” chants. She has insulted Subhash Chandra Bose’s legacy by her conduct at Netaji’s birth anniversary event.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-edited-clip-of-mamata-reciting-islamic-prayers-linked-to-netaji-event-controversy-1762285-2021-01-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Kejriwal alleging BJP-AIMIM deal in Bihar is four years old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Arvind Kejriwal has claimed there was a secret deal between BJP and AIMIM for the Bihar polls. Amit Shah and Akbaruddin Owaisi met at the former’s residence to reach an understanding, where former BJP MLA from Gujarat, Yatin Oza, was also present.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-kejriwal-alleging-bjp-aimim-deal-in-bihar-is-four-years-old-1741337-2020-11-16


text: Rahul Gandhi fell down on a flat surface.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this Rahul Gandhi lying on the ground after a trip-and-fall?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-this-rahul-gandhi-lying-on-the-ground-after-a-trip-and-fall-1628490-2019-12-15


claimant: Social media users like Sameer
claim_date: 2020-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These images of US soldiers' coffins don't show Iran's revenge
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Photos showing coffins of American soldiers killed in the recent missile attack by Iran on US forces in Iraq.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-these-images-of-us-soldiers-coffins-don-t-show-iran-s-revenge-1635819-2020-01-10


text: Huge celebration after the return of IAF Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
claimant: Twitter user Akshay Singh
claim_date: 2019-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: This video showing celebration on the return of Abhinandan is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-showing-celebration-on-the-return-of-abhinandan-is-fake-1468827-2019-03-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: UP priest injured in mutt faction feud, pics go viral with communal tone
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A priest at Vrindavan’s Imlitala temple was brutally assaulted; Bangladeshis suspected to be among the attackers.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-uttar-pradesh-priest-injured-mutt-faction-feud-pics-go-viral-with-communal-tone-1677529-2020-05-13


claimant: Social media users.
claim_date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old photo of Ukrainians praying passed off as recent amid ongoing conflict with Russia
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Ukrainian Christians pray outdoors in the snow for their country in the middle of the recent Russia-Ukraine crisis.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-photo-of-ukrainians-praying-passed-off-as-recent-ongoing-conflict-russia-1917329-2022-02-24


text: Video shows the Indian Army demolishing Chinese bunkers near Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh.
claimant: Twitter user @Shrish_1987
claim_date: 2021-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rescue operation in Uttarakhand shared as Indian Army destroying Chinese bunkers
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rescue-indian-army-destroying-chinese-bunkers-1771127-2021-02-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Indian Oil Corporation Ltd warned against filling fuel tanks of vehicles to their maximum capacities, stating that this could cause explosions during the summer months.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-indian-oil-corporation-never-filling-car-fuel-tank-full-capacity-explosions-petrol-diesel-1935746-2022-04-10

title:
Fact Check: No, Indian Oil Corporation never said filling car’s fuel tank to full capacity causes explosions


text: Fingerprint shaped village of Germany.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not a fingerprint shaped village in Germany
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-is-not-a-fingerprint-shaped-village-in-germany-1648749-2020-02-21


text: In a TikTok video, football star Cristiano Ronaldo is seen reciting Quran in a mosque.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens trip over Ronaldo’s doppelganger reading Quran in viral video
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-trip-over-ronaldo-s-doppelganger-reading-quran-in-viral-video-1825725-2021-07-08


text: Video shows a self-driving smart bicycle developed by the American tech giant Google.
claimant: Facebook user Purushutham Panth Bharadwaj
claim_date: 2021-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Know the truth behind Google's 'self-driving' bicycle
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-know-truth-behind-google-self-driving-bicycle-1757445-2021-01-09


claimant: Major General (retd) GD Bakshi
claim_date: 2019-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral claim that Mehbooba sent Army jawans to Tihar is false
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Following an incident of civilians being killed by the army for jumping barricades, former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti ensured that the soldiers go to Tihar jail.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-claim-that-mehbooba-sent-army-jawans-to-tihar-is-false-1459230-2019-02-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of train splashing water on commuters at Nalasopara station is from 2017
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a train splashing rainwater on people at the Nalasopara railway station, amid heavy rains in Mumbai.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-train-splashing-water-on-commuters-at-nalasopara-station-is-from-2017-2405008-2023-07-11


text: This video shows an overloaded truck displacing a welcome signboard somewhere in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of truck knocking over welcome sign is NOT from India, its from Turkey
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-truck-knocking-over-welcome-sign-is-not-from-india-its-from-turkey-2315925-2023-01-01


text: This image shows former South African cricketer AB de Villiers holding a Lord Ganesha idol.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens fall for AB de Villiers’ morphed image holding a Ganesha idol
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-fall-for-ab-de-villiers-morphed-image-holding-a-ganesha-idol-1851546-2021-09-10


text: No train accident happened when Lalu Prasad Yadav helmed the Railway Ministry.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Lalu Yadav's career as Rail Minister see zero accidents? No, here are the numbers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-lalu-yadav-rail-minister-zero-accidents-odisha-train-accident-career-as-rail-minister-see-zero-accidents-no-here-are-the-numbers-2388858-2023-06-05


text: This video shows a UFO fleet over a city.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: UFO fleet in the night sky? Nope, these are just birds
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ufo-fleet-in-the-night-sky-nope-these-are-just-birds-2356261-2023-04-06


text: Video is of US anti-missile defence system taking down Iran's missiles
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Clip of video game passed off as US shooting down Iranian missiles
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-clip-of-video-game-passed-off-as-us-shooting-down-iranian-missiles-1638664-2020-01-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2018 image from Rajasthan shared as Brahmin protest against BJP in UP
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
An image shows the Brahmin community in Uttar Pradesh burning BJP flags and declaring not to vote for the party.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2018-image-from-rajasthan-shared-as-brahmin-protest-against-bjp-in-up-1896463-2022-01-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These photos of luxury caravans are not from Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These photos show the luxury interior of the caravans used by Rahul Gandhi and Congress party workers for the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bharat-jodo-yatra-congress-rahul-gandhi-luxury-caravans-1999067-2022-09-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Eight-year-old image from Syria shared in the backdrop of recent clashes in Jerusalem
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This image of a boy hugging a baby tightly was clicked recently during the clashes between the Israeli police forces and Palestinians in Jerusalem.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-boy-hugging-baby-old-image-from-syria-shared-recent-clashes-in-jerusalem-1943986-2022-05-01


text: The video shows water overflowing out of an AC vent in the Vande Bharat Express.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of water overflowing out of AC vent is NOT from inside Vande Bharat Express
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-water-overflowing-out-of-ac-vent-is-not-from-inside-vande-bharat-express-2308412-2022-12-12


text: A petrol pump was set on fire in Lahore after a steep hike in fuel prices in Pakistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pak-fuel-price-hike-triggered-mob-to-set-fire-to-petrol-pump-in-lahore-2328410-2023-01-30

title:
Fact Check: Pak fuel price hike triggered mob to set fire to petrol pump in Lahore? No, this video is old


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Bhagwant Mann has NOT asked for 3-month leave following his recent wedding
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A Punjabi news outlet reported that CM Bhagwant Mann has asked for a 3-month leave following his wedding. In the meantime, Raghav Chadha might handle the state’s affairs.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bhagwant-mann-has-not-asked-for-3-month-leave-following-his-recent-wedding-1974830-2022-07-12


text: A tea shop in London has put a sketch of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman on its signboard.
claimant: Facebook Group ‘We Support Narendra Modi’
claim_date: 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this London tea shop didn't use Abhinandan's image on its signboard
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/london-tea-shop-modi-supporter-photo-abhinandan-varthaman-signboard-1472442-2019-03-07


text: Image of PM Modi with a lavish spread juxtaposed with a starving woman and child.
claimant: Facebook user "Bhupinder Singh Raju" and others
claim_date: 2019-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi's image photoshopped along with starving woman from Africa
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pm-modi-s-image-photoshopped-along-with-starving-woman-from-africa-1624569-2019-12-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of massive crowd at Bengaluru market wasn’t shot this year
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Despite Covid-19 regulations, massive crowds throng Bengaluru’s KR Market for Varamahalakshmi Vratam festivities.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-massive-crowd-at-bengaluru-market-wasn-t-shot-this-year-1706837-2020-08-01


text: CCTV video of Pulwama terror attack
claimant: Facebook pages like ‘Rajsthani Media’
claim_date: 2019-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of Pulwama attack footage is actually Baghdad blast from 2007
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-pulwama-attack-footage-is-actually-baghdad-blast-from-2007-1457726-2019-02-16


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Pak MPs fighting ahead of no-confidence motion against Imran Khan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows MPs fighting each other in Pakistan National Assembly ahead of the no-confidence motion.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-pak-mps-fighting-ahead-of-no-confidence-motion-imran-khan-1933015-2022-04-03


text: Viral image is of flood bound Bihar.
claimant: Facebook page “Bihar se hai”
claim_date: 2019-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral photo of the flood is not from Bihar but Australia
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-photo-of-flood-in-australia-shared-as-bihar-floods-1574241-2019-07-27


text: The upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal would be held from April 11 to May 19.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake West Bengal election schedule circulates on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fake-west-bengal-election-schedule-circulates-on-social-media-1770180-2021-02-17


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of man washed away in turbulent river is not from Andhra Pradesh
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In Andhra Pradesh, a man was swept away by the river as he tried to get coconuts from a tree. As the man climbed the tree, the ground gave away and the coconut tree with the man was lost in the waters.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-man-washed-away-in-turbulent-river-is-not-from-andhra-pradesh-1806040-2021-05-23


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-07-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Modi government has reduced the annual budget of Aligarh Muslim University to Rs 9 crore from Rs 62 crore.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/centre-cut-down-aligarh-muslim-university-funds-but-extent-being-claimed-1980138-2022-07-26

title:
Fact Check: Centre did cut down Aligarh Muslim University funds, but not to the extent being claimed


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not the teacher who was beheaded in Paris over Prophet cartoon
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The man in the picture is French teacher Samuel Paty who was beheaded in Paris last week. A few years back, he was welcoming refugees in France.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-the-teacher-who-was-beheaded-in-paris-over-prophet-cartoon-1734252-2020-10-22


text: This is how the Noida international airport would look like upon completion.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of Beijing airport passed off as complete look of Noida airport
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-image-of-beijing-airport-passed-off-as-complete-look-of-noida-airport-1880764-2021-11-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Was Eknath Shinde drunk at Surat airport? Viral clip snipped to give a false spin
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows rebel Shiv Sena leader Eknath Shinde drunk while talking to journalists at the Surat airport.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/was-eknath-shinde-drunk-at-surat-airport-viral-clip-snipped-false-spin-1967311-2022-06-27


claimant: Twitter user Shehzad Jai Hind
claim_date: 2020-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Pakistan MPs chant ‘Modi, Modi’ inside Parliament?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Massive embarrassment for Pakistan PM Imran Khan as Opposition in Pakistan Parliament chants “Modi, Modi”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-pakistan-mps-chant-modi-modi-inside-parliament-1736393-2020-10-29


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Not J&K, this video shows clashes between coca farmers and police in Bolivia
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows Indian soldiers retaliating against stone-pelters with bullets in Jammu and Kashmir.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-jammu-kashmir-video-clashes-coca-farmers-police-bolivia-1989700-2022-08-18


text: Video shows moving train loaded with military equipment en route Indo-China border.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of military train linked to present Indo-China conflict
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-of-military-train-linked-to-present-indo-china-conflict-1697644-2020-07-06


claimant: Facebook user Nirbhay Desai
claim_date: 2020-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image of mob attack victim painted in Love-Jihad hues
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows a Hindu woman with injury marks on her face allegedly subjected to domestic violence by her Muslim husband.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-image-mob-attack-victim-painted-love-jihad-hues-1718616-2020-09-04


text: New York restaurant has got a license to serve human flesh.
claimant: Several websites
claim_date: 2019-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don't believe this hoax about a New York restaurant serving human flesh
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-new-york-restaurant-serving-human-flesh-1622462-2019-11-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Muslim org protested IAS officer because of homicide charge, NOT his caste
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Muslim organizations in Kerala protested the appointment of Sriram Venkitaraman as Alappuzha District Collector because he is a Brahmin.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-muslim-organisations-protest-ias-officer-journalist-killing-brahmin-caste-1982919-2022-08-02


claimant: Facebook user “Deepak Kumar” and others
claim_date: 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Taliban suicide bomber passed off as Delhi riot accused
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of man arrested in aftermath of Delhi riots. NIA and UP police raids have unearthed massive cache of weapons.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-taliban-suicide-bomber-passed-off-as-delhi-riot-accused-1652145-2020-03-03


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Modi govt is not introducing 'one nation, one power tariff' law
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
India to soon have uniform power tariff as the Modi government is implementing “one nation, one power tariff” law.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-modi-govt-is-not-introducing-one-nation-one-power-tariff-law-1760283-2021-01-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Journalists’ protest against Trinamool passed off as anti-BJP rally in Kolkata
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The image shows a woman holding “No Vote To BJP” placard in the run-up to assembly elections in West Bengal.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/journalists-protest-against-trinamool-passed-off-as-anti-bjp-rally-in-kolkata-1776447-2021-03-06


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-11-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Photos show the site of the Manipur ambush by militants that killed Colonel Viplav Tripathi, his family, and four other soldiers.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-manipur-ambush-col-viplav-tripathi-viral-photos-videos-1879039-2021-11-20

title:
Fact Check: These photos are not from Manipur ambush that claimed lives of Col Viplav Tripathi, family


text: The video shows an incident that triggered the ongoing French riots.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old CCTV footage of fireworks gone wrong in US falsely linked to French riots
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-cctv-footage-of-fireworks-us-falsely-linked-to-france-riots-2400868-2023-07-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This banner against Lord Ram is not from the ongoing farmers’ protest
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Anti-Hindu slogans and banners against Lord Ram were raised at the ongoing farmers’ protest near Delhi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-banner-against-lord-ram-not-from-ongoing-farmers-protest-1746189-2020-12-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post on 'Made-in-India' Signal, Sanskrit coding is a work of satire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Signal app was developed by the son of a poor villager from Uttar Pradesh. It was awarded by NASA and UNESCO for Sanskrit coding.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-on-made-in-india-signal-sanskrit-coding-is-a-work-of-satire-1758443-2021-01-12


text: Pope Francis cancels the Bible and proposes to create a new book.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Pope Francis did not say he will replace the Bible with a new book “Biblia 2000”
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pope-francis-did-not-say-he-will-replace-the-bible-with-new-book-biblia-2000-1893473-2021-12-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Downpour at Burning Man leads to flooding of old, unrelated videos
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These videos are from the site of the Burning Man festival in the US, which was interrupted by heavy rains and floods.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/downpour-at-burning-man-leads-to-flooding-of-old-unrelated-videos-social-media-2430922-2023-09-04


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Kerala gold smuggling case accused threaten to expose ministers?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Swapna Suresh, prime accused in Kerala’s sensational gold smuggling case, threatened to expose ministers through a Facebook post.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-kerala-gold-smuggling-case-accused-threaten-to-expose-ministers-1699707-2020-07-12


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Militant groups PLA, MNPF own up to Manipur ambush, say didn't know Colonel’s family was with him
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After Pakistan’s defeat to Australia in the ICC T20 World Cup semifinal, stones were thrown at the house of Pak cricketer Hasan Ali for dropping a catch that allowed Matthew Wade to ensure Australia’s thrilling victory.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-pak-cricketer-hasan-ali-s-house-was-not-attacked-after-t20-world-cup-defeat-1876442-2021-11-13


text: A labourer found gold and silver coins while digging a canal near Wular lake in Jammu and Kashmir.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This story about a treasure trove in Kashmir has an Italian connection
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-story-treasure-trove-kashmir-italian-connection-1769800-2021-02-16


text: These photos suggest Dr Anthony Fauci has been arrested.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These pictures of Fauci's arrest are AI-generated, technology still far from perfection
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-these-pictures-of-faucis-arrest-are-ai-generated-technology-still-far-from-perfection-2351515-2023-03-25


text: Jamia student caught arsoning and stone-pelting in the disguise of a woman.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image of Egyptian child kidnapper passed off as Jamia protester
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-image-of-egyptian-child-kidnapper-passed-off-as-jamia-protester-1628812-2019-12-16


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows how Nupur Sharma reacted to the backlash following her controversial comments on the Prophet Muhammad.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/nupur-sharma-response-to-backlash-old-video-1962789-2022-06-15

title:
Fact Check: Is this Nupur Sharma’s response to international backlash? Nope, this video is from 2019


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Covaxin has not been approved for children above 12 years, yet
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Bharat Biotech’s Made-in-India vaccine against Covid-19, Covaxin, has been approved for children above the age of 12 years.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/covaxin-bharat-biotech-children-above-12-years-1801330-2021-05-11


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of cops pursuing sand mafia passed off as UP police chasing farmer
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
An Uttar Pradesh Police vehicle is seen here chasing a farmer’s tractor that was going to participate in the Republic Day tractor rally in Delhi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-cops-pursuing-sand-mafia-passed-off-as-up-police-chasing-farmer-1763360-2021-01-27?utm_source=rss


text: Italian luxury fashion brand Prada is making bags for corpses.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The corpse wears Prada? No, this is a spoof
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-the-corpse-wears-prada-no-this-is-a-spoof-1676532-2020-05-10


text: This video shows a see-through “Transparent Smartphone” that will be released in the market soon.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/futuristic-transparent-smartphone-piece-of-glass-vfx-2334141-2023-02-13

title:
Fact Check: This futuristic ‘transparent smartphone’ is literally just a piece of glass and some VFX


text: UNESCO has declared Indian national anthem as the best in the world.
claimant: JD(U) leader Ajay Alok
claim_date: 2019-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Now JD(U) leader falls for best national anthem hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-now-jd-u-leader-falls-for-best-national-anthem-hoax-1582061-2019-08-18


claimant: Facebook page “All India Medical Students’ Association” and others
claim_date: 2021-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post claiming death of 17 female docs in Karnataka bus crash is misleading
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
As many as 17 female professors from JJM Medical College in Karnataka’s Davangere district who were on a trip to Goa died in a fatal bus mishap.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-claiming-death-of-17-female-docs-in-karnataka-bus-crash-is-misleading-1760296-2021-01-18


text: Viral video shows people in the UK celebrating exit poll results.
claimant: Facebook users “Shashank Parab” and “Bharat Chheda”
claim_date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Doctored video links soccer celebrations in UK to exit poll cheer
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-doctored-video-links-soccer-celebrations-in-uk-to-exit-poll-cheer-1530503-2019-05-20


claimant: Facebook page 'Mangalore Voice'
claim_date: 2019-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did the judge who acquit Swami Aseemanand in Mecca Masjid blast case join BJP?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Former NIA judge Ravindra Reddy, who had acquitted Swami Aseemanand in the Mecca Masjid bomb blast case, has joined BJP.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-nia-judge-ravinder-reddy-who-acquitted-swami-aseemanand-in-mecca-masjid-blast-case-join-bjp-1490186-2019-03-30


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Social media claims Kerala gold smuggling accused Swapna Suresh is a Muslim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Swapna Suresh, key accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, is actually a Muslim and her real name is Mumtaz Ismail.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-social-media-claims-kerala-gold-smuggling-accused-swapna-suresh-is-a-muslim-1701309-2020-07-16


text: Video shows a mermaid spotted at Mangalore beach in Karnataka.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Know the real story behind this not so little ‘mermaid on Mangalore beach’
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-know-real-story-behind-not-so-little-mermaid-mangalore-beach-1867564-2021-10-21


text: Child asks for Facebook shares for mother infected with coronavirus
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post appealing for Facebook shares for ‘Covid-19 patient’ is fictitious
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-appealing-for-facebook-shares-for-covid-19-patient-is-fictitious-1668498-2020-04-18


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2020-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake tweet on France deporting Pakistanis go viral after Imran slams Macron
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Tourist visas of 183 Pak citizens were rejected by France after Imran Khan criticised Macron's comments on Islam. Some 118 Pak citizens with proper papers, including a former ISI chief's sister, were deported forcefully.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fake-tweet-france-deporting-pakistanis-go-viral-imran-slams-macron-1737276-2020-11-02


text: Kalraj Mishra threatened to shoot anyone who asked questions during a rally.
claimant: Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and some media houses
claim_date: 2019-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Congress spokesperson's claim on veteran BJP leader’s speech is false
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/congress-spokesperson-s-claim-on-veteran-bjp-leader-s-speech-is-false-1487317-2019-03-27


text: The video shows Ukrainian missile attack on Russian tanks using American FGM-148 Javelin missiles.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video game footage mistaken for Ukrainian missile attack on Russian tanks — once again!
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/russia-ukraine-war-video-game-footage-mistake-for-ukrainian-attack-fact-check-2287402-2022-10-19


text: These photos show how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is a complete fabrication.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The Russia-Ukraine war is NOT a hoax and these photos certainly DON’T prove anything
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/the-russia-ukraine-war-is-not-a-hoax-and-these-photos-certainly-dont-prove-anything-2341026-2023-03-01


text: Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened India against getting involved in the Ukraine crisis.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/russia-india-threaten-consequences-intervention-ukraine-war-1918495-2022-02-27

title:
Fact Check: No, Russia didn't threaten India of consequences over a possible intervention in Ukraine


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-05-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old picture of Chinese aggression passed off as recent crisis in Ladakh
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of recent border crisis between India and China, with Chinese troops displaying their flag and banner in Galwan Valley.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-picture-of-chinese-aggression-passed-off-as-recent-crisis-in-ladakh-1682836-2020-05-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old, unrelated images flood social media as visuals of police crackdown on RRB protests
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Heart-rending pictures of police brutality during the ongoing protests against RRB NTPC exam results.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-unrelated-images-flood-social-media-as-visuals-of-police-crackdown-on-rrb-protests-1905328-2022-01-27


text: This photo shows an Indian child wearing torn clothes sitting in a classroom.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old pic from Cambodia FALSELY shared to show the bad conditions of Indian schools
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-pic-from-cambodia-falsely-shared-to-show-the-bad-conditions-of-indian-schools-2319174-2023-01-09


text: A Tokyo restaurant is serving human meat.
claimant: Phoebe Bayta
claim_date: 2019-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The truth behind a Tokyo restaurant serving human meat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-the-truth-behind-a-tokyo-restaurant-serving-human-meat-1539884-2019-06-01


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of Farooq Abdullah singing a bhajan is viral linking it to Article 370
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After Article 370 was scrapped, former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Farooq Abdullah is singing bhajans of Lord Ram.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-farooq-abdullah-singing-bhajan-viral-linked-to-article-370-1892538-2021-12-26


text: Viral picture shows how Antarctica looks from space – a huge white patch on one side of the earth.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this Antarctica as seen from space? Not really
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-this-antarctica-as-seen-from-space-not-really-1702651-2020-07-20


claimant: Facebook page 'Pichiye Bangla'
claim_date: 2019-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this viral photograph has no link with Kanhaiya Kumar's poll campaign
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A picture of Kanhaiya Kumar with a woman, claiming that he is busy in the election campaign with one of his JNU professors.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-viral-photograph-has-no-link-with-kanhaiya-kumar-s-poll-campaign-1496930-2019-04-08


text: This photo shows US President Joe Biden behaving inappropriately with a young boy.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Biden DID NOT behave inappropriately with child, viral pic is photoshopped
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/us-president-joe-biden-viral-picture-child-false-claim-2315883-2023-01-01


text: Uttar Pradesh police are taking action against the midnight stone pelters in Kanpur.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral video does not show midnight police action against Kanpur "rioters"
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-does-not-show-midnight-police-action-against-kanpur-rioters-1958490-2022-06-04


text: This video shows a terrorist’s arrest at a Faridabad metro station.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-real-anti-terror-operation-viral-video-shows-cisf-mock-drill-faridabad-metro-station-1967369-2022-06-27

title:
Fact Check: Not a real anti-terror operation, this viral video shows CISF mock drill at Faridabad metro station


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Propaganda videos claim Taliban seized liquor from house of Burhanuddin Rabbani’s son
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Taliban recovering liquor bottles from the house of former Afghan foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani in Kabul.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-propaganda-videos-claim-taliban-seized-liquor-from-house-of-burhanuddin-rabbani-son-1856406-2021-09-23


text: These videos show moviegoers reacting to Shah Rukh Khan's ‘Jawan’.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old movie reviews resurface as reactions to SRK’s ‘Jawan’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-movie-reviews-resurface-as-reactions-to-srks-jawan-2432544-2023-09-07


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Know the truth behind viral video of passenger agitation at Delhi airport
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Passengers at Delhi airport got agitated Wednesday morning as their passports were withheld by airport authorities

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-know-the-truth-behind-viral-video-of-passenger-agitation-at-delhi-airport-1657181-2020-03-18


text: This picture reflects the atrocities on Hindus in West Bengal.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of man injured in Mewat violence passed off as atrocities on Hindus in Bengal
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-picture-of-man-injured-in-mewat-violence-passed-off-as-atrocities-on-hindus-in-bengal-1790160-2021-04-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video was NOT shot from inside the skyscraper that caught fire in China's Changsha
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows flames erupting outside, shot by people stuck inside a high-rise that caught fire in China’s Changsha on September 16, 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-was-not-shot-from-inside-the-skyscraper-that-caught-fire-in-china-s-changsha-2001211-2022-09-16


claimant: Social Media user
claim_date: 2021-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This conversation between PM Modi and Singer Lata Mangeshkar is old
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Audio conversation of PM Modi congratulating Lata Mangeshkar in advance for her birthday ahead of his recent US visit.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/conversation-between-pm-modi-singer-lata-mangeshkar-is-old-1856998-2021-09-24


text: Video shows an overcrowded Madina market in Hyderabad where people are shopping for Eid.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-social-distancing-flouted-in-hyderabad-for-eid-shopping-no-this-video-is-from-pakistan-1680502-2020-05-21

title:
Fact Check: Social distancing flouted in Hyderabad for Eid shopping? No, this video is from Pakistan


claimant: Facebook user Ravinder Bharathiya
claim_date: 2021-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Decade-old image of Friday namaz at US Capitol Hill viral with misleading claims
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows a Friday namaz held at the foot of US Capitol Hill after Joe Biden became the US President.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-decade-old-image-of-friday-namaz-at-us-capitol-hill-viral-with-misleading-claims-1762125-2021-01-23


text: PM Modi is referring to Gyanvapi mosque here when he said “khuda” as God.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: Five-year-old speech of PM Modi on Varanasi’s development falsely linked to Gyanvapi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/narendra-modi-fact-check-old-varanasi-clip-false-claim-as-gyanvapi-mosque-comment-1952337-2022-05-21


claimant: Facebook user Harish Shetty
claim_date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don't get panicked by viral post about SBI's contactless card
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
SBI cards with WiFi symbol on them can help cheats rob off money from your bank account as they don't need a PIN to make a transaction.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-don-t-get-panicked-by-viral-post-about-sbi-s-contactless-card-1454065-2019-02-12


text: Argentina fans from Kerala erected a cut-out of Lionel Messi underwater to celebrate the team.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Underwater Messi cut-out is not from Kerala at all - It’s from Lakshadweep
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/underwater-messi-cut-out-kerala-lakshadweep-2311528-2022-12-20


claimant: Website “Daily Political News” and social media users
claim_date: 2020-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This European kid was not beaten up by a Muslim immigrant for having blue eyes
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Photo of injured child with the claim that a 12-year-old Swedish boy was beaten up by a Muslim immigrant for having blue eyes

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-european-kid-was-not-beaten-up-my-muslim-refugee-1634220-2020-01-05


text: During an interview, Shah Rukh Khan said that he was a proud Pakistani.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: SRK did not call himself a 'proud Pakistani', this 2010 video is digitally manipulated
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-shah-rukh-khan-did-not-call-himself-proud-pakistani-this-2010-video-digitally-manipulated-2002062-2022-09-19


claimant: Social Media User
claim_date: 2021-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This news channel clip quoting UP CM Adityanath on 2021 UP Police recruitment is fake
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to a report by TV9 Bharatvarsh, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said applications will be invited for 52,000 posts in UP Police from September 2021.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-news-channel-clip-quoting-up-cm-adityanath-on-2021-up-police-recruitment-is-fake-1837882-2021-08-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mystery behind strange sounds coming from a mountain in China
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Super scary sound was emitting from a mountain in Guizhou, China, for more than 10 days. Locals, who flocked the mountain, termed it “dragon growling”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-mystery-behind-strange-sounds-coming-from-a-mountain-in-china-1699808-2020-07-12


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Not Chambal and not even India! This 2021 video of a boy’s rescue is from Bangladesh
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows how a drowning boy was saved by the SDRF in the Chambal river before a crocodile could approach him

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-chambal-and-not-even-india-this-2021-video-of-a-boy-s-rescue-is-from-bangladesh-1993369-2022-08-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Can you get electrocuted through a geyser? Well, better be safe than sorry
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
One should never take a shower while the geyser is on. This can lead to the person getting electrocuted.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-can-you-get-electrocuted-through-geyser-well-better-be-safe-than-sorry-1872464-2021-11-02


text: Images show the Turkish army on its way to Gaza.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old, unrelated images shared as Turkish army on its way to Gaza
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-unrelated-images-shared-as-turkish-army-on-its-way-to-gaza-1802986-2021-05-15


text: Following the video of nude women being paraded in Manipur, people protested naked in the state.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: ‘Naked’ truth unravelled - video of Chhattisgarh protest misattributed to Manipur
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/manipur-video-chhattisgarh-nude-protest-kuki-women-sexual-violence-paraded-2410315-2023-07-22


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did top US health body replace ‘pandemic’ with ‘outbreak’ for Covid-19?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed “Covid-19 pandemic” from its website and replaced it with “Covid-19 outbreak”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-top-us-health-body-replace-pandemic-with-outbreak-for-covid19-1721485-2020-09-13


text: An elderly Muslim man is being heckled in front of a cop. The cop is a BJP stooge.
claimant: Facebook user “Shafeeq Bhai”
claim_date: 2019-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral picture of Muslim man being heckled is not from India
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/muslim-man-heckled-photo-india-bangladesh-truth-1538997-2019-05-30


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Covid-19 rumours about Hyderabad hospital circulate on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Sri Rama Krishna Hospital in Hyderabad’s Kachiguda has been sealed. The whole hospital staff and patients have tested positive for coronavirus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-covid-19-rumours-about-hyderabad-hospital-circulate-on-social-media-1688755-2020-06-13


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, the photos in this postcard have nothing to do with AAP in Punjab or Delhi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Just like AAP-ruled Delhi witnessed anti-Hindu protests, Punjab, too, is now witnessing pro-Khalistan rallies.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-photos-postcard-aap-punjab-delhi-1948814-2022-05-12


text: This video shows a tiger taking a bath in a tub at a coffee plantation in Coorg, Karnataka.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of a tiger relaxing in a tub is not from Coorg — it’s from the US
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-tiger-relaxing-tub-not-from-coorg-its-from-us-2420519-2023-08-13


text: This video shows a BJP leader distributing chickens and alcohol.
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2022-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fowl play! This video shows TRS leader distributing liquor and chicken, not BJP
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fowl-play-this-video-shows-trs-leader-distributing-liquor-and-chicken-not-bjp-2283623-2022-10-10


claimant: https://twitter.com/Pranjeethz/status/1369332418302402562
claim_date: 2021-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Badruddin Ajmal say Hindus will be wiped out if AIUDF comes to power in Assam?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal has said if they come to power in Assam as part of UPA, they will turn India into an Islamic state and no Hindu will be left here.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-badruddin-ajmal-say-hindus-will-be-wiped-out-if-aiudf-comes-to-power-in-assam-1777811-2021-03-10


text: Image shows blood from animals sacrificed for Eid al-Adha on the streets of India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image from Dhaka shared as blood-filled street in India post Eid sacrifices
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-image-from-dhaka-shared-as-blood-filled-street-in-india-post-eid-sacrifices-1831367-2021-07-22


text: Donald Trump announced that Roche will launch a vaccine for coronavirus next Sunday.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Donald Trump never said coronavirus vaccine is ready for use
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/donald-trump-coronavirus-vaccine-ready-use-roche-1656674-2020-03-17


claimant: Facebook user Adirai Thameem
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Justin Trudeau did not back Tamil Nadu’s anti-Hindi stir
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows Canadian PM Justin Trudeau holding a T-shirt in support of Tamil Nadu’s protest against the alleged "Hindi imposition" by the Centre on non-Hindi speaking Indian states.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-justin-trudeau-did-not-back-tamil-nadu-s-anti-hindi-stir-1721501-2020-09-13


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ghaziabad girl who broke her piggy bank to donate to PM CARES has not died of Covid
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Ghaziabad girl who had broken her piggy bank to donate to PM CARES died of Covid because she couldn’t get oxygen on time.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ghaziabad-girl-who-broke-her-piggy-bank-to-donate-to-pm-cares-has-not-died-of-covid-1796336-2021-04-29


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: CCTV clip of car mowing down mother & child goes viral with communal twist
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A car deliberately hit and killed a Muslim woman and her daughter in UP’s Ballia. This is an example of growing Islamophobia in India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/cctv-clip-car-mowing-down-mother-child-goes-viral-with-communal-twist-1672240-2020-04-28


text: The impact of Cyclone Asani caught on camera in Andhra Pradesh.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Neither Odisha nor Andhra Pradesh, this scary storm video is from Hubbali in Karnataka
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-cyclone-asani-false-fact-check-1948842-2022-05-13


text: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath laughing in front of a body of a martyr.
claimant: Facebook pages like Awaaz tak
claim_date: 2019-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath didn't laugh at martyr's funeral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-uttar-pradesh-cm-yogi-adityanath-didn-t-laugh-at-martyr-funeral-1460675-2019-02-20


text: Rahul Gandhi holds a kid wearing a t-shirt with the BJP’s lotus symbol.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi holding kid wearing ‘BJP tee’? No, the picture is morphed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-rahul-gandhi-holding-kid-wearing-bjp-tee-no-the-picture-is-morphed-1874857-2021-11-09


claimant: A Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Hotel Abraj Kudai in Mecca is not the tallest hotel in the world
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The World's Tallest Hotel Abraj Kudai with 10,000 rooms, 70 Restaurants and 5 Rooftop Helipads in Mecca, #SaudiArabia

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-hotel-abraj-kudai-mecca-not-tallest-hotel-in-world-1823205-2021-07-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fictitious story about woman police officer goes viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Woman police officer seen in the viral picture is posted in the same area where her father pulls a rickshaw.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fictitious-story-about-woman-police-officer-goes-viral-1698483-2020-07-08


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This ‘Islamophobic’ news headline about Kerala cricketer Azharuddeen is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After Kerala cricketer Azharuddeen smashed a century off just 37 balls against Mumbai in domestic T20, a news website carried the headline “Kerala born Muslim boy blasts Mumbai” in an example of Islamophobia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-islamophobic-news-headline-about-kerala-cricketer-azharuddeen-is-fake-1759983-2021-01-17


text: Video is of rally by Muslims against NPR and NRC in Delhi
claimant: Facebook user “A Rehman Shaik” and others
claim_date: 2020-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Soleimani’s funeral procession passed off as anti-NRC protest in Delhi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-soleimani-s-funeral-procession-passed-off-as-anti-nrc-protest-in-delhi-1636569-2020-01-13


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These photos show another victim of ‘love jihad’. This Hindu woman was killed and disposed of in a suitcase by a Muslim man.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-love-jihad-hindu-woman-killed-by-father-communal-twist-2300341-2022-11-22

title:
Fact Check: NO ‘Love Jihad’, photos of Hindu woman killed by her father falsely given communal twist


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, PM Modi did not rock his own boat on Gujarat coast, misleading tweet causes storm
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
PM Modi, during a Gujarat speech, criticised the past BJP government in the state for not developing the coastline.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pm-modi-did-not-criticise-his-government-when-he-was-gujarat-cm-2006828-2022-09-30


claimant: Facebook page “Post Card Fans”
claim_date: 2019-03-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
When ISRO was carrying a rocket part on a cycle, the Nehru-Gandhi family was celebrating a birthday in a chartered plane.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/gandhi-family-birthday-scientists-bicycle-rocket-photo-fact-check-1489639-2019-03-29

title:
Fact Check: Was Gandhi family celebrating birthday as scientists used bicycle to carry rocket parts?


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2020-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: No, Munger victim Anurag Poddar’s mother is not dead
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Two days after 18-year-old Anurag Poddar was killed in a police clash in Munger, his mother suffered a heart attack and died.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-munger-victim-anurag-poddar-s-mother-is-not-dead-1736388-2020-10-29


text: Iceland declares all religions are weapons of mass destruction.
claimant: Facebook user Rajiv Tyagi
claim_date: 2019-03-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Chill. Iceland hasn't declared religions as weapons of mass destruction
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-chill-iceland-hasn-t-declared-religions-as-weapons-of-mass-destruction-1475856-2019-03-12


text: This video shows a strange sport of slap fights from India.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral Slap Kabaddi video misidentified as Indian is from Pakistan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-slap-kabaddi-video-misidentified-as-indian-pakistan-2414857-2023-08-01


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-08-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video of a flyover illuminated with saffron, white, and green lights is from Bhagyanagar, Hyderabad.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-hyderabad-mumbai-or-kolkata-this-flyover-decked-in-tricolour-lights-is-actually-from-jaipur-1986462-2022-08-10

title:
Fact Check: Hyderabad, Mumbai or Kolkata? This flyover decked in tricolour lights is actually from Jaipur


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Was Tom Hanks arrested in Australia for pedophilia?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Hollywood actor Tom Hanks was arrested in Australia for paedophilia. The story of him being Covid-positive and in quarantine was an attempt to cover up his time in custody.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-was-tom-hanks-arrested-in-australia-for-pedophilia-1705066-2020-07-27


text: The Centre announced a bonus of Rs 525 per quintal for wheat farmers.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No grain of truth in photo announcing Rs 525/quintal bonus for wheat farmers
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-truth-photo-quintal-bonus-wheat-farmers-1937453-2022-04-14


text: A woman in Bengal's West Midnapore district was raped and murdered.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading claims over woman's body found in paddy field in Bengal
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-misleading-claims-over-woman-body-found-paddy-field-in-bengal-1728234-2020-10-04


text: It is illegal to share PDFs of e-papers on WhatsApp.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2020-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is it illegal to circulate PDFs of e-paper?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/is-it-illegal-to-circulate-pdfs-of-epaper-1673993-2020-05-03


text: Taliban brought men in burqas to show that women are supporting them.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This picture of man in burqa in pro-Taliban women’s gathering is morphed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-man-in-burqa-picture-pro-taliban-women-gathering-morphed-1852069-2021-09-12


text: New Rs 1,000 currency notes are going to be issued.
claimant: Facebook users like Akhil Chaturvedi
claim_date: 2019-10-17T00:00:00Z
title: No, that is not the Rs 1,000 currency note that RBI is issuing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-that-is-not-the-rs-1-000-currency-note-that-rbi-is-issuing-1610525-2019-10-17


text: This video shows the final minutes of a Turkish family during the recent February 6 earthquake.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-roof-crashing-down-on-hapless-children-during-turkey-quake-no-this-is-just-drama-and-cheap-cgi-2332233-2023-02-08

title:
Fact Check: Roof crashing down on hapless children during Turkey quake? No, this is just drama and cheap CGI


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Woman with Rahul Gandhi is NOT Amulya Leona, student who chanted ‘Pak Zindabad’ in 2020
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
During the Bharat Jodo Yatra, Rahul Gandhi was seen with Amulya Leona Noronha, the woman who was arrested for saying 'Pakistan Zindabad' during an anti-CAA rally in 2020.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-woman-seen-with-rahul-gandhi-is-not-amulya-leona-student-who-chanted-pak-zindabad-2004338-2022-09-24


text: A man sporting gold ornaments is DMK leader MK Stalin’s grandson.
claimant: Facebook user Tushar Natrajan
claim_date: 2019-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pune’s ‘golden boy’ passed off as MK Stalin’s grandson on Facebook
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pune-s-golden-boy-mk-stalin-s-grandson-facebook-1572733-2019-07-23


text: Video of Chinese troops humiliating Indian soldiers in Ladakh.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Army training video goes viral as Chinese forces torturing Indian soldiers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-army-training-video-goes-viral-as-chinese-forces-torturing-indian-soldiers-1694911-2020-06-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this photograph DOES NOT show Elon Musk’s childhood in apartheid South Africa
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo shows Elon Musk and his mother along with their maid of African descent during apartheid in South Africa.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photograph-elon-musks-childhood-in-apartheid-south-africa-photograph-2418219-2023-08-08


claimant: Twitter page ‘Yogi Adityanath FC’ and other social media users
claim_date: 2019-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 1-year-old dance video of Lalu's sons goes viral with misleading claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Despite RJD’s drastic defeat in the elections and Lalu Yadav’s flailing health, his sons are in a party mood.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/tejashvi-yadav-tej-pratap-yadav-dancing-viral-video-truth-false-1543438-2019-06-05


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Why Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrived in Parliament on bullock cart
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of Atal Bihari Vajpayee arriving at Parliament on a bullock cart to protest the introduction of computers by Rajiv Gandhi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-why-atal-bihari-vajpayee-arrived-parliament-bullock-cart-1699474-2020-07-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fight between woman, flight crew over unvaccinated passenger is scripted
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of a fight between a woman and the flight crew over the former refusing to sit beside her unvaccinated co-passenger.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fight-woman-flight-crew-unvaccinated-passenger-covid-1877415-2021-11-16


claimant: Social media users Claim
claim_date: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
During a police raid in Madhya Pradesh, 15 couples were caught in compromising positions. All the men were Muslim and All the women were Hindu.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-cops-nabbing-couples-during-raid-agra-shared-false-love-jihad-spin-1992540-2022-08-25

title:
Fact Check: Viral video of cops nabbing couples during raid in Agra shared with false ‘Love Jihad’ spin


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old news of BJP leader's arrest for helping Maoists linked to Bijapur attack
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to news reports, two people, including a BJP leader, were arrested from Chhattisgarh in relation to the recent Maoist attack in Bijapur.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-news-bjp-leader-arrest-helping-maoists-linked-bijapur-attack-1787987-2021-04-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows police arresting Nupur Sharma following her controversial remarks on the Prophet Muhammad.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-nupur-sharma-video-from-rajasthan-farmer-protest-goes-viral-as-ex-bjp-spokesperson-arrest-1965167-2022-06-21

title:
Fact Check: NOT Nupur Sharma! Video from Rajasthan farmers’ protest goes viral as ex-BJP spokesperson’s arrest


text: This is the first picture of Ram Mandir which is under construction in Ayodhya.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2020-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, these images are not of the under-construction Ram Temple in Ayodhya
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-these-images-are-not-of-the-under-construction-ram-temple-in-ayodhya-1736932-2020-10-31


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-04-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Photos of Ukraine flag being replaced by Soviet Union flag are AT LEAST seven years old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Photos show the Ukrainian flag being replaced with a Soviet Union flag at the Ilyich Iron and Steel Works plant in Mariupol following its “liberation”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-collage-ukraine-flag-soviet-union-ilyich-iron-and-steel-mariupol-1941427-2022-04-25


text: Video shows Americans protesting in front of the White House demanding justice for Ukraine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not Americans protesting in support of Ukraine in front of the White House
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-this-is-not-americans-protesting-in-support-of-ukraine-in-front-of-the-white-house-1917507-2022-02-24


text: Donald Trump thanked Elon Musk in a tweet for restoring his account on the social media platform.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/former-us-president-president-donald-trump-was-suspended-from-twitter-in-january-2021-2283634-2022-10-10

title:
Fact Check: No, Musk did not restore Trump’s Twitter and the ex-US Prez did not thank the Tesla CEO for it


text: This image shows Rahul Gandhi having chicken and alcohol in a cafe during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-having-alcohol-and-chicken-during-bharat-jodo-yatra-2319195-2023-01-09

title:
Fact Check: DOCTORED image of Rahul Gandhi having alcohol and chicken during Bharat Jodo Yatra viral


text: Police nabbed a terrorist at Hubli bus stand in Karnataka. The entire action was caught on camera.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Who was this 'terrorist' captured at a Karnataka bus stand?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-who-was-this-terrorist-captured-at-a-karnataka-bus-stand-1715897-2020-08-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Dr. Manmohan Singh’s and Sonia Gandhi’s birthdays fall on International Deaf Dumb Day and International Anti-Corruption Day respectively. Rahul Gandhi was born on the day ‘Mera Naam Joker’ was released.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/do-manmohan-singh-rahul-gandhi-birthdays-have-funny-coincidences-viral-post-gets-much-wrong-1991507-2022-08-23

title:
Fact Check: Do Manmohan Singh & Rahul Gandhi’s birthdays have funny coincidences? Viral post gets much wrong


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Can you identify a “Made in China” product just by its barcode?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
One can differentiate between Chinese and Indian products just by barcodes. A product having a barcode starting with number 690 to 699 is made in China.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-can-you-identify-a-made-in-china-product-just-by-its-barcode-1691296-2020-06-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of paper plane gliding from stands to goalpost is not from Qatar World Cup
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A football fan launched a paper plane during a FIFA World Cup match in Qatar that made it all the way to the goalpost.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-paper-plane-gliding-from-stands-to-goalpost-qatar-world-cup-2306993-2022-12-08


text: This video shows stone pelting on the occasion of Ram Navami in Howrah, Wes Bengal.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2023-04-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-mob-pelting-stones-ram-navami-vadodara-falsely-shared-violence-howrah-2355277-2023-04-03

title:
Fact Check: Video of mob pelting stones during Ram Navami in Vadodara falsely shared as violence in Howrah


text: Street dogs are being killed in Gujarat ahead of Donald Trump's visit.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: No, these dogs were not killed in Gujarat for Donald Trump's visit
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-these-dogs-were-not-killed-in-gujarat-for-donald-trump-visit-1648459-2020-02-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of journalist ‘grilling’ Bill Gates over Covid vaccines is a 'deepfake'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a journalist grilling Bill Gates, accusing him of profiteering from COVID-19 vaccines and stealing technology from others.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-of-journalist-grilling-bill-gates-over-covid-vaccines-is-a-deepfake-2344995-2023-03-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Egypt pipeline fire goes viral as scenes from Sweden riots
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These are visuals from the riots in Sweden. Muslims were 3 per cent in Sweden 20 years back, but now they are 73 per cent.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/egypt-pipeline-fire-sweden-riots-fact-check-1717826-2020-09-02


text: This video shows a massive explosion in Ukraine caused by Russia’s attack on the country.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This horrifying explosion is not from the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-horrifying-explosion-is-not-from-the-ongoing-conflict-between-russia-and-ukraine-1917512-2022-02-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These Ramayana stamps released by PM Modi are not related to bhoomi pujan
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has released Ramayana stamps, before the “bhoomi pujan” at the Ayodhya Ram temple site on August 5.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-these-ramayana-stamps-released-by-pm-modi-are-not-related-to-bhoomi-pujan-1705695-2020-07-29


text: This is how poor Hindus are stranded during the coronavirus lockdown in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of Bangladeshi immigrants in Malaysia viral as plight of 'Hindus' in India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/image-bangladeshi-immigrants-malaysia-viral-plight-hindus-india-1665979-2020-04-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Prop-Uganda! Honduran paratroopers' crash FALSELY shared as Ugandan army blooper
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Ugandan military paratroopers’ botched landing during the country’s Independence Day celebrations following ex-military leader’s threats to invade neighbouring Kenya.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-prop-uganda-honduran-paratroopers-crash-falsely-shared-as-ugandan-army-blooper-2284484-2022-10-12


claimant: Facebook page ‘Congress for Madhya Pradesh’ and Facebook user Saif Ali Khan
claim_date: 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Congress never promised that it will waive off bills of patients who die in hospitals
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
If Congress comes to power, then it will waive off the entire bill of a patient who dies in any government or private hospital.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-congress-waive-off-patients-bills-1519531-2019-05-07


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of Pele mourning at Maradona's grave is morphed
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of Brazilian football great Pele mourning at the grave of Argentine soccer legend Diego Maradona who passed away on November 25.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/picture-of-pele-mourning-at-maradona-grave-is-morphed-1744930-2020-11-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
At a time when temples have been kept closed, the Rajasthan government is forcing the police to offer holy ‘Chadar’ at Ajmer Sharif to appease the Muslim Community.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-rajasthan-police-didn-t-offer-holy-chadar-in-ajmer-sharif-while-temples-were-closed-1915924-2022-02-21

title:
Fact Check: No, Rajasthan Police didn’t offer holy ‘Chadar’ in Ajmer Sharif while temples were closed


text: A video on social media shows the communal riots that took place in Bengaluru on August 11, 2020.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Bengal violence passed off as Bengaluru riots
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-know-the-bengal-link-behind-this-viral-bengaluru-riots-video-1714680-2020-08-24


text: Video of Hindus thrashing a Muslim family.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of man being thrashed goes viral with communal spin
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/deo-of-man-being-thrashed-goes-viral-with-communal-spin-1700492-2020-07-14


text: The Indian Army has captured a village in Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-12-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2-year-old picture of Syria airstrikes passed off as Indian Army's attack in PoK
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2-year-old-picture-of-syria-airstrikes-passed-off-as-indian-army-s-attack-in-pok-1630624-2019-12-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows the recent volcanic eruption of the world’s largest active volcano Mauna Loa in Hawaii.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/terrifying-2018-video-of-superfast-lava-flow-shared-as-hawaii-recent-mauna-loa-eruption-2304227-2022-12-01

title:
Fact Check: Terrifying 2018 video of superfast lava flow shared as Hawaii’s recent Mauna Loa eruption


text: This video shows a French policeman lifting and bodyslamming a woman on the road.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video does not show French policeman body-slamming woman on road
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-french-policeman-body-slamming-woman-on-road-2356989-2023-04-07


text: A photo of PM Narendra Modi looking inappropriately at pop star Rihanna.
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi is NOT glancing at Rihanna in this photo, the pop star wasn’t there at all
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pm-modi-not-glancing-at-rihanna-two-events-digitally-altered-photo-2396068-2023-06-21


text: Tokyo Olympics logo has been redesigned on the theme of social distancing.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Olympics did not redesign its logo on social distancing theme
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-olympics-did-not-redesign-its-logo-on-social-distancing-theme-1659321-2020-03-24


text: A new Tiranga that holds a world record was hoisted at Wagah border in Punjab.
claimant: Facebook user Nagesh S. K.
claim_date: 2020-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This Tricolour at Wagah border is not the largest flag flown
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-tricolour-at-wagah-border-is-not-the-largest-flag-flown-1718875-2020-09-05


text: A natural fountain shoots up in the sky in Thailand when someone pronounces om
claimant: Facebook and YouTube users
claim_date: 2019-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this fountain is not powered by om
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-fountain-is-not-powered-by-om-1448094-2019-02-04


claimant: Virender Sehwag and others
claim_date: 2019-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral claim of boy dying due to birthday bumps is false
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In the name of ‘birthday bumps', a birthday boy got beaten up so badly that he suffered injuries and died.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-claim-of-boy-died-due-to-birthday-bumps-is-false-1517905-2019-05-05


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-06-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These photos show the ground littered with garbage after environmental activist Greta Thunberg’s appearance at the Glastonbury Festival in England.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/greta-thunberg-pic-glastonbury-shared-with-older-photos-trash-strewn-festival-grounds-1967828-2022-06-28

title:
Fact Check: Greta Thunberg’s pic from Glastonbury shared with older photos of trash-strewn festival grounds


text: Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman is dancing with Pakistan Army
claimant: Facebook and YouTube users
claim_date: 2019-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, it is not Wing Commander Abhinandan dancing with Pakistan Army
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-it-is-not-wing-commander-abhinandan-dancing-with-pakistan-army-1468546-2019-03-02


text: Video shows Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut tearing up after the MLA rebellion.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-06-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/sanjay-raut-crying-mla-rebellion-snapchat-filter-strikes-again-1966696-2022-06-25

title:
Fact Check: Did Sanjay Raut cry in front of media amid MLA rebellion? Snapchat ‘cry filter’ strikes again


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This photo of Punjab CM Channi climbing up an electricity pole is old
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Punjab CM Charanjit Singh Channi climbed a pole and fixed the power supply of Kurali area after getting complaints that electricity was disconnected in poor households due to non-payment of bills.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/punjab-cm-channi-old-photo-on-electricity-pole-1868048-2021-10-22


text: Afghanistan forces fighting the Taliban.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Syria shared as Taliban opening fire in Afghanistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-from-syria-shared-as-taliban-opening-fire-in-afghanistan-1843481-2021-08-20


text: Video shows protest in Moscow city against the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/russia-ukraine-conflict-fact-check-scenes-from-protest-alexei-navalny-arrest-shared-as-moscow-anti-war-demonstration-1921933-2022-03-07

title:
Fact Check: No, this video DOES NOT show protests in Moscow against ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine


claimant: Twitter user Mini Razdan
claim_date: 2020-10-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Know the truth behind this viral video of cash pile on Brazil's street
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Brazilian government displayed four billion Brazilian real – the money recovered from its corrupt politicians and public servants - for public viewing.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-know-the-truth-behind-this-viral-video-of-a-pile-of-cash-on-the-streets-of-brazil-1727836-2020-10-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No violence reported in MP’s Khargone, this video of stone pelting is from Howrah
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video is from Khargone, Madhya Pradesh, where 70 people were arrested after stone pelting during Ram Navami.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-violence-mp-khargone-video-stone-pelting-from-west-bengal-howrah-2355579-2023-04-04


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Smriti Irani praised Narendra Modi over the fuel price hikes, calling it a masterstroke against the rich.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-smriti-irani-praise-fuel-price-hikes-as-pm-modi-masterstroke-against-rich-doctored-video-goes-viral-1933894-2022-04-05

title:
Fact Check: Did Smriti Irani praise fuel price hikes as PM Modi's masterstroke against rich? Doctored video goes viral


text: Video shows problems faced by Chinese police while catching coronavirus-infected people.
claimant: Facebook user "Iqbal Choudhary" and others
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pro-democracy-clash-hong-kong-passed-off-as-china-crackdown-coronavirus-patients-1656122-2020-03-16

title:
Fact Check: Pro-democracy clash in Hong Kong passed off as China's crackdown on coronavirus patients


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2022-07-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Outgoing Indian President Ram Nath Kovind and his successor Droupadi Murmu took part in a Vedic ritual ahead of the official takeover ceremony.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-kovind-murmu-didn-t-conduct-vedic-ritual-ahead-of-the-latter-s-take-over-as-president-viral-picture-is-old-1979931-2022-07-25

title:
Fact Check: Kovind, Murmu didn't conduct 'Vedic ritual' ahead of the latter's take over as President, viral picture is old


text: Congress leader Nasimuddin Siddiqui said “ First I am a Muslim then an Indian”
claimant: Facebook and Twitter users
claim_date: 2020-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: Nasimuddin Siddiqui targetted for a radical Muslim comment that he didn't make
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-naseemuddin-siddiqui-amit-malviya-sambit-patra-1633410-2020-01-02


text: Actor Tom Hanks died due to coronavirus.
claimant: Website
claim_date: 2020-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Actor Tom Hanks is taken ill by COVID-19, but this is a hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-actor-tom-hanks-taken-ill-covid-19-but-this-is-a-hoax-1655821-2020-03-15


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video from Hyderabad in Pakistan FALSELY shared as an attack on Hindus in India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video of a mob trying to break into a building shows how Hindus are under attack from Muslims in India right now.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-from-hyderabad-in-pakistan-falsely-shared-as-an-attack-on-hindus-in-india-1993088-2022-08-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this woman was not raped inside a corona isolation ward
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture is of woman who was raped by a doctor inside a corona isolation ward. She died after returning home.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-woman-not-raped-inside-corona-isolation-ward-1667386-2020-04-15


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old news footage of Putin's South Africa trip goes viral amidst war in Ukraine
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A television news clip of Russian President Vladimir Putin's trip to South Africa as the war in Ukraine wages on.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-news-footage-putin-south-africa-trip-goes-viral-war-in-ukraine-1982066-2022-07-31


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Justice delayed, but these men didn’t spend 20 years in prison
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After spending 20 years in prison for a crime they never committed, 122 Muslim men were acquitted by a court in Gujarat. The men were arrested in Surat in 2001 under UAPA for allegedly being members of banned outfit SIMI.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-justice-delayed-but-these-men-didn-t-spend-20-years-in-prison-1776676-2021-03-07


text: Footage from the ongoing clash between the Russian and the Ukrainian armies.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-unrelated-video-of-various-military-exercises-circulated-as-ongoing-russia-ukraine-clash-1918340-2022-02-26

title:
Fact Check: Old, unrelated video of various military exercises circulated as ongoing Russia-Ukraine clash


text: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray called Mughal emperor Aurangzeb a martyr who died for India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Uddhav Thackeray didn’t call Mughal emperor Aurangzeb a martyr who died for India
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/uddhav-thackeray-didnt-call-mughal-emperor-aurangzeb-martyr-who-died-for-india-1966469-2022-06-24


text: First video of lunar surfaces shared by Chandrayaan-3 after landing on the Moon.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This isn’t the Moon, it’s Mars! Curiosity rover footage viral as Chandrayaan-3’s
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-isnt-the-moon-its-mars-curiosity-rover-footage-viral-as-chandrayaan-3s-2426932-2023-08-26


text: Weapons found in a mosque in Gujarat.
claimant: Facebook user Amar Singh Bidhuri and others
claim_date: 2019-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, police in Gujarat did not seize weapons from a mosque
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-police-gujarat-did-not-seize-weapons-from-mosque-1572993-2019-07-24


text: This woman was attacked with acid by her Muslim partner.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: This woman is a survivor of hate crime, NOT a victim of ‘love jihad’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/love-jihad-claim-acid-attack-survivor-photos-england-hate-crime-racism-2386214-2023-05-30


text: This recent image shows a Ukrainian woman giving Russian soldiers the finger.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this old woman is not giving invading Russian soldiers the finger
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-russia-ukraine-war-old-woman-not-giving-invading-russian-soldiers-the-finger-1920479-2022-03-04


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Haj subsidy DID NOT exceed Chandrayaan-3's budget, was scrapped 5 years ago
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The budget of Chandrayaan-3 is Rs 615 crores, and the annual budget for the Haj subsidy is Rs 685 crores. Muslims get subsidies for pilgrimage, but Hindus don’t.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-haj-subsidy-did-not-exceed-chandrayaan-3s-budget-and-it-was-scrapped-5-years-ago-2408445-2023-07-18


claimant: “IT & Social Media Cell Congress”
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: False claim links Kiran Bedi's viral pic with Indira Gandhi's 'car-towing' incident
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is the picture of Indira Gandhi inviting Kiran Bedi for lunch even after she towed away the former PM’s car.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-false-claim-links-kiran-bedi-s-viral-pic-with-indira-gandhi-s-car-towing-incident-1507826-2019-04-23


claimant: Facebook user Chakrawarti Vikramaditya
claim_date: 2019-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This old Muslim man being thrashed by police is not from India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video, which is claimed to be from India, shows some policemen beating an elderly Muslim man and others brutally with a lathi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-old-muslim-man-being-thrashed-by-police-is-not-from-india-1573110-2019-07-24


text: Video is of Muslim maid mixing her urine in the food that was to be served to her Hindu employer.
claimant: Facebook user "Drishtikone Bharat" and others
claim_date: 2020-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Disgusting video of woman mixing urine in food goes viral with communal spin
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/disgusting-video-woman-mixing-urine-food-goes-viral-with-communal-spin-1651746-2020-03-02


text: Prolonged use of mask causes hypoxia, oxygen deficiency, fatigue and loss of reflexes.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Can prolonged use of masks cause oxygen deficiency and fatigue?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-can-prolonged-use-of-masks-cause-oxygen-deficiency-and-fatigue-1676405-2020-05-10


text: This woman fought with her parents for supporting BJP during the Karnataka elections.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Karnataka polls fallout? This video is old and not related to 2023 Assembly elections
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/karnataka-polls-fallout-video-old-not-related-to-2023-assembly-elections-2380058-2023-05-16


text: Video shows how bikes are crashing in a flyover amid the monsoon in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mumbai monsoon didn't cause these bike crashes, viral video is from Pakistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-false-claim-bike-crash-from-pakistan-not-navi-mumbai-1966869-2022-06-26


claimant: Various people on Facebook
claim_date: 2018-11-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi goof-up on paddy price during Chhattisgarh rally?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Social media users claim that Rahul Gandhi quoted two entirely different rates of paddy MSP in the same state.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-rahul-gandhi-goof-up-on-paddy-price-during-chhattisgarh-rally-1390079-2018-11-16


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows Rahul Gandhi and Ashok Gehlot enjoying a Bhojpuri item number being performed during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-show-rahul-gandhi-enjoying-bhojpuri-item-number-during-bharat-jodo-yatra-2313688-2022-12-26

title:
Fact Check: This video DOESN’T show Rahul Gandhi enjoying Bhojpuri item number during Bharat Jodo Yatra


text: Hindu woman seen in the picture was attacked by her Muslim lover in another case of love jihad.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No love jihad angle in acid attack on aspiring model
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-love-jihad-angle-in-acid-attack-on-aspiring-model-1715479-2020-08-26


text: Images show clear blue flood waters in Thailand’s Pattani province.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed images of Thailand floods inundate social media
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-morphed-images-of-thailand-floods-inundate-social-media-1761156-2021-01-20


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Unrelated video shared as centuries-old manuscript excavated from Ram Janmabhoomi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a centuries-old manuscript found during the excavation at Ram Janmabhoomi. This scripture proves that a temple historically existed at the site.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-unrelated-video-shared-as-centuries-old-manuscript-excavated-from-ram-janmabhoomi-1819835-2021-06-26


text: The government is providing free Internet to students in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Unmasking a fraud running ‘govt’ schemes in PM Modi’s name
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-unmasking-a-fraud-running-govt-schemes-in-pm-modi-s-name-1744031-2020-11-25


text: Aerial view of farmers' protest near Delhi's Singhu border.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of 2013 Kumbh Mela gathering passed off as farmers' protest
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-picture-of-2013-kumbh-mela-gathering-passed-off-as-farmers-protest-1756553-2021-01-06


text: Muslims in India are manufacturing fake hand sanitisers.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake sanitisers seized in Bangladesh, pics viral in India with communal spin
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fake-sanitisers-seized-bangladesh-pics-viral-india-with-communal-spin-1664927-2020-04-09


claimant: Twitter handle @ndtv
claim_date: 2018-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, PM Modi didn't claim 1,250 crore houses were built by his government
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A tweet by NDTV claims that during a speech in UP's Raebareli, PM Modi said his government built 1,250 crore houses.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-pm-modi-didn-t-claim-1-250-crore-houses-were-built-by-his-government-1411963-2018-12-18


text: The woman in the viral image is a Covid-19 patient.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-04-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-facebook-post-woman-covid-19-patient-fake-viral-social-media-1670350-2020-04-23

title:
Fact check- Fictitious Facebook post with unrelated picture looks for shares with emotional Covid-19 story


text: Photographs of animals burning and rescued during the ongoing bush fires in Australia.
claimant: Facebook user “Sandeep Singh” and other social media users
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Were these animals rescued from the Australian bush fires?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-were-these-animals-rescued-from-the-australian-bush-fires-1634808-2020-01-07


text: Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s bust near the house of CK Bose smeared with ink by TMC goons.
claimant: Facebook user “M Vikram Singh”
claim_date: 2019-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading post regarding Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s bust goes viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-misleading-post-regarding-netaji-subhas-chandra-bose-bust-viral-1528927-2019-05-19


text: Indians in London have declared that they’ll boycott shops and restaurants owned by Pakistanis.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of an Indian man in London calling for boycott of Pak eateries is from 2019
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-of-an-indian-man-in-london-calling-for-boycott-of-pak-eateries-is-from-2019-1862124-2021-10-07


text: The truth behind Maggi -- flavour enhancer is made from pig fat.
claimant: Facebook page ‘Secret Indian TV’
claim_date: 2019-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Maggi doesn’t contain pig fat
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-maggi-doesn-t-contain-pig-fat-1478722-2019-03-15


claimant: Facebook user A Raliph Subudhi
claim_date: 2020-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is pollution control certificate mandatory for motor insurance claim?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
IRDAI’s August 2020 circular states that if the validity of a vehicle’s PUC certificate has expired during the time of an accident, insurance firms will not cover any damages.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-irdai-make-puc-certificate-mandatory-for-motor-insurance-claims-1714615-2020-08-24


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Tejashwi Yadav did not receive any ‘Youngest Politician’ award in London
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
At the age of 30, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav was conferred the ‘Youngest Politician’ award in London.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-tejashwi-yadav-did-not-receive-any-youngest-politician-award-in-london-1738213-2020-11-05


text: A boy shot in the heart by Israeli soldiers in Palestine
claimant: Facebook page 'I Love You ALLAH'
claim_date: 2019-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The viral story of this injured Palestinian boy is not true
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-the-viral-story-of-this-injured-palestinian-boy-is-not-true-1489939-2019-03-30


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post claims Sadhguru event spread coronavirus in Tamil Nadu
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Some 150 foreigners attended Sadhguru's event in March, which has led to over 1,000 corona cases in Tamil Nadu. The foreigners are quarantined at Isha Yoga Center.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-post-claims-sadhguru-event-spread-coronavirus-tamil-nadu-1673978-2020-05-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: NOT 'exclusive' footage of Ukraine helicopter crash, viral video is from Texas
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows the helicopter crash that killed 16 people, including Ukraine's interior minister in Kyiv.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-exclusive-footage-of-ukraine-helicopter-crash-viral-video-is-from-texas-2323654-2023-01-19


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Conspiracy theory says Bill Gates-backed polio vaccine disabled 47,000 kids
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Hundreds of doctors had sued Bill Gates for a polio vaccine he created which disabled 47,000 children in India. This is why he was expelled from India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/conspiracy-theory-bill-gates-backed-polio-vaccine-disabled-kids-1707666-2020-08-04


text: News agency ANI quoted PM Modi as saying rapists are now being hanged within days.
claimant: News agency ANI
claim_date: 2019-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi's comments on hanging misreported by news agency
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pm-modi-s-comments-on-hanging-misreported-by-news-agency-1444032-2019-01-31


text: Nashik alone accounts for more than 50% of the global onion production
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-nashik-doesnt-produce-half-of-all-onions-in-the-world-real-number-much-smaller-2322864-2023-01-17

title:
Fact-Check: Nashik doesn't produce half of all onions in the world — the real number is much smaller


text: Pakistan's PTI party is using Amitabh Bachchan and Madhuri Dixit photos on their campaign posters
claimant: Social media
claim_date: 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z
title: Viral Test: Big B, Madhuri Dixit campaigning For Imran Khan?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-test-big-b-madhuri-dixit-campaigning-for-imran-khan-1294131-2018-07-23


text: Congress leader Kapil Sibal tried to stop Vijay Mallya's extradition.
claimant: Facebook page 'NAMO'
claim_date: 2019-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Kapil Sibal did not move UK court against Mallya's extradition
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-kapil-sibal-did-not-move-uk-court-against-mallya-extradition-1451000-2019-02-07


text: Muslim woman arrested in Australia for wearing burqa.
claimant: Facebook user “Riyaz Shaikh” and others
claim_date: 2019-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of handcuffed woman in burqa goes viral with wrong claim
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-picture-of-handcuffed-woman-in-burqa-goes-viral-with-wrong-claim-1562326-2019-07-04


text: Recent video of some people thrashing a policeman in Hyderabad’s Kondapur area.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of a policeman being thrashed is not from Hyderabad
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-of-a-policeman-being-thrashed-is-not-from-hyderabad-1808687-2021-05-30


text: Nebuliser can be used as a substitute for oxygen cylinder.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Nebuliser is not a substitute for oxygen cylinder
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-nebuliser-not-substitute-oxygen-cylinder-1794571-2021-04-24


text: Russian soldiers dance in preparation for war on Ukraine
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this isn't Russian soldiers making merry while preparing to invade Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-russian-soldiers-making-merry-while-preparing-to-invade-ukraine-1914996-2022-02-18


text: Celebration in Balochistan after Australia's win over Pakistan in T20 World Cup semifinal.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old dance video shared as Balochis celebrating Pak’s loss in T20 World Cup semifinal
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-dance-video-shared-balochis-celebrating-pak-loss-t20-world-cup-semifinal-1876422-2021-11-13


text: Vladimir Putin has banned Muslim men in Russia from marrying non-Muslim women.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Putin did not ban interfaith marriages for Muslim men in Russia
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-putin-did-not-ban-interfaith-marriages-for-muslim-men-in-russia-1744098-2020-11-25


text: Pictures of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s residence in Sochi, Russia.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Concept design by Russian architect shared as Putin’s actual residence
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-concept-design-by-russian-architect-shared-as-putins-actual-residence-1788381-2021-04-07


text: Picture shows PSG fans who had gathered near Paris airport to greet Lionel Messi.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Unrelated images, videos passed off as PSG fans waiting to greet Lionel Messi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-unrelated-images-videos-passed-off-as-psg-fans-waiting-to-greet-lionel-messi-1839653-2021-08-11


claimant: BJP president Amit Shah
claim_date: 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Amit Shah's claim about Opposition leaders not raising patriotic slogans incorrect
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Claim description - Amit Shah claimed that 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' slogans were not raised at Opposition's recent rally in Kolkata.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-amit-shah-s-claim-about-opposition-leaders-not-raising-patriotic-slogans-incorrect-1436911-2019-01-22


text: This video shows Putin attending Wagner Group chief Yevgeny Prigozhin’s funeral ceremony.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video doesn’t show Putin attending Wagner Group chief Prigozhin’s funeral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-doesnt-show-putin-attending-wagner-group-chief-prigozhins-funeral-2427750-2023-08-28


text: Mother fox breastfeeding baby koalas during Australian bushfires.
claimant: Facebook page “Daily India Times” and others
claim_date: 2020-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind mother fox feeding koalas during Australia bushfires
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-mother-fox-feeding-koalas-during-australia-bushfires-1640381-2020-01-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Shah Rukh's son Aryan Khan slapped by NCB's Sameer Wankhede? No, the claim is false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
NCB zonal director Sameer Wankhede slapped Aryan Khan during a telephonic conversation with his father and actor Shah Rukh Khan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-srk-son-slapped-by-ncb-boss-for-being-a-pampered-raees-na-the-story-is-a-big-zero-1864632-2021-10-14


claimant: Social media users and some news websites
claim_date: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Wrong Azam Khan goes viral over Ram temple ‘bhoomi pujan’ remarks
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan has said he will take ‘jal samadhi’ in Saryu river if not invited to ‘bhoomi pujan’ of Ayodhya Ram temple on August 5.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-wrong-azam-khan-goes-viral-over-ram-temple-bhoomi-pujan-remarks-1704680-2020-07-26


text: During his visit to Shillong, PM Modi wore a women’s dress that costs $35.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-22T00:00:00Z
title: PM Modi wore traditional Khasi attire in Shillong - photo of similar women’s dress is morphed!
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pm-modi-shillong-attire-fact-check-pm-modi-meghalaya-visit-dress-2312408-2022-12-22


text: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal wearing a midi-length shirt at a function.
claimant: Facebook user Banty Kashyap
claim_date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral picture of Kejriwal in midi-length shirt is photoshopped
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/arvind-kejriwal-midi-length-long-shirt-photoshopped-1455492-2019-02-13


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral photo of 1500 private jets at WEF 2022 in Davos is actually from 2016
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo shows how a record 1,500 private jets arrived at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, to discuss carbon footprint.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/world-economic-forum-private-jets-viral-image-climate-change-davos-meet-false-claim-1956145-2022-05-30


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
US President Joe Biden insulted PM Modi at the Quad summit when he snubbed him and talked to the new Australian PM Anthony Albanese instead.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-president-biden-snub-pm-modi-at-the-quad-summit-1953604-2022-05-24

title:
Fact Check: Did President Biden snub PM Modi at the Quad Summit? Video trimmed to give it misleading context


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Was this man given death penalty for becoming Robin Hood?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A hacker stole millions of dollars from 217 banks, donated all the money to the poor people of Africa and Palestine, and accepted his death sentence with a smile.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-was-this-man-given-death-penalty-for-becoming-robin-hood-1545178-2019-06-09


text: Explosion at the chemical plant in Severodonetsk, Ukraine, caused by Russian shelling.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2014 video of explosion shared as recent Russian shelling on chemical plant in Ukraine
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/2014-video-of-explosion-shared-as-recent-russian-attack-1965226-2022-06-22


text: This photo shows a woman in Indonesia’s Bali holding a placard that reads: ‘Go Back Modi’.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-woman-go-back-modi-placard-bali-g20-summit-2298473-2022-11-17

title:
Fact Check: This woman DID NOT hold a ‘Go Back Modi’ placard in Bali during G20, viral photo is morphed


text: This video shows Meitei Hindu women pleading with the army not to leave them.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These women crying before Assam Rifles officials are Kuki, NOT Meitei
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-these-women-crying-before-assam-rifles-officials-are-kuki-not-meitei-2417023-2023-08-06


text: Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann spoke about an imaginary museum in the Parliament during a speech.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Parliament Museum is not imaginary, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann trolled for no reason
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/parliament-museum-punjab-cm-bhagwant-mann-2005833-2022-09-28


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-04-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On April 5, an Iftaar party was organised at Presidency University, Kolkata, which had earlier denied permission for Saraswati Puja inside the campus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-presidency-in-kolkata-allow-iftar-but-refuse-saraswati-puja-viral-claim-is-misleading-2356765-2023-04-06

title:
Fact Check: Did Presidency in Kolkata allow Iftar but refuse Saraswati Puja? Viral claim is misleading


text: The video shows a woman narrating how she was recently attacked in Delhi while catching stray dogs.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2020-video-of-a-blood-soaked-woman-thrashed-for-catching-strays-in-delhi-shared-as-recent-2397114-2023-06-23

title:
Fact Check: 2020 video of a blood-soaked woman thrashed for catching strays in Delhi shared as recent


text: Air India is operating evacuation flights to bring back stranded Indians from London
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Air India is not evacuating Indians stranded in UK
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-air-india-is-not-evacuating-indians-stranded-in-uk-1661314-2020-03-30


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of Jammu bridge collapse shared as recent monsoon mishap from Maharashtra
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A bridge connecting Akkalkuva to Ankleshwar in Maharashtra and Gujarat was destroyed because of heavy monsoon rains in the region.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-jammu-bridge-collapse-monsoon-mishap-maharashtra-1977071-2022-07-18


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-05-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Four years back PM Modi said that Tripura should get rid of Manik Saha. But now BJP has brought back the same Manik Saha.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pm-modi-speech-tripura-voters-hira-manik-sarkar-bjp-biplab-deb-1949821-2022-05-15

title:
Fact check: When PM Modi asked Tripura voters to replace 'Manik' with 'Hira' in 2018, he meant CPM's Manik Sarkar


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 1966 incident of police firing on sadhus goes viral with exaggerated claims
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On November 7, 1966, hundreds of sadhus and gau rakshaks, who were part of the anti-cow slaughter agitation, were killed in police firing in Delhi at the behest of the Indira Gandhi government.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-1966-incident-police-firing-sadhus-goes-viral-with-exaggerated-claims-1884800-2021-12-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video footage shows how Ukraine used drones in a successful air raid over a Russian fleet of submarines and ships.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ukrainian-drones-russian-subs-arma-3-gameplay-1979064-2022-07-23

title:
Fact Check: Not Ukrainian drones giving hell to Russian subs, this video is yet another 'Arma 3' gameplay


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Footballer Cristiano Ronaldo tweeted calling Arjun Kapoor a loser who forced him to take a selfie with him.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/arjun-kapoor-never-forced-cristiano-ronaldo-to-click-selfie-with-him-viral-tweet-doctored-1990020-2022-08-19

title:
Fact Check: Arjun Kapoor never forced Cristiano Ronaldo to click selfie with him — viral tweet is doctored


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-12-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In 1780, Queen Velu Nachiyar of Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga became the first Indian ruler to fight the British.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-queen-velu-nachiyar-from-tamil-nadu-wasnt-first-indian-ruler-to-go-to-war-against-british-1892831-2021-12-27

title:
Fact check: Queen Velu Nachiyar from Tamil Nadu wasn't the first Indian ruler to go to war against the British


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this video does not show RSS workers killing Dalit IAS officer
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Dalit IAS officer being stabbed to death and his daughter being gang raped by RSS workers in Nagpur.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rss-workers-killing-dalit-ias-officer-fact-check-1730314-2020-10-10


text: Ballet performance is by 73-year-old woman and her grandson.
claimant: Several Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ballet performance by Chinese couple goes viral with wrong claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ballet-performance-chinese-couple-viral-grandmother-grandson-head-1598120-2019-09-11


text: When this devout Hindu plays the flute, honey bees, mesmerised by the tune, surround him.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/man-attracting-bees-using-flute-not-devout-hindu-muslim-honey-collector-1957030-2022-06-01

title:
Fact Check: The Pied Piper of Bangladesh! Man attracting bees using flute is not devout Hindu, he’s a Muslim honey collector


text: Video shows damages caused in Digha, West Bengal, just before the landfall of Cyclone Amphan.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: One-year-old videoclip of cyclone Fani passed off as cyclone Amphan on social media
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-one-year-old-videoclip-of-cyclone-fani-passed-off-as-cyclone-amphan-on-social-media-1680526-2020-05-21


claimant: Facebook page BJYM Chandigarh
claim_date: 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Karnataka BJP shares fake letter involving Sonia Gandhi
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
MB Patil wrote to Sonia Gandhi about a plan to divide Lingayats and other Hindu communities in Karnataka to bag votes.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-karnataka-bjp-shares-fake-letter-involving-sonia-gandhi-1503343-2019-04-16


text: American tech giants Google and Apple have removed Palestine from their map services.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Google, Apple and the Palestine dilemma
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-google-apple-and-the-palestine-dilemma-1701913-2020-07-18


text: The picture shows the chopper that crashed with CDS Bipin Rawat on board.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old, unrelated images falsely linked to CDS Bipin Rawat’s chopper crash
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-iaf-cds-bipin-rawat-chopper-crash-tamil-nadu-coonor-1885688-2021-12-08


text: Extremists dismantled a statue of Rabindra Nath Tagore at Dhaka University.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Not extremists, Dhaka University admin removed Tagore statue from premises
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bangladesh-dhaka-university-tagore-statue-not-defaced-by-extremists-2337284-2023-02-20


text: Video shows Marina beach in Chennai underwater as Chennai is receiving incessant rains.
claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2020-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2017 video of flooded Marina beach shared as recent Cyclone Nivar visuals in Chennai
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2017-video-of-flooded-marina-beach-shared-as-recent-cyclone-nivar-visuals-in-chennai-1744398-2020-11-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of top foreign intel agencies at the same table in Delhi? Not quite
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of RAW, Mossad, CIA, KGB and M16 officials sitting together in Delhi to discuss global terrorism.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-picture-of-top-foreign-intel-agencies-at-the-same-table-in-delhi-not-quite-1854617-2021-09-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Undertaker would rise from the dead after this morphed tweet in support of farmers
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
American professional wrestler Undertaker has supported the farmers’ protest. Holding a placard saying “Let’s team up”, he tweeted in favour of agitating farmers.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-undertaker-would-rise-from-the-dead-after-this-morphed-tweet-in-support-of-farmers-1767598-2021-02-09


text: The video shows a car crashing into other vehicles on a busy street in India.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This terrifying car accident is from the shooting of ‘The Gray Man’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-terrifying-car-accident-is-from-the-shooting-of-the-gray-man-2432644-2023-09-07


claimant: Facebook user Faith Amaziah
claim_date: 2021-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral image of petrol bill asking not to vote for PM Modi is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A viral image of a petrol bill of Sai Balaji Petroleum in Mumbai’s Vikhroli area states that if you want to reduce the petrol price don’t vote for PM Modi again.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-image-of-petrol-bill-asking-not-to-vote-for-pm-modi-is-fake-1773371-2021-02-26


claimant: Website "rsby.org" and social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This website of a 'government' scheme for Rs 50,000 aid is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Centre will provide a relief package of Rs 50,000 to ration card-holders under its scheme 'Rashtriya Sikhshit Berojgar Yojna'.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-website-of-a-government-scheme-for-rs-50-000-aid-is-fake-1673795-2020-05-03


text: Photo and video showing huge crowd are being claimed to be of saffron-clad workers in Ayodhya.
claimant: Social media users like Ravi Nagar
claim_date: 2018-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading photos used to showcase saffron surge in Ayodhya
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-misleading-photos-used-to-showcase-saffron-surge-in-ayodhya-1397181-2018-11-27


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2023-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Old landslide videos from J&K falsely shared amid rain-related disasters in north India
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These videos show scary landslides in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand amid heavy rains in northern India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-landslide-videos-from-jk-falsely-shared-amid-rain-related-disasters-in-north-india-2404519-2023-07-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2016 video of gun-toting men at SP rally passed off as recent incident in Meerut
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Samajwadi party workers brandishing and firing in open air during a recent reception rally for their leader in Meerut.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-gun-toting-men-at-sp-rally-passed-off-as-recent-incident-in-meerut-1914403-2022-02-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Sidhu Moose Wala’s alleged killer Goldy Brar was NOT beaten up by a mob in Canada
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Viral video shows Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s alleged killer, gangster Goldy Brar, being beaten by a mob in Canada.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-sidhu-moose-wala-killer-goldy-brar-not-beaten-mob-canada-1968315-2022-06-29


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Unrelated image shared claiming late Fr Stan Swamy tied to his hospital bed
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows Jesuit priest and tribal activist Father Stan Swamy on oxygen support with his feet chained to the footboard of a hospital bed. He passed away in custody on July 5, 2021, at the age of 84.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/unrelated-image-shared-claiming-late-fr-stan-swamy-tied-to-his-hospital-bed-1824298-2021-07-05


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of people punching Trump dummy resurfaces with wrong claim
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Americans are now punching life-sized dolls of Donald Trump publicly to express displeasure against the United States President.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-people-punching-trump-dummy-1687170-2020-06-09


claimant: Twitter user Pinku Shukla
claim_date: 2020-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed screengrab of Rana Ayyub’s old interview goes viral with false claims
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Rana Ayyub in an interview with CNN said, “You cannot hate all Muslims for just two beheadings.”The statement was made in relation to the recent beheadings in France.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-morphed-screengrab-of-rana-ayyub-s-old-interview-goes-viral-with-false-claims-1736910-2020-10-31


text: This is the recent house arrest video of Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Geelani.
claimant: Twitter user Irshad Bhatti
claim_date: 2019-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Pak media share old house arrest video of Geelani as recent one
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pak-media-goofs-up-old-house-arrest-video-of-geelani-as-recent-one-1578286-2019-08-07


text: This video shows a leopard attacking a moving car in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This dangerous leopard attack video is not from Dehradun but Jorhat in Assam
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/dangerous-leopard-attack-video-not-from-dehradun-but-assam-2318267-2023-01-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The wrestler seen defeating his opponent in the viral video is Olympics bronze medallist Bajrang Punia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-go-gaga-over-incredible-wrestling-moves-but-the-grappler-is-not-olympian-bajrang-punia-1997616-2022-09-07

title:
Fact Check: Netizens go gaga over incredible wrestling moves! But the grappler is not Olympian Bajrang Punia


text: Last month, Punjab Police alerted the public of cheetah sightings in Chandigarh and Mohali.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-punjab-police-cheetah-sightings-mohali-chandigarh-2020-1935482-2022-04-09

title:
Fact Check: This video of Punjab police cautioning people about cheetah sightings in Mohali and Chandigarh is from 2020


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Mexico FALSELY shared as crowd gathered for Nahel’s funeral in France
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows thousands gathered for the funeral of Nahel Merzouk, a 17-year-old boy who was killed by a police officer on June 27 in France.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/france-riots-teenager-killed-funeral-nahel-old-video-mexico-2400971-2023-07-03


claimant: Facebook users like Danish Pathan and Prateek Shri Anurag
claim_date: 2019-03-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Urmila Matondkar is not niece of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Actor Urmila Matondkar is the niece of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. The actor had changed her name to Farzana Khan or Mariam Akhtar Mir after marrying a Kashmiri businessman.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-urmila-matondkar-is-not-niece-of-rss-chief-mohan-bhagwat-1489077-2019-03-29


text: All 16 people killed during the violence on the day of the West Bengal Panchayat polls were Hindus.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2023-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Only Hindus didn't die during Bengal Panchayat polls violence, most were Muslims
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/only-hindus-did-not-die-during-bengal-panchayat-polls-violence-most-were-muslims-2405670-2023-07-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Photo of bleeding Afghani activist FALSELY shared as domestic violence victim in Pak
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A woman was attacked by her husband in Lahore. He slit her cheek open because he did not like the food she cooked.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photo-bleeding-afghani-activist-shared-domestic-violence-victim-pakistan-2337341-2023-02-20


text: NASA has added a 13th zodiac sign named "Ophiuchus".
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: NASA did not introduce a 13th zodiac sign
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-nasa-did-not-introduce-a-13th-zodiac-sign-1703736-2020-07-23


text: Rahul Gandhi blamed Narendra Modi for the unemployment of eagles during a speech.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Rahul Gandhi did not blame Narendra Modi for the unemployment of eagles
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-rahul-gandhi-did-not-blame-narendra-modi-for-unemployment-of-eagles-1992120-2022-08-24


text: These pictures show the condition of children in Afghanistan after US withdrawal.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Images from Syrian civil war shared as condition of Afghan kids after US withdrawal
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-images-from-syrian-civil-war-shared-as-condition-of-afghan-kids-after-us-withdrawal-1907017-2022-01-31


text: Picture of protest against CAB at Mumbai’s Mohammed Ali Road
claimant: Facebook page “Hyderabad Star News 72” and others
claim_date: 2019-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Photo of Eid procession in Bangladesh passed off as CAB protest in Mumbai
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photo-eid-procession-bangladesh-passed-cab-protest-mumbai-1628331-2019-12-14


text: Visuals of protest in Faizabad, Pakistan, after Imran Khan's recent arrest in the Toshakhana case.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of PTI protest in Pakistan FALSELY shared as recent after Imran Khan arrest
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-of-pti-protest-in-pakistan-falsely-shared-as-recent-after-imran-khan-arrest-2417459-2023-08-07


text: No new university, airport or metro in Gujarat in the last two decades
claimant: Facebook user Anil Shriwastwa
claim_date: 2019-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No new university, airport or metro in Gujarat in last 2 decades of BJP rule?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-new-university-airport-or-metro-in-gujarat-in-last-2-decades-of-bjp-rule-1619876-2019-11-17


claimant: Facebook user Jayalal Vj
claim_date: 2020-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this picture of Narendra Modi is not with the staff of Prime Minister’s Office
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi sitting on stairs with the staff members of the Prime Minister’s Office, some of whom are peons. The image is a symbol of equality and companionship.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-picture-of-narendra-modi-is-not-with-the-staff-of-prime-minister-s-office-1753412-2020-12-26


text: These are images of hummingbird, the world’s smallest bird.
claimant: Facebook user Bad Boy Sahid
claim_date: 2019-11-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is a big lie about a little bird
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/hummingbird-small-bird-viral-nail-fingertip-truth-miniature-artist-1618611-2019-11-13


text: IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman's wife requests the BJP not to politicise the sacrifice of soldiers.
claimant: Indian Youth Congress’ online magazine 'Yuva Desh' and Facebook user Dinesh Singta
claim_date: 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Woman in this viral video is not the wife of IAF pilot Abhinandan Varthaman
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-woman-in-this-viral-video-is-not-the-wife-of-iaf-pilot-abhinandan-varthaman-1468383-2019-03-01


text: US President Donald Trump is being treated at a hospital for coronavirus.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, US President Donald Trump is not being treated for coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/us-president-donald-trump-treated-coronavirus-positive-1657575-2020-03-19


claimant: Twitter user Udaya Prakash Muliya
claim_date: 2020-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Has Union govt revoked the power of police to grant bail?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Union government issued a gazette notification cancelling the police station bail system in India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/has-union-govt-revoked-the-power-of-police-to-grant-bail-1701667-2020-07-17


text: Picture is of the four-lane Char Dham expressway.
claimant: Facebook user Raghav Varshney
claim_date: 2019-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Road in Morocco passed off as Char Dham expressway
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/morocco-road-char-dham-expressway-modi-truth-fact-check-1505350-2019-04-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Manipur shared as TMC men raiding Cooch Behar polling booth
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows supporters of Mamata Banerjee storming a polling booth in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar district.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-from-manipur-shared-as-tmc-men-raiding-cooch-behar-polling-booth-1790464-2021-04-13


claimant: Facebook user Shashi Bhuson Singh
claim_date: 2021-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Indian government has not approved pharmacists to run clinics in the country
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Indian government approved for pharmacists in the country to open clinics and also prescribe medicine to patients.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/indian-government-has-not-approved-pharmacists-to-run-clinics-in-country-1755320-2021-01-02


text: The Telangana government is distributing Ramadan gifts to Muslims during lockdown.
claimant: “Sudarshan News” editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke and others
claim_date: 2020-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old pic of KCR’s Ramadan gift for Muslims goes viral with misleading claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-pic-kcr-ramadan-gift-muslims-goes-viral-misleading-claim-1677301-2020-05-12


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This brutal video of a woman being tortured by armed mob is NOT from Manipur
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows armed civilians assaulting and killing a woman in Manipur amid the ongoing violence in the state.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-brutal-video-of-a-woman-being-tortured-by-armed-mob-is-not-from-manipur-2394899-2023-06-19


text: Video shows Indian missile crashed within seconds of its launch.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Russian rocket crash passed off as India's failed missile test
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/russian-rocket-crash-passed-off-as-india-s-failed-missile-test-1702646-2020-07-20


text: A Kashmiri protester is set ablaze by Indian forces in Srinagar
claimant: Twitter account ‘Khaleej Mag’
claim_date: 2019-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Indian forces did not burn alive a protestor in Srinagar
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-indian-forces-did-not-burn-alive-a-protestor-in-srinagar-1591477-2019-08-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of Japan’s lightning-fast electric train is not real
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video was captured from inside a new electric train in Japan that runs at 4,800 kms per hour. It completed the 515-km journey from Osaka to Tokyo in just 10 minutes. It is four times faster than an aircraft.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-japan-lightning-fast-electric-train-is-not-real-1764990-2021-02-01


text: A bomb was found at the Dilshad Garden Metro station in Delhi.
claimant: Facebook page Rajsar Foundation Since 2017
claim_date: 2019-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The viral video about bomb at Delhi metro was not a mock drill
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fack-check-the-viral-video-about-bomb-at-delhi-metro-was-not-a-mock-drill-1462797-2019-02-22


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, FIFA is not going to change the duration of the game for Qatar World Cup
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
FIFA to extend the duration of the game from 90 minutes to 100 minutes in the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fifa-not-changing-duration-of-football-game-qatar-world-cup-1935854-2022-04-10


text: Man suffered a heart attack and died at work, co-workers clicked selfie thinking he’d fallen asleep
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Co-workers prank goes viral with deadly claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-co-workers-prank-goes-viral-with-deadly-claim-1637636-2020-01-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: BBC has not called Left rally in Kolkata the world’s largest political gathering
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to BBC, the Left Front-Congress gathering at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground on February 28 was the “world’s largest peaceful political gathering”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bbc-has-not-called-left-rally-in-kolkata-the-world-s-largest-political-gathering-1774746-2021-03-02


claimant: Twitter and Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not ABVP man in the garb of Delhi police
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Man in civil clothes and riot armour is ABVP worker Bharat Sharma. He is also seen hitting a man in the video.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-is-not-abvp-man-in-the-garb-of-delhi-police-1629178-2019-12-17


text: The video shows an accident — a consequence of Cyclone Biparjoy — in Dandeli, Karnataka.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-horrifying-video-of-car-drowning-is-neither-from-karnataka-nor-related-to-cyclone-biparjoy-2393107-2023-06-14

title:
Fact Check: Horrifying video of car drowning is NEITHER from Karnataka NOR related to Cyclone Biparjoy


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This TV news screengrab shows that since the Bharat Jodo Yatra began, there has been an increase in ‘positive sentiment across Twitter’ for Rahul Gandhi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-bharat-jodo-yatra-prime-minister-narendra-modi-2005956-2022-09-28

title:
Fact Check: Has RaGa marched ahead of Modi in popularity with #BharatJodoYatra? Viral survey is misleading


text: Muslims offering namaaz in Patparganj, Delhi, violating Covid-19 lockdown rules.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Muslims offering namaaz goes viral with wrong claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-muslims-offering-namaaz-goes-viral-with-wrong-claim-1678165-2020-05-14


text: Man went to police station with severed head of sister’s rapist in Chennai.
claimant: Facebook user Suraj Singh and others
claim_date: 2019-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Gory video of man with severed head goes viral on social media with wrong claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/severed-head-chennai-kill-sister-rapist-viral-video-wrong-fake-1556095-2019-06-25


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Mexico shared as flooded Hyderabad airport
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) flooded due to incessant rainfall.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-from-mexico-shared-as-flooded-hyderabad-airport-1731958-2020-10-15


text: Images show actor Kangana Ranaut celebrating the Vijay Diwas with BSF jawans this year.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2021-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Kangana Ranaut did not celebrate Vijay Diwas with BSF jawans
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-kangana-ranaut-did-not-celebrate-vijay-diwas-with-bsf-jawans-1889055-2021-12-17


text: US President Donald Trump said: “India is filthy".
claimant: Twitter user Gaurav Pandhi
claim_date: 2020-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Donald Trump's ‘filthy’ remark on India's air quality goes viral with misleading claims
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-donald-trump-s-filthy-remark-on-india-s-air-quality-goes-viral-with-misleading-claims-1734515-2020-10-23


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The topper who walked out from a tale of twisted truth
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A cobbler in West Bengal, Sanjoy Rabidas, scored 93% in West Bengal board exams. He is also an RSS member.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/the-topper-who-walked-out-from-a-tale-of-twisted-truth-1701752-2020-07-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Punjab’s NRI Affairs Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal said the AAP government will introduce a new law under which NRIs would lose property rights for their leased-out lands.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-aap-govt-punjab-want-to-strip-nris-of-property-rights-viral-video-clipped-out-of-context-1952023-2022-05-20

title:
Fact Check: Does AAP govt in Punjab want to strip NRIs of property rights? Viral video clipped out of context


text: Delhi Public School is selling face masks to students for Rs 400.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Delhi Public School is not selling masks to students
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-delhi-public-school-is-not-selling-masks-to-students-1686302-2020-06-06


text: Picture from Yogi Adityanath’s rally in Kasaragod district of Kerala on February 21.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of BJP workers forming human flag is not from Yogi’s rally in Kerala
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-picture-of-bjp-workers-forming-human-flag-is-not-from-yogi-rally-in-kerala-1771598-2021-02-21


text: Shoes hurled at Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das when he was paying homage to Tribal martyrs.
claimant: Facebook page Viral In India
claim_date: 2019-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post claiming shoes thrown at Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das is old and misleading
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-shoes-thrown-raghubar-das-1427408-2019-01-09


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Creepy video of a sea of black birds is neither from Delhi nor from Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a murder of crows thronging a highway in the national capital after earthquake tremors were felt across Delhi-NCR on January 24.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-creepy-video-of-a-sea-of-black-birds-is-neither-from-delhi-nor-from-ukraine-2325966-2023-01-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi mocked on social media with clipped video from 2020
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Rahul Gandhi said in a speech, “Not only in Hindustan, but the Indian youth can also bring change to the entire nation.”

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-mocked-social-media-clipped-video-from-2020-1927802-2022-03-21


text: Video shows Shah Rukh’s son Aryan peeing in public at an airport.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Aryan Khan urinating in public at an airport
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-aryan-khan-urinating-in-public-at-an-airport-1895590-2022-01-03


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Was this man arrested for arson in Ballia amid Agnipath protests? Cops say otherwise
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This Ballia resident was arrested for setting a train on fire while protesting against the Union Government’s Agnipath scheme.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-man-arson-ballia-agnipath-protests-cops-1966544-2022-06-25


text: This video shows a boy rescuing a disabled person during the recent earthquake in Taiwan.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of a boy rescuing a disabled person during an earthquake is NOT from Taiwan
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-of-boy-rescuing-disabled-person-during-an-earthquake-not-from-taiwan-2002197-2022-09-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows people in Srinagar celebrating Pakistan’s victory against India in the 2022 Asia Cup held in Dubai on September 4.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pakistan-victory-against-india-asia-cup-2022-video-false-claim-celebration-in-srinagar-1996701-2022-09-05

title:
Fact Check: Old video of fireworks in Kashmir FALSELY shared as Srinagar celebrating Pak victory in Asia Cup


text: Iceland is giving money to immigrants to marry its women.
claimant: Facebook pages 'Funk you' and 'Ghanta Sarcasm'
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Iceland is not giving money to immigrants to marry its women
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-iceland-is-not-giving-money-to-immigrants-to-marry-its-women-1557955-2019-06-28


text: Delhi government has asked doctors on coronavirus duty to pay their own hotel bills.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Has Delhi govt asked docs on corona duty to foot their own hotel bills?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/has-delhi-govt-asked-docs-on-corona-duty-to-foot-their-own-hotel-bills-1672230-2020-04-28


text: The viral video is of Narendra Modi’s mother.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Dancing video of old woman passed off as PM Modi's mother Hira Ben
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-dancing-video-woman-pm-modi-mother-hira-ben-1607038-2019-10-07


text: Pope Francis contacted coronavirus
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pope Francis is down with a common cold and not coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pope-francis-is-down-with-a-common-cold-and-not-coronavirus-1653196-2020-03-06


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2016 'langar' image from Canada shared as recent free food truck set up in Ukraine
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Sikh Community has come forward and set up a "Guru Ka Langar" to feed the hungry people of Ukraine.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-canada-s-langar-image-from-2016-shared-as-recent-free-food-truck-set-up-in-ukraine-by-sikh-community-1918512-2022-02-27


text: 12 BSF jawans died in a bus accident in Meghalaya on Feb 19, 2022.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This image of BSF jawans injured in Meghalaya bus accident is from 2019
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-image-of-bsf-jawans-injured-in-meghalaya-bus-accident-is-from-2019-1915317-2022-02-19


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Joe Biden was not greeted with derogatory chants in Hawaii, this audio has been altered
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Angry with the US government's approach to managing the Hawaii wildfires, locals raised derogatory slogans against President Joe Biden upon his arrival in Maui.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-joe-biden-was-not-greeted-with-derogatory-chants-in-hawaii-this-audio-has-been-altered-2425550-2023-08-23


text: Video shows passengers trying to escape from a flight that recently caught on fire in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Scary video of burning plane at airport is from Moscow, Russia - NOT India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/scary-video-of-burning-plane-at-airport-is-from-moscow-russia-not-india-1991096-2022-08-22


text: This baby was injured after Israel attacked Palestine with prohibited white phosphorus bombs.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This girl was not 'injured' in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-girl-was-not-injured-in-israeli-airstrikes-on-gaza-1804596-2021-05-19


text: This video shows a submerged car propelling out of a flooded street in Bangalore.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Sportscar swims through flooded Bengaluru street? This video is not even from India
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-sportscar-swims-through-flooded-bengaluru-street-this-video-is-not-even-from-india-1997993-2022-09-08


claimant: YouTube user
claim_date: 2019-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of mysterious floating island found near Mumbai was a joke!
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A mysterious floating island spotted recently off the coast in Mumbai by local fishermen. They are scared as they have never seen this island before.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-mysterious-floating-island-found-near-mumbai-was-a-joke-1429536-2019-01-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Jack Ma never said 2020 is the year of just staying alive
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma, 2020 is the year of staying alive and not a time to dream or plan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-jack-ma-never-said-2020-is-the-year-of-just-staying-alive-1678557-2020-05-15


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind name change controversy of Pakistan school
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Seth Kooverji Khimji Lohana Gujarati School (SKKLGS) in Karachi was originally named after a Hindu social worker. But it was renamed Malala Yousafzai Govt Girls Secondary High School in the latest example of conversion of a Hindu institution in Pakistan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-name-change-controversy-of-pakistan-school-1831416-2021-07-22


text: These visuals show the recent Hazara Express accident in Pakistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Balasore tragedy video goes viral as recent train accident in Pakistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/balasore-tragedy-video-goes-viral-as-pakistan-train-accident-2417493-2023-08-07


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral WHO warning of Nipah virus outbreak in India is two years old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
World Health Organization has warned of a new Nipah virus outbreak in India, which is deadlier than coronavirus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-who-warning-of-nipah-virus-outbreak-in-india-is-two-years-old-1694944-2020-06-28


text: An egg was thrown at French President Emmanuel Macron after his controversial comments on Islam.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of French President Macron egged has no link to remarks on Islam
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-french-president-macron-egged-has-no-link-to-remarks-on-islam-1735707-2020-10-27


text: Video shows Russia testing vacuum bombs amid the country’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOESN’T show Russia testing vacuum bombs amid ongoing invasion of Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-doesnt-show-russia-testing-vacuum-bombs-amid-ongoing-invasion-of-ukraine-2319878-2023-01-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Kerala has not banned Jio Internet services in the state
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Kerala has decided to ban Jio’s Internet services from 2021. The government will start its own network services and mobile phones at half of Jio’s prices.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-kerala-has-not-banned-jio-internet-services-in-the-state-1754996-2021-01-01


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows how Cristiano Ronaldo reacted to Argentina’s win in the FIFA World Cup by throwing away a reporter’s microphone.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/cristiano-ronaldo-throwing-reporters-mic-is-from-2016-not-related-to-world-cup-fact-check-2311121-2022-12-19

title:
Fact Check: Video of Cristiano Ronaldo throwing reporter's mic is from 2016, NOT related to World Cup


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a woman who was shot dead by the Taliban along with her child because she was driving a car.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-woman-gunned-down-taliban-child-car-viral-video-1899359-2022-01-12

title:
Fact Check: Woman gunned down by Taliban along with child for driving a car? This is not what happened


text: Gujarat BJP MLA Anil Upadhyaya beats a Dalit boy for buying a new car.
claimant: MP Udit Raj and a few Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did a Gujarat BJP MLA beat up Dalit boy for buying new car?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-a-gujarat-bjp-mla-beat-up-dalit-boy-for-buying-new-car-1525159-2019-05-14


text: Video shows monkeys being tortured during potential Covid-19 vaccine tests on them.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: This disturbing viral video of animal cruelty is not of COVID-19 vaccine test
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-disturbing-viral-video-of-animal-cruelly-is-not-of-covid19-vaccine-test-1700605-2020-07-14


text: Actor Shabana Azmi said she will leave the country if PM Narendra Modi returns to power
claimant: Facebook user ‘Rahul Mishra’
claim_date: 2019-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Will Shabana Azmi leave India if PM Modi returns to power?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-will-shabana-azmi-leave-india-if-pm-modi-returns-to-power-1518610-2019-05-06


text: This video shows the 5.5 magnitude Earthquake that hit Ojai, California on August 20.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/neither-ojai-quake-nor-tropical-storm-hilary-these-lightning-videos-are-old-and-unrelated-2425063-2023-08-22

title:
Fact Check: Neither Ojai quake nor tropical storm Hilary, these lightning videos are old and unrelated


claimant: Websites
claim_date: 2020-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Dubious websites offer free masks on behalf of PM Modi to fight coronavirus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
One can get free masks from the government to fight coronavirus by filling this form in the web link

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-dubious-websites-offer-free-masks-on-behalf-of-pm-modi-to-fight-coronavirus-1656153-2020-03-16


text: Video is of drone attack that killed top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani
claimant: Facebook user “Vishan Prakash” and other social media users
claim_date: 2020-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this the video of US drone strike that killed Iranian general Soleimani?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-this-the-video-of-us-drone-strike-that-killed-iranian-general-soleimani-1634526-2020-01-06


text: Jamnagar-Junagadh highway bridge collapsed within three months of inauguration by PM Narendra Modi.
claimant: ‘Indian National Congress-West Bengal’
claim_date: 2019-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This 50-yr-old bridge in Gujarat that collapsed was not inaugurated by PM Modi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-50-yr-old-bridge-in-gujarat-that-collapsed-was-not-inaugurated-by-pm-modi-1553844-2019-06-21


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Nostradamus predict the coronavirus pandemic in 16th century?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
French astrologer Nostradamus had predicted the outbreak of coronavirus in his book “Les Prophéties”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-nostradamus-predict-the-coronavirus-pandemic-in-16th-century-1696567-2020-07-03


text: MS Dhoni has joined the BJP and may contest the elections.
claimant: Facebook page ‘Amit Shah Fans Team’
claim_date: 2019-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral claim about Dhoni joining BJP is false
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ms-dhoni-amit-shah-bjp-campaign-elections-ipl-world-cup-1493364-2019-04-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake letter claims PM Modi wants Giriraj Singh as chief minister of Bihar
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On November 5, days before the Bihar election results, PM Modi wrote a letter to BJP president JP Nadda expressing willingness that Giriraj Singh be made the chief minister of Bihar.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fake-letter-claims-pm-modi-wants-giriraj-singh-as-chief-minister-of-bihar-1739824-2020-11-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-02T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Sunitha, a student from Telangana ended her life on July 1, 2021, due to the non-postponement of B.Tech exams amid the Covid situation.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-du-student-s-photo-falsely-shared-as-telangana-girl-who-killed-self-over-non-postponement-of-exams-1823238-2021-07-02

title:
Fact Check: DU student's photo falsely shared as Telangana girl who killed self over non-postponement of exams


text: One can see entire Pakistan from the Mehrangarh Fort located in Rajasthan's Jodhpur.
claimant: News portal Amar Ujala
claim_date: 2019-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Pakistan is not visible from Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-pakistan-is-not-visible-from-mehrangarh-fort-in-jodhpur-1438432-2019-01-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On July 20, a Muslim man in UP's Deoband was crushed and killed by a truck carrying Kanwariya pilgrims. Police are investigating if the man was killed intentionally.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-muslim-man-kanwariya-truck-communal-spin-uttar-pradesh-1977960-2022-07-20

title:
Fact Check: 5-year-old video of Muslim man getting crushed under Kanwariya truck given communal spin


text: This video shows UP police brutally beating up a man for torturing cattle.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These two videos of cattle torture and police violence are NOT related
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/these-two-videos-of-cattle-torture-and-police-violence-are-not-related-2282702-2022-10-08


text: This video shows former Zambian Footballer Philemon Mulala being mauled to death by his own dogs.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show former footballer Philemon Mulala being mauled to death
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-does-not-show-former-footballer-philemon-mulala-being-mauled-to-death-fact-check-2322771-2023-01-17


claimant: Facebook user Samuel George
claim_date: 2019-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Arun Jaitley use navy chopper to ferry his family in Goa?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A viral picture shows Arun Jaitley as a minister using a navy chopper to ferry his family to a wedding in Goa.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-arun-jaitley-use-navy-chopper-to-ferry-his-family-in-goa-1529919-2019-05-20


text: This video shows water being released from Maharashtra's Koyna dam.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Chinese dam shared as ‘overflowing’ Koyna Dam in Maharashtra
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-chinese-dam-shared-as-overflowing-koyna-dam-in-maharashtra-1834931-2021-07-30


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Story of bride marrying different groom after miscued paraglider landing is a hoax
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Theme marriage gone horribly wrong in Gwalior. A bride married a different groom after she mistakenly landed at a different venue during her paragliding entry.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bride-marrying-different-groom-miscued-paraglider-landing-1890235-2021-12-21


claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Heart-melting rescue op video of puppies is from India, not quake-torn Turkey or Syria
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows two pups being rescued from a building that collapsed in Turkey after the February 6 earthquake.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-heart-melting-rescue-op-video-of-puppies-is-from-india-not-quake-torn-turkey-or-syria-2332287-2023-02-08


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi never said Vajpayee started the first Metro in India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the first metro train in the country was started due to efforts by Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pm-modi-never-said-vajpayee-started-the-first-metro-in-india-1754604-2020-12-30


claimant: Veteran Bollywood actress Shabana Azmi
claim_date: 2019-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Shabana Azmi's controversial tweet is not completely fake
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Shabana Azmi claimed that the quote which calls for women empowerment has been falsely attributed to her.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-shabana-azmi-controversial-tweet-fake-1497865-2019-04-09


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Russia preparing mass graves for its soldiers killed in Ukraine war
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows hundreds of graves dug in the cemeteries of Russia for the burial of their soldiers killed in Ukraine.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-russia-preparing-mass-graves-for-its-soldiers-killed-in-ukraine-war-1927147-2022-03-19


claimant: Twitter user Ravi Singh
claim_date: 2019-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This man in orange T-shirt has nothing to do with West Bengal violence
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The man in the video is a TMC goon who was involved in the violence that broke out during the roadshow of BJP chief Amit Shah in Kolkata.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/orange-tshirt-man-tmc-bjp-kolkata-violence-jharkhand-1528354-2019-05-18


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of Indian Army's flood rescue op not from flooded Rajasthan district
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is how the Indian Army recently carried out a rescue operation in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar after the district faced a flood-like situation following heavy rainfall.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-of-indian-army-s-flood-rescue-op-not-from-flooded-rajasthan-district-1976745-2022-07-17


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-05-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows how the Assam Police under CM Himanta Biswa Sarma tackled Muslims who carried out a rally demanding a separate nation.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/false-claim-assam-cops-thrash-muslims-separate-nation-uttar-pradesh-video-1945486-2022-05-04

title:
Fact Check: Did Assam cops thrash Muslims for demanding separate nation? 2020 UP video shared with false claims


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old hoax claiming Lata Mangeshkar sang ‘Yeh Jeevan Hai’ for Kishore Kumar resurfaces
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Lata Mangeshkar sang Kishore Kumar’s popular number “Yeh Jeevan Hai” and gifted it to him on a special tape on her birthday.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-hoax-singer-lata-mangeshkar-yeh-jeevan-hai-kishore-kumar-1909625-2022-02-06


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Know about the man smiling in the face of death, literally
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Man in the picture was sentenced to death in Syria because he was a Christian. But he was smiling on his way to be hung because of his faith in Jesus Christ.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-know-about-the-man-smiling-in-the-face-of-death-literally-1732859-2020-10-18


text: Tejas Express from Mumbai to Goa, illuminated for Christmas.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-12-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Amid New Year elation, England's Christmas train mistaken for Tejas Express
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-amid-new-year-elation-england-christmas-train-mistaken-for-tejas-express-1894241-2021-12-30


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rumours galore over who settled SPB’s hospital bills
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Late singer SP Balasubrahmanyam’s family was not able to clear hospital bills. When the Tamil Nadu government denied help, the Centre cleared the bills.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-rumours-galore-over-who-settled-spb-s-hospital-bills-1726299-2020-09-28


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2023-07-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On Facebook, typing '@' in the comment section and selecting the highlights that appear will reveal who is checking your profile.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-highlight-hack-on-facebook-cannot-monitor-whos-visiting-your-profile-2405138-2023-07-11

title:
Fact Check: Don’t fall for ‘@ highlight’ hack on Facebook, you CAN NOT monitor who’s visiting your profile


text: Muslims get involved in a street brawl in Birmingham, England, amid Eid celebrations.
claimant: Twitter user "David Vance" and others
claim_date: 2020-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of street brawl linked to Eid celebrations
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-street-brawl-linked-eid-celebrations-1681802-2020-05-25


claimant: Twitter user Raveena Tandon
claim_date: 2020-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: US Army band playing Indian National Anthem goes viral with misleading claims
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows US army band playing ‘Jana Gana Mana’ on August 15, 2020, as part of India’s 74th Independence day celebration.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-us-army-band-playing-indian-national-anthem-goes-viral-with-misleading-claims-1711789-2020-08-16


text: Pictures show civilian thrashing a policeman during lockdown.
claimant: Facebook user "Devendra Shukla Amethi" and others
claim_date: 2020-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did a policeman get beaten up while enforcing corona lockdown?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-policeman-get-beaten-up-while-enforcing-corona-lockdown-1660775-2020-03-28


text: Video of Afghans setting on fire a Pakistan army check post recently.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of Afghans setting Pak security post on fire is old
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-afghans-pakistan-security-post-fire-1852394-2021-09-14


text: PM Narendra Modi called himself son of a Pathan.
claimant: Facebook user Sushil Upadhyay
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: The truth behind viral video where Modi calls himself son of Pathan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/the-truth-behind-viral-video-where-modi-calls-himself-son-of-pathan-1508695-2019-04-23


text: BJP has opened its unit in Pakistan’s Balochistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did BJP open its unit in Balochistan?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-bjp-open-its-unit-in-balochistan-1582082-2019-08-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: News cards predicting AAP win in Gujarat Assembly Elections are morphed!
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Exit poll results predict Aam Aadmi Party’s win in Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022 with 49-54 seats.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/morphed-news-card-predicting-aap-win-gujarat-assembly-election-2306119-2022-12-06


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-06-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann took a photo with Goldy Brar, the man who claimed responsibility for the assassination of Sidhu Moose Wala.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bhagwant-mann-picture-with-goldy-brar-different-man-from-sidhu-moose-wala-alleged-killer-1957167-2022-06-01

title:
Fact Check: Yes, Bhagwant Mann took a photo with a Goldy Brar, but this wasn’t Sidhu Moose Wala’s alleged murderer


text: Viral images show the recent condition of Kashmir after the revocation of Article 370.
claimant: Facebook user 'Aam Press'
claim_date: 2019-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: Viral images of Kashmiris smiling at security forces are years old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-images-of-kashmiris-smiling-at-security-forces-are-years-old-1579852-2019-08-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This CISF officer was not injured in poll violence in West Bengal’s Sitalkuchi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This was what Trinamool Congress supporters did to CISF jawans at Sitalkuchi in West Bengal under the patronage of Mamata Banerjee.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-cisf-officer-was-not-injured-in-poll-violence-in-west-bengals-sitalkuchi-1790123-2021-04-12


text: Video shows illegal encroachment on railway property in Haldwani.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: NOT Haldwani, these visuals of railway track encroachments are from Kolkata
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-haldwani-these-visuals-of-railway-track-encroachments-are-from-kolkata-2318004-2023-01-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this UP Police’s ‘cure’ for those cheering India’s T20 defeat to Pakistan?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These men were raising ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans after India’s defeat in the T20 World Cup match. Uttar Pradesh police thrashed them black and blue.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-this-up-police-s-cure-for-those-cheering-india-s-t20-defeat-to-pakistan-1870695-2021-10-28


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Five-year-old picture of unrest passed off as recent clashes in Srinagar
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Recent visual from Batmaloo area in Srinagar where clashes erupted during a cordon and search operations by security forces.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-five-year-old-picture-of-unrest-passed-off-as-recent-clashes-in-srinagar-1773155-2021-02-25


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind the emotional story of this boy selling masks
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This kid selling face masks is giving them away for free to those who cannot afford them as his mother advised him to help the needy.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-the-emotional-story-of-this-boy-selling-masks-1791610-2021-04-16


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Here's truth behind viral story of incestuous marriage between son and his mother
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This couple is a mother-son duo. The woman married her own son after her husband died and now they have a three-year-old son from this relation.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/here-truth-behind-viral-story-incestuous-marriage-son-mother-1713007-2020-08-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan DID NOT ask Pakistanis to observe early Ramadan amid food shortage
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to a Dawn report, ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan asked people to celebrate Ramadan early this year, so that they can fast instead of going hungry amid the massive food shortage.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pakistan-food-shortage-imran-khan-did-not-ask-people-to-observe-ramadan-early-2323866-2023-01-19


claimant: Pakistani journalist Ameer Abbas
claim_date: 2019-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pak journalist shares misleading pics to claim atrocities on Kashmiris
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These are photographs from Kashmir showing the pitiable condition of Kashmiris in the face of brutality by Indian soldiers.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pak-journalist-shares-misleading-pics-to-claim-atrocities-on-kashmiris-1577977-2019-08-06


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: EDLI benefits are applicable for all employees, irrespective of cause of death
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Nominees/legal heirs of private firm employees who died of Covid are eligible to receive an amount up to Rs 7 lakh under Employees Deposit Linked Insurance (EDLI) scheme.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-edli-benefits-are-applicable-for-all-employees-irrespective-of-cause-of-death-1806484-2021-05-24


text: Inhaling the steam of sea salt and orange peelings can prevent coronavirus infection.
claimant: Linwood Waller and other Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don't believe this home remedy to cure Covid-19
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/do-not-believe-this-home-remedy-cure-covid-19-1660728-2020-03-28


text: Former IPS officer Kiran Bedi has been appointed as the Governor of Jammu & Kashmir.
claimant: Social media users and Gujarat MLA
claim_date: 2019-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral message claiming Kiran Bedi as new Governor of J&K is false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/kiran-bedi-new-governor-jammu-kashmir-false-puducherry-1549743-2019-06-15


text: Indian Army is torturing Kashmiri women.
claimant: Facebook user 'Shamim Hossain'
claim_date: 2019-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video from Pakistan passed off as Indian Army assaulting Kashmiri women
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-from-pakistan-passed-off-as-indian-army-assaulting-kashmiri-women-1602026-2019-09-22


text: Crocodile spotted in the waterlogged streets of Bengaluru.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of crocodile in waterlogged road is NOT from Bengaluru
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-crocodile-spotted-waterlogged-bengaluru-viral-video-mp-1997133-2022-09-06


claimant: Twitter user 'Sudarshan News'
claim_date: 2019-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old tampered video of Muharram goes viral with anti-RSS slogan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Religious fanatics giving death threat slogan to RSS and other Hindu organisations to protest against Tabrez Ansari murder.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-tampered-video-muharram-anti-rss-slogan-1564068-2019-07-07


text: Ramesh Bhargava, a doctor at AIIMS, has discovered a magic pill for slimming.
claimant: Facebook users, several blogs and web pages
claim_date: 2019-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don’t believe this sob story of AIIMS doctor and his magic pill for obesity
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/dont-believe-sob-story-aiims-doctor-magic-pill-obesity-1598955-2019-09-13


claim_date: 2020-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of brawl in Brazil falsely shared as Muslim man attacked in France
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a Muslim man in France pinning down two French men who tried to attack him. The clip is shared following the beheading of a teacher in Paris over the Prophet cartoon.

claimant:
Facebook user Shaikh Arshad (https://www.facebook.com/ShaikhArshad11/?eid=ARBUuJ04vIRi4zy2QILglsrzQPGJZEBLz7sBVciv50OAP-18ADZz-RqjD7_59YZ1JceDvyzzC1TZr4rQ)

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-brawl-in-brazil-falsely-shared-as-muslim-man-attacked-in-france-1736739-2020-10-30


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video showing plight of Hindus is from Haryana and not Rajasthan
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In this video from Rajasthan, a woman narrates how Hindus were attacked by Muslims and police did not help them.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-plight-hindus-haryana-rajasthan-1679189-2020-05-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of platform ticket with ‘Adani Railway’ on it is morphed
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Platform tickets in Pune now have “Adani Railway” written on them with the tagline that Railways is now the private property of Adani Group.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-picture-of-platform-ticket-with-adani-railway-on-it-is-morphed-1753643-2020-12-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of police lathi charging has no connection with new Motor Vehicles Act
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After the implementation of new traffic rules, police is now illegally collecting fines from people by beating them.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-police-lathi-charging-has-no-connection-with-new-motor-vehicles-act-1596458-2019-09-06


text: Images show vehicles vandalised during the January 26 violence in Delhi.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pulwama attack protest pictures shared as January 26 tractor rally violence
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pulwama-attack-protest-pictures-shared-as-january-26-tractor-rally-violence-1763381-2021-01-27


text: Actor Sidharth Shukla’s death caught on CCTV camera.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This CCTV footage does not show Sidharth Shukla’s last moments
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-cctv-footage-does-not-show-sidharth-shukla-last-moments-1848505-2021-09-02


text: Indian flag waved during Opposition protests in Karachi, Pakistan.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Were Indian flags waved at a political rally in Pakistan?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-were-indian-flags-waved-at-a-political-rally-in-pakistan-1733808-2020-10-21


text: Picture shows little girl who died of Covid-19.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Little girl killed in Sri Lanka Easter bombings linked to Covid-19
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-little-girl-killed-in-sri-lanka-easter-bombings-linked-to-covid-19-1702973-2020-07-21


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pic of MM Joshi offering sweets to PM Modi has no link to Ram temple
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi offering sweets to PM Modi as soon as Ram temple construction began in Ayodhya.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pic-of-mm-joshi-offering-sweets-to-pm-modi-has-no-link-to-ram-temple-1686539-2020-06-07


text: Photograph of injured mother-child duo from Kashmir
claimant: Facebook page “Kashmirat- کشمیریت”
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image of injured mother and child from Gaza passed off as brutality in Kashmir
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-image-of-injured-mother-and-child-from-gaza-passed-off-as-brutality-in-kashmir-1591840-2019-08-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This man driving buggy with Kerala CM is NOT Lulu chairman's chauffeur
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
LuLu Group chairman Yusuff Ali drove Yogi Adityanath during the inauguration of LuLu Mall in Lucknow. However, when the Thiruvananthapuram LuLu Mall was inaugurated, Ali’s chauffeur drove the Kerala CM in a buggy.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-man-driving-buggy-kerala-cm-not-lulu-chairmanchauffeur-1975732-2022-07-14


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Kashmir linked to Indo-China flare-up in Ladakh
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video is of Indian soldiers crying after the clash with Chinese troops in Ladakh late on Monday night.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-from-kashmir-linked-to-indo-china-flare-up-in-ladakh-1690109-2020-06-17


text: This image shows an app-based mobile drone toilet developed in China.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Not a royal flush! AI pic viral as Chinese app-based mobile drone toilet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ai-pic-viral-chinese-app-based-mobile-drone-toilet-fake-midjourney-2389547-2023-06-06


claimant: Rema Devi
claim_date: 2020-08-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows the poor condition of children in Indian slums at a time when a grand temple is being constructed in Ayodhya.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-image-from-bangladesh-falsely-circulated-as-that-depicting-miserable-life-in-indian-slums-1712697-2020-08-18

title:
Fact Check: Old image from Bangladesh falsely circulated as that depicting miserable life in Indian slums


text: This video from Tamil Nadu shows a pastor dancing with a woman.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of woman dancing with pastor is from Brazil, NOT Tamil Nadu
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-woman-dancing-with-pastor-from-brazil-not-tamil-nadu-2406161-2023-07-13


text: US President Donald Trump slapped the Governor of Mexico City.
claimant: Facebook user Niranjan Shah
claim_date: 2019-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post of Trump slapping Mexico City Governor is misleading
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-of-trump-slapping-mexico-city-governor-is-misleading-1438575-2019-01-24


text: This video shows cyclone Mocha making landfall in Myanmar’s Sittwe.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Somalia floods FALSELY shared as Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/sideo-of-somalia-floods-falsely-shared-as-cyclone-mocha-in-myanmar-fact-check-2380454-2023-05-17


text: A viral image of Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi waving at a huge crowd in 1954 is of US.
claimant: Facebook user 'Lakshmanan SK'
claim_date: 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Mr Tharoor this photo of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi is not from US
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-shashi-tharoor-this-photo-jawaharlal-nehru-indira-gandhi-is-not-from-us-1602585-2019-09-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Weaver’s suicide wrongly linked to PM Modi and his constituency
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows weaver who hung himself from his loom, driven by extreme poverty, in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency Varanasi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-weaver-s-suicide-wrongly-linked-to-pm-modi-and-his-constituency-1705382-2020-07-28


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Indian External Affairs Minister, Dr. S Jaishankar, tweeted that India wants to make Sri Lanka part of the country, and in exchange offered to solve its financial crisis.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-external-affairs-minister-jaishankar-tweet-offering-to-absorb-sri-lanka-into-india-is-fake-1940259-2022-04-21

title:
Fact Check: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's tweet offering to absorb Sri Lanka into India is FAKE


text: 'Kolaveri Di' song was a straight lift-up from this old Turkish advertisement for Coca-Cola.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Dhanush's 'Kolaveri Di' came first, not the Turkish commercial, here is why
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-dhanush-s-kolaveri-di-came-first-not-the-turkish-commercial-here-is-why-1946974-2022-05-08


text: Video of people boycotting the Congress party in Rajasthan after communal violence in Karauli.
claimant: Facebook pages
claim_date: 2022-04-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-of-no-vote-for-congress-false-1937629-2022-04-14

title:
Fact Check: 2020 video of unemployment protest in Rajasthan goes viral as reaction to Karauli violence


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Six-year-old CCTV footage from Taksim Square falsely shared as Nov 13 Istanbul blast
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows the recent Istanbul blast on November 13 that caused at least six deaths and injured dozens of people.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/six-year-old-cctv-footage-from-taksim-square-falsely-shared-as-nov-13-istanbul-blast-2297085-2022-11-14


text: Haryana Roadways buses will now be painted in red! Here’s the new look.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Haryana Roadways to paint its buses red? Not quite
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-haryana-roadways-to-paint-its-buses-red-not-quite-1879299-2021-11-21


text: Coronavirus fears in Germany results in large crowds outside the supermarket.
claimant: Facebook user Holden Evelyn
claim_date: 2020-03-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: Panic buying in Germany? This video is 9 years old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/panic-buying-germany-viral-video-shopping-ration-aldi-store-1657875-2020-03-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Amid the allegations of Pak police abusing PTI workers, this video shows a woman narrating misconduct at the hand of policemen.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-political-vendetta-this-woman-accused-cops-torture-during-imran-khan-regime-2021-2386152-2023-05-29

title:
Fact Check: NOT political vendetta - this woman accused cops of torture during Imran Khan regime in 2021


text: The Ganga Expressway is the world's longest expressway.
claimant: UP CM Yogi Adityanath
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ganga Expressway is not the longest as claimed by UP CM Yogi
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ganga-expressway-longest-adityanath-up-chief-minister-yogi-1443101-2019-01-30


text: Viral photo of a woman hugging three crying children is from India.
claimant: Facebook page "Akshay Reddy AAP"
claim_date: 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral picture of woman hugging crying kids is not from India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-picture-woman-hugging-crying-kids-not-india-1651401-2020-03-01


claimant: Facebook page
claim_date: 2022-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens shared scripted video of child abduction considering it to be real
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows how a kidnapper is caught red-handed after she tries to abduct the child of a mute mother.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-shared-scripted-video-child-abduction-considering-real-1973799-2022-07-09


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Dad spoofs maternity shoot, pics go viral with misleading claim
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pictures of a man posing for a maternity shoot because his wife refused and he had already paid the photographer.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/dad-spoofs-maternity-shoot-pics-go-viral-misleading-claim-1731271-2020-10-13


text: This video shows an elephant attacking a van in the middle of a road in Kerala.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of elephant attacking van is NOT from Kerala, but from Sri Lanka
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-elephant-attacking-van-is-not-from-kerala-but-from-sri-lanka-2319831-2023-01-10


text: Uttar Pradesh Police has blamed the BJP for the recent violence in Kanpur.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did cops blame BJP for Kanpur violence? Old video viral with false claims
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-of-up-police-from-etawah-goes-viral-linking-it-to-kanpur-violence-1961594-2022-06-12


text: Video of eviction drive is from Uttar Pradesh
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-02-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of eviction drive in Odisha passed off as Yogi's Uttar Pradesh
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-eviction-drive-in-odisha-passed-off-as-yogi-uttar-pradesh-1647066-2020-02-16


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Can FASTags be hacked? Viral staged video causes panic on the internet
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows how a child hacked a car’s FASTag and stole money from the linked account under the pretext of cleaning the windshield.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/can-fastags-be-hacked-staged-video-causes-panic-on-internet-1967020-2022-06-26


text: This video shows the January 15 Yeti Airlines plane crash in Pokhara, Nepal.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2013 Afghanistan crash video falsely shared as recent plane tragedy in Nepal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/afghanistan-video-shared-as-nepal-yeti-airlines-plane-crash-2322258-2023-01-16


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video of a woman thrashing a Muslim man shows the current trend following the release of ‘The Kashmir Files’.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/woman-assaulting-muslim-man-on-train-the-kashmir-files-1928171-2022-03-22

title:
Fact Check: This video of a woman assaulting a Muslim man on a train is not a result of 'The Kashmir Files'


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Owaisi wasn't instantly silenced by Yogi at the Parliament, viral video edited
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
While delivering a speech, Yogi Adityanath shouted at Asaduddin Owaisi by saying “baith jaiye aap.” Owaisi promptly complied.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/owaisi-wasnt-silenced-by-yogi-at-the-parliament-viral-video-edited-1933069-2022-04-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows bodies of Indian soldiers martyred in the face-off with Chinese troops in Galwan Valley of eastern Ladakh.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bodies-of-nigerian-soldiers-killed-by-boko-haram-passed-off-as-indian-jawans-martyred-in-ladakh-1690069-2020-06-17

title:
Fact Check: Bodies of Nigerian soldiers killed by Boko Haram passed off as Indian jawans martyred in Ladakh


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Nitish Kumar attacked the BJP in this 2014 clip — NOT the RJD
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Nitish Kumar saying that he would rather bury himself in the soil than join hands with the Rashtriya Janata Dal.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-nitish-kumar-attacked-bjp-2014-clip-rjd-1986271-2022-08-10


claimant: Twitter handles
claim_date: 2023-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: No, Modi didn't inflate number of tap water beneficiaries by 3cr overnight. Clipped video shared
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows how PM Modi inflated the number of tap water beneficiaries by three crore overnight. He mentioned the total number as eight crore in Lok Sabha on February 8. This changed to 11 crore in the Rajya Sabha on February 9.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-modi-didnt-inflate-number-of-tap-water-beneficiaries-by-3-cr-overnight-video-shared-2333500-2023-02-11


text: The photo shows a half-human and half-pig.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Half-human-half-pig hybrid doesn’t exist, it’s a silicone sculpture
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-half-human-half-pig-hybrid-doesnt-exist-its-a-silicone-sculpture-2350129-2023-03-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows a timelapse of the blizzard that hit New York’s Buffalo at the end of December 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/timelapse-snow-burying-neighbourhood-years-old-not-from-recent-us-storm-buffalo-city-erie-county-2317421-2023-01-04

title:
Fact Check: Amazing timelapse of snow burying a neighbourhood is years old, not from recent US storm


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In Tirupur, Tamil Nadu, a woman was attacked and robbed of jewelry worth several lakhs after she opened the gates of her house to offer water to a stranger.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-robbers-intruding-a-woman-s-house-attacking-tirupur-tamil-nadu-2007972-2022-10-03

title:
Fact Check: This video of robbers intruding a woman’s house after attacking her is NOT from TN’s Tirupur


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were not sentenced to death on February 14
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
It was on February 14, 1931, that Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru were sentenced to death in Lahore.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bhagat-singh-sukhdev-and-rajguru-were-not-sentenced-to-death-on-february-14-1769186-2021-02-14


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of ‘Rajasthan don’ Anuradha Chaudhary circulated as Lucknow girl’s arrest
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows police arresting Priyadarshini Narayan, who was seen thrashing a cab driver at a traffic signal in Lucknow.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-of-rajasthan-don-anuradha-chaudhary-circulated-as-lucknow-girl-arrest-1838250-2021-08-08


claimant: Social media users like Suman Pal
claim_date: 2018-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don't trust the viral message about no toll charges for 12 hours journey
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A message being attributed to Nitin Gadkari says no toll charges for return journey completed within 12 hours.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-don-t-trust-the-viral-message-about-no-toll-charges-for-12-hours-journey-1419242-2018-12-28


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this green flag in a Congress rally is not a Pakistani flag
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows the Pakistani national flag being waved during a Congress rally. It is better to pay more money for fuel than voting for a party that raises anti-India slogans and waves the Pakistani flag.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-green-flag-in-a-congress-rally-is-not-a-pakistani-flag-1770748-2021-02-18


text: According to the BCCI, Hardik Pandya has replaced Rohit Sharma as India's T20I skipper.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bcci-parody-account-claims-hardik-pandya-replace-rohit-sharma-india-t20i-skipper-1989532-2022-08-18

title:
Fact Check: BCCI parody account claims Hardik Pandya will replace Rohit Sharma as India's T20I skipper


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old clip of synchronised walking by Japanese students viral as Olympics closing event
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video of synchronised walking was filmed during the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics 2020.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-clip-of-synchronised-walking-by-japanese-students-viral-as-olympics-closing-event-1838828-2021-08-09


claimant: Several Facebook pages such as Politics Solitics and Phir Ek Baar Modi Sarkaar
claim_date: 2018-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: This protest march by Muslim organisations has nothing to do with Congress victory
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Post-Congress victory in the three states of Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Muslim organisations celebrated by chanting pro-Pak slogans.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-protest-march-by-muslim-organisations-has-nothing-to-do-with-congress-victory-1409096-2018-12-13


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old images of US forest fires passed off as crisis in Uttarakhand
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Viral pictures are of devastating forest fires presently raging in Uttarakhand. These are as bad as fires in Amazon and Australia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-images-of-us-forest-fires-passed-off-as-crisis-in-uttarakhand-1683298-2020-05-29


text: Sikhs seen in the video reached Delhi's Shaheen Bagh to support Muslims against NRC and CAA.
claimant: Facebook user "Mohammad Javed"
claim_date: 2020-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of a Sikh procession has nothing to do with Shaheen Bagh
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/sikh-procession-shaheen-bagh-delhi-viral-sultanpur-lodhi-punjab-1646876-2020-02-15


text: This trans woman is the Texas school shooter who killed at least 19 kids and two adults.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Texas school shooting followed by transphobic rumours about the shooter
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-photo-social-media-claim-photo-of-transwoman-is-texas-school-shooter-1954126-2022-05-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A lady constable speaks about the “Love Jihad” conspiracy and how Hindu women are lured into marriage by Muslim men.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/lady-police-constable-video-false-claim-islam-domination-in-india-fact-check-1946378-2022-05-06

title:
Fact Check: 2016 video of lady constable complaining about senior officer’s casteism given false ‘love jihad’ spin


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens warn of asteroid hit a day before US elections
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
An asteroid is going to hit the Earth on November 2, just a day before the United States Presidential election.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-warn-of-asteroid-hit-a-day-before-us-elections-1715198-2020-08-26


text: China has approached the United Nations, pleading that India is misusing its power.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-09-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did China seek UN mediation on border face-off with India?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-china-seek-un-mediation-on-border-face-off-with-india-1721266-2020-09-12


claimant: https://indiatodaydailynews.blogspot.com/
claim_date: 2019-09-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A Bangladeshi man choked to death on rasgullas while celebrating ISRO’s failure to contact Vikram lander

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/blog-claims-man-choked-to-death-on-rasgulla-celebrating-isro-s-failure-to-contact-vikram-1599879-2019-09-16

title:
Fact Check: Blog claims man choked to death on rasgulla celebrating ISRO’s failure to contact Vikram


claimant: Twitter user Aashif Ansari
claim_date: 2020-09-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The truth about Tablighi Jamaat celebrating PM Modi's birthday inside Nizamuddin Markaz
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Members of the Tablighi Jamaat celebrated PM Modi’s birthday inside the Nizamuddin Markaz – Jamaat’s global headquarters.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/tablighi-jamaat-celebrating-pm-modi-s-birthday-nizamuddin-markaz-fact-check-1724226-2020-09-22


text: Shivraj Singh Chouhan is faking his hand fracture.
claimant: Facebook page ‘Azamgarh Express’
claim_date: 2019-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is Shivraj Singh Chouhan faking his hand fracture?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-shivraj-singh-chouhan-faking-his-hand-fracture-1606002-2019-10-03


claimant: Twitter user Arun Deshpande
claim_date: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Muslims in Switzerland demand removal of Swiss cross from the flag?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows Muslim refugees in Switzerland burning the Swiss flag in 2019 demanding the removal of the cross from the flag.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-muslims-in-switzerland-demand-removal-of-swiss-cross-from-the-flag-1717563-2020-09-01


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: News about four-day working week in Finland is too good to be true
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Finland's Prime Minister has proposed the introduction of six hours work shifts and four day working week.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/finland-prime-minister-sanna-marin-four-day-six-hours-week-work-truth-1637564-2020-01-16


text: Women beaten up by police for protesting against EVM tampering in UP's Gorakhpur.
claimant: Facebook page 'Bheem Sena'
claim_date: 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old lathi charge video from Karnataka resurfaces as one from Gorakhpur
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/women-police-lathi-charge-up-gorakhpur-evm-tampering-belagavi-belgaum-1454444-2019-02-12


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi DID NOT mock people who suffered after demonetisation, doctored video viral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows PM Modi taking sadistic pleasure in the suffering of people following the demonetisation drive in 2016.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pm-modi-did-not-mock-people-who-suffered-after-demonetisation-doctored-video-viral-2295885-2022-11-11


text: The missing little girl was found in Mangalore with Tamil beggars.
claimant: Bhawana Somaaya, Rekha Bhardwaj and other social media users
claim_date: 2019-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of little girl crying goes viral with misleading claim
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-little-girl-crying-goes-viral-with-misleading-claim-1628768-2019-12-16


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Bill Gates call coronavirus 'a great corrector'?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Bill Gates wrote a letter where he says coronavirus has a “spiritual purpose” and is “a great corrector”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-bill-gates-coronavirus-great-corrector-truth-covid19-1662280-2020-04-01


text: Rare clip of Bruce Lee playing ping-pong with Nunchaku
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Bruce Lee playing ping-pong with Nunchaku
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-bruce-lee-playing-ping-pong-with-nunchaku-1616947-2019-11-08


text: This image shows Palestinian children in Israel prison.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Palestinian children in Israeli prison? No, this image is cropped
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-palestinian-children-israeli-prison-image-cropped-2350072-2023-03-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ex-Army man's video in support of farmers' protest shared with misleading claims
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A Punjabi singer and actor called Goldy Manepuria falsely claimed to be an Indian soldier and provoked protesting farmers through a video.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ex-army-man-s-video-in-support-of-farmers-protest-shared-with-misleading-claims-1756947-2021-01-07


text: Beggar pretending to be handicapped is from Delhi
claimant: Facebook user ‘Sonu Pandit’
claim_date: 2019-11-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of beggar pretending to be disabled is not from India but Pakistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-beggar-pretending-disabled-pakistan-india-1615423-2019-11-04


text: The Indian flag at the Attari-Wagah border is visible from Lahore, Pakistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-the-indian-flag-at-attari-wagah-border-visible-from-lahore-whatsapp-forwards-aren-t-always-factual-1954676-2022-05-26

title:
Fact Check: Is the Indian flag at Attari-Wagah border visible from Lahore? WhatsApp forwards aren’t always factual


text: Video shows an MP from Nepal criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Nepal Parliament.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Congress MLA from Himachal shared as Nepal MP criticising Modi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-congress-mla-from-himachal-shared-as-nepal-mp-criticising-modi-1790617-2021-04-13


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old pictures of farmers’ protests go viral as Oct 18 ‘rail roko’
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pictures of the October 18 ‘rail roko’ demonstrations held across India by farmers demanding Union minister Ajay Mishra’s arrest in the Lakhimpur incident.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-pictures-of-farmers-protests-go-viral-as-oct-18-rail-roko-1866301-2021-10-18


text: Basketball legend Kobe Bryant’s wife committed suicide
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Do not believe this hoax about the death of Kobe Bryant’s wife
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-do-not-believe-this-hoax-about-the-death-of-kobe-bryant-s-wife-1647414-2020-02-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake notice alert! No decision taken to consider B.Sc Nursing equivalent to MBBS
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to a notice issued by The Indian Nursing Council, B.Sc Nursing candidates will now be considered equivalent to MBBS doctors.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fake-notice-alert-no-decision-taken-to-consider-bsc-nursing-equivalent-to-mbbs-2390610-2023-06-08


text: The video shows how BJP is disturbing peace in Bengal.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of BJP workers attacking a house is not from Bengal
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-of-bjp-workers-attacking-a-house-is-not-from-bengal-1771892-2021-02-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-02T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
‘Brahmastra’ was renamed from ‘Dragon’ after the 2019 Pulwama suicide bombing to appease a wider Hindu audience.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/brahmastra-movie-ayan-mukherji-rename-from-dragon-pulwama-suicide-bombing-false-claim-1995710-2022-09-02

title:
Fact Check: Yes ‘Brahmastra’ was renamed from ‘Dragon’, no it had nothing to do with the Pulwama attack


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Iconic bell tower in Tagore's varsity was not razed due to Amit Shah's visit
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The century-old bell tower of Rabindranath Tagore's Visva Bharati University in West Bengal's Santiniketan was demolished to ensure security before Amit Shah's December 20 visit to the campus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-iconic-bell-tower-in-tagore-varsity-was-not-razed-due-to-amit-shah-visit-1751446-2020-12-20


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-03-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not a former BSP MP pleading before UP police to be spared from encounter
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The man crying at the feet of police is a former BSP MP and wanted gangster in Uttar Pradesh, who surrendered fearing an encounter.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bsp-mp-not-pleading-before-up-police-1776545-2021-03-07


claimant: A Twitter user Atul Kushwaha and other social media users
claim_date: 2019-10-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 4-year-old image of Bigg Boss goes viral with a communal twist
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A Kashmiri Muslim man has been invited to Bigg Boss season 13 and the show deliberately partnered him with a Brahmin woman to encourage "Love Jihad".

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bigg-boss-intimate-image-muslim-man-brahmin-woman-love-jihad-1606563-2019-10-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo shows Ukrainian President Zelenskyy’s wife Olena sporting expensive accessories and clothes.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fake-viral-pic-of-zelenskyys-wife-sporting-gucci-rolex-in-jet-2312865-2022-12-23

title:
Fact Check: Don’t fall for viral pic of Zelenskyy’s wife sporting Gucci, Rolex, and LV in a jet, it’s fake


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Altered cover image of TIME shows Xi Jinping as 'Person of the Year'
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Chinese President Xi Jinping, US President-elect Joe Biden and US Vice- President-elect Kamala Harris have been named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2020.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-altered-cover-image-of-time-shows-xi-jinping-as-person-of-the-year-1750546-2020-12-17


text: Image shows a 100-year-old 'smiling' mummified monk in Mongolia.
claimant: Twitter user @subhadipNag10
claim_date: 2020-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Dead monk smiling even after a hundred years? No, here is the truth about the viral pic
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-dead-monk-smiling-even-after-a-hundred-years-no-here-is-the-truth-about-the-viral-pic-1723379-2020-09-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A hoarding was installed in Kanpur by the AIMIM featuring beheaded Yati Narsinghanand and Wasim Rizvi. This was following Nupur Sharma’s comments on the Prophet Mohammed.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/aimim-kanpur-beheading-poster-has-no-connection-with-nupur-sharma-1970816-2022-07-06

title:
Fact Check: This 'AIMIM Kanpur' beheading poster is from 2021 and has no connection with Nupur Sharma row


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Distressing image of waterlogged hospital goes viral with misleading claim
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture from Bihar shows a waterlogged hospital ward filled with patients. This is the condition of hospitals treating coronavirus patients in the state.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-distressing-image-of-waterlogged-hospital-goes-viral-with-misleading-claim-1701316-2020-07-16


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, RBI has not stopped supply of Rs 2,000 currency notes
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
RBI has stopped supply of Rs 2,000 currency notes, due to which only Rs 100, Rs 200 and Rs 500 notes can be withdrawn from ATMs.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-rbi-has-not-stopped-supply-of-rs-2-000-currency-notes-1746462-2020-12-03


text: Video shows RSS man held for waving Pakistani flag in a burqa (to defame Muslims).
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not an RSS man held for waving Pakistani flag in burqa
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-is-not-an-rss-man-held-for-waving-pakistani-flag-in-burqa-1711853-2020-08-16


text: PM Modi was watching the live broadcast of the meeting between Imran Khan and Donald Trump.
claimant: Facebook page 'Tangi Pti Official'
claim_date: 2019-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, PM Modi was not watching the Imran Khan-Donald Trump meet on the big screen
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-pm-modi-was-not-watching-the-imran-khan-donald-trump-meet-on-the-big-screen-1578396-2019-08-07


text: Video shows an Indian soldier in a helicopter rescuing a bird tangled in power lines.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not the Indian Army rescuing a bird stuck in power line
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-the-indian-army-rescuing-a-bird-stuck-in-power-line-1904875-2022-01-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This post on biryani is too sour to consume
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Muslim biryani seller in Tamil Nadu’s Coimbatore sells biryani to Hindus laced with medicines to make them impotent

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-post-on-biryani-is-too-sour-to-consume-1651710-2020-03-02


text: Christian Pastor and wife made naked and marched around UP town for preaching Gospel
claimant: Facebook page ‘Good morning God’
claim_date: 2019-11-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Four-year-old incident of nude protest goes viral as atrocity on Christian couple
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-four-year-old-incident-of-nude-protest-goes-viral-as-atrocity-on-christian-couple-1619900-2019-11-17


claimant: Facebook user Harish Ramachandra
claim_date: 2019-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: No, Mamata Banerjee didn't ask her ministers to not chant Vande Mataram
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee instructed TMC workers to not chant Vande Mataram and said 'Vande Mataram is my foot'.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/mamata-banerjee-did-not-ask-her-ministers-to-not-chant-vande-mataram-1487974-2019-03-27


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral image of PM Modi riding bicycle along with Pamela Goswami is morphed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows BJP youth wing leader Pamela Goswami riding a bicycle along with PM Narendra Modi. Goswami was recently arrested in Kolkata after police seized cocaine from her car.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-viral-image-of-pm-modi-riding-bicycle-along-with-pamela-goswami-is-morphed-1775605-2021-03-04


text: This video shows social activist Teesta Setalvad spitting at cops.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show Teesta Setalvad spitting at cops
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-teesta-setalvad-cops-gujarat-riots-case-ats-1972716-2022-07-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/morphed-image-sonia-gandhi-fact-check-1809541-2021-06-01
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A book titled “How to Convert India into Christian Nation”, along with the Bible and a statue of Jesus Christ, is placed on a shelf behind Congress president Sonia Gandhi.

title:
Fact Check: Morphed image of Sonia with ‘How to Convert India into Christian Nation’ book goes viral


claimant: Facebook Page Islam Zindabad
claim_date: 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this man did not burn the Indian national flag for Hindutva
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Hindu man burnt the Indian national flag as he wanted saffron flag to be hoisted instead of the Tricolour.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/man-burn-indian-national-flag-tricolour-tamil-nadu-cauvery-1609732-2019-10-15


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-11-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Following a ban on selling beer inside the Qatar stadiums, football fans are wrapping beer cans with soft-drinks labels to consume alcohol during the FIFA World Cup 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fans-sneaking-beer-into-qatar-stadiums-disguising-them-as-coke-pepsi-2300866-2022-11-23

title:
Fact Check: Are fans sneaking beer into Qatar stadiums by disguising them as Coke, Pepsi? Viral pics are old


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo shows how a Dalit family from Karnataka was recently tortured, stripped naked in public, and fined for entering a temple and touching an idol.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/dalit-family-greater-noida-stripping-falsely-shared-karnataka-caste-atrocity-2004076-2022-09-23

title:
Fact Check: Old pic of Gr Noida Dalit family stripping in protest FALSELY shared as Karnataka caste atrocity


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Gripping story of Israeli soldier’s conversion to Islam goes viral, but it’s fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This female Israeli soldier was part of the attack on worshippers at Al-Aqsa mosque, Jerusalem. Now, she has converted to Islam.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-israeli-soldier-converts-to-islam-fake-news-1812979-2021-06-09


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this photo is not from 'inaugural' Air India flight after Tata takeover
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Viral photo allegedly shows Ratan Tata with Captain Jehan Dastur on Air India’s first flight since Tata takeover on January 29, 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-photo-is-not-from-inaugural-air-india-flight-after-tata-takeover-1907995-2022-02-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Taliban is forcibly marrying minors, but this ‘Al Jazeera’ screenshot is morphed
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Al Jazeera tweet says Taliban has begun abducting minor girls in Afghanistan and killing parents resisting the move.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-taliban-is-forcibly-marrying-minors-but-this-al-jazeera-screenshot-is-morphed-1842527-2021-08-18


text: Article 30(A) does not allow schools to teach Gita.
claimant: Facebook users like “Dhruv Jain”
claim_date: 2019-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Article 30 is not about teaching Bhagavad Gita or Quran in schools
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/indian-constitution-article-30-bhagavad-gita-quran-schools-1576917-2019-08-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is NOT Pak Army torturing Imran Khan supporters, video is at least 5 years old
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows the Pakistan Army torturing PTI supporters and leaders arrested during protests earlier in May.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-pak-army-torturing-imran-khan-supporters-video-is-at-least-5-years-old-2386110-2023-05-29


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video goes viral as Nihang Sikhs marching to Delhi for farmers’ protest
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows 20,000 Nihang Sikh warriors on 2,000 horses on their way to join protesting farmers near Delhi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-goes-viral-nihang-sikhs-marching-delhi-farmers-protest-1747842-2020-12-08


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Nirmala Sitharaman with Jayalalithaa in vintage pic
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is a rare photograph of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-nirmala-sitharaman-with-jayalalithaa-in-vintage-pic-1770310-2021-02-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Butt obviously, the viral pic of Biden 'groping' Zelenskyy is bad photoshop
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
US President Joe Biden groped Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s buttocks when he visited the White House.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/butt-obviously-the-viral-pic-of-biden-groping-zelenskyy-is-bad-photoshop-2312836-2022-12-23


text: As many as 24 people died in a blast caused by 10 cylinders in Mangalore.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Cylinder explosion in Roorkee goes viral with misleading claim
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-cylinder-explosion-in-roorkee-goes-viral-with-misleading-claim-1740542-2020-11-12


text: Croatian fans celebrating their team’s win over Brazil in the 2022 FIFA World Cup quarter-finals.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This old video from Spain DOES NOT show fans celebrating Croatia's win against Brazil
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-old-video-from-spain-does-not-show-fans-celebrating-croatia-win-against-brazil-2309222-2022-12-14


text: Video of Indian Air Force's Apache helicopters patrolling over Pangong Tso in Ladakh.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: US choppers over Arizona lake passed off as IAF Apaches over Pangong Tso
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-us-choppers-over-arizona-lake-passed-off-as-iaf-apaches-over-pangong-tso-1695418-2020-06-30


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-04-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These photographs are from the site of the deadly April 26 Maoist attack in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada which killed at least ten jawans.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-these-six-photos-are-from-2013-2018-and-2019-they-dont-show-recent-dantewada-maoist-attack-2365342-2023-04-27

title:
Fact Check: These six photos are from 2013, 2018, and 2019 — they DON’T show recent Dantewada Maoist attack


text: This video shows Muslims demolishing a Hindu temple in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No temples were harmed in this video! Dargah demolition in Andhra given communal spin
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-temples-were-harmed-in-this-video-dargah-demolition-in-andhra-given-communal-spin-2286929-2022-10-18


claimant: Dainik Bharat website and other social media users
claim_date: 2018-12-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Naseeruddin Shah never said 'India is a pathetic country'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to the claims made by netizens, actor Naseeruddin Shah said, 'India is not a worth living country, I am worried for my children, India is a pathetic country'.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/naseeruddin-shah-cow-police-officer-india-pathetic-country-1414681-2018-12-21


text: Video shows Congress workers shouting “Hindustan Murdabad”.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind Hindustan Murdabad slogans at a Congress event
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-hindustan-murdabad-slogans-at-a-congress-event-1706174-2020-07-30


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These tea garden images shared by Congress are not from Assam
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
As per “Assam Bachao”, a Facebook campaign page of Assam Congress, these are pictures of tea plantations in Assam.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-these-tea-garden-images-shared-by-congress-are-not-from-assam-1775764-2021-03-04


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a rally bearing green flags and playing loud music while passing by a temple in Khargone, MP — on the same day and at the same place where communal violence broke out on Ram Navami.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/muharram-video-khargone-false-claim-communal-violence-ram-navami-clashes-1939810-2022-04-20

title:
Fact Check: 2018 Muharram video from Khargone shared with false claims of being related to Ram Navami violence


text: This is the video of ‘Made in India’ double-decker metro train coaches in Australia.
claimant: Facebook user “Manish Parikh”
claim_date: 2019-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not a ‘Made in India’ train transported to Australia
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-made-in-india-train-transported-australia-1572715-2019-07-23


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This picture of Rahul Gandhi with Captain and Channi is over five years old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of Rahul Gandhi with Amarinder Singh, Charanjit Singh Channi and Ambika Soni amid the Punjab turmoil, implying a patch-up between warring factions of the state Congress.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-captain-amarinder-singh-charanjit-singh-channi-congress-1855463-2021-09-21


text: This video shows unearthly clouds in Florida, US, caused by Hurricane Ian.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Eerie video of strange cloud formation is from 2021, NOT caused by Hurricane Ian
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-strange-cloud-formation-hurricane-ian-us-florida-storm-2006925-2022-09-30


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows the Saudi Arabian Minister of Defence being rushed away from the Chinese embassy by his guards after mistaking firecrackers for gunshots.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/2019-mock-drill-from-kuwait-falsely-shared-saudi-minister-getting-spooked-by-firecrackers-1992532-2022-08-25

title:
Fact Check: 2019 mock drill from Kuwait FALSELY shared as Saudi minister getting spooked by firecrackers


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral claim of China killing 158 Indian jawans is a three-year-old fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A Chinese rocket attack in Sikkim killed 158 Indian soldiers. Viral picture shows devastation caused by the attack.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-claim-of-china-killing-158-indian-jawans-is-a-three-year-old-fake-1683934-2020-05-31


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens share Shikhar Dhawan’s cropped image to question BCCI’s patriotism
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Indian cricket team’s new jersey has the BYJU’S logo but not India’s name on it. This shows BCCI prefers money over the country.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-share-shikhar-dhawan-s-cropped-image-to-question-bcci-s-patriotism-1744079-2020-11-25


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Mamata say she would quit politics if defeated in Nandigram?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Mamata Banerjee had promised to quit politics if she got defeated in Nandigram. Now that she lost by 1,622 votes, see how shameless she can be.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-mamata-say-she-would-quit-politics-if-defeated-in-nandigram-1798481-2021-05-03


text: After the Bihar poll verdict, sweets were dumped at the RJD office in Patna.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Were sweets dumped in the RJD office after Bihar poll verdict?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-were-sweets-dumped-in-the-rjd-office-after-bihar-poll-verdict-1740522-2020-11-12


claimant: Facebook user “Ramakant Kajaria” and others
claim_date: 2019-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind viral post of the largest snake killed in Amazon
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
World’s largest anaconda that has killed 257 humans and 2,325 animals, was killed by Africa’s Royal British commandos after 37 days. It was 134 feet long and weighed 2,067 kg.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-viral-post-largest-snake-killed-amazon-1608080-2019-10-10


claimant: Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh and others
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Bengal BJP chief posts misleading tweet to depict farmers’ support for Modi
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of paddy saplings placed in such a way that they read “BJP” and “Modi” was taken in a village in Bengal’s South Dinajpur district. This shows farmers support the Prime Minister.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bengal-bjp-chief-posts-misleading-tweet-to-depict-farmers-support-for-modi-1729322-2020-10-07


text: Collage of six photos shows the present flood situation in Assam.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Unrelated images passed off as visuals from the horrific Assam floods
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-unrelated-images-passed-off-as-visuals-from-the-horrific-assam-floods-1702620-2020-07-20


text: One should click on “http://Onlinefilingindia.in” to claim GST refund.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Do not click on this dubious web link to claim GST refund
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-do-not-click-on-this-dubious-web-link-to-claim-gst-refund-1675052-2020-05-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Kejriwal's auto driver dinner host DID NOT have PM Modi's portrait on his wall
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Vikram Dantani, the autorickshaw driver who hosted Arvind Kejriwal for dinner on September 12, had a portrait of PM Modi on his wall.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-arvind-kejriwal-auto-driver-dinner-host-did-not-pm-modi-portrait-on-his-wall-2000054-2022-09-14


text: Indian Army shot down a Kashmiri student
claimant: Facebook page ‘Free Kashmir’
claim_date: 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this woman was not shot by the Indian Army and she is not a Kashmiri
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-woman-was-not-shot-by-the-indian-army-and-she-is-not-a-kashmiri-1594228-2019-09-01


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Kerala has not banned Raksha Bandhan celebrations in medical colleges
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The director of medical education in Kerala has banned Raksha Bandhan celebrations in all government medical colleges in the state because it is a Hindu festival.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-kerala-has-not-banned-raksha-bandhan-celebrations-in-medical-colleges-1729207-2020-10-07


text: The viral video of police lathi-charge is from Delhi.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-02-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral video of police lathi-charge is not from Delhi
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-police-lathi-charge-not-delhi-1650859-2020-02-28


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this video does not show BJP workers distributing booze at Modi rally in Hyderabad
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of BJP workers distributing liquor in Telangana at the party’s meet where PM addressed over one lakh people.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-does-not-show-bjp-workers-distributing-booze-modi-rally-hyderabad-1970083-2022-07-04


text: Satellite image of India on Diwali night was taken by NASA
claimant: Facebook user “Vishnu Varma” and others
claim_date: 2019-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: All that glitters is not Diwali
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-all-that-glitters-is-not-diwali-1613464-2019-10-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old clip of idol desecration viral as part of ongoing anti-Hindu violence in Bangladesh
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Yet another Hindu temple attacked, this time in Dhaka’s Mirpur locality. A Muslim man entered the temple pretending to be a Hindu and then smashed the idol.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-clip-idol-desecration-viral-anti-hindu-violence-bangladesh-1866781-2021-10-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Who is this woman removing a TRS banner in Hyderabad?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a woman in Hyderabad removing a TRS election poster as she is fed up with the party’s false promises and inefficient governance.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-who-is-this-woman-removing-a-trs-banner-in-hyderabad-1743497-2020-11-23


text: RJD MLAs on study tour danced with a woman in an objectionable manner.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, these are not RJD MLAs dancing with a woman in an objectionable manner
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-these-are-not-rjd-mlas-dancing-with-a-woman-in-an-objectionable-manner-1547012-2019-06-12


text: The photograph is taken after the terror attack in New Zealand.
claimant: Facebook page 'Paschim Banga Buddhijibi Mahal'
claim_date: 2019-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this viral image has no link with New Zealand terror attack
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-new-zealand-terror-attack-viral-image-1482175-2019-03-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Was Sharad Pawar slapped in public for his statement on Tendulkar?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Sharad Pawar was slapped in public for criticising Sachin Tendulkar. The Master Blaster, like many others, had tweeted for unity after Rihanna, Greta Thunberg and Mia Khalifa tweeted in support of the farmers’ agitation.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-was-sharad-pawar-slapped-in-public-for-his-statement-on-tendulkar-1767175-2021-02-08


text: Rohit Sharma rushed to donate blood to Rishabh Pant following his near-fatal car accident.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-rohit-sharma-did-not-donate-blood-to-rishabh-pant-after-accident-viral-photo-is-old-2316903-2023-01-03

title:
Fact Check: No, Rohit Sharma DID NOT donate blood to Rishabh Pant after accident, viral photo is old


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Sonia Gandhi's 7-year-old comment goes viral as response to fresh ED summons
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Sonia Gandhi said she was the daughter-in-law of Indira Gandhi after the ED summoned the Congress president recently.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/sonia-gandhi-old-comment-viral-ed-summons-1958723-2022-06-05


text: Woman breastfeeding her baby from inside a fence in a detention centre in India.
claimant: Facebook user "Chotu Khan" and others
claim_date: 2019-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: Pic of woman breastfeeding baby across fence is not from detention camp in India
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-detention-centre-baby-mother-1631989-2019-12-27


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-04-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Salman Khan was seen dancing as a background dancer at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre launch event.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/salman-did-not-groove-as-background-dancer-to-ambanis-at-nmacc-launch-viral-video-is-old-2356132-2023-04-05

title:
Fact Check: Salman DID NOT groove as background dancer to Ambanis at NMACC launch - viral video is old


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2021-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did VK Singh tweet seeking hospital bed for his own ‘Covid-positive’ brother?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is the pathetic condition of Ghaziabad where an MP and former Army chief VK Singh has to seek help on Twitter to get his Covid-infected brother a hospital bed.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-vk-singh-tweet-seeking-hospital-bed-for-his-own-covid-positive-brother-1792544-2021-04-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is the Russian Covid-19 vaccine a syringe full of hot air?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Russia has successfully developed a vaccine for Covid-19 and it has passed all checks.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-the-russian-covid-19-vaccine-a-syringe-full-of-hot-air-1710538-2020-08-12


text: According to Twitter handle “India TV”, Jyotiraditya Scindia is on his way out of BJP.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Jyotiraditya Scindia to stay in BJP... at least for now
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-jyotiraditya-scindia-to-stay-in-bjp-at-least-for-now-1678799-2020-05-16


text: A truck full of EVMs was trying to enter the election strong room.
claimant: Md Ahasan Khan
claim_date: 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, these EVMs in Bihar were not meant for rigging polls
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-these-evms-in-bihar-were-not-meant-for-rigging-polls-1531311-2019-05-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Taliban has banned cell phones in Afghanistan. Video shows them destroying the mobile phones of the public.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-contraband-destruction-in-pakistan-shared-as-taliban-smashing-phones-of-afghans-1902000-2022-01-19

title:
Fact Check: Video of contraband destruction in Pakistan shared as Taliban smashing phones of Afghans


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of Beirut explosion shared as visuals of Karachi blast
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is the video of the explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, that took place on December 18, killing 17 people and injuring many.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-of-beirut-explosion-shared-as-visuals-of-karachi-blast-1889682-2021-12-19


text: Doctors in Kota, Rajasthan stole the kidneys of a patient who was declared Covid positive.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2020-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video claiming kidney theft in Kota hospital goes viral with a Covid twist
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-claiming-kidney-theft-in-kota-hospital-goes-viral-with-a-covid-twist-1718772-2020-09-04


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a new technology that will soon replace medical imaging tests like MRI, CT scans, and x-rays.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/technology-will-not-replace-ct-scans-x-rays-2338256-2023-02-22

title:
Fact Check: This ‘not-so-new’ technology will not replace CT scans and x-rays, it was made using them


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These photos show the underwater wreckage of Malaysia Airlines' missing flight MH370 that disappeared in 2014 with 239 people aboard.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-is-not-the-underwater-wreckage-of-malaysia-airlines-flight-370-that-disappeared-in-2014-2368231-2023-05-03

title:
Fact Check: This is NOT the underwater wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared in 2014


text: Video shows a Rafale jet refuelling mid-air at 30,000 feet while heading for India from France.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not a Rafale jet refuelling mid-air en route India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-is-not-a-rafale-jet-refuelling-mid-air-en-route-india-1707065-2020-08-02


text: Unemployed youths blocked the convoy of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Who blocked Yogi Adityanath's convoy?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/who-blocked-uttar-pradesh-yogi-adityanath-convoy-1721403-2020-09-13


text: Canadian wildfires were started by a fire-raining helicopter.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This helicopter DID NOT start wildfires in Canada, it’s fighting fire with fire
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-helicopter-did-not-start-wildfires-in-canada-its-fighting-fire-with-fire-2390876-2023-06-09


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Yes, Gajendra Chauhan did tweet in support of man who thrashed Muslim boy in Ghaziabad
textual_rating: True
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Actor and former FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan has come out in support of Shringi Yadav, the man accused of assaulting a minor Muslim boy for allegedly drinking water at a Ghaziabad temple. "I am with Shringi Yadav," Chauhan has tweeted.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-gajendra-chauhan-tweet-in-support-of-man-who-thrashed-muslim-boy-in-ghaziabad-1780513-2021-03-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, these photos DO NOT show the effects of civil war in Sudan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These recent images show the destruction in Sudan caused by clashes between the army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-these-photos-do-not-show-the-effects-of-civil-war-in-sudan-2361994-2023-04-19


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2022-08-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Per a new report, there is now a fake medical degree scam in West Bengal with over 500 fake doctors being caught.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/new-fake-doctor-scam-after-teacher-recruitment-scam-in-bengal-this-news-report-is-5-years-old-1986481-2022-08-10

title:
Fact Check: New fake doctor scam after teacher recruitment scam in Bengal? This news report is 5 years old!


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On the night of March 26, three fighter jets of the Pakistan Air Force were destroyed. One of the jets was shot down by the Indian Air Force near the LOC. The other two were gunned down by Iran at its border.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-photos-of-crashed-pak-air-force-jets-shared-as-supposed-recent-attacks-by-india-and-iran-1930678-2022-03-28

title:
Fact Check: Old photos of crashed Pak Air Force jets shared as supposed recent attacks by India and Iran


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These graphic images show a Hindu woman from Assam who was raped by several Muslim men and then frozen to death in a freezer.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/horrific-photos-do-not-show-gang-raped-hindu-woman-in-assam-they-are-old-and-not-from-india-2307257-2022-12-09

title:
Fact Check: Horrific photos DO NOT show gang-raped Hindu woman in Assam - they’re old and not from India


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Have French cops joined protests against Macron’s Covid-19 measures?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
French police have joined demonstrations against Emmanuel Macron’s latest vaccination measures. Cops laid down their helmets in support of protesters.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-have-french-cops-joined-protests-against-macron-s-covid-19-measures-1830552-2021-07-20


text: This image shows security provided to the New Zealand cricket team by the Pakistan government.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old photo passed off as security provided to NZ cricket team by Pak govt
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-photo-passed-off-as-security-provided-to-nz-cricket-team-by-pak-govt-1857276-2021-09-25


text: Kamala Harris has condemned the Indian government’s handling of the ongoing farmers’ protests.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-12-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Canadian MP Jack Harris, not Kamala Harris, tweeted on farmers’ stir in India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-canadian-mp-jack-harris-not-kamala-harris-tweeted-on-farmers-stir-in-india-1746162-2020-12-02


text: Video footage shows Azerbaijani air raid over Armenian forces.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video game footage passed off as Azerbaijani air attack on Armenian forces
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-game-footage-passed-off-as-azerbaijani-air-attack-on-armenian-forces-1730596-2020-10-11


text: NCB’s Sameer Wankhede has asked for support from people on Twitter.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: How ‘Sneha’ and ‘FAU-G’ became Sameer Wankhede on Twitter
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-how-sneha-and-faug-became-sameer-wankhede-on-twitter-1869306-2021-10-25


text: Video shows Bhedaghat waterfall in Madhya Pradesh
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens fight over this stunning waterfall. Here’s the truth
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-fight-over-this-stunning-waterfall-here-s-the-truth-1704659-2020-07-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: NOT from FIFA World Cup 2022, video of fan attacking soccer player is from Turkey
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a fan attacking a player on the field during a FIFA World Cup 2022 match between Germany and Brazil.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-turkish-match-falsely-shared-as-fifa-world-cup-2022-clip-2302872-2022-11-28


text: BJP MLA Rajesh Mishra's son kissing a girl and also allowing his friend to kiss her
claimant: Facebook page 'Jay bhim'
claim_date: 2019-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this boy kissing a girl publicly Sakshi Mishra's brother?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-this-boy-kissing-a-girl-publicly-sakshi-mishra-s-brother-1570097-2019-07-16


text: This photo shows Julian Assange looking physically unwell in London’s Belmarsh prison.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral picture of ailing Julian Assange is AI-generated, NOT real
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-picture-of-ailing-julian-assange-is-ai-generated-not-real-2356189-2023-04-05


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-10-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This woman abused by policemen is not the Hathras victim’s mother
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Before burning the Hathras victim’s body, Uttar Pradesh Police detained and beat up her mother as she pleaded to see her daughter’s body one last time.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/hathras-case-woman-abused-police-fact-check-1728897-2020-10-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-10-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi share altered video to target BJP MLA?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
BJP MLA from Haryana, Bakshish Singh Virk, said EVMs have been tampered to ensure his party’s victory

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-rahul-gandhi-altered-video-bjp-mla-1611955-2019-10-22


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Tata’s concept sedan drives misleading claims on social media
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Tata Motors has come up with a new electric car called EVision, which can run up to 1,000 kms on being charged once and the battery has a 10-year warranty.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-tata-s-concept-sedan-drives-misleading-claims-on-social-media-1702251-2020-07-19


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-09-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A shift in law-and-order situation can be seen in Gujarat soon after Bhupendra Patel took charge of the state as the chief minister. In Bhavnagar, the police arrested a big don there and thrashed him in the middle of crossroads.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-photo-of-police-action-against-criminals-shared-as-better-law-order-under-bhupendra-patel-1854366-2021-09-18

title:
Fact Check: Old photo of police action against criminals shared as better law & order under Bhupendra Patel


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video from Madhya Pradesh falsely shared as that of damaged Bundelkhand Expressway
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of the damaged Bundelkhand Expressway in Uttar Pradesh which was inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on July 16.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-from-madhya-pradesh-falsely-shared-as-that-of-damaged-bundelkhand-expressway-1980688-2022-07-27


text: China is supplying Quran to people to read after the Coronavirus outbreak.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, China is not supplying Quran as antidote to coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/china-not-supplying-quran-as-antidote-coronavirus-1654559-2020-03-11


text: Video shows people in Bihar attacking a police van during a protest against the Agnipath Scheme.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: More anti-Agnipath violence in Bihar? No, this viral video is from Odisha last year
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-more-anti-agnipath-violence-bihar-mob-attacking-police-van-viral-video-odisha-last-year-1969136-2022-07-01


text: Coca-Cola sold just 25 bottles in its first year.
claimant: Facebook page ‘INDIA – Jai Ho!’ and others
claim_date: 2019-11-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Coca-Cola didn't sell 25 bottles in its first year
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/coca-cola-first-year-sales-bottles-glasses-post-viral-1616800-2019-11-07


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-06-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a mass gathering following suspended BJP spokesperson’s controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2021-prayer-service-pakistan-politician-viral-mass-gathering-bjp-spokesperson-nupur-sharma-comments-1959592-2022-06-07

title:
Fact Check: 2021 prayer service for Pak politician viral as mass gathering against Nupur Sharma’s comments


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 3-yr-old vote tampering video from Lok Sabha election resurfaces during UP polls
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a man complaining of vote tampering during the ongoing Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-vote-tampering-video-lok-sabha-election-up-polls-1921388-2022-03-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of US naval exercise viral as Pelosi's Taiwan escort
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows US Navy and US Airforce escorting Nancy Pelosi, the House of Representatives Speaker of the United States to Taiwan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-of-us-naval-exercise-viral-as-nancy-pelosi-taiwan-escort-1983808-2022-08-04


text: Video of Russin soldiers checking the dead bodies of Ukrainian soldiers during the ongoing invasion
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-footage-of-slain-ukrainian-soldiers-resurfaces-with-claims-of-being-part-of-ongoing-conflict-1918008-2022-02-25

title:
Fact Check: Old footage of slain Ukrainian soldiers resurfaces with claims of being part of ongoing conflict


text: This is how a mother gives birth to a baby in war-torn Afghanistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Photos of injured couple with newborn in hospital ruins are not from Afghanistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photos-of-injured-couple-with-newborn-in-hospital-ruins-are-not-from-afghanistan-1852823-2021-09-14


text: Covid-19 patients dancing to ‘Lungi Dance’ at a quarantine facility in Mumbai.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Tracing the quarantine facility where people are grooving to ‘Lungi Dance’
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-tracing-the-quarantine-facility-where-people-are-grooving-to-lungi-dance-1688773-2020-06-13


text: This is the last recording of Lata Mangeskar, the singer has decided to retire
claimant: Facebook user 'Tshering Wangdi Lepcha'
claim_date: 2019-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not the swansong of Lata Mangeshkar
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-the-swansong-of-lata-mangeshkar-1523138-2019-05-12


text: BCCI announces the introduction of "Mixed Cap" to honour the best all-rounder of IPL 2022.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, BCCI hasn't introduced a 'Mixed Cap' contest for IPL's best all-rounder
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bcci-hasnt-introduced-mixed-cap-contest-ipl-best-all-rounder-1932973-2022-04-03


claimant: Facebook page (I Support Modi Ji and BJP)
claim_date: 2020-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Owaisi did not say he will convert to Hinduism if BJP wins Hyderabad municipal poll
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said he will convert to Hinduism and name himself Bhagya Raj Tripathi if BJP wins the Hyderabad civic body election.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-owaisi-did-not-say-he-will-convert-to-hinduism-if-bjp-wins-hyderabad-municipal-poll-1746769-2020-12-04


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video does NOT show Imran Khan in jail, it is old and edited
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan with his eyes shut during his third night in jail.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-does-not-show-imran-khan-in-jail-it-is-old-and-edited-2419045-2023-08-10


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Azam Khan did not shave his head after Mulayam Singh Yadav's demise
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Following the death of the Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav, Azam Khan shaved off his hair following Hindu rituals.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/samajwadi-party-leader-azam-khan-shaved-head-image-mulayam-singh-yadav-death-false-claim-2285810-2022-10-15


text: Photo of the Earth shot from the Moon’s surface by Chandrayaan-3.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This captivating photo of Earth from the Moon was not taken by Chandrayaan-3
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/captivating-photo-of-earth-from-moon-was-not-taken-chandrayaan-3-ai-generated-2427906-2023-08-28


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This quote is fake! Aussie keeper DID NOT admit Shubman Gill catch was unclean
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After Cameron Green's controversial catch that dismissed Shubman Gill during 2023 WTC's second innings, Australian wicketkeeper Alex Cary said the catch wasn’t clean.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-quote-fake-aussie-keeper-did-not-admit-shubman-gill-gill-catch-unclean-2392983-2023-06-14


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-07-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 4-year-old video of Nupur Sharma viral as 'new statement' following Prophet controversy
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Nupur Sharma in a new statement following the Prophet Muhammad controversy asked if being Hindu was a crime.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-nupur-sharma-viral-as-new-statement-following-prophet-controversy-1978721-2022-07-22


text: Rahul Gandhi was seen in a pub with Hou Yanqi, the Chinese Ambassador to Nepal.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-05-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-seen-with-chinese-diplomat-in-kathmandu-pub-baseless-rumour-1945087-2022-05-03

title:
Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi seen with Chinese diplomat in Kathmandu pub? Baseless rumour spreads like wildfire


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral clip of Gambhir showing finger to anti-India slogans is doctored
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows BJP MP Gautam Gambhir showing his middle finger after anti-India slogans were raised during an Asia Cup 2023 match in Sri Lanka.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-clip-gautam-gambhir-showing-finger-to-anti-india-slogans-is-doctored-2431415-2023-09-05


text: This video shows Karan Sangwan responding to his Unacademy firing with a poem.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this poem isn’t Unacademy educator Karan Sangwan’s response to his firing
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/unacademy-educator-karan-viral-video-fact-check-2423309-2023-08-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows extremist Hindu men throwing dirty water at Muslim women amid the hijab row in Karnataka.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-from-sri-lanka-shared-muslim-students-harassed-hindu-extremists-hijab-row-1911536-2022-02-10

title:
Fact Check: Old ‘ragging’ video from Sri Lanka shared as Muslim students harassed by Hindu extremists amid hijab row


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video from Shahjahanpur shared as ex-MLA's sibling murdering youth in UP's Banda
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of a youth named Subham Gupta being beaten to death in UP's Banda district. The person who is beating him has been identified as Raja Dwivedi, a sibling of a former UP MLA Purushottam Naresh Trivedi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-from-shahjahanpur-shared-as-ex-mla-sibling-murdering-youth-in-up-banda-1938613-2022-04-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi is being made the butt of a joke — but the truth is something else
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
During a press conference, when Rahul Gandhi was asked to show the backside of a poster, he turned around, showing his back to reporters instead.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-congress-leader-rahul-gandhi-being-made-the-butt-of-a-joke-press-conference-1998112-2022-09-08


text: Video of funnel-shaped column over a water body is the eye of Cyclone Nisarga.
claimant: Social media users and news websites
claim_date: 2020-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Seven-month-old video goes viral linking it to cyclone Nisarga
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-seven-month-old-video-goes-viral-linking-it-to-cyclone-nisarga-1685235-2020-06-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Here’s the real story behind Nehru’s viral photo with a dog on a plane
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
While Modi is being criticised for the cheetah imports, no one complained when Nehru brought in dogs on his plane.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/nehru-dog-plane-photo-viral-real-story-2003930-2022-09-23


text: How Hollywood celebrities reacted to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the 94th Academy Awards.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2017 Oscar collage resurfaces as audience reaction to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2017-oscar-collage-resurfaces-audience-reaction-will-smith-slaps-chris-rock-1930599-2022-03-28


text: An image shows Ukrainian children sending-off soldiers to fight the Russians.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image circulated as Ukrainian children sending-off army for war with Russia
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-image-ukrainian-children-sending-off-army-ukraine-russia-war-1918505-2022-02-27


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2020-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral tweet of Rajinikanth apologising for travelling without e-pass is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Superstar Rajinikanth has apologised to the public for travelling without an e-pass during the Covid-19 lockdown in Tamil Nadu.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-tweet-rajinikanth-apologising-travelling-without-e-pass-fake-1707429-2020-08-03


claimant: BJP national secretary Sunil Deodhar
claim_date: 2019-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Viral claim comparing nominations of Rahul Gandhi and Modi is misleading
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Rahul Gandhi showed disrespect towards concerned officer while handing over his nomination form in Amethi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-nomination-papers-filing-pm-modi-viral-1511763-2019-04-27


text: Video shows women in Kabul, Afghanistan, protesting on the streets as Taliban militants look on.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video from Iran shared as Afghan women protesting against Taliban in Kabul
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-iran-afghan-women-protesting-taliban-kabul-1842964-2021-08-19


text: US President Joe Biden announced a national draft for men and women to fight the war in Ukraine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Americans are NOT being conscripted for Ukraine war, deepfake Biden video goes viral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/americans-are-not-being-conscripted-for-ukraine-war-deepfake-biden-video-goes-viral-2342322-2023-03-03


text: Exit polls predict massive victory of BJD in Odisha assembly polls.
claimant: Social media users and WhatsApp groups.
claim_date: 2019-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don't trust this good news about Naveen Patnaik
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-don-t-trust-this-good-news-about-naveen-patnaik-1515809-2019-05-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not Dynamo Kyiv football squad geared up to face Russian invaders
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Players of the Ukrainian football team Dynamo Kyiv joined military ranks to fend off Russian invaders.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/dynamo-kyiv-football-squad-players-claim-russia-ukraine-war-1922386-2022-03-08


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not a Wuhan lab that Obama was visiting
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Barack Obama, Melinda Gates and US infectious diseases expert Anthony Fauci were seen at a Wuhan lab in China in 2015.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-a-wuhan-lab-that-obama-was-visiting-1748138-2020-12-09


text: Picture of 6,000-bed Covid care centre built by RSS at Indore.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Al Bayt Stadium in Qatar passed off as Covid centre built by RSS at Indore
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-al-bayt-stadium-in-qatar-passed-off-as-covid-centre-built-by-rss-at-indore-1796717-2021-04-30


text: This video shows a cloudburst in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Years old flash flood video from Indonesia FALSELY shared as recent Kullu event
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-years-old-flash-flood-video-from-indonesia-falsely-shared-as-recent-kullu-event-2406596-2023-07-14


text: Rohit Sharma seen holding a copy of the Bhagavad Gita.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, the book Rohit Sharma is holding is NOT the Bhagavad Gita
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rohit-sharma-holding-bhagavad-gita-book-ms-dhoni-fake-photo-fact-check-2388056-2023-06-02


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral video from Priyanka Gandhi’s Varanasi rally doesn’t tell you the whole story
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Only verses from Quran were recited during Priyanka Gandhi’s October 10 'Kisan Nyay' rally held in Varanasi. This is to appease the Muslim community.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-priyanka-gandhi-vadra-varanasi-rally-up-1864966-2021-10-14


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Narendra Modi government removed "Ishwar Allah Tero Naam'' and replaced it with "Jai Shree Ram, Sita Ram" in Raghupati Raghava Raja Ram bhajan popularised by Mahatma Gandhi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-jai-sri-ram-instead-of-ishwar-allah-tero-naam-the-truth-behind-bjp-mp-hans-raj-hans-bhajan-video-1862987-2021-10-09

title:
Fact Check: 'Jai Sri Ram' instead of 'Ishwar Allah Tero Naam' – the truth behind BJP MP Hans Raj Hans’ bhajan video


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of aeroplane on flooded Karachi airport runway is not recent— it's from 2020
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a plane moving through the flooded runway of Pakistan's Karachi airport amid heavy monsoon rains this year.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-aeroplane-on-flooded-karachi-airport-runway-is-not-recent-from-2020-1977004-2022-07-18


text: Tata Group will no longer hire students from JNU
claimant: Facebook user “Akhil Kumar” and others
claim_date: 2020-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Will Tata Group not hire from JNU anymore?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-will-tata-group-not-hire-from-jnu-anymore-1639916-2020-01-24


text: Rahul Gandhi used “litre” as the unit for “atta”.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi goofs up on “litre” for “atta”, but corrects himself immediately
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-uses-litre-for-atta-in-halla-bol-rally-corrects-himself-1996317-2022-09-04


text: This video shows a scooter blown away in China due to Typhoon Doksuri.
claimant: Social media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Typhoon Doksuri didn’t make this scooter fly in China, this video is old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-typhoon-doksuri-did-not-make-this-scooter-fly-in-china-old-video-2414417-2023-07-31


text: This photo shows scenes from Kolkata's Mominpur as communal clashes took place on October 9.
claimant: Social media
claim_date: 2022-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Not from Mominpur communal clash, this photo is from 2018 violence in Raniganj, WB
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-from-mominpur-communal-clash-this-photo-is-from-2018-violence-in-raniganj-2285665-2022-10-15


text: A viral image of protest is related to JNU hostel fees hike.
claimant: Facebook user CA Bipin Singh and others
claim_date: 2019-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old photo goes viral as protest against hike in JNU hostel fees
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-photo-goes-viral-as-protest-against-hike-in-jnu-hostel-fees-1622255-2019-11-24


text: This video shows the training of an ‘AI Super Soldier’.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No ‘AI Super Soldiers’ yet! This robot fighter was created using VFX
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-ai-super-soldiers-yet-this-robot-fighter-was-created-using-vfx-2319331-2023-01-09


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of Kashmiri students pelting stones circulated with misleading claim
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The first image shows students pelting stones at security personnel in Kashmir during Congress rule. The second image shows Kashmiri children with Indian flags after the BJP came to power.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-image-of-kashmiri-students-pelting-stones-circulated-with-misleading-claim-1828717-2021-07-15


text: This video shows the driving skills of a person navigating through curvy roads in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Driver manoeuvering his truck on a curvy road in India? NO, this is just a video game
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/driver-manoeuvering-his-truck-on-a-curvy-road-in-india-no-this-is-just-a-video-game-2356235-2023-04-05


text: Photos with large crowds are from BJP rally in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
claimant: Facebook pages ‘Amit Shah Fans Team’ and ‘Corruption free Himachal Pradesh’
claim_date: 2019-05-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral photos of huge BJP crowd not from Azamgarh
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-photos-huge-bjp-crowd-azamgarh-1518445-2019-05-06


text: Picture shows Afghan women in chains after the Taliban demanded wives of government officials.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old pic of women mourning during Muharram viral as Afghan women in chains under Taliban
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-pic-women-mourning-muharram-viral-afghan-women-chains-taliban-1844898-2021-08-24


claimant: Facebook user Imran Cheeku
claim_date: 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of EVM burning is not from ongoing Lok Sabha polls
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A video shows people smashing and burning an EVM during the first phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-evm-burning-is-not-from-ongoing-lok-sabha-polls-1503469-2019-04-16


text: Video of a soldier bidding farewell to his family during war.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Emotional video of soldier bidding farewell to family is part of short film
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-emotional-video-of-soldier-bidding-farewell-to-family-is-part-of-short-film-1815300-2021-06-15


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind disturbing video of girl’s molestation
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In Kerala, girls are being regularly harassed and molested. This is happening as Hindus have become a minority in the state.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-disturbing-video-of-girl-s-molestation-1719532-2020-09-07


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of Egyptian pyramids lit with Palestinian flag is morphed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Pyramids of Giza in Egypt were illuminated with the Palestinian flag in support of Palestine in its ongoing conflict with Israel.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-picture-of-egyptian-pyramids-lit-with-palestinian-flag-is-morphed-1806428-2021-05-24


text: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's Eid al-Fitr message this year was against Islamophobia.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Justin Trudeau speak against Islamophobia in this year's Eid message?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-justin-trudeau-against-islamophobia-year-eid-messag-1682271-2020-05-26


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-07-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows the unhygienic condition of a British Airlines flight flying from Pakistan to London.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-video-does-not-show-unhygienic-state-of-british-airways-flight-from-pakistan-to-london-2410274-2023-07-22

title:
Fact Check: No, this video does not show unhygienic state of British Airways flight from Pakistan to London


claimant: Twitter user Raji Hindustani
claim_date: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this Chennai cop was not beaten by Muslim men
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows Tamil Nadu police constable was attacked by a Muslim mob for trying to stop three inebriated Muslim men from abusing women.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-chennai-cop-was-not-beaten-by-muslim-men-1717339-2020-09-01


text: This video shows a judge and a lawyer fist-fighting in a courthouse in Maharashtra.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-05-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-a-judge-punch-a-lawyer-in-maharashtra-courthouse-nope-two-lawyers-fighting-up-2380644-2023-05-17

title:
Fact Check: Did a judge punch a lawyer in Maharashtra courthouse? Nope, this is two lawyers fighting in UP


text: These photos show the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Ian in Cuba.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-photos-hurricanes-in-caribbean-shared-as-tropical-storm-ian-devastation-in-cuba-2006441-2022-09-29

title:
Fact Check: Old photos of hurricanes in the Caribbean shared as Tropical Storm Ian's devastation in Cuba


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Ivanka cite Bihar girl who cycled 1,200 kms to hit out at critics?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Ivanka Trump gave example of the Bihar girl who cycled 1,200 km carrying her injured father during lockdown to hit out at those criticising Donald Trump over the Covid-19 spread in US.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-ivanka-cite-bihar-girl-who-cycled-1-200-kms-to-hit-out-at-critics-1698878-2020-07-09


text: This is a picture of a Hindu temple discovered under a pyramid in Egypt.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Painting of Egyptian priest discovered in a tomb in Giza falsely linked to Hinduism
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-painting-of-egyptian-priest-discovered-in-a-tomb-in-giza-falsely-linked-to-hinduism-2355104-2023-04-03


claimant: Websites and Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did this model make it to Guinness for her dark skin tone?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
American model of South Sudanese descent Nyakim Gatwech enters Guinness World Records for the darkest skin ever seen on earth.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-this-model-make-it-to-guinness-for-her-dark-skin-tone-1698816-2020-07-09


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a crowd gathered to welcome Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad in Rajasthan's Jalore where a nine-year-old Dalit boy died after allegedly being assaulted by his teacher.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bhim-army-chief-chandrasekhar-azad-welcome-video-false-haj-pilgrim-1990867-2022-08-22

title:
Fact Check: Haj pilgrim’s video falsely shared as Bhim Army chief’s arrival at Jalore over Dalit boy’s death


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a Hindu woman from Kerala who is currently jailed in Afghanistan as an ISIS terrorist. She converted to Islam and was manipulated to join the terrorist outfit.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-kerala-woman-joined-isis-clipped-from-film-teaser-2293642-2022-11-05

title:
Fact Check: This video of Kerala woman who joined ISIS is clipped from film teaser for ‘The Kerala Story’


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Yatra entered BJP-ruled Karnataka, the Congress leader started wearing Hindu religious attire instead of t-shirt and pants.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-karnataka-bharat-jodo-yatra-did-not-change-clothes-old-photo-false-claim-2282362-2022-10-05

title:
Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi did NOT change attire after Bharat Jodo Yatra entered Karnataka; Viral pic is old


text: Young shepherd in viral photo is Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, now an education minister in France.
claimant: Facebook user “N H Partho” and others
claim_date: 2019-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, young shepherd in viral photo is not France’s education minister
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-young-shepherd-in-viral-photo-is-not-france-s-education-minister-1551469-2019-06-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Burj Khalifa in Dubai was lit up in the colours of the UK flag to pay tribute to Queen Elizabeth II.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2017-pic-of-burj-khalifa-lit-up-as-union-jack-falsely-shared-as-queen-elizabeth-ii-tribute-1998376-2022-09-09

title:
Fact Check: 2017 pic of Burj Khalifa lit up as Union Jack FALSELY shared as Queen Elizabeth II tribute


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-05-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These images are from Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium. It shows how a hair dryer and clothes iron were used to dry the wet pitch during the 2023 IPL final.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-hair-dryer-iron-used-rescue-wet-pitch-ipl-final-old-photos-are-from-guwahati-2386475-2023-05-30

title:
Fact Check: Hair dryer & iron used to rescue wet pitch in IPL final? No, these old photos are from Guwahati


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Punjabi singer Ranjit Bawa performed his song ‘Chitta’ in front of CM Bhagwant Mann. In this song, Bawa criticised the state government for the narcotics epidemic.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-singer-ranjit-bawa-criticise-bhagwant-mann-in-front-of-him-with-a-song-viral-video-tampered-1995332-2022-09-01

title:
Fact Check: Did singer Ranjit Bawa criticise Bhagwant Mann in front of him with a song? Viral video tampered


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2021-09-24T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-anti-modi-protest-us-1856982-2021-09-24
title: Fact Check: Old photos of anti-Modi protest in US viral as recent demonstrations
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
PM Modi's US visit draws protest where posters comparing him with Hitler are flashed, but the media will never show them.


text: This photo shows the beautiful Gwadar cricket stadium in Balochistan, Pakistan.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This picturesque cricket stadium is NOT in Pakistan, it’s just concept art
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-picturesque-cricket-stadium-is-not-in-pakistan-its-just-concept-art-2334273-2023-02-13


text: The image shows the dire condition of Howrah CID office in West Bengal.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-09-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this dilapidated building is not the Howrah CID office address anymore
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-dilapidated-building-is-not-the-howrah-cid-office-address-anymore-1856975-2021-09-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Does this Belgian city with terror links have 100% Muslim population?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Molenbeek city in Belgium has become the first European city with 100 per cent Muslim population. By 2021 Belgium will become an Islamic country.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-belgian-city-terror-links-100-muslim-population-1723499-2020-09-19


text: Irfan Pathan was at Shaheen Bagh in solidarity with protesters
claimant: Facebook user “Royale Shadab Choudhary” and others
claim_date: 2020-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Irfan Pathan was meeting fans in Kolkata, not protesters at Shaheen Bagh
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-irfan-pathan-was-meeting-fans-in-kolkata-not-protesters-at-shaheen-bagh-1640363-2020-01-26


text: Emirates airlines is giving away two-way flight tickets for a vacation in Europe and Asia.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fake-emirates-airlines-free-tickets-contest-phishing-scam-1986843-2022-08-11

title:
Fact Check: Don’t fall for this ‘fake’ Emirates Airlines free tickets contest — it’s another phishing scam!


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Jonathan the tortoise, world’s oldest living animal
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is Jonathan the turtle, the oldest known land animal alive today. Born in 1832, it will turn 190 next year.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-jonathan-the-tortoise-world-s-oldest-living-animal-1820912-2021-06-29


claimant: Twitter user Chowdary Ishwar Sinha
claim_date: 2021-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed photo shows Congress workers offering cake to Mia Khalifa's poster
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows a group of Congress party workers offering cake to former adult film actress Mia Khalifa's poster.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/morphed-photo-congress-workers-offering-cake-mia-khalifa-poster-1766686-2021-02-06


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind viral picture of Donald Trump greeting Osama Bin Laden
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of Donald Trump shaking hands with Osama Bin Laden. Quote praising the terror mastermind as a “great man” is also attributed to the US President.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-viral-picture-of-donald-trump-greeting-osama-bin-laden-1679027-2020-05-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 50% seats in NIT-Goa reserved for home students, is it an exception?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The BJP has delivered 40 percent reservations for Goans in NIT- Goa. It’s a special exception, only for Goa.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-seats-nit-goa-reserved-for-home-students-exception-1910031-2022-02-07


claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2022-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This 5-year-old video shows a Maratha Kranti Morcha rally, NOT the MVA’s recent march
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows Maha Vikas Agadhi’s recent protest march from December 17 that Devendra Fadnavis dubbed a ‘Nano Morcha’.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-5-year-old-video-shows-a-maratha-kranti-morcha-rally-not-the-mvas-recent-march-2311383-2022-12-20


claimant: Twitter User
claim_date: 2022-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old RRB-NTPC protest video used to assert RJD's role behind anti-Agnipath violence
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows how RJD supporters are encouraging aspirants to protest against the newly introduced Agnipath scheme leading to violence in Bihar.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-protest-video-used-to-assert-rjd-role-agnipath-violence-protests-1964225-2022-06-19


text: China built these 57-storey twin towers in just 19 days.
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2023-07-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-china-did-not-build-these-twin-towers-in-just-19-days-brazilian-skyscrapers-took-8-years-2412210-2023-07-26

title:
Fact Check: China DID NOT build these twin towers in just 19 days, Brazilian skyscrapers took 8 years


claimant: Facebook user അഭിനവ് അഭി‎
claim_date: 2020-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of monks in Kumbh Mela falsely circulated as that of Ayodya bhoomi pujan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows monks who came to attend the Ayodhya Ram temple bhoomi pujan ceremony violated Covid-19 protocols.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-image-of-monks-in-kumbh-mela-falsely-circulated-as-that-of-ayodya-bhoomi-pujan-1709413-2020-08-09


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of Islamic prayers at Karnataka Congress office shared with misleading claims
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Only Islamic prayers were conducted during the inauguration of a Youth Congress office in Karnataka.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-image-islamic-prayers-karnataka-congress-office-shared-with-misleading-claims-1907518-2022-02-01


text: Video shows Jio tower set on fire as part of the farmers’ agitation.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not a Jio tower set on fire amid farmers’ protest
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-a-jio-tower-set-on-fire-amid-farmers-protest-1754840-2020-12-31


text: Bhajan kirtans sung on the streets of Srinagar after 40 years.
claimant: Facebook user Kanak Mishra and Twitter user Gautam Bhatt
claim_date: 2019-05-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Bhajan kirtans part of Ram Navami processions in Srinagar since 2007
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bhajan-kirtans-part-of-ram-navami-processions-in-srinagar-since-2007-1539748-2019-05-31


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral 'Boycott Qatar 2022' banner at stadium has nothing to do with Nupur Sharma
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A "Boycott Qatar 2022” banner was seen at a stadium following India's diplomatic tussle with Qatar over Nupur Sharma's comments on Prophet Muhammad.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/boycott-qatar-2022-banner-nupur-sharma-india-qatar-1960375-2022-06-09


text: Picture of Arvind Kejriwal and his party MP Bhagwant Mann sitting in front of liquor shops.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-do-not-gulp-down-this-morphed-image-of-kejriwal-and-bhagwant-mann-in-front-of-liquor-shops-1901061-2022-01-17

title:
Fact Check: Do not gulp down this morphed image of Kejriwal and Bhagwant Mann in front of liquor shops


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Brazilian Police crashed into Jair Bolsonaro’s eldest son Flavio Bolsonaro’s private plane as he attempted to flee the country.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-brazil-police-shoot-ex-prez-bolsonaros-sons-plane-thrilling-chase-video-is-from-2011-2319350-2023-01-09

title:
Fact Check: Did Brazil Police shoot ex-Prez Bolsonaro’s son’s plane? Thrilling chase video is from 2011


text: The "Freedom Convoy" of truckers who travelled to Canada’s capital to protest vaccine mandates.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-02-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-truckers-convoy-passed-off-as-canadian-protest-against-covid-19-mandates-1913873-2022-02-16

title:
Fact Check: Old image of truckers’ convoy passed off as recent protest against Covid-19 mandates in Canada


text: The image is from the recent stampede in Yemen.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pictures of old stampedes passed off as recent Yemen crush
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pictures-old-stampedes-passed-off-recent-yemen-crush-2363040-2023-04-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens beef up misleading post to target Kamala Harris
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After winning the United States elections, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris consumed beef to celebrate.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-beef-up-misleading-post-to-target-kamala-harris-1739195-2020-11-08


text: These pictures are from the site of an explosion in Karachi, Pakistan on December 18, 2021.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-12-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These photos are old and not from Karachi’s recent Shershah blast
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photos-old-not-from-recent-karachi-shershah-blast-1889584-2021-12-19


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Bill Gates, vaccines and population control make for infectious conspiracy theory
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This old newspaper article highlights Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates’s plan to depopulate the world through forced vaccination.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bill-gates-vaccines-and-population-control-make-for-infectious-conspiracy-theory-1760336-2021-01-18


text: 910430414 is the mobile number of lawyer Rajeev Dhavan who tore the Ayodhya map in Supreme Court.
claimant: Facebook user ‘Rakeshranjeet Singh’ among others
claim_date: 2019-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind lawyer Rajeev Dhavan's number shared on social media
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ayodhya-case-supreme-court-advocate-rajeev-dhawan-mobile-number-1611116-2019-10-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Covid parties may be happening, but this is something else!
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows college students in Alabama, United States, throwing 'Covid-19' parties to see who gets infected first.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/covid-parties-may-be-happening-but-this-is-something-else-1700601-2020-07-14


text: This Indian Oil contest promises prizes and discounts.
claimant: WhatsApp and Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don’t slip over fraudulent Indian Oil contest, it has Chinese link
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/indian-oil-contest-barbeque-nation-phishing-scam-private-data-chinese-website-1939457-2022-04-19


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeking young Americans to help fight against Russia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-zelenskyy-ask-young-americans-war-against-russia-2341365-2023-03-01

title:
Fact Check: Did Zelenskyy ask young Americans to go to war against Russia? Viral video clipped out of context


text: Saudi prince is talking about Kashmir.
claimant: Facebook pages like 'PROUD TO BE INDIAN'
claim_date: 2019-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Saudi Prince talking about Kashmir in the viral video
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-saudi-prince-talking-about-kashmir-in-the-viral-video-1460202-2019-02-19


text: This video shows Athirappilly waterfall in Kerala amid recent heavy rains in the state.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-of-karnataka-jog-falls-shared-as-keralas-athirappilly-falls-amid-rain-2406350-2023-07-14

title:
Fact Check: Old video of Karnataka’s Jog Falls shared as Kerala’s Athirappilly Falls amid rain in the state


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-02T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a man performing namaz in the aisle and kicking windows in an Indian aircraft during flight.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-man-prostrating-in-an-aeroplane-aisle-is-not-from-india-its-from-a-pak-uae-flight-2304673-2022-12-02

title:
Fact Check: Video of man prostrating in an aeroplane aisle is NOT from India, it’s from a Pak-UAE flight


text: Pictures show a young boy from Assam saving a fawn from the floods by risking his own life.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading claims about this boy rescuing a baby deer flood social media
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-misleading-claims-about-this-boy-rescuing-a-baby-deer-flood-social-media-1702281-2020-07-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Arvind Kejriwal did not say he is a BJP-RSS man; viral video doctored
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal admits to being a BJP-RSS man. He said he comes from a Jan Sangh family.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-arvind-kejriwal-did-not-say-he-is-a-bjp-rss-man-viral-video-doctored-1912974-2022-02-14


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Rahul Gandhi did not visit a single Hindu temple in Kerala or Tamil Nadu during the Bharat Jodo Yatra.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-rahul-gandhi-not-visit-a-single-temple-in-tn-and-kerala-viral-claims-are-only-half-true-2308178-2022-12-12

title:
Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi not visit a single temple in TN and Kerala? Viral claims are only half-true


text: The first train reached Manipur 74 years after Independence.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This claim of Manipur’s first train since Independence is off the track
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-manipur-first-train-since-independence-is-off-the-track-1824098-2021-07-05


text: A Russian medical university has completed clinical trials of the world's first Covid-19 vaccine.
claimant: News websites and social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Do not pin your hopes on that 'successful' Russian vaccine
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/do-not-pin-your-hopes-on-that-successful-russian-vaccine-1700228-2020-07-13


text: Video shows a Pakistani fighter who was recently captured in Panjshir, Afghanistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video goes viral with claim of Pakistani fighter being caught in Panjshir
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-goes-viral-with-claim-of-pakistani-fighter-being-caught-in-panjshir-1850272-2021-09-07


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-12-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The image shows the newly built Mumbai-Nagpur Super Communication Expressway that will be inaugurated by PM Narendra Modi on December 11.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-highway-pic-from-thailand-falsely-shared-as-newly-built-mumbai-nagpur-samruddhi-mahamarg-2306816-2022-12-08

title:
Fact Check: Highway pic from Thailand FALSELY shared as newly built Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Mahamarg


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are coronavirus tests most expensive in India?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
While coronavirus tests in other countries are conducted for free or at nominal charges, in India, it costs Rs 4,500

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-are-coronavirus-tests-most-expensive-in-india-1659724-2020-03-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of mob vandalising buses is neither recent nor from Haryana
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows Muslims fighting with police and vandalising public transport buses during the ongoing riots in Haryana.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-of-mob-vandalising-buses-is-neither-recent-nor-from-haryana-2415348-2023-08-02


text: Rajnath Singh had snacks in a madrasa for the sake of votes
claimant: Facebook page 'Ravish Kumar Journalist'
claim_date: 2019-05-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The truth about Rajnath Singh's picture at madrasa
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-the-truth-about-rajnath-singh-s-picture-at-madrasa-1522237-2019-05-10


text: Rare footage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi performing yoga.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 1938 video of BKS Iyengar shared as PM Modi performing yoga
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-1938-video-of-bks-iyengar-shared-as-pm-modi-performing-yoga-1743778-2020-11-24


claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Andrew Tye quit the ongoing IPL season and said, "I do not understand how Indian companies and government are spending huge money for IPL when people actually need hospitals."

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-andrew-tye-quit-ipl-citing-lack-of-healthcare-in-india-old-quote-viral-out-of-context-2376819-2023-05-09

title:
Fact Check: Did Andrew Tye quit IPL citing lack of healthcare in India? Old quote viral out of context


text: Video is of man putting his spit on bread packets in India during the Covid-19 pandemic.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of man putting his spit on bread packets is old and not from India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-man-putting-his-spit-bread-packets-is-old-and-not-india-1669006-2020-04-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows the interior of an airport in Arunachal Pradesh, which has largely been constructed using bamboo.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-arunachal-pradesh-bamboo-airport-bengaluru-airport-terminal-2295836-2022-11-10

title:
Fact Check: This is NOT Arunachal’s ‘bamboo airport’, viral video is from new Bengaluru airport terminal


text: This video shows a tree falling on a two-wheeler because of Cyclone Biparjoy.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-cyclone-biparjoy-viral-video-rajasthan-us-neither-of-these-videos-links-2394076-2023-06-16

title:
Fact Check: One from Rajasthan, other from US - neither of these 2 videos has any links to Cyclone Biparjoy


claimant: Facebook page ‘Dekh Bhai’ and others
claim_date: 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: How badly will the Dragon be hit if India stops importing from China?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Japanese citizens completely boycotted US products as a mark of patriotism and India as China’s main importer should do the same.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-how-badly-will-the-dragon-be-hit-if-india-stops-importing-from-china-1592800-2019-08-28


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: KL Rahul didn't cry following LSG's IPL exit, Snapchat filter did the trick
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows KL Rahul, the captain of Lucknow Super Giants, getting emotional after his team was defeated by RCB in the first eliminator of IPL 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/kl-rahul-crying-video-after-rcb-match-altered-using-filter-1955678-2022-05-29


text: UV rays and sunlight can kill coronavirus.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Can UV rays from sunlight kill coronavirus?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/uv-rays-sunlight-kill-novel-coronavirus-uvc-sun-covid19-1661834-2020-03-31


text: This video shows the dead bodies of 72 people who died in the January 15 Nepal plane crash.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These AREN’T the 72 Nepal plane crash victims; this video is old and from Indonesia
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-72-nepal-plane-crash-victims-video-is-old-and-from-indonesia-2323638-2023-01-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Screenshot of New York Times report on AAP roadshow in Gujarat is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A screenshot of a report in the New York Times that claimed AAP's roadshow in Gujarat was attended by 25 crore people.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-screenshot-of-new-york-times-report-on-aap-roadshow-in-gujarat-is-fake-1933382-2022-04-04


claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2022-11-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Former prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan was seen walking in the hospital corridor after getting hit by bullets in his leg on Thursday.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-imran-khan-walking-shot-old-clip-false-claim-2293792-2022-11-05

title:
Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show Imran Khan walking just after three days of getting shot, old clip shared with false claim


text: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has died.
claimant: Pakistani news channel "Dawn"
claim_date: 2020-04-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pakistan news channel Dawn falls for fake handle, telecasts Boris Johnson's death
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pakistan-news-channel-dawn-falls-fake-handle-uk-pm-boris-johnson-death-1664492-2020-04-07


text: CRPF jawan Dharmendra killed by anti-CAA protesters
claimant: Facebook user “Ashish Raj” and others
claim_date: 2019-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: RPF constable’s death in accident linked to anti-CAA violence
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-rpf-constable-s-death-in-accident-linked-to-anti-caa-violence-1629074-2019-12-17


text: This tweet was posted from the current Twitter handle of Miss Universe 2021 Harnaaz Kaur Sandhu.
claimant: @harnaazsandhu03
claim_date: 2021-12-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Oops! Twitter’s blue bird crowns the wrong Harnaaz Sandhu
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-oops-twitter-s-blue-bird-crowns-the-wrong-harnaaz-sandhu-1888202-2021-12-15


text: Video shows a cattle farm being washed away by floods in Kerala’s Wayanad district.
claimant: Twitter user @ThomasJ24632319
claim_date: 2020-08-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-showing-cattle-being-washed-away-in-floodwaters-is-not-from-kerala-s-wayanad-1709248-2020-08-08

title:
Fact Check: Viral video showing cattle being washed away in floodwaters is not from Kerala's Wayanad


text: This is a picture of Kapil Sibal and his wife Promila inside a slaughterhouse.
claimant: Facebook user Vinita Agarwal
claim_date: 2019-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Photoshopped image of Kapil Sibal and his wife inside slaughterhouse goes viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/photoshopped-kapil-sibal-wife-inside-slaughterhouse-1559254-2019-06-30


text: Army dogs maul a stone pelter in Kashmir.
claimant: Twitter user ‘Theju@Theju’ and many other Facebook and Twitter users
claim_date: 2019-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Army dogs did not maul a stone pelter in Kashmir
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-army-dogs-did-not-maul-a-stone-pelter-in-kashmir-1541845-2019-06-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Underwater tunnel from Europe shared as proposed Brahmaputra river project in Assam
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is what the proposed underwater road-rail tunnel that will span the Brahmaputra river in Assam will look like.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-underwater-tunnel-europe-proposed-brahmaputra-river-project-assam-1958075-2022-06-03


text: Eminent Physics professor HC Verma donates Rs 1 crore to PM relief fund.
claimant: Facebook page 'Work For Unity'
claim_date: 2019-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Does physicist HC Verma donate Rs 1 crore to PM relief fund?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-does-physicist-hc-verma-donate-rs-1-crore-to-pm-relief-fund-1594653-2019-09-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of this playful deer by the sea is not from lockdown in India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A deer was spotted on the sea beach near Chandrabhaga on Puri-Konark marine drive road during lockdown.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-playful-deer-sea-not-from-lockdown-india-1675522-2020-05-07


text: This video shows Muslims in Kerala pelting stones at Hindu households, threatening them to vacate.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2016 video of stone pelting in Kerala shared with communal spin
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/2016-video-of-stone-pelting-in-kerala-shared-with-communal-spin-2411269-2023-07-25


claimant: Twitter User
claim_date: 2022-07-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Partha Chatterjee's aide Arpita Mukherjee dancing to the tune of a song dedicated to the leader before being caught by the ED.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bengal-minister-aide-arpita-mukherjee-is-not-grooving-on-the-bengali-song-o-partha-da-tomai-chai-1980792-2022-07-27

title:
Fact Check: Bengal minister’s aide Arpita Mukherjee is not grooving on the Bengali song “O Partha da Tomai Chai”


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: News clip from 2017 goes viral with claim of EVM foul play
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Media report shows BJP has tampered with EVM machines. The collector and SP of Bhind, Madhya Pradesh, have been removed after it was found that the VVPAT machine was dispensing slips with only BJP symbols.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-news-clip-from-2017-goes-viral-with-claim-of-evm-foul-play-1906523-2022-01-30


text: Image of women donning tricolour headscarves shared as part of hijab row in Karnataka
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-photos-of-mumbai-college-independence-day-celebration-crop-up-in-karnataka-hijab-row-1910073-2022-02-07

title:
Fact Check: Old photos of Mumbai college Independence Day celebration crop up in Karnataka hijab row


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of police assault on Muslim woman falsely linked to France
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
French police arrested a young Muslim girl and tried to take off her headscarf forcefully. When she resisted, police threw her to the ground.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-police-assault-on-muslim-woman-falsely-linked-to-france-1738071-2020-11-04


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mixing lemon and baking soda in tea won't kill coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
There has been no death due to Covid-19 in Israel as they mix lemon and baking soda in their tea. This combination kills coronavirus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/mixing-lemon-baking-soda-tea-wont-kill-coronavirus-1687315-2020-06-09


text: Cameraman on the ground cried after Dhoni’s dismissal in the semi-final against New Zealand.
claimant: Bewakoof.com
claim_date: 2019-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did this cameraman cry after Dhoni’s dismissal against New Zealand?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-this-cameraman-cry-after-dhoni-s-dismissal-against-new-zealand-1567700-2019-07-12


text: Video of pigs being burnt alive in China to control coronavirus
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is the Chinese govt burning pigs alive to contain coronavirus?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-the-chinese-govt-burning-pigs-alive-to-contain-coronavirus-1642960-2020-02-03


claimant: Tricolour News Network website (TNN World)
claim_date: 2019-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind the viral video that claims conspiracy by BJP to change EVMs
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The BJP is conspiring to change the EVMs after May 19 (the last phase of Lok Sabha polls) to win the elections.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-the-viral-video-that-claims-conspiracy-by-bjp-to-change-evms-1530991-2019-05-21


text: Pictures of tractor convoys show the recent farmers’ protest in German capital Berlin.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These pictures of farmers’ protest in Berlin are over a year old
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-these-pictures-of-farmers-protest-in-berlin-are-over-a-year-old-1769412-2021-02-15


text: Arvind Kejriwal joined hands with Pakistan PM Imran Khan to win Delhi election.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-02-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old picture of Kejriwal-Imran Khan meet linked to Delhi election
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-picture-of-kejriwal-imran-khan-meet-linked-to-delhi-election-1645816-2020-02-12


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: British man finding ancient Roman treasure in his first try is old news
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
British man discovers ancient Roman coins that were underground for 1,700 years in his first-ever treasure hunt.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-british-man-finding-ancient-roman-treasure-in-his-first-try-is-old-news-1900244-2022-01-14


text: RSS activists are harassing Muslim women
claimant: Harassment of Muslim women in Sri Lanka passed off as atrocities by RSS
claim_date: 2019-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Harassment of Muslim women in Sri Lanka passed off as atrocities by RSS
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-harassment-of-muslim-women-in-sri-lanka-passed-off-as-atrocities-by-rss-1590076-2019-08-21


text: These are pictures of the wildfire in Turkey.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-08-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old, unrelated pictures shared as visuals of Turkey forest fire
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-unrelated-pictures-shared-as-visuals-of-turkey-forest-fire-1836882-2021-08-04


claimant: Facebook user Shanmugam Perumal
claim_date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image showing sea of saffron flags has no link with Ayodhya Bhoomi Pujan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows large gathering with saffron flags violating Covid-19 protocol on the day of Ram Mandir groundbreaking ceremony.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-saffron-flags-ayodhya-bhoomi-pujan-1710023-2020-08-11


text: One should be careful of interacting with pets for animals can transmit Covid-19 to humans
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Worried over getting coronavirus from your pet? Here is the truth
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-worried-over-getting-coronavirus-from-your-pet-here-is-the-truth-1666447-2020-04-13


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Year-old Defence Ministry report shared with dynasty spin ahead of UP polls
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Defence Minister Rajnath has given a nod to abolish 9,300 Military Engineer Services posts while both his sons have gotten tickets for assembly polls.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-defence-ministry-report-dynasty-spin-up-polls-1909611-2022-02-06


claimant: Sccial media users
claim_date: 2021-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Emotional moment between Brazilian family linked to Israeli airstrikes on Gaza
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The mother of this Palestinian newborn baby was killed in an airstrike by Israel, following which her father and brother broke down.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-emotional-moment-between-brazilian-family-linked-to-israeli-airstrikes-on-gaza-1804708-2021-05-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post about this doctor's death due to coronavirus is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A 28-year-old doctor from Maharashtra, Dr. Maneesha Patil, died of Covid-19 while treating patients infected with coronavirus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-post-about-doctor-death-coronavirus-fake-1671382-2020-04-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old videos flood social media claiming to show recent Tawang clash
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video from the December 9, 2022 clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-videos-flood-social-media-claiming-to-show-recent-tawang-clash-2308755-2022-12-13


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This Aussie did not cheer for India after Australia beat Pak in the T20 World Cup
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
An Australian fan chanting 'Bharat Maata ki Jai' and 'Vande Mataram' after Australia defeated Pakistan by five wickets in the T20 World Cup at Dubai.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-aussie-did-not-cheer-for-india-after-australia-beat-pak-t20-world-cup-1876187-2021-11-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Six-year-old picture goes viral as plight of migrants during lockdown
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of woman cycling with a baby tied on her back shows the plight of migrants during the lockdown.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-six-year-old-picture-goes-viral-as-plight-of-migrants-during-lockdown-1679824-2020-05-19


text: The video shows a long crack in Earth’s crust caused by the Turkey-Syria earthquakes.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video doesn't show deep cracks caused by recent tremors in Turkey and Syria
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-doesnt-show-deep-cracks-caused-by-recent-tremors-in-turkey-and-syria-2337789-2023-02-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Huge crowd at jawan’s funeral in Gujarat shared as Sidhu Moose Wala’s last rites
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows thousands of people gathered at the funeral of assassinated Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-jawan-funeral-gujarat-sidhu-moose-wala-last-rites-1957670-2022-06-02


claimant: Social media users and WhatsApp groups
claim_date: 2019-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are these the original idols of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita from Ayodhya?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These are the original idols of Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita which were removed from Ayodhya before Babur desecrated Ram Janmabhoomi. The idols were later kept in an ashram in Harihar in present-day Karnataka.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-are-these-the-original-idols-of-lord-ram-lakshman-and-sita-from-ayodhya-1621373-2019-11-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post saying Bill Gates violated social distancing norms is misleading
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows Bill Gates and White House health advisor Dr Anthony Fauci violating social distancing norms and not wearing masks.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-saying-bill-gates-violated-social-distancing-norms-is-misleading-1678522-2020-05-15


text: This video shows a rhino that was released from the Paris zoo by angry rioters.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-07-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rhino strolls out of Paris Zoo amid riots? No, this 2019 video is from Nepal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-rhino-strolls-out-of-paris-zoo-amid-riots-no-this-2019-video-is-from-nepal-2402257-2023-07-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was removed from BJP’s parliamentary board because he said ‘leaders who don’t fulfil promises are flogged by the populace’.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-gadkari-video-is-from-2019-three-years-before-his-ouster-from-bjp-parliamentary-board-1992600-2022-08-25

title:
Fact Check: This Gadkari video is from 2019 - three years before his ouster from BJP parliamentary board


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of exorcism passed off as forced conversion of Hindu girl in Pakistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video from Pakistan shows how Muslims electrocute and torture Hindu girls to forcibly convert them to Islam.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/exorcism-video-passed-off-as-forced-conversion-hindu-girl-pakistan-1925798-2022-03-15


text: Young girl singing "The Girl From Ipanema" is the daughter of Hollywood actor Julia Roberts.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Hold your beer! She's not Julia Roberts's daughter but a doppelganger
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-hold-your-beer-she-not-julia-roberts-daughter-doppelganger-1701131-2020-07-16


text: This is what sunset on Earth looks like from space.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Stunning artwork shared as sunset on Earth as seen from space
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-stunning-artwork-shared-as-sunset-on-earth-as-seen-from-space-1877090-2021-11-15


text: These flood visuals are from a school in Florida, US, which remained open during Hurricane Ian.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-10-01T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/2019-storm-aftermath-video-texas-school-hurricane-ian-florida-2007255-2022-10-01

title:
Fact Check: 2019 storm aftermath video from Texas school shared as recent incident of Hurricane Ian in Florida


text: Actor Zaira Wasim returns to movies after announcing retirement
claimant: Social media user "Akanksha Ojha" and others
claim_date: 2019-09-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Beach photo of Zaira Wasim goes viral with claim she has returned to Bollywood
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-beach-photo-of-zaira-wasim-goes-viral-with-claim-she-has-returned-to-bollywood-1598157-2019-09-11


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-07-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows how a niqab-clad Muslim woman kidnaps a child with the help of an autorickshaw driver.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-need-to-panic-this-video-of-niqab-clad-woman-kidnapping-child-scripted-and-from-egypt-1970570-2022-07-05

title:
Fact Check: No need to panic! This video of niqab-clad woman ‘kidnapping’ a child is scripted and from Egypt


text: This video shows a physically disabled man being assaulted by an extremist group in Punjab
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/false-video-mob-attacking-disabled-man-punjab-family-dispute-uttar-pradesh-2398766-2023-06-27

title:
Fact Check: NOT extremist mob attacking disabled man in Punjab, this 2022 video shows family dispute in UP


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Man kneeling in front of Yogi Adityanath is not Vikas Dubey
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is an old photo of gangster Vikash Dubey prostrating in front of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-man-kneeling-in-front-of-yogi-adityanath-is-not-vikas-dubey-1699236-2020-07-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Yediyurappa did not attend Kumaraswamy Junior’s wedding amid lockdown
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Amid lockdown, Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa attended the wedding of Kumaraswamy’s son, ignoring social distancing.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-yediyurappa-did-not-attend-kumaraswamy-junior-s-wedding-amid-lockdown-1668442-2020-04-18


text: Photo shows Kerala electricity board employees working in pouring rain to repair electricity poles.
claimant: Sanjiv Bhatt
claim_date: 2018-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Former IPS officer uses old picture to target PM Modi as Kerala battles flood
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/kerala-floods-sanjiv-bhatt-narendra-modi-1320555-2018-08-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of woman attempting to kill herself is not from India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a young woman trying to kill herself due to stress over unemployment. Many social media users assume the incident to be from India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-woman-attempting-to-kill-herself-is-not-from-india-1858156-2021-09-28


text: A group of skydivers forming a giant lattice-like configuration claimed to be of Indian Army.
claimant: Facebook page Ek Hindustani and Mera Bharat
claim_date: 2019-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind the thrilling video of skydivers claimed to be from Indian Army
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-the-thrilling-video-of-skydivers-claimed-to-be-from-indian-army-1424299-2019-01-05


text: A "trans-species man" who identifies himself as a deer was accidentally shot at by hunters.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Man identifying as deer shot at by hunters? No, it's satire
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/man-identifying-as-deer-shot-at-by-hunters-no-its-satire-1822737-2021-07-01


claimant: Facebook pages Political Tamasha and JAY MODIRAJ
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake quote of Sachin Tendulkar goes viral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar said he will neither contest against Narendra Modi nor campaign for the Congress.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fake-quote-of-sachin-tendulkar-goes-viral-1442691-2019-01-30


text: The video shows a Muslim migrant attacking a woman in Spain.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: NOT Muslim migrant attacking woman in Spain, this 2019 video is from China
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-muslim-migrant-attacking-woman-in-spain-this-2019-video-is-from-china-2397855-2023-06-25


text: Viral picture is of girl injured during stone pelting in India
claimant: Facebook user “ArjunYaduvanshi” and others
claim_date: 2019-12-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This little girl was not injured in stone pelting on trains in India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-little-girl-was-not-injured-in-stone-pelting-on-trains-in-india-1629414-2019-12-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of man killed in celebratory firing goes viral with wrong claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Muslim leader in Pakistan had returned home after recovering from coronavirus, but was killed in celebratory firing.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-man-killed-celebratory-firing-goes-viral-with-wrong-claim-1671714-2020-04-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-21T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-malaysia-zakir-naik-india-1927789-2022-03-21
title: Fact Check: No, Malaysia hasn't agreed to hand over Zakir Naik to India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Islamic televangelist Zakir Naik is being extradited from Malaysia thanks to the efforts of the Narendra Modi-led government.


text: Video of a flooded street in Delhi following the arrival of the monsoon.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of a flooded neighbourhood in Haryana's Rohtak shared as from Delhi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-flooded-neighbourhood-haryana-rohtak-shared-delhi-1969560-2022-07-02


text: A woman threw dirty water on Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
claimant: Facebook user "Hardik Goyal" and others
claim_date: 2020-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did a woman throw dirty water at Arvind Kejriwal?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-a-woman-throw-dirty-water-at-arvind-kejriwal-1642646-2020-02-02


text: Viral video is of police in Assam picking up people from their homes whose names are missing in NRC
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Anti-CAA protests in Hyderabad passed off as police crackdown post NRC in Assam
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-anti-caa-protests-in-hyderabad-passed-off-as-police-crackdown-post-nrc-in-assam-1630999-2019-12-23


text: Video shows missile attacks from Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Videos from South Korea, Afghanistan shared as scenes from Russian invasion of Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-videos-from-south-korea-afghanistan-shared-as-scenes-from-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-1920896-2022-03-04


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Shah’s letter to Yogi on Covid vaccinations being key to UP polls is morphed
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In a letter addressed to the UP CM Yogi Adityanath, Union Home minister Amit Shah said maximising Covid-19 vaccination registrations can ensure success in the 2022 assembly election.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/shah-s-letter-to-yogi-on-covid-vaccinations-being-key-to-up-polls-is-morphed-1812366-2021-06-08


text: Sonia Gandhi is richer than British Queen Elizabeth II.
claimant: BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay and several Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post claiming Sonia Gandhi richer than Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-sonia-gandhi-richer-than-queen-elizabeth-ii-1427385-2019-01-09


text: The Netherlands has 600 eco bridges for animals.
claimant: Facebook page ‘Earth Wonders’
claim_date: 2019-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, the viral photo of eco bridge is not from the Netherlands
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-the-viral-photo-of-eco-bridge-is-not-from-the-netherlands-1574954-2019-07-29


text: The picture shows a Mazar built on a national highway in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of Mazar photoshopped to a highway to push FALSE ‘Land Jihad’ claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/false-land-jihad-claim-photoshopped-picture-of-mazar-on-national-highway-2294932-2022-11-08


text: Senior Chhattisgarh Congress leader TS Singh Deo bowed to touch Rahul Gandhi's feet.
claimant: Facebook pages - India against Presstitudes, I Support Modi Ji and BJP
claim_date: 2018-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did senior Congress leader TS Singh Deo touch Rahul Gandhi's feet?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-senior-congress-leader-ts-singh-deo-touch-rahul-gandhi-feet-1413347-2018-12-20


