# claims

text: This photo shows the remains of the Tara Air plane that crashed in Nepal.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-05-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Photos of crashed chopper that killed Bipin Rawat passed off as Nepal plane wreckage
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/nepal-plane-crash-viral-image-tara-air-general-bipin-rawat-chopper-crash-false-claim-1956095-2022-05-30


text: Video shows villagers in Nagaland confronting security forces and provoking them to retaliate.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Colombia falsely linked to Nagaland civilian killings
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-from-colombia-falsely-linked-to-nagaland-civilian-killings-1885275-2021-12-07


text: This is the photo of the Shivling that was found inside the Gyanvapi Masjid complex of Varanasi.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 9th-century Shivling excavated in Vietnam falsely shared as Gyanvapi Masjid discovery
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/9th-century-shivling-excavated-vietnam-falsely-shared-gyanvapi-masjid-discovery-1950633-2022-05-17


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:
Actress Deepika Padukone was reduced to tears following the outrage over the song ‘Besharam Rang’ in her upcoming film ‘Pathaan’.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/deepika-padukone-old-video-depression-shared-as-reaction-to-pathaan-controversy-2310933-2022-12-19

title:
Fact Check: Deepika in tears amid 'Pathaan' controversy? No, old video shows her talking about depression


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral Video of a Man Cursing CM Yogi Over Atiq's Murder is Not From Uttar Pradesh
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a man in Uttar Pradesh criticising CM Yogi Adityanath and the state police for Atiq’s murder.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-man-cursing-cm-yogi-over-atiq-murder-not-from-uttar-pradesh-2363412-2023-04-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo shows Nikhil, a young boy from Ghaziabad who died during the 2018 protests over the alleged dilution of the SC/ST Act.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-viral-photo-of-boy-with-bullet-injury-is-not-from-2018-dalit-protests-it-s-from-a-foreign-film-1933421-2022-04-04

title:
Fact Check: No, viral photo of boy with bullet injury is NOT from 2018 Dalit protests, it's from a foreign film


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a group of burqa-clad women in Karnataka being beaten up by police for protesting against the hijab ban.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-up-police-lathi-charging-muslim-women-protesting-hijab-ban-circulated-karnataka-1915045-2022-02-18

title:
Fact Check: Video of UP police lathi-charging Muslim women protesting hijab ban circulated as from Karnataka


text: This video shows a Chinese soldier whipping Uyghur Muslim man for possessing a copy of the Quran.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-chinese-soldier-beating-uyghur-muslim-man-possessing-quran-2321236-2023-01-13

title:
Fact Check: No, this video doesn't show Chinese soldier beating Uyghur Muslim man for possessing Quran


text: A copy of an ancient Bible was found undersea.
claimant: Facebook user Angelinecyril Angelinecyril
claim_date: 2019-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not an ancient Bible that was found undersea
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-an-ancient-bible-that-was-found-undersea-1553007-2019-06-20


text: BJP leaders forced Nirav Modi to flee, charged Rs 456 crore as commission
claimant: Facebook pages like “Aam Admi Zindabad (आम आदमी जिंदाबाद)”
claim_date: 2019-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Tweet claiming BJP leaders forced Nirav Modi to flee India 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-tweet-claiming-bjp-leaders-forced-nirav-modi-to-flee-india-is-false-1485099-2019-03-24


text: Pakistan painted its national flag on the rooftop of Kartarpur gurudwara
claimant: Facebook user ‘Diwakar DP’
claim_date: 2019-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No Pakistan flag painted on rooftop of Kartarpur gurudwara
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-pakistan-flag-painted-rooftop-kartarpur-gurudwara-1616320-2019-11-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of Pride parade from Kolkata goes viral as JNU protest against Hindu culture
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These are JNU students questioning why a Hindu woman should wear saree and sindoor. By wearing weird dresses, they are protesting against Hindu culture and CAA.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/picture-of-pride-parade-kolkata-goes-viral-jnu-protest-hindu-culture-1755869-2021-01-04


text: This is how the public is thrashing BJP leaders.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of intra-party rivalry shared as public thrashing BJP netas during campaign
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-intra-party-rivalry-shared-as-public-thrashing-bjp-netas-during-campaign-1902568-2022-01-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is Yohani of ‘Manike Mage Hithe’ fame the new cultural envoy between India, SL?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Yohani De Silva, the Sri Lankan singer who has won the hearts of Indians with her song “Manike Mage Hithe”, has been appointed the cultural ambassador between the two countries by the Indian High Commission in Colombo.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-yohani-manike-mage-hithe-cultural-envoy-india-sri-lanka-fake-news-1858893-2021-09-29


text: Picture of 57 BSF jawans martyred in the recent clashes with Chinese soldiers.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pic of jawans resting passed off as Indian soldiers martyred in Ladakh
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-pic-of-jawans-resting-passed-off-as-indian-soldiers-martyred-in-ladakh-1690074-2020-06-17


text: Rahul Gandhi showed no manners and was sitting while handing over his nomination form in Amethi.
claimant: Facebook page We Want Chowkidar”
claim_date: 2019-04-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth about this viral photo targeting Rahul Gandhi
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-about-this-viral-photo-targeting-rahul-gandhi-1501302-2019-04-13


text: Picture shows liquor bottles to be distributed among voters by BJP and JD(U) in Bihar.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Liquor bottles for flood victims in Thailand linked to Bihar 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-liquor-bottles-for-flood-victims-in-thailand-linked-to-bihar-polls-1733889-2020-10-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: NOT a real traffic device in Chennai, this is an old concept video created using CGI
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a new device in Chennai that displays your face on a giant screen if you violate traffic rules.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-real-traffic-device-chennai-old-concept-video-created-using-cgi-2397083-2023-06-23


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Brahmins didn't cut off girl's tongue in UP to stop coronavirus
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Brahmins in UP's Bundelkhand region cut off the tongue of a Class 8 girl and offered it as sacrifice to Lord Shiva to save their village from coronavirus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-brahmins-did-not-cut-off-girl-tongue-uttar-pradesh-stop-coronavirus-1686653-2020-06-08


claimant: News websites “News18”, “Outlook”, “The Times Of India” and others
claim_date: 2019-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mainstream media fall for crazy satire story on viagra-filled river
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Hundreds of sheep in Southern Ireland went on a week-long uncontrollable sex drive after they drank water from Ringaskiddy harbour where drug manufacturer Pfizer had accidentally spilled tonnes of Viagra.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-mainstream-media-fall-for-crazy-satire-story-on-viagra-filled-river-1627512-2019-12-11


text: Video shows an apocalyptic virus turning people into zombies in China.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Zombie apocalypse in China? No, this is a public transport campaign
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/zombie-apocalypse-in-china-public-transport-campaign-indonesia-2432624-2023-09-07


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This Myntra ad features Draupadi’s “vastraharan” from the “Mahabharata” and shows Lord Krishna shopping for “extra long sarees” using the app.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-myntra-advertisement-comic-leads-to-calls-for-boycott-fashion-giant-2004072-2022-09-23

title:
Fact Check: This is not a Myntra ad, comic made by others leads to calls for boycott of fashion giant


text: A sea of party workers welcome Imran Khan following his release on bail.
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-05-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-imran-khan-motorcade-shared-latest-scene-welcome-following-release-2378861-2023-05-13

title:
Fact Check: Old video of Imran Khan motorcade shared as latest scene of his welcome following release


text: The viral video claims mass graves are in Italy.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-03-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral video of mass graves is not from Italy but from a TV series
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-mass-graves-dead-bodies-italy-tv-series-pandemic-1660116-2020-03-26


text: This video shows people burning 5G mobile towers in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from 2018 falsely shared as ‘Indians setting 5G towers on fire’
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-indians-setting-5g-towers-on-fire-2018-fake-2361042-2023-04-17


text: Taliban has killed this little girl in Afghanistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This little girl was not a victim of Taliban atrocities
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-little-girl-not-victim-taliban-atrocities-1852413-2021-09-13


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-02-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows a Muslim man attacking a Hindu priest and his family in Rajasthan's Dudu village on the day of Maha Shivratri.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-communal-violence-this-video-doesnt-show-muslim-man-attacking-hindu-priest-in-rajasthan-2340219-2023-02-27

title:
Fact Check: NOT communal violence! This video doesn’t show Muslim man attacking Hindu priest in Rajasthan


text: These pro-Khalistan posters and banners were raised during the ongoing farmers’ agitation.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old images of pro-Khalistan demonstrations linked to farmers’ protests
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-images-of-pro-khalistan-demonstrations-linked-to-farmers-protests-1750221-2020-12-16


claimant: Pachchalippuram Sakhakkal
claim_date: 2020-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: “Reports” claiming BJP's role behind Trupti Desai's visit to Sabarimala are fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
BJP’s Kerala State vice president remarked that the BJP state president K. Surendran was the mastermind behind gender rights activist Triputi Desai’s attempt to enter Sabarimala temple.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-reports-claiming-bjp-s-role-behind-trupti-desai-s-visit-to-sabarimala-is-fake-1742935-2020-11-22


text: Video of Muslim brutalities on Hindus in Hooghly district of West Bengal.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2020-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this video does not show Muslim brutalities on Hindus in Bengal
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-video-does-not-show-muslim-brutalities-on-hindus-in-bengal-1678820-2020-05-16


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-08-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, a Muslim lawyer DID NOT move Supreme Court to get ‘Gadar 2’ banned
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A lawyer called Adeel Ahmed has filed a petition in the Supreme Court to ban 'Gadar 2', which is set to release on September 8, saying the film will hurt Muslim sentiments.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-a-muslim-lawyer-did-not-move-supreme-court-to-get-gadar-2-banned-1994405-2022-08-30


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of Taliban threatening India is two years old
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Taliban has warned India over Kashmir. Their next target is India and Kashmir. They have threatened that if the Modi government kills one Mujahideen, a hundred Mujahideen will take revenge.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-of-taliban-threatening-india-is-two-years-old-1842426-2021-08-18


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-06-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
‘Bangladeshi Muslims’ in Assam are demanding a separate country and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has taken action against them by getting them beaten up by the police.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-assam-protest-video-false-claim-bangladeshi-muslims-1813410-2021-06-10

title:
Old protest video from Assam viral with false claim that 'Bangladeshi Muslims' are demanding separate country


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Cooked-up quote attributed to Ricky Ponting to take dig at Team India
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Former Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting has taken a dig at India’s early exit from the T20 World Cup, saying money cannot buy success and Pakistan has proved that.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/cooked-up-quote-attributed-ricky-ponting-take-dig-team-india-1875369-2021-11-10


text: This is how Ukraine is creating propaganda videos about Russian chemical warfare.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-clip-shows-music-video-shoot-not-ukrainian-soldier-creating-propaganda-video-about-russia-2300940-2022-11-23

title:
Fact Check: This clip shows music video shoot, NOT Ukrainian soldier creating propaganda video about Russia


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Pfizer CEO did not resign saying mRNA vaccines were unsafe
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pfizer CEO Albert Burla admitted that Covid-19 vaccines developed using mRNA technology were not safe and he’s now stepping down from his post.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-pfizer-ceo-did-not-resign-saying-mrna-vaccines-were-unsafe-2308403-2022-12-12


text: Video shows people attacking Muslims after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Muslim men in this video were not attacked because of ‘The Kashmir Files’
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-muslim-men-video-were-not-attacked-because-the-kashmir-files-1928777-2022-03-23


text: Maharashtra assembly election 2019 dates have been declared.
claimant: Facebook user "Keshav Taware", Facebook Page "Its all about kalian" and others
claim_date: 2019-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Maharashtra elections not announced yet, but schedule goes viral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/maharashtra-elections-announced-yet-schedule-goes-viral-1599870-2019-09-16


claimant: Facebook page “All About Islam” and others
claim_date: 2019-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed image of soccer stars goes viral with ‘Pray for Gaza’ message
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
International soccer stars Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Mohamed Salah show solidarity with Gaza by bandaging an eye.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-morphed-image-of-soccer-stars-goes-viral-with-pray-for-gaza-message-1622263-2019-11-24


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-08-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
RSS General Secretary Dattatreya Hosabale and Nita Ambani posing for the camera holding an image of Ram Mandir.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rss-leader-hosabale-ram-mandir-nita-ambani-up-polls-1837419-2021-08-05

title:
Fact Check: No, RSS leader Hosabale did not gift Ram Mandir photo to Nita Ambani in the run-up to UP polls


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh didn't meet Ambani a day before Bharat Bandh
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A day before Bharat Bandh, Amarinder Singh met Mukesh Ambani to discuss investment in Punjab. On one hand, Congress is supporting Bharat Bandh against privatisation of agriculture, and on the other, Captain is meeting Ambani.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-punjab-cm-amarinder-singh-didn-t-meet-ambani-a-day-before-bharat-bandh-1747858-2020-12-08


text: The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), scheduled to be held on September 7, has been postponed.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Following a hoax about exam dates, CLAT now indeed postponed to September 28
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-jee-neet-row-false-claims-of-clat-postponement-flood-internet-1715923-2020-08-27


text: Video shows Islamic prayers being recited in Sabarimala temple.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video does not show Ayyappa devotees chanting Islamic prayers in Sabarimala
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-does-not-show-ayyappa-devotees-chanting-islamic-prayers-in-sabarimala-1888724-2021-12-16


claimant: Facebook user Rashmudin
claim_date: 2020-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video from Unnao falsely shared as UP Police's atrocity against Hathras victim's family
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Viral video shows armed policemen barging into Hathras victim's home and taking away important documents.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-from-unnao-falsely-shared-as-up-police-s-atrocity-against-hathras-victim-s-family-1730013-2020-10-09


claimant: BJP IT cell in-charge Amit Malviya and other social media users
claim_date: 2018-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Congress, BJP violate law by campaigning on Twitter on polling day?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Amit Malviya claimed that the Congress campaigned on the polling day in Madhya Pradesh in gross violation of the Representation of the People Act. He urged the Election Commission to take note of the matter.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-congress-bjp-violate-law-by-campaigning-on-twitter-on-polling-day-1399337-2018-11-30


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-03-27T00:00:00Z
title: Image of 2018 WB violence goes viral as from Birbhum
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image from the violence that erupted after the killing of TMC leader in West Bengal’s Birbhum district

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/image-of-2018-wb-violence-goes-viral-as-from-birbhum-1929952-2022-03-26


text: Images show fulgurites created on the seashore when lightning struck the sand.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Artwork circulates as fulgurite found on seashore
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/artwork-circulates-as-fulgurite-found-on-seashore-1870741-2021-10-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video showing medical staff cheering is not from New Zealand
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows medical staff cheering after the last coronavirus patient recovered in New Zealand and the Covid-19 ward was shut.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-showing-medical-staff-cheering-is-not-from-new-zealand-1688763-2020-06-13


text: Incident took place at Kendrya Vidyalaya
claimant: ‘Khoob Surat Zindagi’ and other Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this disturbing video of a youth being thrashed is not from any Kendriya Vidyalaya
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-disturbing-video-of-a-youth-being-thrashed-is-not-from-any-kendriya-vidyalaya-1574063-2019-07-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This old stone-pelting video is from Jammu & Kashmir, not Rajasthan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video of a mob throwing stones and chanting Allah-hu-Akbar slogans is recent and from Jaipur, Rajasthan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-stone-pelting-video-jammu-kashmir-not-rajasthan-1860108-2021-10-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, PM Modi did not say singing Bhajans could help reduce malnutrition!
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
PM Modi during the latest episode of ‘Mann ki Baat’ said that singing bhajans can help reduce malnutrition.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-pm-modi-did-not-say-singing-bhajans-could-help-reduce-malnutrition-1994965-2022-08-31


text: First glimpse of Lalbaugcha Raja ahead of Ganesh Chaturthi.
claimant: Amitabh Bachchan
claim_date: 2021-09-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 'First darshan' video of Lalbaugcha Raja shared by Amitabh Bachchan is five years 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-first-darshan-video-lalbaugcha-raja-amitabh-bachchan-five-years-old-1850890-2021-09-09


text: A pride of lions was sighted at Dhaula Kuan near Delhi Cantonment during the lockdown.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: There’s a lion’s share of fiction in this 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-there-s-a-lion-share-of-fiction-in-this-viral-video-1676278-2020-05-09


text: The largest hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic region has healed due to the Covid-19 lockdown.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ozone layer is healing, but it has nothing to do with lockdown
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ozone-layer-healing-coronavirus-lockdown-1671909-2020-04-28


text: Ravi Shastri has said, ‘Babar Azam is the best batsman of this era. Kohli is nowhere near to him.’
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ravi Shastri NEVER hailed Babar Azam as 'best' compared to Virat Kohli
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ravi-shastri-never-hailed-babar-azam-as-best-compared-to-virat-kohli-2418731-2023-08-09


text: Nehru accepted the citizenship of London and pledged his loyalty to the Queen of England.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Nehru was not a real ‘citizen’ of London, long-debunked claim goes viral again!
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/nehru-was-not-a-real-citizen-of-london-long-debunked-claim-goes-viral-again-2339252-2023-02-24


text: This video shows how one of the alleged murderers of Kanhaiya Lal was brutally thrashed.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-pakistan-video-falsely-shared-torture-of-kanhaiya-lal-murderer-1970703-2022-07-05

title:
Fact Check: 4-year-old video from Pakistan falsely shared as torture of one of Kanhaiya Lal's murderers


text: An image shows BJP cadre in Tamil Nadu hoisting a party flag on a very tall flagpole.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Doctored image shared to advertise BJP's 'blooming' foothold in Tamil Nadu
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/doctored-image-shared-to-advertise-bjp-blooming-foothold-tamil-nadu-1959655-2022-06-07


text: Alia Bhatt seen performing at the 2023 Met Gala afterparty.
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-05-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-alia-bhatt-perform-met-gala-afterparty-2017-video-viral-dubious-claim-2368694-2023-05-04

title:
Fact Check: Did Alia Bhatt perform at Met Gala afterparty? 2017 video viral again with dubious claim


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Communal spin FALSELY added to 2022 Haldwani train incident after Balasore tragedy
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows how a Muslim man in Uttarakhand's Haldwani tried to sabotage a train with a gas cylinder.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/odisha-balasore-tragedy-communal-spin-false-haldwani-train-accident-2389937-2023-06-07


text: India has never beaten New Zealand in ICC events.
claimant: October 31, 2021
claim_date: 2021-11-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Has India never won against New Zealand in any ICC 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-has-india-never-won-against-new-zealand-in-any-icc-event-1872132-2021-11-01


text: This video of Earth was captured by Chandrayaan-3.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This breathtaking space view of Earth was NOT captured 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/fact-check-this-breathtaking-space-view-of-earth-was-not-captured-by-chandrayaan-3-2422674-2023-08-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is Indira Gandhi posing with her husband and father-in-law in this photo?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Viral photo is of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, her father-in-law Yunus Khan and husband Feroze Khan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-indira-gandhi-posing-with-her-husband-and-father-in-law-in-this-photo-1636537-2020-01-13


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Kiss goodbye to this morphed image of 'anti-vaccination protest' in Germany
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
As per “Deutsche Welle”, this image shows a “mass kissing event” that was organised by anti-vaxxers in Germany.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-kiss-goodbye-to-this-morphed-image-of-anti-vaccination-protest-in-germany-1884869-2021-12-06


text: This sketch of a temple with golden domes and water bodies is the design of Ram temple at Ayodhya
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not how Ram temple at Ayodhya will look like
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-how-the-ram-temple-ayodhya-will-look-like-1704990-2020-07-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this illustration doesn't depict murdered Udaipur tailor Kanhaiya Lal
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A portrait of Kanhaiya Lal, the Udaipur tailor who was murdered for allegedly sharing a pro-Nupur Sharma post.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-illustration-doesnt-depict-murdered-udaipur-tailor-kanhaiya-lal-1968328-2022-06-29


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Facebook is not using posts made by users in lawsuits against them
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Facebook has changed its policy. It can now use pictures and posts of users in lawsuits against them. This can be prevented by posting a disclaimer on your Facebook wall.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-facebook-is-not-using-posts-made-by-users-in-lawsuits-against-them-1688240-2020-06-12


text: Dr Vandana Tiwari had coronavirus and died after Islamic Jihadis attacked her.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2020-04-09T00:00:00Z
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-post-about-death-of-woman-doctor-due-to-covid-19-with-communal-angle-is-misleading-1665251-2020-04-09

title:
Fact Check: Viral post about death of woman doctor due to Covid-19 with communal angle is misleading


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Popular bakery in Mumbai finds itself in the middle of coronavirus rumours
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Mumbai’s popular Wibs bread company has been sealed after its workers tested positive for coronavirus. People should not consume their bread.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-popular-bakery-in-mumbai-finds-itself-in-the-middle-of-coronavirus-rumours-1672971-2020-04-30


text: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal was seen having alcohol and meat alongside Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-09T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-kejriwal-alcohol-meat-bhagwant-mann-morphed-photo-delhi-punjab-cm-1935566-2022-04-09

title:
Fact Check: No, Kejriwal didn’t have alcohol and meat with Mann, morphed photo of Delhi Punjab CMs goes viral


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Vir Das or Vir Abdullah Das? Edited Wiki page screenshot viral after actor’s US gig
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is a screenshot of actor-comedian Vir Das’s Wikipedia page which shows that his real name is Vir Abdullah Das.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/vir-das-vir-abdullah-das-morphed-wiki-page-screenshot-viral-actor-us-gig-1878329-2021-11-18


text: Akhilesh Yadav is going to London on March 11, a day after UP assembly polls counting.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is Akhilesh Yadav going to London the day after UP polls counting?
textual_rating: Mostly true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-is-akhilesh-yadav-going-to-london-the-day-after-up-polls-counting-1916395-2022-02-22


text: Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams has converted to Islam.
claimant: Facebook user M Rahman and others
claim_date: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Sunita Williams convert to Islam?
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-sunita-williams-convert-to-islam-1576146-2019-08-01


text: Air Commodore Hilal Ahmad Rather is the first pilot to fly Rafale jets from France to India
claimant: Twitter user Voice of Kashmir(Humara) (@Humarayousaf_ )
claim_date: 2020-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Kashmir's Hilal Ahmad Rather didn't fly Rafale jet from France to India
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-kashmir-s-hilal-ahmad-rather-didn-t-fly-rafale-jet-from-france-to-india-1706391-2020-07-31


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-04-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Women were rescued from a secret room in a bar in Mumbai’s Andheri owned by the son of Uddhav Thackeray.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-women-mumbai-bar-udhdhav-thackeray-false-claim-1939029-2022-04-18

title:
Fact Check: Old video of women being rescued from Mumbai bar falsely linked to Uddhav Thackeray’s son


text: Photos of BJP workers getting violent in Bengal.
claimant: Facebook user “Pol Khol/ पोल खोल”
claim_date: 2019-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old protest images shared as photos of Bengal violence
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-protest-images-shared-as-photos-of-bengal-violence-1527900-2019-05-17


text: Sambit Patra is sticking a poster that says, “chowkidar hi chor hai.”
claimant: Facebook user Rajender Singh
claim_date: 2019-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Sambit Patra's photo with chowkidar chor hai poster is fake
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-sambit-patra-s-photo-with-chowkidar-chor-hai-poster-is-fake-1474120-2019-03-09


text: Video is of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's wife who is suffering from COVID-19
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-03-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this COVID-19 patient is not the wife of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau
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-covid-19-patient-is-not-the-wife-of-canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-1658145-2020-03-21


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed image of AAP banner says now Gujarat will read namaaz
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
AAP poster in Gujarat reads, “Now Gujarat will read namaaz”. The party asks people to discard Hindu religious activities such as Bhagwat recital and Satyanarayan puja.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-morphed-image-of-aap-banner-says-now-gujarat-will-read-namaaz-1827177-2021-07-12


text: Video shows a battle between the Russian military and Wagner private military soldiers.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This ISN’T Russian military engaging with Wagner forces, it’s video game footage
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-russian-military-engaging-with-wagner-forces-its-video-game-footage-2397789-2023-06-25


text: PM Modi never said demonetisation was about black money
claimant: Shiv Pratap Shukla
claim_date: 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Demonetisation and Black Money
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/fact-check-bjp-minister-shiv-pratap-shukla-modi-demonetisation-1329126-2018-08-31


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show an Andhra Pradesh govt officer cleaning table with Indian flag
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Deputy Registrar of Anantpur in Andhra Pradesh was caught on video cleaning his table with the India National Flag.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-does-not-show-an-andhra-pradesh-govt-officer-cleaning-table-with-indian-flag-2325919-2023-01-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Online rumours about AIIMS doctor who saved a critical Covid patient
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows Dr Zahid Majeed from AIIMS who was infected with coronavirus after mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to a critical Covid-19 patient.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/aiims-doctor-fact-check-coronavirus-rumours-1704926-2020-07-27


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Pak MPs praising Modi for safe escape of their students from Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After Pak students used the Indian flag to flee from Ukraine, pro-Modi slogans were raised by MPs in the Pakistan National Assembly.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pm-modi-pakistan-ukraine-students-evacuation-1921163-2022-03-05


text: This photo shows two semi-naked men accompanying toddlers to a queer pride march.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral pic of semi-naked men accompanying kids to pride parade is PHOTOSHOPPED
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-pic-of-semi-naked-men-accompanying-kids-to-pride-parade-photoshopped-2329230-2023-02-01


text: Parle-G girl Neeru Deshpande is now 65 years old.
claimant: Facebook page The Pagla Engineer
claim_date: 2019-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, the woman in the viral photo is not Parle-G girl
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/parleg-girl-neru-deshpandy-infosys-chairperson-sudha-murthy-1579526-2019-08-10


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-06-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan said Lord Rama and Krishna — not the Mughals — are his ideals after spending 27 months in jail.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-azam-khan-call-lord-rama-krishna-ideals-after-jail-stint-2017-video-goes-viral-without-context-1965147-2022-06-21

title:
Fact Check: Did Azam Khan call Lords Rama, Krishna his ideals after jail stint? 2017 clip viral sans context


text: Germany has sent China a bill of £130 billion for damages caused to the economy due to coronavirus.
claimant: “Express” news website and social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Germany send China a £130 billion bill for coronavirus damages?
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-germany-send-china-130-billion-bill-coronavirus-damages-1669551-2020-04-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of chemical blast in China circulated as Russian bombing of Ukraine
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows a large explosion that took place in Ukraine after Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a military operation in Ukraine.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-chemical-blast-china-circulated-russian-bombing-ukraine-1917350-2022-02-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Visual from PM Modi’s rally passed off as protest in Assam against Bangladesh violence
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Tension along the Assam-Bangladesh border. Massive protests by Hindus of Assam against the anti-minority violence in Bangladesh. Red alert issued in Muslim-majority areas of Assam.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-visual-from-pm-modi-s-rally-passed-off-as-protest-in-assam-against-bangladesh-violence-1868903-2021-10-25


text: These are photos from the recent violence in Tripura.
claimant: Social meda user
claim_date: 2021-10-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These viral photos are of Rohingya, not the aftermath of Tripura clashes
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-viral-photos-are-of-rohingya-not-the-aftermath-of-tripura-clashes-1871180-2021-10-29


text: These shocking visuals were recorded during an earthquake that hit Nepal on December 28, 2022.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Videos from 2015 earthquake viral as latest Nepal tremors caught in camera
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-2015-earthquake-viral-as-latest-nepal-tremors-caught-in-camera-2314739-2022-12-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Unmasking misleading claims around Kamala's US presidential poll campaign
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, Democrat nominees for President and Vice-President in the US elections, are flouting Covid-19 norms during campaigning.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-unmasking-misleading-claims-around-kamala-s-us-presidential-poll-campaign-1715444-2020-08-26


text: This is a recent video that shows actor Shah Rukh Khan meeting his son Aryan Khan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video doesn’t show SRK meeting Aryan Khan but his doppelganger meeting a friend
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-shah-rukh-khan-meeting-aryan-khan-1862671-2021-10-08


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind promotion of Muslim woman scientist in ISRO
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
AMU alumna Khushboo Mirza has been promoted as director of ISRO, only the second Muslim after late Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to hold the post.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-promotion-muslim-woman-scientist-isro-1698684-2020-07-09


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2021-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Bangladesh gone viral with communal spin
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is how Muslims are planning to capture land by chanting Azaan in the river Ganges. Their plan is to build temporary residence on the riverbanks and later make them permanent as the next battle of the world is going to be for water.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-from-bangladesh-gone-viral-with-communal-spin-1834269-2021-07-29


text: Video shows a crazy auto-rickshaw race in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This thrilling race between auto-rickshaws is not from India
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-thrilling-race-between-auto-rickshaws-is-not-from-india-1752858-2020-12-24


text: Picture of the funeral ceremony of freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, and Rajguru.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not the picture of Bhagat Singh’s funeral. Know the story of his cremation
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-the-picture-of-bhagat-singhs-funeral-know-the-story-of-his-cremation-1783175-2021-03-24


text: The video from Manipur shows how two women were two stripped and paraded by a mob.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This horrific video of sexual violence is NOT from Manipur, it’s from West Bengal
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/horrific-video-sexual-violence-not-from-manipur-from-west-bengal-malda-2414314-2023-07-31


text: Station master Mohammed Sharif has been absconding since the Odisha train accident.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/odisha-train-accident-bahanaga-bazar-station-officer-mohammed-sharif-2389078-2023-06-05

title:
Fact Check: Conspiracy theorists blame non-existent railway officer Mohammed Sharif for Odisha accident


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Digitally morphed screenshot of Priyanka Gandhi’s tweet about Nehru goes viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tweeted that Jawarharlal Nehru once found his bodyguard asleep on his bed. Nehru then covered him with a blanket and went to his room to sleep with his wife.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-digitally-morphed-screenshot-priyanka-gandhi-tweet-nehru-viral-congress-1989155-2022-08-17


text: This heartbreaking photo of an injured child is from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/heartbreaking-photo-of-injured-child-from-syrian-war-shared-as-victim-of-russia-ukraine-conflict-1917970-2022-02-25

title:
Fact Check: Heartbreaking photo of injured child from Syrian war shared as victim of Russia-Ukraine conflict


text: These images show people who got burnt by acid rain caused by the recent Ohio train accident.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No acid rain in Ohio after train derailment, these photos are old and unrelated!
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-acid-rain-in-ohio-after-train-derailment-these-photos-are-old-and-unrelated-2338619-2023-02-23


text: The GST Council has imposed 18% GST on crematorium services.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, GST Council has NOT imposed 18% GST on crematorium services
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-gst-rates-on-work-contracts-inside-crematoriums-nirmala-sitharaman-1978437-2022-07-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This picture of an emotional old man and his cat is not from war-torn Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Heartbreaking photo of an old Ukrainian man and his pet cat in the midst of Russia’s invasion of the country.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-picture-of-an-emotional-old-man-and-his-cat-is-not-from-war-torn-ukraine-1922299-2022-03-08


text: Video shows buildings reduced to rubble after an earthquake hit the country on March 16, 2023.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old videos resurface after 7.1 quake strikes Kermadec Islands in New Zealand
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/earthquake-kermadec-islands-new-zealand-old-video-2347856-2023-03-17


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-09-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Horrific photos show a recent army attack in Imo State, Nigeria. Many houses and other property were destroyed in the attack.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-more-than-a-decade-old-photos-passed-off-recent-attacks-troops-nigeria-imo-state-2002981-2022-09-21

title:
Fact Check: More than a decade old photos passed off as recent attacks by troops in Nigeria’s Imo State


text: Picture is of baby staring at the photo of his father who was killed in the Pulwama attack.
claimant: Facebook page “स्त्री-Women” and others
claim_date: 2020-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of honour killing victim passed off as Pulwama martyr
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-honour-killing-victim-passed-off-pulwama-martyr-1647647-2020-02-18


text: This is a video of police atrocity in Kashmir
claimant: Pakistan minister Ali Haider Zaidi
claim_date: 2019-08-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pakistan-minister-tries-to-pass-off-lathicharge-on-ram-rahim-supporters-as-atrocities-in-kashmir-1582448-2019-08-19

title:
Fact Check: Pakistan minister tries to pass off lathicharge on Ram Rahim supporters as atrocities in Kashmir


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Scene of arson at 'Black Lives Matter' protest goes viral as Norway riots
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Scene of a car burning is from Norway where clashes broke out between far-right activists and Muslims on August 29, a day after riots in Sweden.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-scene-of-arson-at-black-lives-matter-protest-goes-viral-as-norway-riots-1717233-2020-08-31


text: PM Modi met Manmohan Singh recently to discuss India’s economic situation.
claimant: Facebook pages like “With Priyanka” and “Rahul Gandhi”
claim_date: 2019-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of Modi-Manmohan meet 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-video-of-modi-manmohan-meet-goes-viral-with-misleading-claim-1561571-2019-07-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a strange light that was seen in the Turkish sky right before the February 6 earthquake.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-strange-object-didnt-cause-turkey-earthquake-2022-kazakhstan-rocket-launch-clip-viral-2333189-2023-02-10

title:
Fact check: This ‘strange object’ DIDN’T cause Turkey earthquake, 2022 Kazakhstan rocket launch clip viral


text: Video shows a huge rally in Kerala against the anti-Muslim violence in Tripura.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of anti-CAA protest in Kerala passed off as rally against Tripura violence
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-anti-caa-protest-in-kerala-passed-off-as-rally-against-tripura-violence-1874095-2021-11-07


text: This video shows a tsunami that hit Turkey after the devastating February 6 earthquake.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Tsunamis in Turkey after deadly earthquakes? Nope, these videos are old!
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/tsunamis-in-turkey-after-deadly-earthquakes-nope-these-videos-are-old-2332603-2023-02-09


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral advisory on coronavirus has not been issued by the health ministry
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Health ministry notification against coronavirus asks people not to keep throat dry or eat spicy and fried food.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-viral-advisory-on-coronavirus-has-not-been-issued-by-the-health-ministry-1640988-2020-01-28


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-03-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
People in Uttar Pradesh are celebrating Yogi Adityanath's victory by performing stunts with bulldozers.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-bulldozer-stunt-celebrating-yogi-adityanath-s-victory-in-up-is-actually-from-shanghai-1923981-2022-03-10

title:
Fact Check: Viral video of bulldozer stunt celebrating Yogi Adityanath’s victory in UP is actually from Shanghai


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Six yards of falsehood! Old pic of Priyanka Gandhi in saree linked to UP polls
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
As soon as the election season in UP started, Priyanka Gandhi also began appearing in her grandmother’s saree.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-six-yards-of-falsehood-old-pic-priyanka-gandhi-in-saree-linked-up-polls-1907483-2022-02-01


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-01-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Bill Gates never said Covid vaccines will kill or disable 7 lakh people
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has said in an interview to CNBC that 7 lakh people face death or disability due to the Covid-19 vaccines.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bill-gates-never-said-covid-vaccines-will-kill-or-disable-7-lakh-people-1761114-2021-01-20


text: This video shows a sun rising at midnight somewhere in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of ISRO rocket launch WRONGLY shared as ‘sunrise’ at midnight in India
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-isro-rocket-launch-wrongly-share-sunrise-midnight-india-2318393-2023-01-06


claimant: Facebook page 'I Support Narendra Bhai Modi Bjp'
claim_date: 2019-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This Facebook post has nothing to do with actor Shraddha Kapoor
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Actor 'Shradha Kapoor' (@Shradha_Kap) slammed the Congress over the 2010 alleged encounter by the Army.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/shraddha-kapoor-tweet-congress-machil-fake-encounter-kashmir-1455227-2019-02-13


text: It is improper for a Cabinet minister not to salute the tricolour.
claimant: Twitter user Sameer Maheswari
claim_date: 2019-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is it mandatory for a civilian to salute Tricolour?
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-it-mandatory-for-a-civilian-to-salute-tricolour-1441294-2019-01-28


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of Kohli's post-match presser FALSELY shared as retirement announcement
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A video has been making the rounds on social media claiming that Virat Kohli announced his retirement from cricket in a press conference after India lost to England in the T20 World Cup 2022's second semi-final.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/cricketer-virat-kohli-old-video-retirement-announcement-2296193-2022-11-11


claim_date: 2019-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this crying candidate didn’t get only five votes
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows Jalandhar candidate Neetu Shutteran Wala tearing up on getting just five votes which is fewer than the nine members of his family. He then begins crying during a conversation with a reporter.

claimant:
An Independent candidate from Jalandhar wept on getting just five votes despite having a family of nine members.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/jalandhar-candidate-neetu-shutteran-wala-1534210-2019-05-24


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Protestors DID NOT tear down EU flag in Rome on election day, this video is from 2013
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On September 25, protestors tore down the European Union flag from its Rome headquarters and replaced it with an Italian one.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-protestors-did-not-tear-down-eu-flag-rome-election-day-video-from-2013-2005688-2022-09-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Prime Minister Modi was excluded from an emergency meeting of top world leaders during the G20 Summit in Bali, Indonesia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-prime-minister-narendra-modi-g20-meet-top-world-leaders-2298577-2022-11-17

title:
Fact Check: Modi was not ignored at this G20 meet - Here’s why he is missing from pic of world leaders


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A party picture in which a girl standing next to actor Sooraj Pancholi is being referred to as actor Sushant Singh Rajput's ex-manager Disha Salian.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-girl-standing-next-to-sooraj-pancholi-is-not-sushant-singh-rajput-ex-manager-disha-salian-1708999-2020-08-07

title:
Fact Check: This girl standing next to Sooraj Pancholi is not Sushant Singh Rajput's ex-manager Disha Salian


text: Buses vandalised at BKC in Mumbai
claimant: Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter users
claim_date: 2019-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Anti-lynching protest in Surat goes viral as vandalism 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-anti-lynching-protest-in-surat-goes-viral-as-vandalism-in-mumbai-1568669-2019-07-14


text: The Hindu man in these photos killed his Muslim wife and then stuffed her body inside a suitcase.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-hindu-man-did-not-kill-his-muslim-wife-photo-of-grisly-suitcase-corpse-is-not-her-2392463-2023-06-13

title:
Fact Check: No, this Hindu man did not kill his Muslim wife - photo of grisly suitcase corpse is not her


text: Video is of person killed in anti-CAA protests
claimant: Facebook user "Zamir Shekh" and others
claim_date: 2019-12-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of this grieving woman has no relation to anti-CAA protests
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-this-grieving-woman-has-no-relation-to-anti-caa-protests-1631444-2019-12-25


text: This video shows Indians trying to climb up an escalator that was moving down.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/indians-trying-to-climb-downward-moving-escalator-video-from-bangladesh-2412628-2023-07-27

title:
Fact Check: Indians trying to climb up a downward-moving escalator? No, this video is from Bangladesh


text: A Christian woman police officer has been stripped and paraded naked in India by Hindus.
claimant: YouTuber 'Veer'
claim_date: 2019-07-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pakistan YouTuber instigates communal hatred with false facts
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-pakistan-youtuber-communal-hatred-false-facts-1567213-2019-07-12


text: Video of Sikhs protesting against NRC in Punjab.
claimant: Facebook user "Sultan Khan" and others
claim_date: 2019-12-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of pro-Khalistan rally passed off as anti-NRC stir in Punjab
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-pro-khalistan-rally-passed-off-as-anti-nrc-stir-in-punjab-1632054-2019-12-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a dog rescuing her babies from the flood caused due to the collapse of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam on June 6.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/mother-dog-rescuing-puppies-floodwaters-not-related-to-ukraine-dam-collapse-2391402-2023-06-10

title:
Fact Check: Video of mother dog rescuing her puppies from floodwaters NOT related to Ukraine’s dam collapse


text: Image of four cabinet ministers of Finland.
claimant: Facebook and Twitter users
claim_date: 2019-12-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Nepali Tiktok stars photo passed off as Finnish ministers
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/nepali-tiktok-starts-fact-check-finnish-minister-1632424-2019-12-29


text: This is a rare picture of Bhagat Singh being publicly flogged by the British.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: This is not Bhagat Singh getting flogged in the viral image
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-bhagat-singh-flogged-viral-image-1711037-2020-08-14


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-09-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a massive explosion in Beijing, China after rumours of a Chinese coup against President Xi Jinping.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/explosion-video-chinese-port-city-blast-in-beijing-coup-chinese-president-xi-jinping-2004634-2022-09-25

title:
Fact Check: 2015 explosion video from Chinese city shared as recent blast in Beijing amid rumours of a coup


text: Video shows Hindu activists sloganeering in front of a mosque in Karauli, Rajasthan.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-04-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-of-hindu-mob-in-front-of-mosque-is-not-from-karauli-1934427-2022-04-06

title:
Fact Check: Viral video of Hindu mob in front of mosque is NOT from Karauli but from Kolar in Karnataka


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of pro-Khalistan rally is not linked to farmers’ protest
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows protesters carrying swords and raising pro-Khalistan slogans during the ongoing farmers’ agitation.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-of-pro-khalistan-rally-is-not-linked-to-farmers-protest-1748158-2020-12-09


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old picture from Prayagraj shared as Haridwar Kumbh Mela with Covid twist
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of massive crowds of devotees during the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela at Haridwar despite Covid-19 restrictions.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-picture-from-prayagraj-shared-as-haridwar-kumbh-mela-with-covid-twist-1789790-2021-04-11


claimant: Mehbooba Mufti, Shekhar Gupta
claim_date: 2019-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mehbooba Mufti, senior journalists are wrong on Sadhvi Pragya’s age
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
BJP candidate from Bhopal, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur was 4 years old when she claims to have demolished Babri Masjid.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-mehbooba-mufti-senior-journalists-are-wrong-on-sadhvi-pragya-s-age-1506987-2019-04-21


text: This video shows a bulldozer scooping water from the streets of flood-hit Pakistan.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Bulldozer scooping water out of flooded Pak street? This video is at least 4 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/bulldozer-scooping-water-out-of-flooded-pakistan-street-video-is-at-least-4-years-old-1998107-2022-09-08


claimant: Twitter user Tarek Fatah
claim_date: 2019-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens slam author Tarek Fatah for calling Inzamam ‘13th Man, a Mullah’ on Twitter
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pakistan captain Sarfaraz Ahmed has brought out “their 13th Man, a Mullah to bless the pitch for tomorrow's match against India”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-slam-author-tarek-fatah-for-calling-inzamam-13th-man-a-mullah-on-twitte-1550043-2019-06-16


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: You can sleep through this viral claim saying anaesthetics can kill vaccinated people
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Those who have taken the vaccine against coronavirus should refrain from using anaesthetics of any kind, as it may prove life-threatening.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-sleep-viral-claim-anaesthetics-vaccinated-people-1815191-2021-06-15


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind ‘bodies of Covid-19 patients’ being thrown in the Ganges
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pictures show bodies being thrown into the Ganges in Patna to hide the actual number of Covid deaths.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/face-check-pictures-show-bodies-of-coronavirus-patients-being-thrown-in-ganges-river-ganga-patna-viral-1698903-2020-07-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Zuckerberg never said this about the 'Jai Shri Ram' slogan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said "Jai Shri Ram" is written on Facebook more than 200 crore times each day.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/zuckerberg-never-said-this-about-the-jai-shri-ram-slogan-1715937-2020-08-27


claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-05-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This burqa-clad man was arrested in Karnataka by the police for pelting stones and trying to defame Muslims.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-burqa-clad-smuggler-from-andhra-falsely-shared-with-communal-spin-amid-karnataka-polls-2377844-2023-05-11

title:
Fact Check: Video of burqa-clad smuggler from Andhra FALSELY shared with communal spin amid Karnataka polls


text: This video shows the Chandrayaan-3 lunar mission in space.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Does this video show lander of Chandrayaan-3? Nope, it’s old and animated
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-does-this-video-show-lander-of-chandrayaan-3-2409333-2023-07-20


text: Extended bank holiday from September 26 to October 2, during which ATMs will run dry.
claimant: Facebook user “Ayek Apan” and others
claim_date: 2019-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, banks are not on an extended 7-day holiday
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/banks-extended-holidays-strike-atms-rbi-1603185-2019-09-25


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens falsely claim renovated hospital in Kolkata will treat only Muslims
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In yet another example of Muslim appeasement by Mamata Banerjee, Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim inaugurated the Islamia Hospital for treatment of only Muslim patients.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-falsely-claim-renovated-hospital-in-kolkata-will-treat-only-muslims-1810159-2021-06-02


text: This video shows Rahul Gandhi pausing aarti at a temple for a photoshoot.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi paused aarti at Brahma Sarovar, but it was not for a photoshoot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/rahul-gandhi-paused-aarti-at-brahma-sarovar-but-it-was-not-for-a-photoshoot-2320838-2023-01-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are sea turtles making beeline for Mumbai beach after cleanup?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Hundreds of thousands of sea turtles hatched this week on Versova beach in Mumbai, first time in decades.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/are-sea-turtles-making-beeline-for-mumbai-beach-after-cleanup-1595106-2019-09-03


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
text:
Image shows the wife of the Vice President of Ukraine who has decided to join the fight against Russia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-lady-soldier-rifle-not-ukraine-s-first-lady-vice-president-s-wife-1918602-2022-02-27

title:
Fact Check: This lady soldier with a rifle is neither the Ukraine's First Lady nor Vice President's wife


text: Video shows how United States President Joe Biden celebrated ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan’s ouster.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z
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-did-us-president-joe-biden-celebrate-ex-pakistan-pm-imran-khan-s-ouster-viral-video-tells-a-lie-1936649-2022-04-12

title:
Fact Check: Did US President Joe Biden celebrate ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's ouster? Viral video tells a lie


text: A photograph of the Israeli prime minister's son who serves in the army.
claimant: Facebook page ‘Tellgu’
claim_date: 2019-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This soldier in the photo is not the son of Israel’s Prime Minister
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-soldier-in-the-photo-is-not-the-son-of-israel-s-prime-minister-1617184-2019-11-08


text: BJP MLA Karni Singh vandalises Ambedkar statue
claimant: Facebook user “Sachin Maurya”
claim_date: 2019-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral claim of Ambedkar statue damaged by BJP MLA 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-claim-of-ambedkar-statue-damaged-by-bjp-mla-is-misleading-1512333-2019-04-28


text: The BBC has admitted that HIV was used to make the Covid-19 vaccine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Was HIV used to make the Covid vaccine? Here’s what you need to know
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/was-hiv-used-to-make-the-covid-vaccine-heres-what-you-need-to-know-2331262-2023-02-06


text: The viral video shows an Indian Air Force performance during 2023's Independence Day celebrations.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of plane stunt NOT from 2023 Indian Independence Day, it’s from Italy
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-plane-stunt-not-from-2023-indian-independence-day-its-from-italy-2422760-2023-08-17


text: Sadhvi Pragya is acquitted by the court.
claimant: Journalist and executive editor of Network18 Amish Devgan
claim_date: 2019-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: As social media argues over Sadhvi Pragya's acquittal, here are the facts
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/sadhvi-pragya-singh-thakur-acquittal-bjp-candidate-malegaon-blast-1505819-2019-04-19


text: South African cricketer David Miller recently lost his daughter to cancer.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is NOT David Miller’s daughter; young girl who died was a fan of the cricketer
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-david-millers-daughter-young-girl-who-died-was-a-fan-of-the-cricketer-2283539-2022-10-10


text: BJP IT cell man Dhruv Saxena arrested along with 10 others for helping the ISI.
claimant: Congress IT cell head Divya Spandana
claim_date: 2019-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Congress IT cell head Divya Spandana slams BJP over old news
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-congress-it-cell-head-divya-spandana-slams-bjp-over-old-news-1471796-2019-03-06


text: Coronavirus killed 1,12,000 people and infected 28 lakh in China.
claimant: Facebook user “Eli Winterson” and others
claim_date: 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Bloated casualty figures linked to coronavirus leave netizens in panic
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-bloated-casualty-figures-linked-to-coronavirus-leave-netizens-in-panic-1643257-2020-02-04


text: A BBC survey has found that the BJP is the most corrupt political party in the world.
claimant: facebook page ‘We Dravidians’
claim_date: 2019-04-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: BBC never called BJP the most corrupt party in the world
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bbc-survey-bjp-most-corrupt-party-world-1508662-2019-04-23


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Delhi cop being assaulted goes viral as atrocities by Bengal BJP workers
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of Bengal BJP leader Rinku Verma beating up cop on duty. This is how they will make ‘Sonar Bangla’.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-delhi-cop-being-assaulted-goes-viral-as-atrocities-by-bengal-bjp-workers-1792580-2021-04-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did cops in China run over protestors with cars? This 2021 video is from the US
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows how police in China have even killed people while suppressing widespread protests against the country’s draconian zero-Covid policies.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/cops-in-china-run-over-protestors-with-cars-video-is-from-us-2303713-2022-11-30


text: This video shows the June 6 blast at Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show June 6 blast at Ukraine’s Nova Kakhovka dam, it’s from 2022
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-does-not-show-june-6-blast-at-ukraines-nova-kakhovka-dam-its-from-2022-2389683-2023-06-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
CCTV footage captured a group robbing an unconscious woman after making her eat “prasad” laced with sedatives.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/staged-video-woman-getting-drugged-robbed-goes-viral-fact-check-1936293-2022-04-11

title:
Fact Check: Daylight robbery? Staged video of woman getting drugged and robbed goes viral as the real deal


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-11-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Bill Gates asked for 'Death panels' for the sick and elderly, in order to cut down medical expenses at the recent G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bill-gates-did-not-ask-for-death-panels-g20-summit-old-video-false-claims-2299582-2022-11-20

title:
Fact Check: Bill Gates DID NOT ask for 'Death Panels' during G20, decade-old video shared with false claims


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a Muslim woman overturning the car of the man who burned a copy of the Quran in Sweden on January 21.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/sweden-quran-burning-far-right-leader-car-getting-rammed-old-video-2328811-2023-01-31

title:
Fact Check: Sweden Quran burning leads to far-right leader’s car getting rammed? Nope, this video is old


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Photo shows a mob in Delhi's Jahangirpuri attacking a cop during the communal clashes during a Hanuman Jayanti procession on April 16.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photo-cop-attacked-mob-not-delhi-jahangirpuri-ahmedabad-2019-riots-hanuman-jayanti-1938528-2022-04-17

title:
Fact Check: Photo of cop getting attacked by a mob is NOT from Delhi's Jahangirpuri but Ahmedabad in 2019


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In Varanasi, the 5000-year-old Bharat Mata temple was demolished to construct the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/temples-destroyed-kashi-vishwanath-corridor-karnataka-congress-claim-1942242-2022-04-26

title:
Fact Check: Were temples destroyed to build Kashi Vishwanath Corridor? Old Karnataka video shared with lies


text: Passengers arguing with flight pursers for not maintaining social distancing in Air India flight.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of passengers arguing over social distancing is not from Air India flight
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-passengers-arguing-over-social-distancing-is-not-from-air-india-flight-1675912-2020-05-08


text: Video shows police arresting a group of terrorists from the Pydhonie area of South Mumbai.
claimant: Twitter user KaluramSinghBa1
claim_date: 2021-02-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Web series shoot passed off as terrorists nabbed 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-web-series-shoot-passed-off-as-terrorists-nabbed-in-mumbai-1770693-2021-02-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Grisly video of woman’s naked corpse in suitcase in Gurgaon given FALSE communal spin
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The naked corpse of a Hindu woman was found stuffed inside a suitcase near IFFCO Chowk in Gurugram. She was allegedly murdered by her Muslim boyfriend.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-woman-naked-corpse-in-suitcase-in-gurgaon-given-false-communal-spin-2287832-2022-10-20


text: Video shows a vaccinated man collapsing as Prince Charles was speaking to him.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-28T00:00:00Z
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-netizens-say-man-who-fainted-in-front-of-prince-charles-was-vaxxed-that-s-one-royal-gaffe-1870568-2021-10-28

title:
Fact Check: Netizens say man who fainted in front of Prince Charles was vaxxed. That’s one royal gaffe


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a Hindu group pelting stones at protesting Muslims following Nupur Sharma's offensive remarks.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-khargone-ram-navami-violence-not-ongoing-protests-against-nupur-sharma-1962196-2022-06-14

title:
Fact Check: This video is from Khargone Ram Navami violence, NOT ongoing protests against Nupur Sharma


text: Popstar Justin Bieber has converted to Buddhism in Myanmar.
claimant: Facebook user “Ridoy Barua”
claim_date: 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this Buddhist monk in red robe Justin Bieber?
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-buddhist-monk-in-red-robe-justin-bieber-1592803-2019-08-28


text: Video shows US soldiers paradropped over Ukraine amidst the Russian invasion.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: No, this video doesn't show US army troops paradropping into Ukraine during ongoing war
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-army-airdropped-ukraine-warzone-1925760-2022-03-15


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did a US city deploy child soldiers to quell protests over George Floyd's death?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Authorities in Atlanta, United States, have deployed child soldiers to stop protesters demonstrating against the death of George Floyd.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-a-us-city-deploy-child-soldiers-to-quell-protests-over-george-floyd-s-death-1684554-2020-06-02


text: This video shows Congress leader Rahul Gandhi refusing to perform aarti during a Hindu ceremony.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi refuse to perform aarti? Clipped video shared 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-did-rahul-gandhi-refuse-to-perform-aarti-clipped-video-shared-with-misleading-claims-2005557-2022-09-27


claimant: Face book users “Pushpendra Kulshrestha”, “Arvind Shenoi” and many others
claim_date: 2019-04-30T00:00:00Z
title: Viral video showing Muslims protesting crackdown by Sri Lanka after blasts is false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Muslims protesting against Sri Lanka government in London following crackdown on terror outfits after deadly blasts.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-showing-muslims-protesting-crackdown-by-sri-lanka-after-blasts-is-false-1514064-2019-04-30


text: Priya Malik won a gold medal at the World Cadet Wrestling Championship in Hungary on July 25.
claimant: Instagram user
claim_date: 2021-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens congratulate Priya Malik but post wrestler Sonam Malik’s picture
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-netizens-congratulate-priya-malik-but-post-wrestler-sonam-malik-s-picture-1832890-2021-07-26


text: Video shows King of Bahrain arriving in Dubai with his robot bodyguard.
claimant: Twitter user Roshan Abeysinghe
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not King of Bahrain arriving in Dubai with his automaton bodyguard
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-king-bahrain-in-dubai-automaton-bodyguard-1712063-2020-08-17


text: Viral picture of dead cows is from Rajasthan, where cows die due to starvation.
claimant: Facebook page 'Ravish Kumar - The Fearless Reporter'
claim_date: 2019-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading picture of cow deaths goes viral again 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-misleading-picture-cow-deaths-rajasthan-1523386-2019-05-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-03-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Photos of Delhi riots linked to communal tension in Telangana's Bhainsa
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Images show how a Muslim mob attacked Hindus in Telangana's Bhainsa and then looted and burnt their properties.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/photos-delhi-riots-linked-communal-tension-telangana-bhainsa-1779022-2021-03-13


text: Chennai municipal corporation has asked all vegetable and fruit markets to shut.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-03-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral message of Chennai veggies markets shutting due to coronavirus 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-viral-message-of-chennai-veggies-markets-shutting-due-to-coronavirus-is-a-hoax-1657146-2020-03-18


text: Photo is of man who tracked down his three-year-old daughter’s rapist and brutally tortured him
claimant: Twitter user ‘Zaddy Ajala’ and others
claim_date: 2019-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did this man track down and brutally torture his three-year-old daughter's rapist?
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-this-man-track-down-and-brutally-torture-his-three-year-old-daughter-s-rapist-1626684-2019-12-09


text: French police attacked Muslims praying on the streets of Yüksekova!
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-10-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-police-action-muslims-turkey-revived-erdogan-macron-feud-1736047-2020-10-28

title:
Fact Check: Old video of police action on Muslims in Turkey revived during recent Erdogan-Macron feud


text: This video shows a leaked stunt scene from the upcoming Shah Rukh Khan film 'Jawan'.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This stunning action sequence is not a leaked scene from 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-this-stunning-action-sequence-is-not-a-leaked-scene-from-srks-jawan-2425395-2023-08-23


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mystery behind ‘one lakh’ Shiva Lingas in a Karnataka river solved
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
For the first time in the history of India, lakhs of Shiva Lingas were seen in Shivakashi river in Karnataka.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/shiva-lingas-karnataka-shivakashi-river-fact-check-1705612-2020-07-29


text: Jamshedpur East MLA Saryu Roy dancing after defeating CM Raghubar Das in the Jharkhand elections
claimant: Facebook users "Mahtab Hussain", "Tanveer Ansari" and others
claim_date: 2019-12-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Saryu Roy dancing after defeating Jharkhand CM Raghubar Das
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-saryu-roy-dancing-after-defeating-jharkhand-cm-raghubar-das-1631459-2019-12-25


claimant: Facebook page 'Mission Modi' and other social media users
claim_date: 2020-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Now Laxmi faces the 'Chhapaak' of fake news
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Laxmi Agarwal blamed Deepika Padukone and Meghna Gulzar for changing the name of an acid attacker to hide his religious identity.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-now-laxmi-faces-the-chhapaak-of-fake-news-1635400-2020-01-09


claimant: Several national dailies and websites
claim_date: 2019-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, thousands of trees were not axed to build PM’s helipad in Odisha's Balangir
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Over 3,000 trees were axed to build a helipad for Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Odisha's Balangir.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-thousands-of-trees-were-not-axed-to-build-pm-s-helipad-in-odisha-s-balangir-1431628-2019-01-15


text: Nirmala Sitharaman said onion price rise doesn’t matter to me.’
claimant: bjp exposed
claim_date: 2019-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: No, Nirmala Sitharaman never said onion price rise doesn’t matter to her
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-nirmala-sitharaman-never-said-onion-price-rise-doesn-t-matter-to-me-1625618-2019-12-05


text: Video is of police beating up Kashmiris.
claimant: Facebook user “Bhaguram Godara Kalyansar Naya”
claim_date: 2019-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Old video of lathicharge in Bihar shared as policemen beating up Kashmiris
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/jammu-kashmir-article-370-35a-lathicharge-police-beat-people-bihar-1578382-2019-08-07


text: This video of a Gujarat road caving in shows what the BJP's governance in the state looks like.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-lucknow-road-cave-in-falsely-passed-off-as-that-from-gujarat-amid-polls-2305205-2022-12-04

title:
Fact Check: Video of Lucknow road cave-in FALSELY passed off as that from Gujarat amid assembly polls


text: A video of India Air Force pilot who was arrested by Pakistan forces on Wednesday.
claimant: Facebook page PAK ARMY
claim_date: 2019-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not the video of missing IAF pilot
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-the-video-of-missing-iaf-pilot-1466715-2019-02-27


text: Video of Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying homage at the tomb of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi is NOT paying tribute at the tomb of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb in this 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-pm-modi-not-paying-tribute-tomb-mughal-ruler-aurangzeb-video-1952470-2022-05-21


text: Image shows a truck set on fire by a mob during the August 11 Bengaluru riot.
claimant: Facebook user Rawat Ripuhan Singh‎
claim_date: 2020-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image from 2016 Cauvery riots falsely circulated as that from recent Bengaluru 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-image-2016-cauvery-riots-falsely-circulated-bengaluru-violence-1711030-2020-08-14


text: There’s going to be a full Blue Moon on Halloween (October 31) for the first time in 76 years.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Halloween & Blue Moon make for an eerie combo, but spook lovers will miss it this 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-halloween-blue-moon-make-for-an-eerie-combo-but-spook-lovers-will-miss-it-this-year-1870626-2021-10-28


text: This is a teacher in Lahore who was suspended by her school for having an “erotic figure”.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don’t slip over this Rasbhari gossip with a Pak twist
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-slip-over-this-rasbhari-gossip-with-a-pak-twist-1715248-2020-08-26


text: This video shows the Chinese "spy" balloon after it was shot down by the US
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2023-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Chinese 'spy' balloon wreckage? Nope, this video is at least 6 years old!
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-chinese-spy-balloon-wreckage-video-at-least-6-years-old-2334761-2023-02-14


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old list of blood donors circulated as plasma donors for Covid patients
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Here are names and contact numbers of people in Delhi-NCR who are ready to donate their plasma for Covid patients.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-list-of-blood-donors-circulated-as-plasma-donors-for-covid-patients-1792153-2021-04-17


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not a Congress leader arrested for plotting attack on Hindus
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Congress leader from Assam Amjat Ali was arrested and weapons and explosives recovered from him. He was planning genocide against Hindus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-a-congress-leader-arrested-for-plotting-attack-on-hindus-1738264-2020-11-05


text: The man in the viral post has killed the pregnant elephant in Kerala, recently.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: This man is not the killer of pregnant elephant in Kerala
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-man-is-not-the-killer-of-pregnant-elephant-in-kerala-1685569-2020-06-04


text: Injured Indian soldier left his treatment midway to take revenge of the terror attack.
claimant: Facebook pages like “Mission 400+ saath hai to abhi jude”
claim_date: 2019-02-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral photo is not of an injured Indian Army soldier but a Russian
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-viral-photo-is-not-of-an-injured-army-soldier-but-a-russian-1458409-2019-02-17


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This heart-wrenching video of a rickshaw puller is not from India
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a helpless rickshaw puller in India breaking down after his rickshaw was seized during an eviction drive.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-heart-wrenching-video-of-a-rickshaw-puller-is-not-from-india-1730408-2020-10-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This Covid-19 prescription is not given by Delhi’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Doctor at Sir Ganga Ram hospital has prescribed medication for contacts of Covid-positive cases. The medication includes hydroxychloroquine, vitamin C tablets, etc.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-covid-19-prescription-is-not-given-by-delhi-s-sir-ganga-ram-hospital-1688427-2020-06-12


text: Kolkata Knight Riders to acquire a 1.28 per cent stake in Reliance Retail.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: KKR is investing in Reliance Retail, but it's not what you think
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-ipl-shah-rukh-khan-kkr-investing-reliance-digital-us-firm-1725188-2020-09-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Was Pfizer’s first Covid-19 vaccination in the UK a staged event?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pfizer’s first Covid-19 vaccination was staged. Ninety-year-old Margaret Keenan who was shown getting the first vaccine is actually crisis actor Liz Scott.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-was-pfizer-s-first-covid-19-vaccination-in-the-uk-a-staged-event-1749168-2020-12-13


text: This viral image shows a railway station in Kerala specially decorated for Onam.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This Kerala station decorated with flowers for Onam is not real, it’s AI-generated
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-kerala-station-decorated-flowers-onam-not-real-ai-generated-2427676-2023-08-28


text: Manmohan Singh said opposition to Centre’s decision on J&K will cost Congress heavily.
claimant: Several Facebook and Twitter users
claim_date: 2019-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Manmohan say Congress will pay heavily for protesting govt’s move on J&K?
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-manmohan-say-congress-will-pay-heavily-for-protesting-govt-s-move-on-j-k-1579132-2019-08-09


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows Muslims in France being dragged off the road for blocking traffic while performing namaz.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-muslims-performing-namaz-streets-france-video-shows-climate-activists-protesting-2312499-2022-12-22

title:
Fact Check: Not Muslims performing namaz on streets in France, this video shows climate activists protesting


text: Rahul Gandhi got more than 13 lakh votes on Wayanad seat, but around six lakh votes were deleted.
claimant: Facebook page ‘FekuExpress’
claim_date: 2019-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did 6 lakh votes of Rahul Gandhi from Wayanad seat get deleted?
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-wayanad-seat-votes-delete-fake-truth-1534192-2019-05-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of woman being thrashed circulated as caste atrocity in UP
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows upper caste men in Uttar Pradesh thrashing a woman for fetching water from a public well.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-woman-being-thrashed-circulated-as-caste-atrocity-in-up-1729365-2020-10-07


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Aishe Ghosh's hand injury is not shifting, the photo is morphed.
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Aishe Ghosh’s injuries are fake, as one photo shows her left hand bandaged and another photo shows her right hand bandaged

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-aishe-ghosh-s-hand-injury-is-not-shifting-the-photo-is-morphed-1636562-2020-01-13


text: A man in flood-hit Assam was seen sleeping on a mattress while floating on muddy water.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did a man sleep on floating mattress amid Assam floods? Viral video is from Malaysia
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-malaysian-man-sleeping-floating-mattress-assam-floods-1950743-2022-05-18


claimant: Social Media user
claim_date: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of burqa-clad women in chains walking behind man is edited
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows women in burqas walking in chains behind a man in Afghanistan after Taliban took over the country.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-image-of-burqa-clad-women-in-chains-walking-behind-man-edited-1842488-2021-08-18


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old images from Turkey shared as damage caused by earthquake in Afghanistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Images show debris of collapsed buildings in Afghanistan after the country was rocked by an earthquake on February 12, 2021.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-images-from-turkey-shared-damage-caused-earthquake-afghanistan-1769107-2021-02-14


text: Video of Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi breaking coronavirus lockdown by stepping out
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi's old video shared with coronavirus twist
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-and-priyanka-gandhi-s-old-video-shared-with-coronavirus-twist-1663502-2020-04-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi is not greeting Gautam Adani's wife in this viral picture
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi bowing before Priti Adani, wife of industrialist Gautam Adani.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pm-modi-is-not-greeting-gautam-adani-s-wife-in-this-viral-picture-1750581-2020-12-17


text: Patanjali Ayurved sells a beef biryani recipe mix that even has Ramdev’s name on the package.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-20T00:00:00Z
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-patanjali-isnt-selling-beef-biryani-mix-morphed-photo-pakistan-brand-viral-false-claims-2002597-2022-09-20

title:
Fact Check: Patanjali isn’t selling beef biryani mix, morphed photo of Pak brand viral with false claims


text: PM Narendra Modi asked his party workers to employ the British Empire policy of “divide and loot.”
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did PM Modi preach ‘divide and loot’ to BJP workers?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-pm-modi-preach-divide-and-loot-to-bjp-workers-1919964-2022-03-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rumours of organ trade under the garb of Covid-19 go viral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In Mumbai's Gorai, a person's organs were stolen after he was admitted in a hospital on the pretext of Covid-19.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-rumours-of-organ-trade-under-the-garb-of-covid-19-go-viral-1703651-2020-07-23


text: Chinese people are not being allowed in supermarkets in Australia
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are Chinese being barred in Australian supermarkets over Covid fears?
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-are-chinese-being-barred-in-australian-supermarkets-over-covid-fears-1667380-2020-04-15


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Jyotiraditya Scindia remove “BJP” from his Twitter bio?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Jyotiraditya Scindia has removed “BJP” from his Twitter bio. He might now quit the BJP too after leaving Congress in March this year.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-jyotiraditya-scindia-remove-bjp-from-his-twitter-bio-1686249-2020-06-06


text: Modi had a digital camera and transmitted pictures in 1987-88.
claimant: Narendra Modi
claim_date: 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Could Modi have used a digital camera and email in 1988?
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-could-modi-have-used-a-digital-camera-and-email-in-1988-1524786-2019-05-14


text: This recent image shows how the slums in Delhi were covered with sheets ahead of the G20 Summit.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of slum covered with green sheets before G20 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/image-of-slum-covered-with-green-sheets-before-g20-is-not-from-delhi-but-from-mumbai-2431465-2023-09-05


text: A video shows a destructive tsunami after an earthquake in Indonesia.
claimant: Social maker
claim_date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2011 Japan tsunami video FALSELY shared as from Indonesia
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-2011-japan-tsunami-video-falsely-shared-as-from-indonesia-2315885-2023-01-01


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-03-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed tweet criticising BJP falsely attributed to Yashwant Sinha
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha tweeted a rhyme saying India has deteriorated since BJP came to power.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-morphed-tweet-criticising-bjp-falsely-attributed-to-yashwant-sinha-1779735-2021-03-15


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Story of the eagle that ‘refuses’ to leave a Krishna temple
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Krishna eagle that flew inside a Krishna temple in Kerala’s Idukki district and sat on a Garuda statue. Since then, it is not leaving the place.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-story-of-the-eagle-that-refuses-to-leave-a-krishna-temple-1704422-2020-07-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows the helicopter crash in Kyiv, Ukraine, that killed 14 people, including the country’s interior minister on January 18.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2014-video-russia-viral-ukraine-helicopter-tragedy-killed-interior-minister-2323653-2023-01-19

title:
Fact Check: 2014 video from Russia now viral as Ukraine helicopter tragedy that killed interior minister


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Putin did not ask Pakistan to hand over Gilgit–Baltistan to India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Pakistan-occupied Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh was a part of India. He also asked Pakistan to hand over the Gilgit–Baltistan region to India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/putin-did-not-ask-pakistan-to-hand-over-gilgit-baltistan-to-india-1920325-2022-03-03


text: Viral image of a man carrying a calf on shoulder is from Assam.
claimant: Facebook user 'Are bhai bhai bhai'
claim_date: 2019-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral image of man saving calf on his shoulder is not from 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-viral-image-man-calf-shoulder-assam-1571960-2019-07-21


text: Prince Charles infected with coronavirus after meeting Kanika Kapoor.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-03-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-pictures-kanika-kapoor-prince-charles-viral-coronavirus-royal-1659755-2020-03-25

title:
Fact Check: Old pictures of Kanika Kapoor with Prince Charles go viral after coronavirus hits royal family


claimant: BY: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-07-02T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Photo shows the mosque Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan and his wife built in their city. It cost them Rs 90 lakh.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photo-of-ukraine-railway-station-goes-viral-as-mosque-built-by-bangladeshi-cricketer-shakib-al-hasan-1969392-2022-07-02

title:
Fact Check: Photo of Ukraine railway station goes viral as mosque built by Bangladeshi cricketer Shakib Al Hasan


text: This video shows the recent earthquake in Indonesia.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show recent Indonesia earthquake ‘caught on camera’
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-of-indonesia-earthquake-old-footage-from-taiwan-2319727-2023-01-10


text: Video of massive rally in support of Muslims in Tripura who have faced violence recently.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of anti-Macron rally in Dhaka shared as protests against Tripura violence
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-anti-macron-rally-dhaka-shared-protests-tripura-violence-1874094-2021-11-07


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Putin didn't threaten FIFA to lift Russia's suspension from Qatar World Cup
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned FIFA to stay out of the war in Ukraine. “If Russia does not play the Qatar 2022 World Cup, there will be no World Cup to talk about,” he threatened the football body.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-putin-didn-t-threaten-fifa-to-lift-russia-s-suspension-from-qatar-world-cup-1921199-2022-03-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pak handles share Faridabad brutality video as atrocities on Muslims in India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video of a man being thrashed with a hammer and rod shows how minorities are treated every day in India

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pak-handles-share-faridabad-brutality-video-as-atrocities-on-muslims-in-india-1885753-2021-12-09


text: This is the last interview of Punjabi singer Sidhu Moose Wala before he was assassinated on May 29.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-31T00:00:00Z
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-sidhu-moose-wala-interview-sonam-bajwa-punjab-canada-gangster-lawrence-bishnoi-1956539-2022-05-31

title:
Fact Check: Far from his last, this Sidhu Moose Wala interview with Sonam Bajwa is more than a year old


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This ‘Mark Zuckerberg’ Facebook post warning a seven-day outage is morphed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive officer of Facebook, has posted that his company’s flagship products will shut down for seven days.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-mark-zuckerberg-facebook-post-warning-a-seven-day-outage-is-morphed-1862466-2021-10-08


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This rape and murder incident in Bengal is not a fallout of post-poll violence
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A 20-year-old Hindu girl in West Midnapore has become the latest victim of post-poll violence in West Bengal. She was gang-raped and murdered by “Rohingyas and Bangladeshi jihadis” for supporting BJP.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-rape-and-murder-incident-in-bengal-is-not-a-fallout-of-post-poll-violence-1799255-2021-05-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Another social media conspiracy linking Bill Gates to coronavirus surfaces
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Crop circle that appeared recently shows the Microsoft logo in a coronavirus outline, hinting at a link between Bill Gates and the virus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/another-social-media-conspiracy-linking-bill-gates-to-coronavirus-surfaces-1675497-2020-05-07


text: Image of Russian fighter aircraft shot down by Ukrainian forces
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mid-air collision from 1993 shared as Russian jet shot down by Ukraine
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-mid-air-collision-from-1993-shared-as-russian-jet-shot-down-by-ukraine-1918347-2022-02-26


text: NRIs who hold Indian passports can vote online in the 2019 general elections.
claimant: Facebook users like Sukant Sahu
claim_date: 2019-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, NRIs cannot vote online in 2019 Lok Sabha elections
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-nris-vote-online-2019-lok-sabha-elections-1484978-2019-03-23


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: This is not the grieving mother of a Sri Lankan man lynched in Pakistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This viral photo shows the mother of a Sri Lankan man, lynched by a mob in Pakistan over blasphemy allegations, grieving near his charred body.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-the-mother-of-sri-lankan-man-lynched-in-pak-grieving-near-his-charred-body-1894895-2022-01-01


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don't fall for this morphed CNN visual claiming Covid vaccine turns people into zombies
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
US hospitals are being locked down as some Covid patients have begun eating other patients after receiving the vaccine shot.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/morphed-cnn-visual-claiming-covid-vaccine-turns-people-into-zombies-1753195-2020-12-25


text: The policeman who arrested the alleged killers of Kanhaiya Lal has now been attacked with a sword.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-07-07T00:00:00Z
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-this-injured-cop-from-rajasthan-was-not-a-part-of-team-that-nabbed-kanhaiya-lal-murderers-1972729-2022-07-06

title:
Fact Check: This injured cop from Rajasthan was not a part of team that nabbed Kanhaiya Lal's murderers


claimant: A Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-08-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, there is no SC-ordered taxpayers' group that will dictate election freebies
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Supreme Court decided to set up a taxpayers’ organisation without whose approval, no election freebie can be announced or implemented.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-there-is-no-sc-ordered-taxpayers-group-that-will-dictate-election-freebies-1985932-2022-08-09


claimant: Facebook page “Check this out” and others
claim_date: 2019-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This hillside sculpture has nothing to do with drunk driving
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Sculpture of baby inside a womb was carved by a man who lost his wife and unborn child to drunk driving

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-hillside-sculpture-has-nothing-to-do-with-drunk-driving-1612244-2019-10-23


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-04-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did the Centre deny ‘martyr’ status to CRPF jawans who lost lives in Bijapur?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Centre has refused “martyr” status to CoBRA commandos who gave their lives in the Bijapur ambush.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-the-centre-deny-martyr-status-to-crpf-jawans-who-lost-lives-in-bijapur-1788853-2021-04-08


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pictures of AAP leaders wearing skull caps viral with misleading claims
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
AAP leaders observe Muslim rituals during elections in Delhi and wear saffron scarves during polls in UP.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pictures-of-aap-leaders-wearing-skull-caps-viral-with-misleading-claims-1904419-2022-01-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth of the flag hoisted at Red Fort by protesting farmers
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Khalistani flag hoisted on Red Fort on Republic Day by protesting farmers. This is a Black Day for India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-of-the-flag-hoisted-at-red-fort-by-protesting-farmers-1762991-2021-01-26


claimant: Madhya Pradesh Congress
claim_date: 2020-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Madhya Pradesh Congress shares fake video to take a dig at Shivraj Chouhan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Addressing a public meeting, Shivraj Singh Chouhan asked who’s the better CM between him and Kamal Nath, to which the crowd unanimously answered Kamal Nath.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-madhya-pradesh-congress-shares-fake-video-to-take-a-dig-at-shivraj-chouhan-1724022-2020-09-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old images from Lucknow falsely linked to RRB protests in Bihar
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pictures show police in Bihar brutally attacking candidates protesting against the RRB NTPC exam results.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-images-from-lucknow-falsely-linked-to-rrb-protests-bihar-1905326-2022-01-27


claimant: Twitter handle @Luv_Sinha143
claim_date: 2020-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens fall for fake Twitter account impersonating Shatrughan Sinha’s son
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Actor-politician Luv Sinha, son of Shatrughan Sinha, has tweeted that Muslims should raise their voice for IPS Sanjiv Bhatt.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-fall-for-fake-twitter-account-impersonating-shatrughan-sinha-s-son-1733237-2020-10-19


claimant: Ashraf Khan
claim_date: 2020-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of sewage-filled dug up road from Delhi goes viral as that from Varanasi
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows dug-up road filled with sewage water in PM Modi’s Parliamentary constituency, Varanasi — also, recently awarded the Cleanest Ganga Town.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-sewage-filled-dug-up-road-questions-cleanliness-in-pm-modi-s-varanasi-1713780-2020-08-21


claimant: AAP workers
claim_date: 2018-12-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Manohar Lal Khattar never said he is chief minister only for Punjabis
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Khattar claims that he is the chief minister only for the Punjabis and has got nothing to do with other castes.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-manohar-lal-khattar-never-said-he-was-chief-minister-only-for-punjabis-1420217-2018-12-30


text: Gujarat BJP man caught with cow meat
claimant: Social media users like Shakshi Sharma
claim_date: 2019-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video claiming "BJP worker caught with beef in Gujarat" 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-viral-video-claiming-bjp-worker-caught-with-beef-in-gujarat-is-false-1424948-2019-01-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of IAF airstrike is actually from a video game
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A video shows a fighter jet destroying a target. The video went viral soon after reports of the Indian Air Force striking the Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in Pakistan's Balakot came in on Tuesday.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-of-iaf-airstrike-is-actually-from-a-video-game-1466361-2019-02-27


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not Gustave, the mammoth man-eating croc of Africa’s wetlands
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is the alligator named Gustave that had killed more than 300 humans near Lake Tanganyika in Africa.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-gustave-mammoth-man-eating-croc-africa-wetlands-1818637-2021-06-23


claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Putin WASN’T reading Imran Khan’s book, viral pic is photoshopped!
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This image shows Russian President Vladimir Putin reading a book by former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-putin-wasnt-reading-imran-khans-book-viral-pic-is-photoshopped-2319276-2023-01-09


text: Video of Muslims shouting communal slogans in Delhi
claimant: Columnist Tarek Fatah
claim_date: 2020-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Tarek Fatah passes off old video with communal slogans as recent one 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-tarek-fatah-passes-off-old-video-with-communal-slogans-as-recent-one-from-delhifact-check-tarek-fatah-passes-off-old-video-with-communal-slogans-as-r-1644654-2020-02-09


text: Mandating the use of masks among citizens is a war crime according to the Nuremberg Code.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The Nuremberg Code does not say mandated use of masks is a war crime
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/nuremberg-code-mandated-use-of-masks-war-crime-1900210-2022-01-14


text: Maneka Gandhi said BJP is the world's largest party; what's the harm if 2-4 rapes happen?
claimant: Facebook user "Kauser Sayyed"
claim_date: 2019-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading quote of Maneka Gandhi on rape 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/fact-check-misleading-quote-of-maneka-gandhi-on-rape-shared-on-social-media-1604582-2019-09-29


claimant: Facebook user Awadhesh Azad
claim_date: 2020-12-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows pro-Pakistan and pro-Khalistan slogans raised at a protest in London held in support of the ongoing farmers' agitation in Delhi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-of-pro-pak-pro-khalistan-rally-revived-in-context-of-current-farmers-agitation-1749041-2020-12-12

title:
Fact Check: Old video of pro-Pak, pro-Khalistan rally revived in context of current farmers' agitation


text: A black teacher in a public school in the US hit a white student for no reason.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Not teacher hitting student - both persons in this 2022 clip are kids from same class
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-teacher-hitting-student-both-persons-in-this-2022-clip-kids-same-class-2385947-2023-05-29


text: Milk from only Punganur cows used to worship Lord Venkateshwara at Tirupati.
claimant: Facebook users like Anita Gupta and NaMo Gunjan
claim_date: 2019-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don't believe this viral story about milk offering at Tirupati temple
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/tirumala-temple-milk-abhishek-punganur-cow-ghee-tirupati-venkateshwara-1617171-2019-11-08


text: First photograph of earth sent by Chandrayaan-2.
claimant: Facebook user 'Priyabrata Dasgupta'
claim_date: 2019-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are these photographs of Earth really sent by Chandrayaan-2?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photographs-of-earth-sent-from-chandrayaan-2-1574279-2019-07-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Kolkata video FALSELY shared as Gujarat AAP leader's home being raided by ED
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows an Enforcement Directorate raid at the residence of a Surat-based businessman Sekhar Agarwal who recently defected from the Congress party to the AAP.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/kolkata-video-falsely-shared-as-gujarat-aap-leader-s-home-being-raided-by-ed-2001102-2022-09-16


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This shocking difference in height is not between US and Indian basketball players
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These are Under-16 basketball players from India standing beside the Under-16 basketball team of USA.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-shocking-difference-in-height-is-not-between-us-and-indian-basketball-players-1825192-2021-07-07


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Raj Babbar’s old statement on Naxalites linked to recent Bijapur attack
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
As per a newspaper clipping, Congress leader Raj Babbar has termed Naxalites “revolutionaries” after the Bijapur attack on April 3, in which 22 jawans were martyred.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-raj-babbarold-statement-on-naxalites-linked-to-recent-bijapur-attack-1792168-2021-04-17


text: Arvind Kejriwal wore shoes while paying tribute at the memorial of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Arvind Kejriwal did not pay tribute to Bhagat Singh with his shoes on
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/arvind-kejriwal-did-not-pay-tribute-to-bhagat-singh-with-his-shoes-on-1928304-2022-03-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Voter fraud at Gujarat Assembly elections 2022? This video is months old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows electoral fraud happening during the first phase of the assembly elections in Gujarat on December 1, 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-voter-fraud-gujarat-assembly-elections-viral-video-2304245-2022-12-01


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-06-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens falsely claim PM Modi changed four times a day to meet different leaders
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met four different people on the same day and changed his attire for every meeting. This is how poor he is!

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-falsely-claim-pm-modi-changed-four-times-a-day-to-meet-different-leaders-1814382-2021-06-13


text: Indian rupee is weaker than Bangladeshi taka
claimant: Facebook user “Dr Vijay Sharma” and others
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Despite downslide, rupee still stronger than Bangladeshi taka
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-despite-downslide-rupee-still-stronger-than-bangladeshi-taka-1591902-2019-08-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Can rogue chargers be used to hack your phone? Unlikely, but not impossible
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Rs. 16 lakh was stolen from a Hyderabad CEO through a tampered charging cable that was used to hack into his phone.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/can-rogue-chargers-be-used-to-hack-your-phone-2007838-2022-10-03


text: Video shows the funeral procession of Congress veteran Ahmed Patel.
claimant: Facebook user Ateeq Siddiqui
claim_date: 2020-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not Congress leader Ahmed Patel's funeral procession
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-this-is-not-congress-leader-ahmed-patel-funeral-procession-1744639-2020-11-27


text: Video of Pakistani army helicopter being shot down by Baloch Liberation Army in Panjgur.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video shared as Baloch fighters shooting down Pak military chopper
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-shared-as-baloch-fighters-shooting-down-pak-military-chopper-1909598-2022-02-06


text: Movie theatres across India will be reopened from October 1, 2020.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens book seats for fake news on theatres reopening
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-book-seats-for-fake-news-on-theatres-reopening-1722416-2020-09-16


text: A man is spitting on food before distributing it to non-Muslims in Shaheen Bagh.
claimant: Santam Chaudhury
claim_date: 2020-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video passed off as man in Shaheen Bagh spitting on food for distribution
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-passed-off-as-man-in-shaheen-bagh-spitting-on-food-for-distribution-1639612-2020-01-23


text: Priyanka Gandhi can be seen in inebriated condition during a public event.
claimant: Facebook user Vimal Sharma and many others
claim_date: 2019-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Priyanka Gandhi is not drunk in this 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/priyanka-gandhi-drunk-angry-video-candlelight-march-congress-1442796-2019-01-30


text: Boris Johnson was the first UK PM to visit the Indian state of Gujarat.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/boris-johnson-india-visit-false-claim-first-british-prime-minister-to-visit-gujarat-james-callaghan-morarji-desai-1942620-2022-04-27

title:
Fact Check: Was Boris Johnson the first British PM to visit Gujarat? News sites fall for faulty info


text: In this video, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal can be heard demanding stringent punishment for rapists.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/arvind-kejriwal-is-not-talking-about-punishing-rapists-2020-presser-delhi-riots-2287683-2022-10-20

title:
Fact Check: Kejriwal isn’t talking about punishing rapists here, this 2020 presser was about Delhi riots


text: Dubai skyscraper Burj Khalifa displayed image of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.
claimant: Facebook user Abdul Quadir
claim_date: 2019-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral image of Sir Syed Ahmad Khan on Burj Khalifa is photoshopped
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-image-of-sir-syed-ahmad-khan-on-burj-khalifa-is-photoshopped-1611124-2019-10-19


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Can Google Meet and Zoom hosts now know which apps you’re using in the background?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to a tweet by Google India, Google Meet will soon introduce a feature that allows hosts to know which apps are being used in the background by participants.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-can-google-meet-and-zoom-hosts-now-know-which-apps-you-re-using-in-the-background-1813206-2021-06-10


text: Rafale plane doing amazing stunts
claimant: Facebook user “Kiran Kumar”
claim_date: 2019-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video claiming to be Rafale jet is actually a remote-controlled toy aircraft
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-claiming-to-be-rafale-jet-is-actually-a-remote-controlled-toy-aircraft-1464099-2019-02-24


text: Yogi Adityanath’s brother Asitnath Bisht is supporting mahagathbandhan.
claimant: Facebook user Vinod Yadav
claim_date: 2019-05-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Yogi Adityanath lookalike with Akhilesh Yadav is not UP CM’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-yogi-adityanath-lookalike-with-akhilesh-yadav-is-not-up-cm-s-brother-1517697-2019-05-05


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-02-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Raghav Chadha threaten supporters of Deep Sidhu? Edited clip goes viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
AAP’s Raghav Chadha threatened Deep Sidhu’s supporters because the late actor was critical of the party.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-raghav-chadha-threaten-supporters-of-deep-sidhu-edited-clip-goes-viral-1916000-2022-02-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, electricity has not been a freebie for Kashmiris till date
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Residents of Kashmir have been receiving free electricity since India gained independence - a situation that recently changed.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-electricity-has-not-been-a-freebie-for-kashmiris-till-date-1967068-2022-06-26


claimant: Social media users like Krishna Kumar Sharma
claim_date: 2018-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Letter leaking Congress's nefarious plans on farm loan waiver is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The letter was being claimed as leaked internal communication of the Congress office bearers. However, it contradicts to what the Congress party had promised in its public rallies.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-letter-leaking-congress-nefarious-plans-on-farm-loan-waivers-is-fake-1393346-2018-11-21


claimant: Facebook page 'Trinayana'
claim_date: 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did police thrash accused in rape and murder of Telangana vet in public?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Police are publicly thrashing one of the accused in the Hyderabad rape and murder of a veterinary doctor.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-police-thrash-accused-in-rape-and-murder-of-hyderabad-vet-in-public-1624238-2019-12-01


text: Fake notes seized from a temple in Gujarat during lockdown.
claimant: acebook page "NewsIdol" and other social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Were fake notes seized from a temple in Gujarat during lockdown?
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-fake-notes-seized-from-a-temple-in-gujarat-during-lockdown-1675205-2020-05-07


text: A photo comparison of upgraded gear used by the CRPF in 2011 and 2022.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Evolution of CRPF tactical gear over the decade? Not really
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-evolution-of-crpf-tactical-gear-over-the-decade-not-really-1894936-2022-01-01


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading TikTok video on Covid-19 falsely attributed to Ganga Ram hospital
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Doctor from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in Delhi has advised people to drink a lot of water and gargle with warm water mixed with salt or vinegar to kill coronavirus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/misleading-tiktok-video-on-covid-19-falsely-attributed-to-ganga-ram-hospital-1676021-2020-05-08


text: Video is of girl trying to cheer friend up who was injured in anti-NRC protests at JNU
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-01-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: TikTok star hurt in road mishap passed off as NRC protester injured at JNU
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-tiktok-star-hurt-in-road-mishap-passed-off-as-nrc-protester-injured-at-jnu-1635105-2020-01-08


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi call Sushant Singh Rajput a cricketer in his condolence tweet?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In his condolence tweet on the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, Rahul Gandhi called him a “young & talented Cricketer” instead of actor.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-rahul-gandhi-call-sushant-singh-rajput-a-cricketer-in-his-condolence-tweet-1689246-2020-06-15


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Chilling video of snake coiled around sniper is NOT from Arunachal, it’s from Indonesia
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows an Indian Army sniper lying still as a snake coiled itself around him in Arunachal Pradesh.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/chilling-video-of-snake-coiled-around-sniper-is-not-from-arunachal-its-from-indonesia-2287738-2022-10-20


text: Images of fake notes seized from the car of RSS supporter Ketan Dave in Gujarat.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Images of fake notes from Telangana go viral linking them to RSS and Gujarat
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/images-fake-notes-telangana-virla-link-rss-gujarat-1636876-2020-01-14


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video from a recent protest in France that was held against public prayer by Muslims. The demonstration was inspired by Raj Thackeray’s recent ultimatum against the use of loudspeakers at mosques.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/french-protest-against-namaaz-raj-thackeray-loudspeaker-ban-mosque-1941152-2022-04-23

title:
Fact Check: This French protest against public namaaz is unrelated to Raj Thackeray’s ultimatum on loudspeakers


text: India Today has released its exit poll data.
claimant: Twitter users “Akashnoor Gadri” & “Avijit Dasgupta”.
claim_date: 2019-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No
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-india-today-has-not-released-any-exit-poll-data-1526982-2019-05-16


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old photo of dead man is NOT from rally where Imran Khan was shot
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The person in this photo lost his life when a sudden attack was launched at Imran Khan's rally in Pakistan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-imran-khan-rally-assassination-2294081-2022-11-06


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Bihar deputy speaker shared as UP villagers protesting against BJP MLA
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Villagers protest against BJP workers, stop an MLA’s two-wheeler, raise slogans and force the group to turn their vehicles back in Uttar Pradesh.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bihar-deputy-speaker-video-shared-up-villagers-protesting-bjp-mla-1868616-2021-10-23


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This record-setting cricket match where the batting side was dismissed at just fifteen runs took place on April 24.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/15-all-out-t20-match-from-2022-went-viral-multiple-times-as-yesterdays-game-across-2023-2364956-2023-04-26

title:
Fact Check: 15-all-out T20 match from 2022 went viral MULTIPLE times as 'yesterday’s game' across 2023


text: A video from Assam which shows police manhandling NRC protesters in the state.
claimant: Facebook user Syed Samad
claim_date: 2020-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Gory video from Dhaka shared as cops thrashing NRC protesters in Assam
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-gory-video-from-dhaka-shared-as-cops-thrashing-nrc-protesters-in-assam-1633470-2020-01-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, WhatsApp is not recording your calls but privacy concerns can't be ruled out yet
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
WhatsApp will now record the calls of its users. Also, the government would be monitoring WhatsApp chats.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-whatsapp-is-not-recording-your-calls-but-privacy-concerns-can-t-be-ruled-out-yet-1762105-2021-01-23


text: Abu Kamil was beaten up by members of his own community for raping a girl.
claimant: Twitter user Prashant Patel Umrao
claim_date: 2019-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Man thrashed by mob, incident made viral with rape 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-incident-of-mob-lynching-made-viral-with-rape-twist-1604531-2019-09-29


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Assam govt to provide stipend to priests? There’s a catch
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Himanta Biswa Sarma government in Assam has decided to provide financial aid worth Rs 15,000 to temple priests every month.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-assam-govt-to-provide-stipend-to-priests-there-s-a-catch-1874937-2021-11-09


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-03-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Three brothers died by suicide in Prayagraj after witnessing Akhilesh Yadav lose the UP assembly polls.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-prayagraj-akhilesh-yadav-s-defeat-in-up-polls-old-photos-1924416-2022-03-11

title:
Fact Check: Old photos shared as brothers from Prayagraj dying by suicide following Akhilesh Yadav’s defeat in UP


text: This is how Afghan women are being auctioned as sex slaves on the streets.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of mock ISIS sex slave market viral as Afghan women on sale
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-mock-isis-sex-slave-market-viral-afghan-women-on-sale-1841669-2021-08-16


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Youth who got away injured after water park accident "killed" by netizens!
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of an accident at a water theme park in UP's Kanpur in which a youth died after colliding with a woman who came sliding into the pool.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-youth-injured-water-park-accident-netizens-kanpur-rajasthan-1958472-2022-06-04


text: Farooq Abdullah shouting “Bharat Mata Ki Jai” after Amit Shah became the home minister.
claimant: Several Facebook and Twitter users.
claim_date: 2019-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of Farooq Abdullah shouting 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai' 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/old-video-farooq-abdullah-shouting-bharat-mata-ki-jai-viral-1543237-2019-06-05


text: This video shows people swarming the streets of Hyderabad on Hanuman Jayanti.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-11T00:00:00Z
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-indore-rang-panchami-celebration-peddled-crowded-hanuman-jayanti-procession-hyderabad-2358693-2023-04-11

title:
Fact Check: Indore’s Rang Panchami celebration peddled as crowded Hanuman Jayanti procession in Hyderabad


text: This image shows an empty theatre on the first-day screening of 'Brahmastra'.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-09-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/over-decade-old-image-of-empty-theatre-from-argentina-goes-viral-claiming-brahmastra-s-box-office-failure-1999081-2022-09-11

title:
Fact Check: Over decade-old image of empty theatre from Argentina goes viral, claiming 'Brahmastra's box office failure


text: Viral picture is of the son of IB operative Ankit Sharma, who was killed in the Delhi riots.
claimant: Facebook page "Narendra Modi Hindu Supporters" and others
claim_date: 2020-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not the son of IB operative Ankit Sharma killed in Delhi riots
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-the-son-of-ib-operative-ankit-sharma-killed-in-delhi-riots-1651405-2020-03-01


text: Heartbreaking video of children orphaned during the ongoing Ukraine-Russia war.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/heartbreaking-video-orphaned-children-ukraine-russia-conflict-1923984-2022-03-10

title:
Fact Check: This heartbreaking video of orphaned children is not from ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict


text: This is how Pakistan’s security forces torture people in Balochistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Afghanistan passed off as Pakistan’s atrocities in Balochistan
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-afghanistan-passed-off-as-pakistan-atrocities-balochistan-1903558-2022-01-23


text: Former Congress leader Hardik Patel was greeted with a slap after joining the BJP.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-06-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Hardik Patel did not get slapped after joining BJP, viral video 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/hardik-patel-bjp-slap-welcome-false-claim-viral-video-1958445-2022-06-04


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-02-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Russian Defence Minister, General Sergey Shoygu, advised stranded Indians in Ukraine to display India's flag in front of their cars to receive special protection from its army.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/russia-ukraine-war-defence-minister-indian-flag-students-embassy-special-protection-1918985-2022-02-28

title:
Fact Check: Did Russian defence minister advise Indians in Ukraine to display Indian flag for special protection?


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The winning wrestler seen in this video is self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri, also known as Bageshwar Baba.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/wrestler-defeating-opponent-is-pakistani-athlete-not-bageshwar-baba-2326458-2023-01-25

title:
Fact Check: This skinny wrestler defeating beefy opponent is a Pakistani athlete, NOT Bageshwar Baba


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Kiwis welcomed with saffron scarves in Kanpur? This is an old picture
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
New Zealand cricketers were greeted with saffron scarves upon their arrival in Kanpur for the first Test.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-kiwis-welcomed-with-saffron-scarves-in-kanpur-this-is-an-old-picture-1880413-2021-11-24


text: This photo was taken when the Ambani family watched ‘Pathaan’ with Shah Rukh Khan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Ambanis watch ‘Pathaan’ with SRK? No, this image is 7 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/did-ambanis-watch-pathaan-with-shah-rukh-khan-2326771-2023-01-26


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2023-05-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal appealing to people to vote for Congress ahead of the May 10 Jalandhar by-election.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/kejriwal-did-not-ask-people-to-vote-for-congress-in-jalandhar-by-poll-viral-video-is-edited-2377352-2023-05-10

title:
Fact Check: Kejriwal DID NOT ask people to vote for Congress in Jalandhar by-poll, viral video is edited


text: This image and video show the extent of the recent earthquake in Indonesia.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video, image shared as that of earthquake that struck Indonesia
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-image-shared-as-of-recent-indonesia-earthquake-1887854-2021-12-14


text: Image of a rock that is floating in the air for thousands of years in Jerusalem
claimant: Facebook user 'Gopidas Debnath' and others
claim_date: 2019-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Photoshopped image of 'floating rock' flies around Internet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photoshopped-image-of-floating-rock-flies-around-internet-1626456-2019-12-08


claimant: Congress leaders and Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 6-month-old Isudan Gadhvi road show FALSELY shared as AAP CM candidate's recent rally
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows no crowd present during a roadshow for AAP’s chief ministerial candidate in Gujarat, Isudan Gadhvi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-isudan-gadhvi-road-show-falsely-shared-as-aap-cm-candidate-recent-rally-2302867-2022-11-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Kiwi batsman Finn Allen’s tweet mocking security in Pakistan is morphed
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
New Zealand batsman Finn Allen has tweeted, “Pakistan is peaceful, safe and fully secured. Even Laden was living peacefully in Pakistan after clearing thousands.”

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/new-zealand-finn-allen-tweet-pakistan-security-morphed-1855039-2021-09-20


text: These are the US soldiers who were killed in Kabul airport attack.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-08-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, they are not 16 US servicemen killed in Kabul airport attack
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/afghanistan-kabul-bomb-explosion-us-soldiers-killed-fact-check-viral-photo-video-1846605-2021-08-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows the last moments of the Yeti Airlines ATR 72 aircraft that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, on January 15.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/russia-aircraft-nosediving-video-not-yeti-airlines-nepal-plane-crash-2322311-2023-01-16

title:
Fact Check: Scary video of nosediving aircraft with burning engine is not from Nepal, it’s from Russia


claimant: Facebook user Rajiv Tyagi and others
claim_date: 2020-09-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Deepika did not appear before NCB in a t-shirt with pro-farmer message
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Deepika Padukone appeared before NCB for questioning wearing a t-shirt that said "I stand with Indian farmers".

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-deepika-did-not-appear-before-ncb-in-a-t-shirt-with-pro-farmer-message-1725747-2020-09-26


text: Picture shows coffins of 75 Indian soldiers killed by China in Ladakh.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, China has not killed 75 Indian soldiers in Ladakh
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-china-has-not-killed-75-indian-soldiers-in-ladakh-1682218-2020-05-26


text: Akhilesh Yadav carried a plush sofa to sit on while visiting a poor family.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: When a sofa failed to cushion Akhilesh against social media dig
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-when-a-sofa-failed-to-cushion-akhilesh-against-social-media-dig-1874858-2021-11-09


claimant: Facebook user Creepy Facts
claim_date: 2019-03-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old, controversial story of African lions saving a girl surfaces again
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
An Ethiopian girl was being brutally beaten by seven men when a pride of lions chased them away. They even stayed with her until the help arrived.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-controversial-story-of-african-lions-saving-a-girl-surfaces-again-1478427-2019-03-15


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-03-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Gandhi's portrait replace Lion Capital on currency notes in 1996?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Lion Capital of Ashoka on Indian currency notes was replaced with Mahatma Gandhi’s portrait when the latter was forcefully introduced in 1996.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-gandhi-portrait-replace-lion-capital-currency-notes-1996-1929666-2022-03-25


text: Video of Muslim women stealing food items from a supermarket during Ramadan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old videos of supermarket thefts go viral linking them to Ramadan
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-videos-supermarket-thefts-viral-linking-them-ramadan-1679397-2020-05-18


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-08-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: US to detain non-vaccinated people in camps? Satire article taken seriously
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
US President Joe Biden has announced that Americans who have not taken Covid vaccines will be put in quarantine camps and detained indefinitely till they take their shots.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-us-to-detain-non-vaccinated-people-in-camps-satire-article-taken-seriously-1835952-2021-08-02


text: Army jawans refuse to lathi-charge anti-Agnipath protesters.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Baseless claim about soldiers refusing to lathi-charge Agnipath protesters 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/agnipath-protests-viral-video-soldiers-refuse-lathi-charge-1964739-2022-06-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-01T00:00:00Z
title: Why BJP banked on SP Singh Baghel to stun Akhilesh Yadav in Karhal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A 1999 episode of popular sitcom “The Simpsons” had predicted Canadian PM Justin Trudeau running away from truckers.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/the-simpsons-canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-truckers-protest-1907267-2022-02-01


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video from Mexico shared as fake vaccination drive in India
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows healthcare worker faking Covid-19 vaccination at a hospital in India. The syringe is withdrawn from an elderly man without administering the vaccine.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-from-mexico-shared-as-fake-vaccination-drive-in-india-1795648-2021-04-27


text: India has developed treatment for coronavirus.
claimant: Facebook pages and users
claim_date: 2020-02-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, India has not developed any treatment for 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-no-india-has-not-developed-any-treatment-for-coronavirus-1648091-2020-02-19


text: Video of people ransacking a petrol pump to protest hike in petrol and diesel prices.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of mob vandalising petrol pump has no link to recent oil price hike
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-mob-vandalising-petrol-pump-over-rising-fuel-prices-1692753-2020-06-25


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-09-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This Pakistan supporter dancing and teasing Afghanistan supporters inside the stadium led to the recent clashes between fans of the two teams at Asia Cup 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-dancing-pak-fan-did-not-cause-pak-afg-clash-at-asia-cup-2022-viral-video-is-from-2021-1998014-2022-09-08

title:
Fact Check: No, dancing Pak fan DID NOT cause Pak-Afg clash at Asia Cup 2022, viral video is from 2021


text: This Nandi idol in the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi faces the Gyanvapi mosque.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-05-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/nandi-statue-maharashtra-temple-falsely-shared-from-varanasi-gyanvapi-masjid-row-1950275-2022-05-16

title:
Fact Check: Nandi statue from Maharashtra temple falsely shared as from Varanasi amid Gyanvapi Masjid row


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This was not the accident that killed Prophet cartoonist Lars Vilks
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This was how Lars Vilks, the Swedish cartoonist who courted controversy by creating cartoons on Prophet Muhammad, was killed in a car fire following an accident a few days back.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-was-not-the-accident-that-killed-prophet-cartoonist-lars-vilks-1862155-2021-10-07


text: Actor Mukesh Khanna has called for a boycott of Jaya and Amitabh Bachchan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Shaktimaan struggles with his fake avatars 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-shaktimaan-struggles-with-his-fake-avatars-on-social-media-1722179-2020-09-15


text: Matrimonial ad seeks groom, fully vaccinated with Covishield, for marriage,
claimant: Shashi Tharoor and social media users
claim_date: 2021-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Matrimonial ad seeking fully vaccinated groom is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-matrimonial-ad-seeking-fully-vaccinated-groom-is-fake-1812514-2021-06-08


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-05-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In another case of “love jihad” in West Bengal’s Murshidabad, a Hindu woman was stabbed to death by her Muslim partner when she refused to convert to Islam.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/hindu-man-stabbing-hindu-woman-bengal-murshidabad-love-jihad-spin-1944937-2022-05-03

title:
Fact Check: Video of Hindu man stabbing woman in West Bengal’s Murshidabad shared with false ‘love jihad’ angle


text: The video shows a naked man falling to death while climbing down the window of Buckingham Palace.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-13T00:00:00Z
title: Video of naked man falling to death from Buckingham Palace is from American TV show, 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-video-naked-man-falling-to-death-buckingham-palace-from-american-tv-show-not-real-1999821-2022-09-13


text: Video shows free alcohol distribution among farmers protesting against the three farm laws.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of liquor distribution is not from 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-this-video-of-liquor-distribution-is-not-from-farmers-protest-1766842-2021-02-07


claimant: Several Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-08-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Like Mamata Banerjee, Morarji Desai in 1952, Tribhuvan Singh in 1970 and Shibu Soren in 2009 had become the chief ministers even after losing the presiding assembly elections.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/is-mamata-banerjee-the-first-person-to-become-chief-minister-after-losing-her-assembly-seat-1837797-2021-08-06

title:
Fact Check: Is Mamata Banerjee the first person to become chief minister after losing her assembly seat?


text: A photo of exhausted Ukrainian firefighters amid the ongoing war.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image from Australia passed off as Ukrainian firefighters amid ongoing war
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/australia-ukrainian-firefighters-russia-ukraine-war-1928622-2022-03-23


text: Video shows Pakistan flags being waved at Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s rally.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pakistan flags were not waved at Ashok Gehlot’s rally
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-pakistan-flags-were-not-waved-at-ashok-gehlot-s-rally-1705400-2020-07-28


text: Video shows Brazil protesters firing at a government aircraft with improvised anti-aircraft guns.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-game-footage-falsely-shared-as-brazil-protestors-2320268-2023-01-11

title:
Fact Check: Arma 3 strikes again! Video game footage falsely shared as Brazil protestors shooting govt plane


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows the exact moment when the missing Titan submersible’s controller stopped working while looking for the Titanic.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-the-missing-titan-subs-footage-this-clip-is-from-a-different-titanic-expedition-from-2022-2396428-2023-06-22

title:
Fact Check: NOT the missing Titan sub’s footage, this clip is from a different Titanic expedition from 2022


text: International news organisation CNN has praised the Taliban for wearing masks during attacks.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did CNN praise Taliban for wearing masks during attacks? 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/afghanistan-taliban-cnn-praise-masks-satire-babylonbee-1841602-2021-08-16


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake news of Pakistan pilot urinating in F-16 cockpit shared as Dawn report
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to "Dawn", a Pakistani pilot was caught urinating inside a fighter jet. When questioned, he said Allah told him to do so in his dreams to increase efficiency of the jet.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fake-news-pakistan-pilot-urinating-f-16-cockpit-shared-dawn-report-1755450-2021-01-03


text: These are the visuals of the moon sent by Chandrayaan-3.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Animated, AI-generated videos viral as visuals shot 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/fact-check-animated-ai-generated-videos-viral-as-visuals-shot-by-chandrayaan-3-2424341-2023-08-21


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-04-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo shows a man who died smiling while protecting the Al-Aqsa Mosque from blasts and attacks.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-man-didnt-die-smiling-protect-al-aqsa-mosque-picture-from-staged-funeral-2358182-2023-04-10

title:
Fact Check: No, this man DIDN’T die smiling to protect Al Aqsa Mosque, picture is from staged funeral


text: Viral video shows Kobe Bryant’s chopper crash
claimant: Facebook page “Viral Community” and others
claim_date: 2020-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This viral video is not of Kobe Bryant’s chopper crash
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-viral-video-is-not-of-kobe-bryant-s-chopper-crash-1641047-2020-01-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Colombia protest shared as Taliban suffocating Afghan Christians in nylon bags
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Christians wrapped in nylon bags and left to die slowly of suffocation in Afghanistan for refusing to abandon their faith.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/colombia-protest-shared-as-taliban-suffocating-afghan-christians-nylon-bags-1853236-2021-09-15


text: "RSS goons" attacked a Hindu woman for organising sehri for a Kashmiri Muslim girl during Ramadan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Hindu woman who organised sehri for Kashmiri girl was not attacked by RSS
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-hindu-woman-who-organised-sehri-for-kashmiri-girl-was-not-attacked-by-rss-1672633-2020-04-29


claimant: Twitter user “GAURAV-INC”, Facebook page Aam Admi Zindabad(आम आदमी जिंदाबाद), among others
claim_date: 2019-09-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Delhi Police halted an ambulance to let the convoy of BJP MP Manoj Tiwari pass, as a result of which a little girl died.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-manoj-tiwari-convoy-ambulance-stop-delhi-truth-1599241-2019-09-14

title:
Fact Check: Misleading video resurfaces with claim that cops stopped ambulance for Manoj Tiwari's convoy


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old pic viral as Erdogan's 'snub' to Macron amid Turkey-France tensions
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan refused to shake hands with Emmanuel Macron as controversy rages over the French President's remarks against radical Islam.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-pic-viral-as-erdogan-snub-to-macron-amid-turkey-france-tensions-1738386-2020-11-05


text: Pictures show a victim of love jihad in Kerala
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-09-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This woman with bruises is not a love jihad victim from Kerala
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-woman-bruises-not-love-jihad-victim-kerala-1725157-2020-09-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: When Nagma shook the wrong leg on Twitter over a dance reality show
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Top UP BJP leader's son created a ruckus at the 'Dance India Dance' audition in Noida, along with his father and other goons.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/when-nagma-shook-the-wrong-leg-on-twitter-over-a-dance-reality-show-1721829-2020-09-14


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This clip of Netanyahu on video call with Prince Salman is morphed
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-clip-of-netanyahu-on-video-call-with-prince-salman-is-morphed-1804478-2021-05-19


text: Patients waiting on beds outside a hospital in Old City, Hyderabad
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of coronavirus patients outside hospital 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/fact-check-video-of-coronavirus-patients-outside-hospital-is-not-from-india-1693133-2020-06-26


text: Video is of police atrocities in Kashmir.
claimant: Facebook user “Mudassir Jameel”
claim_date: 2019-08-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Scripted video of police atrocities in Pakistan passed off as Kashmir
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/scripted-video-police-atrocities-pakistan-passed-off-as-kashmir-1591704-2019-08-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Afghan Army chopper's heart-stirring flood rescue operation shared as Pakistan incident
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Pak army helicopter rescuing a survivor stuck in a toppled vehicle in flood-hit Balochistan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-afghan-army-chopper-heart-stirring-flood-rescue-operation-shared-pakistan-incident-1985421-2022-08-08


claimant: Twitter user Prashant Patel Umrao
claim_date: 2021-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, it’s not mandatory for users to verify their social media accounts within 3 months
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
To make the internet safer, all social media accounts of users need to be verified with a government ID within three months.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-mandatory-for-users-to-verify-their-social-media-accounts-within-3-months-1773816-2021-02-27


text: Viral video shows reactions of Hima Das’s family after she won a gold medal last month.
claimant: Facebook page ‘Chetna Manch Dhaka’ and others
claim_date: 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not Hima Das’s family celebrating her win
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-hima-das-s-family-celebrating-her-win-1576175-2019-08-01


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Israeli film in Saudi theatre? Truth behind crowd trying to gatecrash building
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
People in Saudi Arabia are seen jostling to enter a cinema hall during its inauguration by crown prince Mohammed Bin Salman. The theatre is showing an Israeli movie.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-israeli-film-in-saudi-theatre-truth-behind-crowd-trying-to-gatecrash-building-1724546-2020-09-23


text: Woman beaten up by police in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.
claimant: Facebook page Jagat Express
claim_date: 2019-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this woman with a kid was not thrashed by police in UP
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-woman-with-a-kid-was-not-thrashed-by-police-in-up-1560742-2019-07-02


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Beware of ‘Covipri’, the fake Remdesivir injection circulating on social media
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
“Covipri” is a Remdesivir injection. It is available in the market for those who need treatment for Covid.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-beware-of-covipri-the-fake-remdesivir-injection-circulating-on-social-media-1798150-2021-05-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old, unrelated images used to claim women are being auctioned in Afghanistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Images show women being auctioned on the streets of Afghanistan after the Taliban took over the country.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-unrelated-images-used-claim-women-being-auctioned-afghanistan-1845843-2021-08-26


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: False claims of Rajiv Gandhi at Ram temple ‘bhoomi pujan’ go viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows late former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi with priests during the “bhoomi pujan” of Ram temple at Ayodhya on November 9, 1989.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-false-claims-of-rajiv-gandhi-at-ram-temple-bhoomi-pujan-go-viral-1704708-2020-07-26


text: Video shows a suicide blast outside the residence of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Suicide blast caught on cam was not outside Syrian President Assad’s residence
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-suicide-blast-caught-on-cam-in-syria-1858616-2021-09-29


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, PM Modi has not announced another Covid-19 lockdown
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Five states to reintroduce lockdown. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced fresh lockdown in these states in view of rising number of Covid-19 cases.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-pm-modi-has-not-announced-another-covid-19-lockdown-1743770-2020-11-24


text: Video shows BJP veteran LK Advani breaking down after watching 'The Kashmir Files'.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this video does not show LK Advani breaking down after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’
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-video-does-not-show-lk-advani-breaking-down-after-watching-the-kashmir-files-1925309-2022-03-14


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows Nirmal Singh ji also known as “Guruji” caught in a compromising position with two women.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/indian-godman-guruji-viral-video-fake-sri-lankan-buddhist-monk-sex-scandal-2408964-2023-07-19

title:
Fact Check: NOT Indian godman Guruji, this is a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk caught in alleged sex scandal


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This girl with a beautiful voice is not related to Kishore Kumar
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This girl singing “Deewana hua badal” is the granddaughter of legendary singer Kishore Kumar and daughter of his son Amit Kumar.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-girl-with-a-beautiful-voice-is-not-related-to-kishore-kumar-1704904-2020-07-27


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-12-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Justin Trudeau did not sit on dharna to support agitating Indian farmers
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat for a ‘dharna’ in support of protesting farmers in India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-justin-trudeau-did-not-sit-on-dharna-to-support-agitating-indian-farmers-1746738-2020-12-04


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral pic of national emblem on lunar surface is NOT Pragyan’s work, it’s photoshopped
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is an imprint of India’s national emblem and ISRO’s logo left by Pragyan's wheel on the lunar surface.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/chandrayaan-3-mission-related-fact-check-2426140-2023-08-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After his daughter K Kavitha was charged in the Delhi liquor scam case, Telangana CM KCR praised Modi and claimed he was the PM’s “best friend”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/kcr-pm-narendra-modi-best-friend-daughter-grilled-delhi-liquor-scam-2315084-2022-12-29

title:
Fact Check: KCR said he is PM Modi's ‘best friend’, but NOT after his daughter was grilled in liquor scam


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake claim of China shipping clothes of Covid patients to Africa goes viral
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture is of clothes of those who've died of coronavirus in China. Beijing is now shipping these clothes to Africa.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fake-claim-of-china-shipping-clothes-of-covid-patients-to-africa-goes-viral-1671854-2020-04-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-05-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Brazil shared as BJP worker hacked to death in West Bengal
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a BJP worker in West Bengal being hacked to death by Trinamool Congress workers during post-poll violence in the state.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-from-brazil-shared-as-bjp-worker-hacked-to-death-in-west-bengal-1800080-2021-05-07


claimant: Several twitter users
claim_date: 2021-01-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In a moment of rage, a BJP official hit some women with a water tanker and ran over them, when they were on their way to participate in the farmers’ protest march in Delhi.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-water-tanker-hitting-women-en-route-farmers-protest-has-no-political-connection-1764205-2021-01-30

title:
Fact Check: Video of water tanker hitting women en route farmers' protest has no political connection


text: Woman slaps daughter on the street for taking part in anti-CAA protest.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Hilarious video of woman slapping girl goes viral linking it to CAA
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/woman-slapping-girl-viral-linking-caa-flash-mob-1637219-2020-01-15


text: This air raid video by the Russian air force shows the present situation in Ukraine.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of air parade in Moscow passed off as Russian air raid in 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-old-video-of-air-parade-in-moscow-passed-off-as-russian-air-raid-in-ukraine-1917479-2022-02-24


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-11-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Virat Kohli did not ask Afghan captain to choose bowling after toss in a T20 match
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows the Indian cricket captain Virat Kohli asking his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Nabi to choose bowling after the latter won the toss in the match held on November 3 between the two countries in the T20 World Cup 2021. This is evidence of match-fixing between India and Afghanistan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-virat-kohli-did-not-ask-afghan-captain-to-choose-bowling-after-toss-in-a-t20-match-1873543-2021-11-05


text: Video of Allen Alkhai desert south of the Saudi Arabian border.
claimant: Facebook page “All about Geography”
claim_date: 2019-06-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Volcanic ash-covered lake goes viral as Arabian desert
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-volcanic-ash-covered-lake-goes-viral-as-arabian-desert-1557557-2019-06-27


text: Picture shows a man locked in a “tiger chair” by Chinese authorities for practising Islam.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-06-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This man was not imprisoned for being a Muslim in China
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-man-was-not-imprisoned-for-being-a-muslim-in-china-1815238-2021-06-15


claimant: A website called Oriental Times India and many other Facebook pages
claim_date: 2018-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Obama never said terrorist attacks impossible in India till Modi is PM
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Former US president Barack Obama said terrorist attacks in India are impossible till the time Narendra Modi is the prime minister.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-obama-never-said-terrorist-attack-impossible-till-modi-is-pm-1420554-2018-12-31


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-15T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Lucknow's Shishu Bharti Vidyalaya staged a play where students removed a crown from ‘Bharat Mata’ and made her offer namaz.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/lucknow-school-play-show-bharat-mata-made-to-offer-namaz-clip-shared-out-of-context-1988334-2022-08-15

title:
Fact Check: Did Lucknow school play show ‘Bharat Mata’ being made to offer namaz? Clip shared out of context


text: Video is from Old Delhi where a man was beaten to death by shopkeepers over a headphone
claimant: Facebook page “Delhi Pradesh Youth Congress” and others
claim_date: 2019-08-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Delhi Youth Congress shares misleading video of mob lynching 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-delhi-youth-congress-shares-misleading-video-of-mob-lynching-on-social-media-1592814-2019-08-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: France has not banned unvaccinated people from purchasing food at supermarkets
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Come August 1, people in France will not be allowed to purchase food from supermarkets unless they are vaccinated.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-france-has-not-banned-unvaccinated-people-from-purchasing-food-at-supermarkets-1828670-2021-07-15


text: A man keeps on saying “Jai Shri Ram” while West Bengal police continue to thrash him.
claimant: Facebook user “ Rajesh Rawat” and others
claim_date: 2019-07-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Bengal police thrash a man for saying “Jai Shri Ram”?
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-bengal-police-thrash-a-man-for-saying-jai-shri-ram-1566344-2019-07-10


text: Goons of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress attacked Hindus at a BJP rally in Kolkata
claimant: Social media users like Anil Singh BJP
claim_date: 2019-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Mamata’s goons attack Hindus at a BJP rally in Kolkata?
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-mamata-s-goons-attack-hindus-at-a-bjp-rally-in-kolkata-1452368-2019-02-09


text: This is the image of a Russian woman who has given birth to 69 children
claimant: Facebook page "Sarcasm World" and others
claim_date: 2020-01-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are these 69 siblings from one mother? It's half true
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-are-these-siblings-from-one-mother-half-true-1638648-2020-01-20


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Following CM Yogi Adityanath’s clampdown on loudspeakers in UP, Muslims have taken to the streets to offer prayers loudly.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/muslim-loud-prayers-uttar-pradesh-streets-clampdown-adityanath-false-claim-howrah-1942682-2022-04-27

title:
Fact Check: 2020 video shared with false claim that Muslims offered loud prayers on streets after clampdown on loudspeakers in UP


text: This video shows Hindu women in Kerala thrashing a Muslim man for misbehaving.
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of women assaulting a man in Kerala shared with false communal spin
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-of-women-assaulting-man-kerala-shared-with-false-communal-spin-2378422-2023-05-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This rickshaw-puller was a lockdown saviour, wasn’t jailed for anti-CAA protests
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The picture is of Kaleem, a rickshaw-puller in Lucknow, who was jailed and fined Rs 21 lakh by the UP government for bringing anti-CAA protesters to rallies.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-rickshaw-puller-was-a-lockdown-saviour-wasn-t-jailed-for-anti-caa-protests-1698129-2020-07-07


text: Woman attempted suicide from Eiffel Tower, landed on a car, survived and married the car owner.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-02-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This story about woman falling from Eiffel Tower is too good to be true
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-story-about-woman-falling-from-eiffel-tower-is-too-good-to-be-true-1649618-2020-02-24


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-06-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These images are from the recent boat accident near Greece's coast that killed more than 300 Pakistani migrants.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/these-images-of-sinking-boats-do-not-show-recent-tragedy-in-mediterranean-sea-near-greece-2395041-2023-06-19

title:
Fact Check: These images of sinking boats DO NOT show recent tragedy in Mediterranean Sea near Greece


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Does this herbal medicine from Tanzania cure Covid-19?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Tanzanian government has approved a herbal medicine called Covidol, which will cure patients suffering from Covid-19.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-does-this-herbal-medicine-tanzania-cure-covid-19-1689722-2020-06-16


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-09-19T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video shows hows how migrants from the countries like El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are reaching the United State in overcrowded trains.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ridiculously-overcrowded-train-bangladesh-shared-migrant-caravan-arriving-united-states-2002181-2022-09-19

title:
Fact Check: Ridiculously overcrowded train from Bangladesh shared as migrant caravan arriving in the US


text: Rare images of Babri Masjid
claimant: Facebook page 'Muslim Mirror English'
claim_date: 2019-11-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Afghan and Turkish mosques passed off as Babri Masjid
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-afghan-and-turkish-mosques-passed-off-as-babri-masjid-1619435-2019-11-15


text: Pfizer’s CEO said that by 2023 his company plans to reduce the world population by 50 per cent.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-08-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Pfizer CEO did not say his company aims to cut world population by 50%
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-pfizer-ceo-did-not-say-his-company-aims-to-cut-world-population-1989179-2022-08-17


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Nirav Modi tell London court that BJP took lion’s share of scam money?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Nirav Modi told a London court that his share in the Rs 13,000 crore PNB scam was 32 per cent; the rest was taken by BJP leaders.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-nirav-modi-tell-london-court-that-bjp-took-lion-s-share-of-scam-money-1812846-2021-06-09


text: This huge stack of cash was recovered from the house of a BJP leader in West Bengal.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-04-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This huge stack of cash was not found at the house of a Bengal BJP leader
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-huge-stack-of-cash-was-not-found-at-the-house-of-a-bengal-bjp-leader-1791428-2021-04-15


text: The Supreme Court of Nepal has criminalised the use of loudspeakers at mosques.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Supreme Court of Nepal has not criminalised loudspeakers in mosques
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-supreme-court-of-nepal-has-not-criminalised-loudspeakers-in-mosques-1752499-2020-12-23


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This emotional post about a farmer and his soldier son is misleading
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Soon after getting leave, this soldier rushed to Delhi border to meet his father, who has been protesting against the farm laws for 75 days.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-emotional-post-about-a-farmer-and-his-soldier-son-is-misleading-1766878-2021-02-07


text: These are recent photos from the set of Shah Rukh Khan’s upcoming film ‘Jawan’.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: New photos from the sets of SRK’s upcoming ‘Jawan’? Nope, these pics are from 2022
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-new-photos-from-sets-srk-upcoming-jawan-nope-pics-are-from-2022-2329581-2023-02-02


text: The MA Jinnah Road in Karachi, Pakistan is now covered entirely in snow.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This white wonderland is not a street in Karachi
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-white-wonderland-is-not-a-street-in-karachi-1744450-2020-11-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did burqa replace Khaki for an IPS officer in Maharashtra?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
First Muslim woman IPS officer from Urdu medium takes charge as SP in Maharashtra wearing a burqa, thus violating the dress code.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-burqa-replace-khakhi-for-an-ips-officer-in-maharashtra-1718392-2020-09-03


text: Viral images are from Gujarat.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Before Trump’s visit, slum image from Mumbai passed off as Gujarat 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-before-trump-s-visit-slum-image-from-mumbai-passed-off-as-gujarat-on-social-media-1648991-2020-02-22


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-08-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Shah Rukh Khan is not donating Rs 5 crore for Ayodhya Ram temple
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Dainik Bhaskar has reported that according to Red Chillies Entertainment, Shah Rukh Khan will donate Rs 5 crore for construction of the Ram temple at Ayodhya.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/shah-rukh-khan-is-not-donating-rs-5-crore-for-ayodhya-ram-temple-1708192-2020-08-05


text: Out of 95,300 names of freedom fighters inscribed on India Gate, 61,945 are Muslims
claimant: Lok Sabha MP Asaduddin Owaisi
claim_date: 2019-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Know the truth behind Owaisi’s claim about freedom fighters’ names on India Gate
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/face-check-truth-owaisi-claim-freedom-fighters-names-india-gate-1570643-2019-07-18


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2023-05-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows actor Prakash Raj attacking Congress and asking people not to waste their votes on the party before the Karnataka Assembly polls.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/prakash-jha-people-congress-vote-karnataka-polls-viral-clip-2020-fact-check-2376340-2023-05-08

title:
Fact Check: Did Prakash Raj tell people not to vote for Congress in Karnataka polls? Viral clip is from 2019


text: Photos show how an e-passport will look like.
claimant: Facebook page 'AWAAZ E AWAAM'
claim_date: 2019-03-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not a real e-passport
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-real-e-passport-1481887-2019-03-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Cape Town video showing giant waves crashing down on cars is at least 6 years old
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows vehicles getting caught in high tide during the recent floods in South Africa's Cape Town.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/cape-town-giant-sea-waves-video-old-viral-floods-2395621-2023-06-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Morphed image of Shivaji passed off as Tipu Sultan on latter's birth anniversary
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On his birth anniversary, this picture of Tipu Sultan reminds us of his valiance against British colonialism.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-photo-poster-tipu-sultan-tiger-mysore-chhatrapati-shivaji-maratha-king-1879713-2021-11-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral image of Indira Gandhi addressing soldiers is not from Galwan Valley
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows former PM late Indira Gandhi addressing soldiers at Galwan Valley, the scene of recent clashes between Indian and Chinese troops.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-image-of-indira-gandhi-addressing-soldiers-not-from-galwan-valley-1691538-2020-06-22


text: China built a sea bridge at the same cost as of the Statue of Unity in Gujarat.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-11-14T00:00:00Z
title: There is sea of difference between cost of this Chinese bridge and Statue of Unity
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/there-is-sea-of-difference-between-cost-of-this-chinese-bridge-and-statue-of-unity-1619047-2019-11-14


text: Social science textbook in Gujarat teaching “Advantages of Dowry”
claimant: All India Mahila Congress
claim_date: 2019-07-15T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/congress-women-wing-gujarat-model-1569329-2019-07-15
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
title:
Fact Check: Congress women’s wing targets ‘Gujarat Model’ over dowry lesson but with the wrong photo


text: Funeral picture of Indira Gandhi.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2019-10-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No this is not the funeral picture of Indira Gandhi
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-the-funeral-picture-of-indira-gandhi-1614520-2019-10-31


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-23T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Indian footballers drew against France in the 1948 London Olympics because they played barefoot. This was because the Indian government could not afford shoes for the players.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-indian-footballers-played-barefoot-olympics-not-because-of-poverty-1991690-2022-08-23

title:
Fact Check: Yes, Indian footballers played barefoot in the ‘48 Olympics, but it WASN’T because of poverty


text: This is what rain looks like from an aeroplane.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not what rain looks like from the sky — it's a microburst
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-what-rain-looks-like-from-the-sky-its-a-microburst-2341381-2023-03-01


text: The video shows a drug cartel drive-by shootout in Brazil.
claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2023-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of drug cartel shootout in Brazil actually shows filming of TV series
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-drug-cartel-shootout-in-brazil-actually-shows-filming-of-tv-series-2412241-2023-07-26


text: Kailash Vijayvargiya threatened IPS officer with a shoe.
claimant: Facebook users like ‘Rafiq Lasne’ and others
claim_date: 2019-06-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/like-father-like-son-netizens-slam-kailash-vijayvargiya-over-old-photo-but-truth-is-something-else-1558273-2019-06-28

title:
“Like father, like son”: Netizens slam Kailash Vijayvargiya over old photo, but truth is something else


text: Image of a Man kidnapped and raped by three women for three days in Telangana.
claimant: Facebook page
claim_date: 2019-12-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check- Incident of a man kidnapped and raped by three women is not from Telangana
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-incident-of-a-man-kidnapped-and-raped-by-three-women-is-not-from-telangana-1627822-2019-12-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a crowd thronging the Lucknow Lulu Mall to watch Aamir Khan starrer 'Laal Singh Chaddha'.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-packed-kerala-mall-shared-crowd-thronging-lucknow-mall-to-watch-laal-singh-chaddha-1987709-2022-08-13

title:
Fact Check: Video from Kerala shared as crowd thronging Lucknow's Lulu mall to watch 'Laal Singh Chaddha'


text: This stone-pelting video shows how violence broke out in Gurugram, Haryana.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show how violence broke out in Gurugram, it’s from Telangana
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-violence-broke-out-in-gurugram-nuh-haryana-old-video-from-telangana-2415370-2023-08-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of football brawl falsely shared as CSK fans thrashing RCB fan during IPL match
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows RCB fans getting beaten up by CSK fans during the IPL match that was held at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bengaluru on April 17.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-football-brawl-falsely-shared-as-csk-fans-thrashing-rcb-fan-during-ipl-match-2362104-2023-04-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows votes cast for the BSP getting registered in favour of the BJP during the 2022 UP assembly polls.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/uttar-pradesh-elections-bsp-votes-bjp-evm-tampering-claim-1923872-2022-03-10

title:
Fact Check: Did BSP votes go to BJP in UP? No, years old image of EVM circulated with tampering claims


text: This video shows a deer covered in snow being rescued amid the deadly US winter storm.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Deer covered in snow rescued months ago resurfaces amid US winter storms
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-deer-covered-in-snow-rescued-months-ago-resurfaces-amid-us-winter-storms-2315942-2023-01-01


text: This photo shows a UFO spotted in Lahore, Pakistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: UFO in Pakistan? Nope, it’s just streetlight in dense fog - and some Photoshop
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ufo-in-pakistan-nope-its-just-a-streetlight-in-dense-fog-and-some-photoshop-2318400-2023-01-06


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In Assam, Bajrang Dal members organised a rally without permission. They were stopped midway by the police and subsequently arrested.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/assam-bike-rally-passed-off-as-recent-incident-bajrang-dal-members-arrested-1942307-2022-04-26

title:
Fact Check: 2020 bike rally from Assam passed off as recent incident where Bajrang Dal members were arrested


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-13T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a scene from the Russia-Ukraine war where an armoured vehicle destroys an entire convoy of armed vehicles using its firepower.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-terrifying-video-army-convoy-exploding-russia-ukraine-war-computer-generated-1974907-2022-07-12

title:
Fact Check: Terrifying video of army convoy exploding is not from Russia-Ukraine war, its computer-generated


text: Video shows people in Bihar chasing away the right-wing groups during the election campaign.
claimant: Facebook page Sathyam
claim_date: 2020-10-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this crowd protesting against BJP is not from Bihar election campaigns
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-crowd-protesting-against-bjp-is-not-from-bihar-election-campaigns-1736023-2020-10-28


text: Video of Muslim mob attacking a Hindu boy with swords in Nalasopara near Mumbai.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of sword-wielding men slashing youth 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/fact-check-video-of-sword-wielding-men-slashing-youth-goes-viral-with-communal-spin-1699510-2020-07-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This ‘astronaut’ was highlighting Bengaluru’s pothole problem — not Jammu and Kashmir’s
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a man dressed as an astronaut, highlighting the poor condition of roads in Jammu and Kashmir.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-astronaut-was-highlighting-bengaluru-pothole-problem-not-jammu-and-kashmir-1996653-2022-09-05


text: Ahead of the Karnataka assembly elections, a 'No Vote To BJP' campaign is taking place worldwide.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-04-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show NRIs campaigning against BJP ahead of Karnataka polls
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-does-not-show-nris-campaigning-against-bjp-ahead-of-karnataka-polls-2364133-2023-04-24


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pak TikToker Ayesha of ‘Mera Dil Ye Pukare Aaja’ fame DID NOT die of drug overdose
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pakistani social media personality Ayesha Azhar of ‘Mera Dil Ye Pukare Aaja’ fame died of a drug overdose.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pak-tiktoker-ayesha-of-mera-dil-ye-pukare-aaja-fame-did-not-die-of-drug-overdose-2399237-2023-06-28


text: Wing Commander Abhinandan has been fired by the Indian Air Force.
claimant: Facebook page “I Hate BJP”
claim_date: 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: How Abhinandan Varthaman's medical leave was twisted 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-how-abhinandan-varthaman-s-medical-leave-was-twisted-on-social-media-1491576-2019-04-01


text: Video shows soldiers bidding farewell to loved ones in Kyiv amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Emotional movie scene viral as scenes from battle-torn Ukraine
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/emotional-movie-scene-viral-as-scenes-from-battle-torn-ukraine-1917873-2022-02-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens falsely link India's T20 rout with image of youth smashing TV
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows a 17-year-old youth from Uttar Pradesh smashing his TV after India's defeat to New Zealand in the T20 World Cup.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-netizens-falsely-link-india-t20-rout-with-image-of-youth-smashing-tv-1872554-2021-11-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These square clouds were NOT seen in US skies after Chinese ‘spy’ balloon incident!
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a square-shaped cloud spotted in American skies after the Chinese “spy” balloon incident.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-square-clouds-were-not-seen-in-us-skies-after-chinese-spy-balloon-incident-2337157-2023-02-20


text: Video of migrant labourers vandalising cars and buses near Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of mob vandalising vehicles is not from Kanpur
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-mob-vandalising-vehicles-is-not-from-kanpur-1681214-2020-05-23


text: This video shows passengers sitting inside the Titan sub moments before it imploded.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: NOT final moments of Titan sub, this video is from a 2021 expedition
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-final-moments-of-titan-sub-this-video-is-from-a-2021-expedition-2399272-2023-06-28


text: Telugu has been voted as the second best script in the world by International Alphabet Association.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind Telugu being declared second-best script in the world
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-truth-behind-telugu-being-declared-second-best-script-in-the-world-1695788-2020-07-01


text: India wins gold at Tokyo Olympics. Priya Malik wins the first gold medal in wrestling.
claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2021-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Wrestler Priya Malik has won gold medal but not at Tokyo Olympics
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/wrestler-priya-malik-has-won-gold-medal-but-not-at-tokyo-olympics-1832437-2021-07-25


text: Man faked being deaf and dumb for 62 years to avoid listening to his wife
claimant: Facebook user Prasant Panigrahi
claim_date: 2019-03-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Wife divorced husband for faking as deaf and dumb is a fictitious story
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-wife-divorced-husband-for-faking-as-deaf-and-dumb-is-a-fictitious-story-1474657-2019-03-10


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-01-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old, unrelated photos shared as from recent Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These images are of a Naxal-provoked IED blast that injured three SSB jawans on January 14, 2022 in Chhattisgarh.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-unrelated-photos-shared-as-from-recent-naxal-attack-in-chhattisgarh-1900586-2022-01-16


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-28T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo shows an eight-year-old boy called Marc who was recently injured during a Russian artillery attack in Ukraine.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/boy-not-russia-ukraine-war-survivor-ukrainian-mp-shares-years-old-unrelated-photo-2314544-2022-12-28

title:
Fact Check: This boy is not a Russia-Ukraine war survivor, Ukrainian MP shares years old and unrelated photo


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Neither of these videos shows devastation caused by massive Feb 6 earthquake in Turkey
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video from Turkey shows high-rises being levelled during the earthquake that struck the region on February 6, 2023.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/videos-do-not-show-devastation-february-6-earthquake-turkey-2331242-2023-02-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This beautiful expressway is in Karnataka, not Kashmir
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Here’s a glance of the ambitious Srinagar ring road that will traverse through 52 villages and five districts in Kashmir.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/beautiful-expressway-karnataka-not-kashmir-1842106-2021-08-17


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2022-06-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
An old photo shows Bal Thackeray giving his blessings to Eknath Shinde by applying tilak to his forehead.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-rebel-sena-leader-eknath-shinde-photo-shows-his-mentor-being-blessed-by-bal-thackeray-1968348-2022-06-29

title:
Fact Check: Not rebel Sena leader Eknath Shinde, this photo shows his mentor being blessed by Bal Thackeray


text: Watch how the audience praised Aamir Khan after watching ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-08-13T00:00:00Z
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-positive-dangal-review-widely-shared-laal-singh-chaddha-audience-reaction-amid-controversies-1987644-2022-08-13

title:
Fact Check: Positive ‘Dangal’ review shared as ‘Laal Singh Chaddha's’ audience reaction amid controversies


text: A Hindu girl burnt alive in Madhya Pradesh for attending a prayer meet at a church.
claimant: Facebook user Alamgir Khan Shinwari and Twitter user Salim Malik
claim_date: 2019-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind the viral video of Hindu girl set ablaze in Madhya Pradesh
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-the-viral-video-of-hindu-girl-set-ablaze-in-madhya-pradesh-1555458-2019-06-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This tale of mummified aliens from Egypt is fictitious
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The discovery of this strange looking mummy only strengthens the belief that aliens visited ancient Egypt. Scientists cannot explain anything about this mummy which was uncovered by Dr Victor Lubeck, a retired professor from the University of Pennsylvania.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/tale-of-mummified-aliens-egypt-fictitious-1888317-2021-12-15


text: This aerial shot of a huge region submerged in floodwater is from Bihar.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Aerial shot of huge region submerged in floodwater is not from Bihar
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-aerial-shot-of-huge-region-submerged-in-floodwater-is-not-from-bihar-1702995-2020-07-21


claimant: Prominent social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: All you need to know about the viral video of EVMs being transported in Varanasi
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video from Varanasi shows UP administration transporting EVMs with the intention of tampering with votes before counting.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/uttar-pradesh-elections-electronic-voting-machines-viral-video-bjp-stealing-votes-allegation-akhilesh-yadav-1922813-2022-03-09


text: A 10-year-old girl was married off to her late father’s cousin, 40-year-old Shivnath Chaturvedi.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens walk down the aisle of communal hatred over Pak child marriage
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-netizens-walk-down-the-aisle-of-communal-hatred-over-pak-child-marriage-1718007-2020-09-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Nostalgia misplaced! Wrong picture circulated as of Miss Palestine pageant
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is a vintage picture of Miss Palestine and two runners-up. The picture was taken before 1947 when Palestine was a free and peaceful country.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-nostalgia-misplaced-wrong-picture-circulated-as-of-miss-palestine-pageant-1882598-2021-11-30


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did this TMC leader hoist party flag in place of Tricolour on R-Day? Not really
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Former TMC MLA from Bengal’s Purulia district, Purna Chandra Bauri, unfurled the party flag in place of Tricolour to celebrate Republic Day.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-this-tmc-leader-hoist-party-flag-in-place-of-tricolour-on-r-day-not-really-1905501-2022-01-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In Congress-ruled Karnataka, a political leader opposed “Bhumi Puja” for not including Christian and Muslim clergy.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/man-objecting-to-bhoomi-puja-is-dmk-mp-from-tamil-nadu-video-not-from-congress-ruled-karnataka-2383664-2023-05-24

title:
Fact Check: Man objecting to ‘Bhoomi Puja’ is DMK MP from Tamil Nadu - video NOT from Cong-ruled Karnataka


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2020 church fire FALSELY linked to violent protests in France
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A cathedral which survived both World Wars was burnt down by illegal immigrants during the recent violent protests following a police killing in France.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/2020-church-fire-falsely-linked-to-violent-protests-in-france-fact-check-2401872-2023-07-04


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows police washing blood stains off the street after lathicharge against protesting farmers in Haryana’s Karnal on August 28.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-police-washing-blood-stained-street-is-not-linked-to-farmers-protest-in-karnal-1847197-2021-08-30

title:
Fact Check: Image of police washing blood-stained street is not linked to farmers’ protest in Karnal


text: Video shows a daring mid-air photoshoot of an airshow by the Indian Air Force on Republic Day.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-01-29T00:00:00Z
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-this-mid-air-photoshoot-of-fighter-aircraft-is-not-from-india-s-republic-day-celebrations-1906148-2022-01-29

title:
Fact Check: This mid-air photoshoot of fighter aircraft is not from India’s Republic day celebrations


claimant: Many Facebook users like ‘NARENDRA MODI FAN CLUB’ and ‘BJP West Bengal’
claim_date: 2019-05-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Amartya Sen never said he preferred watching cartoon than Modi’s oath-taking ceremony
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Nobel laureate Amartya Sen in an interview with British media said “watching cartoon is better than watching oath-taking ceremony of Modi”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-amartya-sen-never-said-he-preferred-watching-cartoon-than-modi-s-oath-taking-ceremony-1536076-2019-05-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
With only hours left for the first phase of Assembly elections in Gujarat, BJP leader Hardik Patel vowed not to vote for the saffron party.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-hardik-patel-did-not-swear-to-not-vote-for-bjp-in-2022-gujarat-polls-this-clip-is-from-2017-2303767-2022-11-30

title:
Fact Check: No, Hardik Patel DID NOT swear to not vote for BJP in 2022 Gujarat polls, this clip is from 2017


text: Bollywood actor Aamir Khan met Pakistani terrorists Tarik Jameel and Junaid Shamshed.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Aamir Khan meet Pakistani terrorists? Here is the truth
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-aamir-khan-meet-pakistani-terrorists-here-is-the-truth-1714898-2020-08-25


text: Video shows BJP workers vandalising their own party office over oxygen shortage.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ticket distribution, not oxygen shortage led to BJP workers ransacking party office
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-fake-new-bjp-office-oxygen-shortage-gazole-assembly-1798082-2021-05-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Police did not fix timings for grocery and medical stores in Mumbai
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Timings for sale of milk, newspapers, grocery and medical stores have been issued by the Mumbai Police commissioner

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-police-did-not-fix-timings-for-grocery-and-medical-stores-in-mumbai-1659252-2020-03-24


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-03-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
WEF is pressing for the legalisation of sex and marriage with animals and Spain already have laws in place for it.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-neither-wef-has-ordered-govts-to-legalise-marriage-with-animals-nor-spain-has-laws-for-it-2345018-2023-03-10

title:
Fact Check: Neither WEF has ordered govts to legalise marriage with animals, nor Spain has laws for it


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-08-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
PM Modi is participating in caste politics and instigating lower caste people to exact revenge on the upper castes.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-clipped-out-modi-speech-given-false-spin-not-instigating-violence-against-upper-castes-1991806-2022-08-24

title:
Fact Check: Clipped-out Modi speech given false spin — PM was not instigating violence against upper castes


claimant: WhatsApp users
claim_date: 2020-04-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Has MHA ordered arrest of firm owner if employee tests Covid positive?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
As per MHA order, the factory owner and management will be arrested immediately if an employee tests positive for Covid-19.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-has-mha-ordered-arrest-of-firm-owner-if-employee-tests-covid-positive-1669956-2020-04-22


text: Criminals are handing out chemical-doused masks to commit robbery during the Covid-19 scare.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: False warnings about robbers handing out anesthesia-laden masks go 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-false-warnings-about-robbers-handing-out-anesthesia-laden-masks-go-viral-1664120-2020-04-07


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fake-news-dcp-amit-sharma-1649984-2020-02-25
title: Fact Check: Fake news about DCP’s death in Delhi violence goes viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After head constable Ratan Lal, Shahdara DCP Amit Sharma succumbed to injuries sustained during the Delhi violence.


text: This video shows a man molesting a child in an Indian madrasa.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Horrifying child abuse video is NOT from Indian madrasa! 2018 clip 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/fact-check-horrifying-child-abuse-video-not-from-indian-madrasa-2018-clip-from-pakistan-2002545-2022-09-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of public Namaz in Bangladesh shared as from Uttarakhand’s Nainital
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Nainital, which was sparsely populated in 2010, is now overcrowded by Muslims who offer prayers in public.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/image-public-namaz-bangladesh-shared-uttarakhand-nainital-1952740-2022-05-22


text: Video shows BJP flags being waved in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of people waving BJP flags is from Jammu and not PoK
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-people-waving-bjp-flags-is-from-jammu-and-not-pok-1747032-2020-12-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-09-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This kidnapping drama is not what it seems
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
An incident of two children being abducted by three men was caught on camera. The video should be shared widely so that the kids can be saved.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-kidnapping-drama-is-not-what-it-seems-1719595-2020-09-07


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
CCTV footage from Vinayak hospital, Mumbai, shows how Dr. Sunitha, a cardiologist, collapsed and died following a massive heart attack.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-doctor-collapsing-after-heart-attack-in-bengaluru-shared-as-recent-mumbai-incident-1931926-2022-03-31

title:
Fact Check: 2017 video of doctor collapsing after heart attack in Bengaluru shared as recent Mumbai incident


claimant: Facebook page “Prayer Request Chaple”, other social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don’t believe this story about an 8-year-old boy suffering from Covid-19
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture is of an eight-year-old boy infected with coronavirus. Prayers and shares on Facebook will help him.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-don-t-believe-this-story-about-an-8-year-old-boy-suffering-from-covid-19-1675179-2020-05-06


text: This video shows the funeral procession of Atiq Ahmed’s son Asad Ahmed.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show the funeral of gangster Atiq Ahmad’s son Asad Ahmed
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-does-not-show-funeral-of-gangster-atiq-ahmad-son-asad-ahmed-2360810-2023-04-16


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
CMO officials started ignoring CM Yogi Adityanath’s calls even before the poll results were announced.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-cmo-officials-stop-taking-yogi-adityanath-s-calls-no-viral-clip-shared-with-false-claims-1921907-2022-03-07

title:
Fact Check: Did CMO officials stop taking Yogi Adityanath’s calls? No, viral clip shared with false claims


text: This video shows a young boy performing namaz in the middle of a busy road in Pakistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of kid performing namaz in middle of busy road is not 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-video-of-kid-performing-namaz-in-middle-of-busy-road-is-not-from-pakistan-2325404-2023-01-23


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of gold smuggling accused at wedding of Kerala CM's daughter is morphed
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows Swapna Suresh, key accused in the Kerala gold smuggling case, at CM Pinarayi Vijayan's daughter's wedding last month.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-image-of-gold-smuggling-accused-at-wedding-of-kerala-cm-s-daughter-is-morphed-1700235-2020-07-13


text: A video of Rahul Gandhi eating a samosa during a survey of flood-hit Kerala.
claimant: Madhu Purnima Kishwar
claim_date: 2019-08-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Madhu Kishwar tries to target Rahul Gandhi, falls for fake video yet again
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-madhu-kishwar-tries-to-target-rahul-gandhi-falls-for-fake-video-yet-again-1581591-2019-08-16


text: Multiple users claiming to be the author of the same viral picture about farmer distress.
claimant: Several social media users including Anthony Saldanha, Ujiyare Lal Dohare and Adil Mansuri.
claim_date: 2018-12-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind this viral picture depicting farm distress
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-truth-behind-this-viral-picture-depicting-farm-distress-1418920-2018-12-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Picture of housing project in Bangladesh shared as Mamata’s scheme for slum dwellers
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of a residential project constructed by the West Bengal government under ‘Amar Bari’ (My House) scheme for slum dwellers in Kolkata.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-picture-of-housing-project-in-bangladesh-shared-as-mamata-s-scheme-for-slum-dwellers-1768375-2021-02-11


text: Picture of woman in a bikini is of Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Bond girl in bikini passed off as Sonia Gandhi
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bond-girl-in-bikini-passed-off-as-sonia-gandhi-1692315-2020-06-24


text: Posters asking for India to be made Muslim nation seen at Priyanka Gandhi’s protest
claimant: Facebook user “Ranjit Jha”and others
claim_date: 2019-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Picture showing Muslim nation poster in Priyanka Gandhi protest is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/picture-showing-muslim-nation-poster-in-priyanka-gandhi-protest-is-fake-1630995-2019-12-23


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-04-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows a Muslim woman punished by cops for pelting stones at the Ram Navami procession on April 10 in the Khargone, Madhya Pradesh.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2020-video-of-cops-making-burqa-clad-woman-do-sit-ups-is-not-related-to-khargone-violence-1940353-2022-04-21

title:
Fact Check: 2020 video of cops making burqa-clad woman do sit-ups is NOT related to Khargone violence


text: MP police arrested 25 child kidnappers in Ratlam
claimant: Facebook user “Reetesh Namdeo”
claim_date: 2019-07-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral claim of MP police busting a child kidnapping ring 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-viral-claim-of-mp-police-busting-a-child-kidnapping-ring-is-not-true-1574016-2019-07-26


text: Union Minister Giriraj Singh claims Congress is world’s top second most corrupt political party.
claimant: Union Minister Giriraj Singh
claim_date: 2018-12-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-giriraj-singh-cites-a-dubious-website-positions-congress-as-world-s-2nd-most-corrupt-party-1416664-2018-12-24

title:
Fact Check: Giriraj Singh cites a dubious website, positions Congress as world’s 2nd-most corrupt party


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Ajit Doval’s 8-year-old comment on Taliban being shared out of context and as recent
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Just a few days before Taliban took over Afghanistan, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval strongly believed the Afghan National Army would be able to beat back the militants, while Pakistan believed the opposite.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ajit-doval-old-comment-on-taliban-being-shared-out-of-context-and-as-recent-1845314-2021-08-25


text: Actress Swara Bhaskar holding a placard seeking justice for Kamlesh Tiwari
claimant: Facebook users “Dilip Kumar” and others
claim_date: 2019-10-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Swara Bhaskar’s placard seeking justice for Kamlesh Tiwari is photoshopped
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-swara-bhaskar-s-placard-seeking-justice-for-kamlesh-tiwari-is-photoshopped-1612609-2019-10-24


text: Massive electoral fraud detected in Kerala, 20 lakh Bangladeshi immigrants are voters.
claimant: Twitter user Madhu Purnima Kishwar
claim_date: 2021-04-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 20 lakh Bangladeshis in Kerala voters’ list? Viral claim 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-20-lakh-bangladeshis-in-kerala-voters-list-viral-claim-is-misleading-1786627-2021-04-02


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Kyiv streets had water sprinklers for years, even before Russia-Ukraine war began
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, a fancy new mist cooling system has been installed on the roads in Kyiv.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-kyiv-streets-had-water-sprinklers-for-years-even-before-russia-ukraine-war-began-2419247-2023-08-10


text: CCTV footage of a battery-operated scooter exploding during a ride.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-12-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Know the truth behind this scary scooter explosion in the middle of a busy street
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-scary-scooter-explosion-tamil-nadu-crackers-diwali-1884469-2021-12-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Herve Renard’s half-time motivation talk was the reason Saudi Arabia went to war with Argentina in the second half. 'Respect the fans! 60,000! It was a friendly game first half!

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/herve-renard-saudi-arabia-old-pep-talk-video-false-claim-match-with-argentina-2302367-2022-11-27

title:
Fact Check: Old pep talk of Saudi Arabia coach Herve Renard FALSELY shared as from match with Argentina


text: The Arvind Kejriwal government has once again imposed lockdown in Delhi till March 31.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Another lockdown in Delhi? No, this was last year’s announcement by Kejriwal
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-another-lockdown-in-delhi-no-this-was-last-years-announcement-by-kejriwal-1785151-2021-03-30


claimant: Social media users like Raju Prajapat
claim_date: 2018-11-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Green flags in Ashok Gehlot’s function are not Pakistan's national flag
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pakistan's national flags were used in the rally of former Rajasthan CM and Congress leader Ashok Gehlot.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ashok-gehlot-rajasthan-green-paskistan-flags-viral-video-1399243-2018-11-29


text: This video shows Cyclone Biparjoy’s effects in Madhavpur, Gujarat.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Scary video of tall waves in Spain FALSELY viral as Cyclone Biparjoy in Gujarat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/scary-video-of-tall-waves-in-spain-falsely-viral-as-cyclone-biparjoy-in-gujarat-2392198-2023-06-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video FALSELY shared as Zakir Naik converting people to Islam during FIFA
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows people converting to Islam after listening to Zakir Naik’s lecture during the FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/zakir-naik-qatar-fifa-world-cup-old-videos-false-claim-convert-to-islam-2300038-2022-11-21


text: A boy in West Bengal was beaten up badly for hosting a saffron flag atop his house.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-05-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of boy being thrashed has nothing to do with West Bengal
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-of-boy-being-thrashed-has-nothing-to-do-with-west-bengal-1527800-2019-05-17


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-10-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Images from Pune Buddhist event FALSELY shared as mass religious conversion in Jaipur
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These photos show a massive gathering from Jaipur, Rajasthan, where more than one lakh people converted to Buddhism on October 16.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/images-pune-buddhist-event-shared-mass-religious-conversion-jaipur-2287049-2022-10-19


text: Video of oxygen tankers arriving in India from Pakistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video does not show oxygen tankers arriving in India 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/fact-check-this-video-does-not-show-oxygen-tankers-arriving-in-india-from-pakistan-1796005-2021-04-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of Kejriwal praising Bhagwant Mann for his pledge to quit alcohol is old
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has praised Bhagwant Mann, his party’s CM candidate for Punjab, for his decision to quit drinking from January 1, 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-video-of-kejriwal-praising-bhagwant-mann-for-his-pledge-to-quit-alcohol-is-old-1904390-2022-01-25


text: This was a recent explosion in Israel that killed 650 Jews.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Oil pipeline blast in Egypt passed off as explosion in Israel targetting Jews
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-oil-pipeline-blast-in-egypt-passed-off-as-explosion-in-israel-targetting-jews-1802330-2021-05-13


text: PM Modi waived at an empty train after inaugurating Bogibeel bridge.
claimant: Several Facebook pages and Congress spokesperson Brijesh Kalappa
claim_date: 2018-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Modi was not waving at an empty train from Assam bridge
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-modi-was-not-waving-at-an-empty-train-from-assam-bridge-1417872-2018-12-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Owaisi plotting UP elections with Irani? No, this is an old photo
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi with Union minister Smriti Irani in Uttar Pradesh, ahead of assembly elections in the state.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-owaisi-plotting-up-elections-with-smriti-irani-1850731-2021-09-08


text: PM Modi used abusive words in his addressal during his Patan Rally
claimant: Facebook user 'Gaurav Pandhi'
claim_date: 2019-04-21T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-claiming-prime-minister-narendra-modi-abusive-word-gujarati-totally-false-1506990-2019-04-21

title:
Fact Check: Viral post claiming Prime Minister Narendra Modi used abusive word in Gujarati is totally false


text: Image of BJP flags abandoned in a public waste container in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-02-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image of BJP flags abandoned in waste container goes viral ahead of UP 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-old-image-of-bjp-flags-abandoned-in-waste-container-goes-viral-ahead-of-up-polls-1909965-2022-02-07


claimant: Facebook user Yogendra Bahadur Sagar Meerjapuree and many others
claim_date: 2019-12-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did former European Commission prez say Indian voters are foolish?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Former European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker said the world's most foolish voters are from India.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-former-european-commission-prez-say-indian-voters-are-foolish-1632701-2019-12-30


text: Kid found at Nagpur railway station, police seek help in locating family.
claimant: Facebook user "Srinivasa Pragasam"
claim_date: 2019-10-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of lost child is not from India but Pakistan
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-video-lost-child-not-from-india-but-pakistan-1607699-2019-10-09


text: Video shows Hindus in West Bengal being attacked by Rohingyas.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-12-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Social media gives ‘Rohingya’ angle to attack on BJP leaders in Bengal
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-media-gives-rohingya-angle-to-attack-on-bjp-leaders-in-bengal-1752143-2020-12-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image of potholed road in Bihar used to take a dig at Rahul Gandhi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This long stretch of road filled with huge potholes is from Rahul Gandhi’s Parliamentary constituency of Wayanad in Kerala.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-image-of-potholed-road-in-bihar-used-to-take-a-dig-at-rahul-gandhi-1698618-2020-07-09


text: BJP tampered with EVMs in Madhya Pradesh before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
claimant: Facebook users Sekh Safi and Rajib Ghoshal
claim_date: 2019-04-12T00:00:00Z
title: Viral Facebook post alleges EVM tampering in Madhya Pradesh. 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/facebook-post-evm-tampering-madhya-pradesh-lok-sabha-elections-1500517-2019-04-12


text: This image shows a close-up of the human eye.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-07-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Digital art falsely shared as close-up view of human eye
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/digital-art-falsely-shared-as-close-up-view-of-human-eye-1826216-2021-07-09


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-07-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check- Viral post falsely claims that state levies more tax on LPG cylinder than Centre
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The state tax on LPG cylinders is higher than the Centre's taxes. The Central govt levies only 5% on an LPG cylinder whereas the state tax is 55%.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-falsely-claims-that-state-levies-more-tax-on-lpg-cylinder-than-centre-1829147-2021-07-16


text: Video shows BJP goons beating up an innocent man after the party’s victory in Uttar Pradesh.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Bihar circulated as BJP workers attacking man after victory in UP
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-from-bihar-circulated-as-bjp-workers-attacking-man-after-victory-in-up-1924397-2022-03-11


text: This is the live footage of the Luna-25 spacecraft crashing into the moon.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old CGI video VIRAL as Russia’s Luna-25 crashing into Moon
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-cgi-video-viral-as-russia-luna-25-crashing-into-moon-2425068-2023-08-22


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-17T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on India's 74th Independence Day tweeted an apology for what Britain did to India 74 years ago.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-british-pm-boris-johnson-did-not-apologise-for-what-britain-did-to-india-74-years-ago-1712211-2020-08-17

title:
Fact Check: Netizens fall prey to British PM Boris Johnson's imposter account offering apology for colonial rule in India


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: ‘CNN’ report saying Taliban has banned sanitary napkins is morphed
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to a CNN report, Taliban has banned the use of sanitary napkins in Afghanistan saying it is against Sharia.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-cnn-report-taliban-has-banned-sanitary-napkins-is-fake-1852785-2021-09-14


text: This Picture shows Aamir Khan praying after his film 'Laal Singh Chadda' flopped.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Aamir Khan rush to pray after ‘Laal Singh Chaddha’ failure? Viral pic is from 2017
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bollywood-actor-aamir-khan-praying-laal-singh-chaddha-box-office-failure-false-claim-old-viral-pic-1991574-2022-08-23


text: As per a survey, AAP-ruled Delhi and Punjab have the least hours of power cuts in the country.
claimant: Arvind Kejriwal
claim_date: 2023-05-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Kejriwal shares Congress-era ‘power cut’ data to showcase bright shining Punjab
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-kejriwal-shares-congress-era-power-cut-data-showcase-bright-shining-punjab-2380118-2023-05-16


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-05-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Punjab CM didn't say he is unaware of who's running the government; viral video is old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann says he does not know who's running the state government, calls the functioning of the government "like a bus without a driver".

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bhagwant-mann-punjab-chief-minister-who-is-running-government-viral-video-false-claim-1944372-2022-05-02


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Clipped video circulated as Akhilesh Yadav insulting Buddha by refusing to accept idol
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows Akhilesh Yadav insulting Gautama Buddha at a public rally by not accepting an idol offered to him by party workers.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/akhilesh-yadav-up-elections-buddha-idol-party-cadres-viral-video-1917962-2022-02-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-03-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Don’t fall for this 'missing girl' video; she has been reunited with her family
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Some beggars in Mangalore, Karnataka found a sobbing little girl and are still waiting for her family members to reunite with her.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-don-t-fall-for-this-missing-girl-video-she-has-been-reunited-with-her-family-1775723-2021-03-04


text: A series of images and a video of tiger attacks are from Baringdari in Odisha.
claimant: WhatsApp users
claim_date: 2019-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral images and video on tiger attacks are old and misleading
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-images-and-video-on-tiger-attacks-are-old-and-misleading-1430820-2019-01-14


text: The Shivling at a temple in Ranchi’s Rangrez Gali was damaged by Muslims.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-11-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Shivling damaged in Ranchi shared with misleading communal claims
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-shivling-damaged-in-ranchi-shared-with-misleading-communal-claims-1740206-2020-11-11


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-03-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Putin enjoy Zelenskyy’s comedy performance years ago? No, viral video is doctored
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of Russian President Vladimir Putin enjoying a performance from now-Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy several years ago.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-putin-enjoy-zelenskyy-comedy-performance-years-ago-viral-video-fake-1931607-2022-03-30


text: This video shows a gigantic creature spotted recently in Florida during Tropical Storm Ian.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-09-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Gigantic creature spotted in Florida amid Tropical Storm Ian? 2020 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/tropical-storm-ian-gigantic-creature-spotted-in-florida-viral-video-from-chile-2006399-2022-09-29


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Photos of PM Narendra Modi, President Droupadi Murmu, Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath, and Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde from their youth.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/three-viral-photos-young-pm-modi-president-murmu-eknath-shinde-eknath-shinde-false-claim-1981602-2022-07-29

title:
Fact Check: Three-quarters false! These photos aren’t of young PM Modi, President Murmu, Eknath Shinde


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of firecrackers at Taiwan festival shared as Italy’s Euro win revelry
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows victory celebrations in Italy after it won the Euro Cup defeating England in a nail-biting finish.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-firecrackers-at-taiwan-festival-shared-as-italy-s-euro-win-revelry-1827729-2021-07-13


text: Video shows the ancestral house of late actor Dilip Kumar.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of ‘Kapoor Haveli’ wrongly shared as Dilip Kumar’s ancestral home in Peshawar
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-kapoor-haveli-wrongly-shared-dilip-kumar-ancestral-home-peshawar-1828582-2021-07-15


text: Protesters in the United States broke into the White House against George Floyd’s death.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, protesters didn’t storm the White House against George Floyd’s death
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-protesters-didn-t-storm-white-house-against-george-floyd-s-death-us-1684470-2020-06-01


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-05-03T07:56:51Z
title: Fact Check: No, PM Modi DID NOT rechristen Rajiv Gandhi Foundation as PM Cares fund
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In a series of moves that improved existing UPA-era schemes, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was transformed into the PM Cares fund by the Narendra Modi-led government.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-pm-modi-did-not-rechristen-rajiv-gandhi-foundation-as-pm-cares-fund-1942692-2022-04-27


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-05-03T07:56:51Z
title: ఫ్యాక్ట్ చెక్: రాజీవ్ గాంధీ ఫౌండేషన్ పేరును పీఎం కేర్స్ ఫండ్ గా ప్రధాని మోదీ మార్చేశారా..?
review_date: 2022-05-03T07:56:51Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: te
publisher_name: Telugu Post
publisher_site: telugupost.com
text:
In a series of moves that improved existing UPA-era schemes, the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation was transformed into the PM Cares fund by the Narendra Modi-led government.

url:
https://www.telugupost.com/factcheck/pm-modi-rechristen-rajiv-gandhi-foundation-as-pm-cares-fund-1367900


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-11-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Musk has not announced plans to buy Snapchat, viral screenshot is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On November 20, Elon Musk tweeted that he will buy the social media platform Snapchat and then delete all its filters.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/elon-musk-no-announcement-to-buy-snapchat-2301853-2022-11-25


text: Actor Amitabh Bachchan lent his shoulder to the stretcher carrying his domestic help’s body.
claimant: Facebook users Ashutosh Mehta and Kalale Purushotham among others
claim_date: 2019-06-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind viral pic of Big B lending hand to stretcher to carry a body
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-truth-behind-viral-pic-of-big-b-lending-hand-to-stretcher-carrying-body-of-servant-1556523-2019-06-26


text: Picture shows Palestinians insulting the Indian flag.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Visuals of protests in Pakistan passed off as Palestinians insulting Tricolour
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-visuals-of-protests-in-pakistan-passed-off-as-palestinians-insulting-tricolour-1805009-2021-05-20


text: Panchavarnaswamy temple in Tamil Nadu has a 2,000-year-old caricature of a cyclist on its wall.
claim_date: 2019-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral photo of cyclist on temple wall is not from India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
claimant:
Facebook page ‘हिंदुत्व से बढ़कर कोई धर्म नहीं"गौ गीता गंगा और गायत्री’ and Facebook users such as DrAmit Dawash

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-photo-of-cyclist-on-temple-wall-is-not-from-india-1620975-2019-11-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Disturbing image from Bangladesh used to mock Atmanirbhar Bharat
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture of woman hanging from a tree and toddler’s body floating in a pond shows the plight of people in “Atmanirbhar Bharat”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-disturbing-image-from-bangladesh-used-to-mock-atmanirbhar-bharat-1689717-2020-06-16


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-03-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Sourav Ganguly’s agarbatti ad morphed into political campaign on social media
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Trinamool, BJP and CPI(M) supporters are using a picture of Sourav Ganguly with respective party symbols, claiming that he is endorsing them. The colour of Ganguly's kurta is also changed according to respective party colours.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/left-trinamool-bjp-supporters-share-sourav-ganguly-morphed-picture-endorsing-them-1776431-2021-03-06


text: Celebration in Wayanad after Rahul Gandhi’s victory with Pakistan flags.
claimant: Twitter user Vikas Pandey
claim_date: 2019-05-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Wayanad celebrate Rahul Gandhi’s victory with Pakistani flags?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-celebration-wayanad-rahul-gandhi-victory-pakistan-flags-1534627-2019-05-25


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia was spotted with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at Sumnima Udas’s wedding in Nepal.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/nepal-wedding-jyotiraditya-scindia-rahul-gandhi-bhutan-photo-1945839-2022-05-05

title:
Fact Check: Jyotiraditya Scindia spotted with Rahul Gandhi at Nepal wedding? 2011 Bhutan photo resurfaces


text: Vehicles with EVMs found in Jhansi points to EVM tampering.
claimant: Manish Sisodia and Vikas Yogi
claim_date: 2019-05-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Manish Sisodia's tweet on EVM incident in Jhansi 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-manish-sisodia-s-tweet-on-evm-incident-in-jhansi-is-misleading-1531524-2019-05-21


text: Video of women getting arrested for pelting stones at a Ram Navami procession.
claimant: Facebook Page
claim_date: 2022-04-17T00:00:00Z
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-moradabad-covid-contact-tracing-incident-ram-navami-stone-pelters-1938619-2022-04-17

title:
Fact Check: Old Moradabad Covid contact tracing incident passed off as action against Ram Navami stone-pelters


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video from Japan shows horrific 2011 tsunami, not recent floods in Pakistan
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows vehicles getting washed away in Karachi, Pakistan, amid the ongoing floods in the country.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-japan-shows-horrific-2011-tsunami-not-recent-floods-pakistan-1995809-2022-09-02


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2021-05-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The New York Times published a cover with a picture of a crocodile in tears, headlined “India’s PM cried”.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-doctored-nyt-front-page-crocodile-pm-modi-1805806-2021-05-22

title:
Fact Check: Digvijaya Singh, Shobhaa De share doctored NYT front page with picture of crocodile mocking PM Modi


text: Bangla has officially been declared the second language of London.
claimant: Facebook page ‘Getbengal’ and others
claim_date: 2019-12-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Bangla has not been declared the second language of London
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-bangla-second-language-london-viral-social-media-1627457-2019-12-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This scary photo is not from Joshimath - in fact, it’s not even from India
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo of land with cracks and fissure is of Uttarakhand’s Joshimath, the city that is ‘sinking’.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/viral-photo-not-from-uttarakhand-joshimath-not-from-india-2320341-2023-01-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is Samzuki Hydaiko of the Yakuza crime syndicate, the man who assassinated former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/netizens-falsely-share-us-comedian-photo-as-ex-japanese-pm-shinzo-abe-suspected-assassin-1973516-2022-07-08

title:
Fact Check: Netizens falsely share US comedian's photo as ex-Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's suspected assassin


claimant: Facebook user Venugopal Reddy Kotla
claim_date: 2021-02-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows Amulya, the young woman from Karnataka who raised "Pakistan zindabad" slogans at Asaduddin Owaisi’s anti-CAA rally in 2020 in Bengaluru, participating in the ongoing farmers’ protest.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-amulya-the-girl-who-raised-pakistan-zindabad-slogans-in-2020-at-the-farmers-protest-1768604-2021-02-12

title:
Fact Check: This is not Amulya, the girl who raised ‘Pakistan Zindabad’ slogans in 2020, at the farmers' protest


text: Pictures show the aftermath of the Indonesia plane crash on January 9.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old pictures of air mishaps linked to Indonesia plane 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-old-pictures-of-air-mishaps-linked-to-indonesia-plane-crash-1758316-2021-01-12


text: Two policemen are fighting over distribution of money collected through challans.
claimant: Facebook user "Bhomsa Goyal"
claim_date: 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, these policemen are not fighting for traffic challan money
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-policemen-are-not-fighting-for-traffic-challan-money-1597734-2019-09-10


text: The Taliban government in Afghanistan has restored the Buddha statues in Bamiyan Valley.
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
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/mumbai-kanheri-cave-buddha-statue-taliban-bamiyan-valley-afghanistan-1991255-2022-08-22

title:
Fact Check: Photo from Mumbai’s Kanheri Cave shared as restored Buddha statue destroyed by Taliban in 2001


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-16T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of mufti challenging lockdown order is from Pakistan and not India
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of Muslims challenging government's decision to stop namaaz in mosques in the backdrop of Covid-19.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-mufti-challenging-lockdown-order-is-from-pakistan-and-not-india-1667404-2020-04-15


text: American pop star Madonna singing Hanuman Chalisa.
claimant: Facebook user Manohar Pv
claim_date: 2019-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Singer chanting Hanuman Chalisa in this viral video is not Madonna
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-singer-chanting-hanuman-chalisa-in-this-viral-video-is-not-madonna-1513075-2019-04-29


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Nagma goofs up again, calls anti-govt activist Vajpayee’s niece
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s niece has accused RSS and BJP of trying to divide the country. In a video, she has also criticised them over unemployment, farmers’ issues and women’s safety.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-nagma-goofs-up-again-calls-anti-govt-activist-vajpayee-s-niece-1729413-2020-10-07


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-18T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/conman-arrest-video-not-from-punjab-1939054-2022-04-18
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of the Punjab police arresting a Muslim faith healer who duped people by talking from inside a grave.

title:
Fact Check: This 2-year-old video of conman 'faith healer' getting arrested is NOT from Punjab but from Pakistan


text: BJP president Amit Shah insulted veteran BJP leader LK Advani.
claimant: Facebook page 'With Arvind Kejriwal'
claim_date: 2019-04-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video showing Amit Shah insulting LK Advani 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-video-showing-amit-shah-insulting-lk-advani-is-misleading-1504963-2019-04-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-05-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier didn’t say Covid vaccine recipients will die in two years
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Nobel laureate Luc Montagnier has said that all those who have been vaccinated for Covid-19 will die within two years.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-nobel-laureate-luc-montagnier-didn-t-say-covid-vaccine-recipients-will-die-in-two-years-1807023-2021-05-26


text: Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi lauded demonetisation while addressing a rally.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Rahul Gandhi did not say demonetisation was beneficial; viral video edited
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-rahul-gandhi-did-not-say-demonetisation-beneficial-viral-video-edited-1908333-2022-02-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Unrelated images go viral as scenes from 100-year-old Spanish flu pandemic
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Set of pictures showing people in different kinds of masks is from the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-20.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/unrelated-images-go-viral-as-scenes-from-100-year-old-spanish-flu-pandemic-1686932-2020-06-08


claimant: social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Anant Ambani is angry with Aamir Khan for making a hole in their pocket with his flop film Laal Singh Chaddha.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-anant-ambani-didnt-refuse-to-get-clicked-with-aamir-after-laal-singh-chadhha-failed-at-box-office-2362367-2023-04-20

title:
Fact Check: No, Anant Ambani didn’t refuse to get clicked with Aamir after Laal Singh Chadhha failed at box office


claimant: Facebook page 'I Support Modi'
claim_date: 2019-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading photos of celebrities being used for propaganda
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Misleading images showing Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Gautam Gambhir and Sunny Deol have joined forces with the BJP.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-these-celebrities-have-not-joined-bjp-1445460-2019-02-02


text: Video of bike falling inside a “pothole” in Chembur, Mumbai.
claimant: Many Twitter and Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Jalna video of motorcycle falling inside a big pothole goes viral as being from Mumbai
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-jalna-video-of-motorcycle-falling-inside-a-big-pothole-goes-viral-as-being-from-mumbai-1564876-2019-07-08


text: A 282-year-old East India trading company ship returns to London for the first time since 1787.
claimant: Several Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-07-26T00:00:00Z
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-no-it-s-not-a-282-year-old-ship-but-a-replica-of-swedish-east-india-company-s-gotheborg-1832913-2021-07-26

title:
Fact Check: No, it's not a 282-year-old ship, but a replica of Swedish East India Company's Gotheborg


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Dulquer Salmaan’s ‘Salute’ won’t be screened at IFFR 2022
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Malayalam movie ‘Salute’, starring Dulqueer Salmaan and directed by Rosshan Andrrews, will premiere at the prestigious International Film Festival Rotterdam 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-dulquer-salmaan-salute-wont-be-screened-at-iffr-2022-1898439-2022-01-10


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video is neither about Pakistan’s economic crisis nor PoK secession movement
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows citizens in the Pakistan-administered region of Gilgit and Baltistan taking to the streets to protest against electricity prices, tax hikes, land grabs, and wheat shortages for the ninth consecutive day.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-is-neither-about-pakistans-economic-crisis-nor-pok-secession-movement-2321535-2023-01-14


text: This video shows a bus moving through the flooded streets of Delhi.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This 2020 video of a bus on a flooded road is from Jaipur, not the Delhi floods
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-2020-video-of-a-bus-on-a-flooded-road-is-from-jaipur-not-the-delhi-floods-2406963-2023-07-15


text: Neon pink elephants like this one can be found in certain parts of India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Seeing pink elephants? This bright pink creature was Photoshopped
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pink-elephants-bright-pink-creature-photoshopped-1952135-2022-05-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows thousands of football fans singing in support of Palestine during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fans-didnt-sing-in-support-of-palestine-fifa-world-cup-clip-from-morocco-2301429-2022-11-25

title:
Fact Check: Fans DID NOT sing in support of Palestine during FIFA World Cup, this clip is from Morocco


text: This video shows a steam train travelling through a snow-packed area in Himachal Pradesh.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-02T00:00:00Z
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-dreamy-video-of-steam-train-moving-through-snow-is-not-from-himachal-pradesh-its-from-germany-2329738-2023-02-02

title:
Fact Check: Dreamy video of steam train moving through snow is NOT from Himachal Pradesh - it’s from Germany


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Following the OceanGate submarine tragedy, its management published a job listing for a new submarine pilot on the company website.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-oceangate-post-a-marine-pilot-vacancy-right-after-submarine-tragedy-no-this-ad-is-old-2397828-2023-06-25

title:
Fact Check: Did OceanGate post a marine pilot vacancy right after submarine tragedy? No, this ad is old


text: This video shows Hindus being attacked by a small group of Muslims.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This Bangladesh video DOES NOT show Muslims attacking Hindus
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bangladesh-video-does-not-show-muslims-attacking-hindus-1977944-2022-07-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Indian flag was NOT removed to hoist Islamic flag in Jodhpur's Jalori Gate
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Muslim groups replaced the Indian national flag with the Islamic flag at Jodhpur’s Jalori Gate. This led to communal clashes.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/indian-flag-removed-claim-muslim-groups-freedom-fighter-bissa-jodhpur-jalori-gate-1945458-2022-05-04


text: Journalist Rana Ayyub was forcefully taken away by the police amid a public protest.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Woman in this photo is Kerala student leader, not Rana Ayyub
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/woman-in-photo-kerala-student-leader-not-rana-ayyub-1964335-2022-06-19


text: This is how Cyclone Biparjoy looks from space.
claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2023-06-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video shows Cyclone Freddy as seen from space, NOT Cyclone Biparjoy
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-shows-cyclone-freddy-as-seen-from-space-not-cyclone-biparjoy-2395404-2023-06-20


text: Video shows police breaking CCTV cameras during the violence that erupted in Delhi on Republic Day.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of police damaging CCTV is not linked to January 26 tractor rally
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-police-damaging-cctv-is-not-linked-to-january-26-tractor-rally-1763750-2021-01-28


text: Video shows eagle carrying a shark in its claws and flying over the seas.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is that an eagle clutching a shark in its claws?
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-that-an-eagle-clutching-a-shark-in-its-claws-1698262-2020-07-08


text: Video is of police evicting people from their homes in Assam after NRC.
claimant: Facebook user “Denzil Brown” and others
claim_date: 2020-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Anti-encroachment drive in Jaipur passed off as police action after NRC
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/anti-encroachment-drive-jaipur-video-police-action-nrc-1638154-2020-01-18


text: Intense flood destroys and washes away metal bridge in Dima Hasao, Assam.
claimant: Multiple news outlets
claim_date: 2022-05-20T00:00:00Z
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-assam-australia-2021-video-old-indonesian-bridge-destroyed-floods-1952084-2022-05-20

title:
Fact Check: Neither Assam nor Australia, this shocking 2021 video shows an old Indonesian bridge getting destroyed during floods


text: Yogi Adityanath's brother runs a tea shop.
claimant: Twitter and Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this chaiwala is not the brother of Yogi Adityanath
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/chaiwala-brother-uttar-pradesh-chief-minister-yogi-adityanath-1452293-2019-02-09


text: Mamata Banerjee has only said Imaan ka Naam hai musalmaan (Faith is the other name of Muslims).
claimant: Social media users like Gaurav Pradhan
claim_date: 2019-01-20T00:00:00Z
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-mamata-spoke-about-muslims-but-she-also-praised-other-religions-at-opposition-s-mega-rally-1435226-2019-01-20

title:
Fact Check: Mamata spoke about Muslims, but she also praised other religions at Opposition's mega rally


text: A Hindu girl was brutally beaten up after marrying a Muslim man
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-06-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral photo of atrocities on this woman is not related to love jihad
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-photo-of-atrocities-on-this-woman-is-not-related-to-love-jihad-1546175-2019-06-10


text: Childhood picture of Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama with Mahatma Gandhi.
claimant: Facebook user "Siow Cheechoong" and others
claim_date: 2020-02-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this baby Dalai Lama with Mahatma Gandhi?
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-baby-dalai-lama-with-mahatma-gandhi-1644794-2020-02-09


text: Kareena Kapoor Khan appealed to people not to watch her upcoming film 'Laal Singh Chaddha'.
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/kareena-kapoor-laal-singh-chaddha-nepotism-debate-1957223-2022-06-01

title:
Fact Check: Kareena Kapoor did not ask people to not watch 'Laal Singh Chaddha', 2020 video shared with false spin


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-03-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows first 'Uncle Vanya' restaurant opens in Moscow after McDonald's suspends business in Russia

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-video-uncle-vanya-mcdonalds-russia-digital-creation-1930086-2022-03-27

title:
Fact Check: Viral video of opening of Uncle Vanya in place of McDonald's in Russia is a digital creation made for fun


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old images linked to deadly Yemen airstrike that killed over 80
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Bodies of children being retrieved from the debris following an airstrike in Yemen’s Saada on January 21.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-images-linked-to-deadly-yemen-airstrike-that-killed-over-80-1903985-2022-01-24


text: Senior lawyer and Congress leader Kapil Sibal has been slapped outside of court premises.
claimant: Facebook pages like Jai Hindu
claim_date: 2019-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Congress leader Kapil Sibal get slapped outside the court?
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-congress-leader-kapil-sibal-get-slapped-outside-the-court-1424371-2019-01-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: ‘Messi’s Magic’ gave PSG's Insta a boost, but it didn't double its followers
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
French FC PSG’s Instagram followers doubled after the announcement of Messi’s signing with the club.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-messi-magic-gave-psg-instagram-a-boost-but-it-didnt-double-its-followers-1840633-2021-08-13


text: This video from the US-Mexico border shows immigrants trying to breach a fence en masse.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-video-of-immigrants-crossing-morocco-spain-border-falsely-shared-as-us-refugee-crisis-2370343-2023-05-05

title:
Fact Check: Old video of immigrants crossing Morocco-Spain border FALSELY shared as US refugee crisis


text: The woman in the picture was arrested for killing her rapists.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-11-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This woman was arrested not for killing her rapists but her fiancé
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-woman-arrested-not-for-killing-rapists-but-fiance-1881798-2021-11-28


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video of Uma Bharti calling PM Modi ‘Vinash Purush’ is more than a decade old
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
As a presser, BJP leader Uma Bharti attacked PM Modi and called him a “vinash purush”. She also criticised the BJP government in Gujarat.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-video-of-uma-bharti-calling-pm-modi-vinash-purush-is-more-than-a-decade-old-2304971-2022-12-03


text: Video showing heavy mudslide with trees sliding off a mountain is from Uttarakhand.
claimant: Facebook page 'Pahadi Beat'
claim_date: 2019-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of mudslide 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/fact-check-viral-video-of-mudslide-is-not-from-india-1591224-2019-08-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This picture showing the plight of patients is not from Kashmir
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture showing patient lying on bed and holding glucose drip by his feet shows pathetic condition of government hospitals in Kashmir.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-picture-showing-the-plight-of-patients-is-not-from-kashmir-1710174-2020-08-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-05-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Has WHO said vegetarians are safe from coronavirus?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
According to WHO, no vegetarian has been affected by coronavirus because it needs animal fat in the body to survive.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/has-who-said-vegetarians-are-safe-from-coronavirus-1676815-2020-05-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This startling video of lightning strike is NOT related to the Asani cyclone
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is a recent video that shows the havoc created by Cyclone Asani. During the cyclone, as lightning struck a tree, its branches fell over a house with a loud noise, scaring the spectators.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-lightning-strike-asani-cyclone-1949726-2022-05-15


text: Picture shows Niagara Falls in Canada lit up in honour of Bangladesh Victory Day.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Green-and-red illumination of Niagara Falls has no Bangladesh connect
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-niagara-falls-green-and-red-illumination-no-bangladesh-connect-1889703-2021-12-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-06T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
During the September 4 India-Pakistan match, Ravi Shastri announced the toss wrongly in favour of Pakistan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ravi-shastri-mistake-india-toss-in-asia-cup-2022-pakistan-match-1997169-2022-09-06

title:
Fact Check: Ravi Shastri’s mistake did not cost India the toss in Asia Cup 2022 India-Pakistan match


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading claims on moon mission orbit around astronaut Rakesh Sharma on his birthday
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Tribute to Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut to walk on the moon, on his birthday on January 13.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-misleading-claims-on-moon-mission-orbit-around-astronaut-rakesh-sharma-on-his-birthday-1899814-2022-01-13


text: Man wrapped in a Pakistani flag and holding a gun while standing on the Tricolour is from Kolkata.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Who's this man wrapped in a Pakistani flag and standing on the Tricolour?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/whos-this-man-wrapped-in-pakistani-flag-standing-on-tricolour-1695645-2020-06-30


text: Indian Army thrashed a Kashmiri boy.
claimant: Facebook user 'Green Battalion'
claim_date: 2019-09-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Indian Army did not thrash this kid in Kashmir
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-indian-army-did-not-thrash-this-kid-in-kashmir-1602331-2019-09-23


text: Modi government has made a law which allows shooting of tribals.
claimant: Amit Malviya and many others on Facebook
claim_date: 2019-04-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rahul Gandhi jumps the gun, says Modi govt approves shooting of tribals
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-rahul-gandhi-jumps-the-gun-says-modi-govt-approves-shooting-of-tribals-1513162-2019-04-29


claimant: Facebook user 'Debesh Mazumdar'
claim_date: 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of street play claiming to be of TMC candidate goes viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
TMC candidate from Uluberia, Sajda Ahmad, announces that 'Hari naam' and 'Ram naam' and Marxism will not be allowed in West Bengal and Rohingyas will be given shelter in the state.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-street-play-goes-viral-claiming-to-be-of-tmc-candidate-1525188-2019-05-14


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-10-29T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
After the defeat against Zimbabwe, PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja lashed out at the Pakistani team and said that the results were 'embarrassing' and 'shameful'.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2021-video-of-ramiz-raja-lambasting-pak-team-falsely-shared-as-reaction-to-recent-t20-wc-defeats-2290914-2022-10-29

title:
Fact Check: 2021 video of Ramiz Raja lambasting Pak team FALSELY shared as reaction to recent T20 WC defeats


text: Picture shows men in civil dress deployed by Delhi Police at farmers’ protest.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This image of men in police gear and civil clothes is not linked to farmers’ stir
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-image-of-men-in-police-gear-and-civil-clothes-is-not-linked-to-farmers-stir-1764978-2021-02-01


text: Amit Shah said Narendra Modi sleeps for 24 hours for the welfare of the poor.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-23T00:00:00Z
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-did-amit-shah-say-modi-sleeps-24-hours-a-day-for-the-poor-old-clipped-video-of-speech-resurfaces-1916541-2022-02-22

title:
Fact Check: Did Amit Shah say Modi sleeps 24 hours a day for the poor? Old clipped video of speech resurfaces


text: Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis enjoys lavish food during PMC crisis.
claimant: Facebook users "Siyasat ??????", "I.T & Social Media Cell" and others
claim_date: 2019-10-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image of Devendra Fadnavis feasting goes viral amid PMC bank crisis
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/old-image-devendra-fadnavis-having-food-goes-viral-amid-pmc-bank-crisis-1612303-2019-10-23


claimant: Madhu Purnima Kishwar and other social media users
claim_date: 2019-12-02T00:00:00Z
url: https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/tasbih-muslims-maharashtra-1624274-2019-12-02
title: Fact Check: The truth behind police distributing ‘tasbih’ to Muslims in Maharashtra
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
As soon as the new government was formed in Maharashtra, police started distributing ‘tasbih’ outside a mosque.


text: This video shows a naked woman chasing a cop in the violence-hit Manipur.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show a naked Manipuri woman chasing cops, it’s from UP
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-does-not-show-a-naked-manipuri-woman-chasing-cops-its-from-up-2400204-2023-06-30


text: Videos from the recent wildfires in Hawaii.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These dramatic videos have nothing to do with the Hawaii wildfire
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-dramatic-videos-have-nothing-to-do-with-the-hawaii-wildfire-2421059-2023-08-14


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of Afghans returning home due to Covid shared as people fleeing Taliban
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows thousands of Afghans rushing to Pakistan after the latter recently opened its border for Afghan refugees fleeing the Taliban.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-afghans-home-covid-taliban-1847647-2021-08-31


text: A chariot made of gold reached the shores of Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh because of Cyclone Asani.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-05-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/mysterious-chariot-drifted-andhra-shores-cyclone-asani-made-of-gold-1948182-2022-05-11

title:
Fact Check: Was the mysterious chariot that drifted to Andhra shores amid cyclone Asani made of gold? Here’s the truth


text: US President Donald Trump is seen grabbing bikini-clad women in the viral video
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-02-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Before US president’s visit, a sensational Trump lookalike 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/fact-check-before-us-president-s-visit-a-sensational-trump-lookalike-video-goes-viral-1648457-2020-02-20


text: Black clothes banned at Wankhede Stadium during India-Australia ODI on January 14
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Claims of black ban at Wankhede during India-Australia ODI fall on flat pitch
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-claims-of-black-ban-at-wankhede-during-india-australia-odi-fall-on-flat-pitch-1637139-2020-01-15


text: Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is converting to Islam from Christianity.
claimant: - Facebook pages “UKIP Warwick and Leamington”, “United Muslim” and others
claim_date: 2019-07-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau is not converting to Islam
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-canadian-pm-justin-trudeau-is-not-converting-to-islam-1560632-2019-07-02


claimant: Social Media users
claim_date: 2022-06-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows clashes between Shiv Sena and NCP workers amid the ongoing political crisis in Maharastra.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-of-shiv-sena-ncp-workers-clash-has-nothing-to-do-with-present-maharashtra-crisis-1967451-2022-06-27

title:
Fact Check: Old video of Shiv Sena, NCP workers’ clash has nothing to do with present Maharashtra crisis


text: Burj Khalifa did not display the Pakistani flag on its Independence Day.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-dimmed-by-misinformation-burj-khalifa-displayed-pak-flag-on-august-14-just-not-at-midnight-2422147-2023-08-16

title:
Fact Check: Dimmed by misinformation! Burj Khalifa displayed Pak flag on August 14, just not at midnight


claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-02-04T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A candidate contesting for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh has openly confessed that he joined politics to make money.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-of-up-election-candidate-saying-he-wants-to-earn-money-by-becoming-mla-is-from-2017-1908987-2022-02-04

title:
Fact Check: Video of UP election candidate saying he wants to ‘earn money by becoming MLA’ is from 2017


text: Muslim man wearing turban to show that Sikhs are protesting CAA
claimant: Facebook and Twitter users
claim_date: 2019-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are Muslims wearing turbans in protests to show that Sikhs are against CAA?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-are-muslims-wearing-turbans-in-protests-to-show-that-sikhs-are-against-caa-1631762-2019-12-26


text: This video shows the survivors of the May 8 MiG-21 near Suratgarh in Rajasthan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of J-K chopper crash survivors FALSELY shared as Rajasthan MiG-21 crash aftermath
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-jk-chopper-crash-survivors-falsely-shared-as-rajasthan-mig-21-crash-aftermath-2376989-2023-05-09


text: This video shows Poland's air force shooting down a UFO.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No aliens in Poland! This clip shows a rocket launch in South Korea
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-aliens-in-poland-this-clip-shows-a-rocket-launch-in-south-korea-2335087-2023-02-15


text: Akhilesh Yadav wore a party cap and shoes during Mulayam Singh Yadav's funeral.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Akhilesh Yadav wasn't wearing shoes during father's funeral, viral pic shows socks
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/akhilesh-yadav-wasnt-wearing-shoes-during-father-mulayam-singh-yadav-funeral-viral-pic-shows-socks-2285815-2022-10-15


text: Video shows Taliban learning to fly American helicopters left behind.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video from Libya shared as Taliban learning to fly US chopper
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-libya-shared-taliban-learning-fly-us-chopper-1848202-2021-09-01


text: Cameraman cried after footballer Andre Gomes’ broke his ankle on the field
claimant: Facebook page ‘See YoN’ and others
claim_date: 2019-11-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, a cameraman didn’t cry after footballer Andre Gomes broke his ankle
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-a-cameraman-didn-t-cry-after-footballer-andre-gomes-broke-his-ankle-1617196-2019-11-08


text: Mamata Banerjee's supporters thrashed BJP Worker for speaking in favour of NRC in West Bengal.
claimant: A Facebook Page ‘Modi Sarkar’
claim_date: 2019-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Are Mamata supporters thrashing this man for favouring NRC in Bengal ?
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-are-mamata-supporters-thrashing-this-man-for-favouring-nrc-in-bengal-1632856-2019-12-31


text: First list of 27 AAP candidates for Delhi assembly elections has 21 Muslims.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake AAP candidates list goes viral with communal spin
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-aap-candidates-list-goes-viral-with-communal-spin-1636245-2020-01-12


text: Video shows IndiGo staff assaulting and manhandling an elderly man.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2017 video of IndiGo staff manhandling passenger resurfaces after airline’s record deal
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-2017-video-of-indigo-staff-manhandling-passenger-resurfaces-after-airlines-record-deal-2395655-2023-06-21


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These images show the renovation process in full swing at Cuttack's government hospital before PM Modi's visit following the train accident in Odisha.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-not-cuttack-hospital-dmk-member-shares-2022-pics-of-gujarat-hospital-after-odisha-train-tragedy-2389124-2023-06-05

title:
Fact Check: Not Cuttack hospital! DMK member shares 2022 pics of Gujarat hospital after Odisha train tragedy


claimant: Manish Shrivastava
claim_date: 2021-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not a rehearsal by protesting farmers for January 26 tractor rally
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows rehearsal for the January 26 tractor rally to be taken out by farmers protesting against the new farm laws.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-is-not-a-rehearsal-by-protesting-farmers-for-january-26-tractor-rally-1759432-2021-01-15


text: When Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asked Gujaratis if they needed free electricity, they said no.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-08T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/gujaratis-didnt-reject-kejriwal-free-electricity-offer-unclear-audio-creates-confusion-1973493-2022-07-08

title:
Fact Check: Gujaratis didn’t reject Kejriwal’s free electricity offer — unclear audio creates confusion


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Italy’s Republic Day ceremony passed off as France’s farewell to Rafale
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows France bidding farewell to Rafales destined for India with its jets forming the Tricolour in the skies.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-italy-s-republic-day-ceremony-passed-off-as-france-s-farewell-to-rafale-1707108-2020-08-02


text: Pakistan flags waved in BJP rally in Kashmir along with BJP flags.
claimant: Vinay Srivastava
claim_date: 2019-04-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading Facebook post of 'Pakistani flags' in BJP rally 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-facebook-post-of-pakistani-flags-in-bjp-rally-goes-viral-1498870-2019-04-10


text: The Italian government vaccinated cattle against Covid-19, and this led to their deaths.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-06-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: NOT Covid vaccine, these cows died after consuming poisonous plants
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-covid-vaccine-these-cows-died-after-consuming-poisonous-plants-2389024-2023-06-05


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-10-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Wankhede-led NCB team attacked by mob in Goregaon? This is an old incident
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A team of six NCB officials led by Sameer Wankhede was recently attacked by a mob of 60 people in Goregaon, Mumbai.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-wankhede-led-ncb-team-attacked-by-mob-in-goregaon-this-is-an-old-incident-1869789-2021-10-26


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Conspiracy theory falsely accuses pharma company behind Covid outbreak and vaccine
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Chinese laboratory in Wuhan where coronavirus emerged is owned by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). The same GSK also owns Pfizer, the pharma company that produces vaccine for the virus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-conspiracy-theory-falsely-accuses-pharma-company-behind-covid-outbreak-and-vaccine-1802143-2021-05-13


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-05-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral posts falsely claim Centre clipped Mamata govt's powers over post-poll violence
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Articles 256 & 257 imposed in West Bengal under which senior state officials are now directly answerable to the Centre. If they refuse to obey, President’s Rule can be imposed.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-posts-falsely-claim-centre-clipped-mamata-govt-s-powers-over-post-poll-violence-1801511-2021-05-11


text: Croatia's football team has donated Fifa World Cup 2018 earnings to charity
claimant: Social media
claim_date: 2018-07-25T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Have Croatia footballers donated their prize money?
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-have-croatia-footballers-donated-their-prize-money-1295239-2018-07-24


text: This video shows the people of Balochistan demanding ‘azadi’ from Pakistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These protestors chanting ‘Azaadi’ has NOTHING to do with Pak-Baloch issue
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/protestors-chanting-azaadi-has-nothing-to-do-with-pakistan-balochistan-issue-2321301-2023-01-13


text: Israeli soldier killed a Palestinian boy by kneeling on his neck.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not an Israeli soldier killing a Palestinian boy
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-israeli-soldier-killing-palestinian-boy-1687295-2020-06-09


text: People rioting on the streets of London due to economic crisis in the wake of coronavirus outbreak.
claimant: Twitter user "Luis Villanueva" and others
claim_date: 2020-03-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind video of people rioting on London streets fearing coronavirus lockdown
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-truth-behind-video-people-rioting-on-london-streets-fearing-coronavirus-lockdown-1658310-2020-03-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-27T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan refused to stand up and greet his Israeli counterpart at an event even as the other world leaders did.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/imran-khan-photo-viral-2019-gaffe-repurposed-ex-pak-pm-defying-benjamin-netanyahu-1942314-2022-04-26

title:
Fact Check: Photo of Imran Khan's viral 2019 gaffe repurposed as ex-Pak PM defying Benjamin Netanyahu


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-12-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Fake names of Hyderabad rape accused go viral with communal twist
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The four accused in the Hyderabad vet’s rape and murder were Mohammad Pasha, Mohammad Iqbal, Mohammad Rahim and Mohammad Akram.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-fake-names-hyderabad-rape-accused-go-viral-with-communal-twist-1626427-2019-12-08


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-12-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Students dancing in burqas in viral video are not Hindu, incident falsely communalised
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Four Hindu students from Mangaluru's St Joseph Engineering College wore burqas and danced to the Bollywood song 'Fevicol Se' to mock Muslims.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/students-dancing-in-burqas-in-viral-video-are-not-hindu-incident-falsely-communalised-2307566-2022-12-10


text: This photo shows the ongoing protests against pension reforms in France.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Not French protests! This photo shows Israeli demonstrations against Netanyahu govt
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/not-french-protests-photo-shows-israeli-demonstrations-against-netanyahu-govt-2354209-2023-03-31


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Two-year-old clip of man blackening Hindi text on signboard linked to farmers’ stir
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video of Sikhs putting black paint on Hindi signboards unmasks the actual agenda of farmers’ protests. Khalistanis, under the cover of farmers’ movement, have only one agenda — to oppose Hindi and Hindus.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-clip-of-man-blackening-hindi-text-on-signboard-linked-to-farmers-stir-1757943-2021-01-11


claimant: Twitter user @TrulyMonica
claim_date: 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did communist government in Kerala impose a blackout on August 5?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Kerala had a total blackout on August 5 to prevent people from watching the ‘Ram Janmabhoomi pujan’.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-communist-government-in-kerala-impose-a-blackout-on-august-5-1708807-2020-08-07


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this Bharat Biotech VP taking the first dose of anti-Covid drug ‘Covaxin’?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Picture shows Dr VK Srinivas, vice-president of Bharat Biotech, taking the first dose of coronavirus vaccine “Covaxin” developed by his team, as part of human trial.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bharat-biotech-vice-president-taking-dose-of-coronavirus-vaccine-fact-check-viral-picture-social-media-1696835-2020-07-03


text: Picture shows a woman portraying a bird injured by the flying kites during Makar Sankranti.
claimant: Twitter User
claim_date: 2021-01-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image of animal rights campaign 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-old-image-of-animal-rights-campaign-viral-with-misleading-claims-1759546-2021-01-15


claimant: Twitter user INCBihar (https://twitter.com/INCBihar)
claim_date: 2020-11-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This heartbreaking video of 6-year-old pushing stretcher in hospital is not from Bihar
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A video shows a minor boy pushing a hospital stretcher in Bihar. It reveals the ruthlessness of the BJP-JD(U) government.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-heartbreaking-video-of-6-year-old-pushing-stretcher-in-hospital-is-not-from-bihar-1738698-2020-11-06


text: As the Nupur Sharma controversy raged on in India, PM Modi received a gold chain from a “Sheikh”.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-07-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: PM Modi did not receive a 150 tola gold chain in UAE amid Nupur Sharma row
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pm-modi-did-not-receive-150-tola-gold-chain-in-uae-nupur-sharma-row-1971108-2022-07-06


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows Indian fans rejoicing the Lionel Messi-led victory of Argentina in La Finalissima 2022.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-kerala-has-many-messi-fans-but-this-old-video-does-not-show-celebration-of-argentina-s-la-finalissima-2022-win-1957736-2022-06-02

title:
Fact Check: Kerala has many Messi fans but this old video does not show celebration of Argentina's La Finalissima 2022 win


text: Bill Gates gave $5 tip to a waiter because he is the son of a woodcutter
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-11-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is Bill Gates the son of a woodcutter?
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-bill-gates-the-son-of-a-woodcutter-1622879-2019-11-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: A witch flying around at night? Video made using VFX makes headlines across the world
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a ghostly creature, caught on camera while floating in the sky in either Bihar or Meerut.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-witch-viral-video-vfx-makes-headlines-2299587-2022-11-20


claimant: Facebook user “Salman JD Erdogan” and others
claim_date: 2020-04-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Canadian PM Trudeau is not packing Covid-19 relief materials
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is packing relief materials for countrymen during the Covid-19 pandemic.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-canadian-pm-trudeau-not-packing-covid-19-relief-materials-1669525-2020-04-21


text: Amit Shah attacked with rotten eggs and tomatoes in Gujarat due to unemployment.
claimant: Website - Viral in India
claim_date: 2018-12-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The 'news' of attack on Amit Shah with rotten eggs 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-rotten-eggs-tomatoes-thrown-amit-shah-gujarat-1417743-2018-12-26


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-11-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not model-actor Poonam Pandey in hospital after assault by husband
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
C-Grade actor Poonam Pandey, who has often insulted Hindu Gods, is now in hospital after marrying Shamshad Ali alias Sam Bombay to prove her secularism.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-model-actor-poonam-pandey-in-hospital-after-assault-by-husband-1875324-2021-11-10


claimant: Narendra Modi Whatsapp Group
claim_date: 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Prime Minister's mother is not asking for your votes
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Hira Ben asks for votes for her son in the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-modi-mother-hiraben-plackard-vote-for-son-1333067-2018-09-05


claimant: Twitter user Vaishali Poddar
claim_date: 2020-12-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Image shows farmers protesting against the farm bills in Delhi demanding the release of JNU student Sharjeel Imam who was booked for unlawful activities.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/this-banner-demanding-jnu-student-sharjeel-imam-s-release-is-not-from-ongoing-farmers-protest-1748839-2020-12-11

title:
Fact Check: Poster demanding JNU student Sharjeel Imam’s release is not from ongoing farmers’ protest


text: Russian President Vladimir Putin collapsed after suffering a heart attack.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-05-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: AI-generated images shared as Putin collapsing after suffering heart attack
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/ai-generated-images-shared-as-putin-collapsing-after-suffering-heart-attack-2378902-2023-05-13


text: After making fun of UP CM Yogi Adityanath, former MP Pappu Yadav was attacked in Prayagraj.
claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-05-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pappu-yadav-attacked-in-prayagraj-after-making-fun-of-yogi-no-this-video-is-from-2018-2368220-2023-05-03

title:
Fact Check: Pappu Yadav 'attacked' in Prayagraj after making fun of Yogi? No, this video is from 2018


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-10-07T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These are the conservative guidelines issued by the Qatar government for football fans attending FIFA World Cup in the country. These include the prohibition of alcohol and homosexuality.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fifa-world-cup-guidelines-fact-check-no-alcohol-homosexuality-conservative-guidelines-for-football-world-cup-not-issued-by-qatar-govt-2009495-2022-10-07

title:
Fact Check: No alcohol, homosexuality? Conservative guidelines for FIFA World Cup NOT issued by Qatar govt


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image from Spain goes viral as corona protests against Trump in US
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
US President Donald Trump wanted to ruin Americans using coronavirus as a weapon. Thousands of people are protesting on the streets against that.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-image-from-spain-goes-viral-as-corona-protests-against-trump-us-1684799-2020-06-02


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This cloudburst is NOT from Pakistan! 2020 video from Australia viral with false claim
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a rare cloudburst scene recorded in the Jamshoro district of Sindh Province in Pakistan.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-cloudburst-not-from-pakistan-old-video-australia-viral-false-claim-1990863-2022-08-22


claimant: Twitter Users
claim_date: 2023-05-11T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows an angry mob destroying EVMs found in a BJP leader's car during Karnataka election 2023.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/bjp-leader-caught-with-evm-in-karnataka-no-mob-destroyed-equipment-found-in-poll-officer-car-2377970-2023-05-11

title:
Fact Check: BJP leader caught with EVM in Karnataka? No, mob destroyed equipment found in poll officer’s car


text: Thousands of Russian Army soldiers parachute into Ukraine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-hundreds-russian-paratroopers-land-ukraine-old-video-resurfaces-misleading-claims-1917529-2022-02-24

title:
Fact Check: Did hundreds of Russian paratroopers land in Ukraine? Old video resurfaces with misleading claims


text: Man appeals that his wife and daughter are infected with Covid-19.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact check: Clickbait Facebook post on Covid-19 urging for shares gone viral
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/clickbait-facebook-post-covid19-urging-shares-gone-viral-1673452-2020-05-01


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-08-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Created in 1962, did this illustration predict the pandemic in 2020?
textual_rating: Mostly true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This illustration by Italian artist Walter Molino in 1962 predicted the use of individual personal transports during the Covid-19 worldwide pandemic in 2020.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-created-in-1962-did-this-illustration-predict-the-pandemic-in-2020-1713821-2020-08-21


text: Video shows a Russian ship being hit by missiles amid the ongoing war in Ukraine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-14T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/russia-lost-ships-against-ukraine-decommissioned-us-vessel-not-one-1962417-2022-06-14

title:
Fact Check: Russia’s lost ships in the war against Ukraine but this decommissioned US vessel is not one of them


text: Wing Commander Abhinandan’s wife and son posing with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-03-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The woman in this viral picture is not IAF pilot Abhinandan'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-the-woman-in-this-viral-picture-is-not-iaf-pilot-abhinandan-s-wife-1471043-2019-03-05


claimant: Social media users.
claim_date: 2021-02-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, these earthquake destruction scenes are not from Tajikistan
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
These are pictures from Tajikistan where critical damage took place after an earthquake hit the country on the night of February 12.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/earthquake-destruction-scenes-not-from-tajikistan-1768970-2021-02-13


claimant: Socialite Nisha JamVwal, Facebook user Deepankar Banerjee
claim_date: 2019-06-19T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Simulation of underwater volcanic explosion passed off as Mount Sinabung eruption
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A video shows an underwater volcanic eruption of Mount Sinabung which leads to a huge plume of thick ash, triggering a tsunami.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/simulation-of-underwater-volcanic-explosion-mount-sinabung-eruption-1552262-2019-06-19


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mughal streets out of Lutyens’ Delhi? Well not yet
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Modi government renamed Delhi’s Tughlaq Road, Akhbar Road, Aurangzeb lane, Humayun Road, and Shahjahan Road.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/mughal-streets-out-of-lutyens-delhi-well-not-yet-1953652-2022-05-24


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
text:
A cow was slaughtered on a BJP flag in Karnataka to celebrate the Congress victory in the 2023 Assembly polls.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/photo-of-cow-slaughtered-on-bjp-flag-is-not-from-karnataka-its-from-a-2022-manipur-incident-2380616-2023-05-17

title:
Fact Check: Photo of cow slaughtered on BJP flag is NOT from Karnataka, it’s from a 2022 Manipur incident


text: This video shows fighter jets bombing Paris amid nationwide riots in France.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Do not believe videos of jets bombing Paris! Ukraine govt made this CGI clip in 2022
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-videos-of-jets-bombing-paris-ukraine-govt-made-this-cgi-clip-in-2022-2400988-2023-07-03


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-05-26T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows water boiling up in cracks in the streets of Veracruz, Mexico because of volcanic activity.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/el-popo-volcano-causing-water-on-streets-to-boil-in-mexico-heres-the-truth-fact-check-2384839-2023-05-26

title:
Fact Check: El Popo volcano causing water on streets to boil in Mexico? Here’s the truth behind viral clip


claimant: Several Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Is this little boy crossing into Jordan alone after losing his family in Syria war?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The picture is of a four-year-old boy who was migrating from Syria to Jordan alone after losing his mother and sister.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/is-little-boy-crossing-jordan-alone-losing-family-syria-war-1595167-2019-09-03


text: Horrifying visuals of building collapse in Mumbai’s Dongri area.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2019-07-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of 2013 Thane building crash goes viral as that of Mumbai’s Dongri
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-2013-thane-building-crash-goes-viral-as-that-of-mumbai-s-dongri-1570605-2019-07-17


text: Rahul Gandhi was saluting using his left hand.
claimant: Facebook page “Zee News Global Fans” and others
claim_date: 2020-01-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Rahul Gandhi salute the Tricolour with his left hand?
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-rahul-gandhi-salute-the-tricolour-with-his-left-hand-1640694-2020-01-27


text: Narendra Modi is a true actor. He is pretending to write something. But he is not writing anything.
claimant: Social media users.
claim_date: 2022-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Why was Narendra Modi pretending to write in a notebook on camera?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/prime-minister-narendra-modi-pretending-to-write-camera-1916515-2022-02-22


text: Brazilians observed PM Modi's "lights out" call.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Brazilians observe PM Modi's 'lights out' call?
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/did-brazilians-observe-pm-modi-lights-out-call-1663624-2020-04-05


text: This is the accident video of Tamil actor Ajith Kumar.
claimant: Facebook pages and users
claim_date: 2020-02-22T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is not the bike accident video of Tamil actor Ajith Kumar
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-bike-accident-video-of-tamil-actor-ajith-kumar-1649088-2020-02-22


claimant: BJP President Amit Shah
claim_date: 2018-12-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: BJP’s claim about Telangana Congress manifesto is misleading
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Telangana Congress has promised free electricity only to mosques and churches and not to the temples in the state.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-bjp-claim-about-telangana-congress-manifesto-is-misleading-1401238-2018-12-03


text: This video shows the January 29 earthquake in Pakistan.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-30T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show Jan 29 earthquake in Pakistan, it’s at least 2 years old
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-jan-29-earthquake-in-pakistan-its-old-2328439-2023-01-30


text: Viral video shows heavy rains swept away a traffic signal in Hyderabad.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-10-15T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral clip of traffic signal floating in floodwater 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-viral-clip-of-traffic-signal-floating-in-floodwater-is-not-from-hyderabad-1731985-2020-10-15


text: A taxi driver in Meerut named Salim killed 250 passengers in four months.
claimant: Websites like Geller Report and dainikbharat.xyz
claim_date: 2019-06-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind the news of 250 passengers' murders by a Muslim taxi driver
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-truth-behind-the-news-of-250-passengers-murders-by-a-muslim-taxi-driver-1544084-2019-06-06


text: UAE offers Rs 700 crore in aid for Kerala flood relief
claimant: Pinarayi Vijayan
claim_date: 2018-08-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did UAE offer Rs 700 crore for Kerala floods?
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-uae-offer-rs-700-crore-for-kerala-floods-1322782-2018-08-24


text: Picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting his “Chinese bosses”.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Netizens confuse Kyrgyz President for Chinese leader to hit out at 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-netizens-confuse-kyrgyz-president-for-chinese-leader-to-hit-out-at-pm-modi-1694880-2020-06-28


claimant: Indian Navy spokesperson and ANI
claim_date: 2019-06-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Indian Navy tweets old photo of personnel doing yoga
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
On Thursday, Indian Navy spokesperson tweeted a picture with the hashtag #InternationalDayofYoga in which a group of people can be seen performing yoga at a beach.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-indian-navy-tweets-old-photo-of-personnel-doing-yoga-1553761-2019-06-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-12-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mumbai garden named after Chhatrapati Shivaji’s mother has not been renamed
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The Shiv Sena government in Maharashtra has changed the name of Mumbai’s iconic Veer Mata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan to Hajrat Haji Peer Baba Rani Baug.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fake-news-mumbai-garden-named-after-chhatrapati-shivaji-s-mother-has-not-been-renamed-1891373-2021-12-23


text: 16 Amarnath pilgrims were killed after their bus fell into a ravine in Kashmir.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-07-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This bus accident involving Amarnath yatris is three years 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-this-bus-accident-involving-amarnath-yatris-is-three-years-old-1702028-2020-07-18


claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-10T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of girl whose house was demolished in Delhi falsely linked to Nuh demolitions
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is a Muslim girl from Haryana whose house was demolished by the authorities in Nuh following communal clashes.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-delhi-video-falsely-claimed-to-nuh-violence-2419214-2023-08-10


text: This video shows a dog weeping as his house burns down during a wildfire in Chile.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Heartbreaking video of dog weeping as its house burns down is NOT from Chile wildfires
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/heartbreaking-video-of-dog-weeping-as-its-house-burns-down-is-not-from-chile-wildfires-2331071-2023-02-06


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-03-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Video shows former UP Shia Central Waqf Board chairman Wasim Rizvi, who recently filed a PIL in the Supreme Court seeking removal of 26 verses from Quran, getting thrashed in Punjab.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-is-not-shia-leader-wasim-rizvi-being-thrashed-for-seeking-removal-of-quranic-verses-1785137-2021-03-30

title:
Fact Check: This is not Shia leader Wasim Rizvi being thrashed for seeking removal of Quranic verses


text: Photo of Russian protest in Moscow against the American involvement in Pakistan’s Affairs.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-06T00:00:00Z
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-no-these-russians-are-not-protesting-america-s-alleged-involvement-in-pakistani-affairs-1934378-2022-04-06

title:
Fact Check: No, these Russians are NOT protesting America's alleged involvement in Pakistani affairs


text: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni refused to shake hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2023-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Italian PM didn’t refuse to shake hands with PM Modi, here’s complete picture
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/italian-pm-did-not-refuse-to-shake-hands-with-pm-modi-complete-picture-2344118-2023-03-08


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-09-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Taiwan did not shoot down a Chinese Su-35 fighter jet
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Taiwan has claimed to have shot down a Chinese Air Force Su-35 that allegedly violated its airspace over Taiwan Strait.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-taiwan-did-not-shoot-down-a-chinese-su-35-fighter-jet-1718774-2020-09-04


text: This photo of a soot-covered child is from the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Image from music video falsely shared as child affected by Russia-Ukraine conflict
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-from-music-video-falsely-shared-as-child-affected-by-russia-ukraine-conflict-1918044-2022-02-25


text: This satellite video shows how the recent Indonesian earthquake caused destruction.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2022-11-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: 2018 satellite view of disaster-hit Indonesia FALSELY shared as recent
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-2018-satellite-view-of-disaster-hit-indonesia-falsely-shared-as-recent-2301900-2022-11-26


text: The video is of a conversion ceremony held after the mass shootings in New Zealand mosques
claimant: Facebook page of “Azamgarh Express”
claim_date: 2019-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video of 'conversion' is not related to New Zealand mosque mass shooting
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-conversion-is-not-related-to-new-zealand-mosque-mass-shooting-1485528-2019-03-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: None of these viral videos is from the Feb 23 Tajikistan earthquake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a child being rescued from the debris of a building that collapsed during the earthquake that hit Tajikistan on February 23, 2023.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-not-from-feb-23-tajikistan-earthquake-2338745-2023-02-23


text: Video shows production of artificial sugar from thermocol.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Thermocol recycling video shared as production of artificial sugar
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/thermocol-recycling-video-shared-as-production-of-artificial-sugar-1899309-2022-01-12


text: This Video collage shows the recent floods in China.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-08-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Misleading video collage combines floods in China and Spain
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/misleading-video-collage-combines-floods-in-china-and-spain-2417080-2023-08-06


text: The viral video shows a deliberate 'directed energy weapons' attack.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2023-08-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of exploding powerlines in America WRONGLY viral as advanced weaponry 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-video-of-exploding-powerlines-in-america-wrongly-viral-as-advanced-weaponry-attack-2425654-2023-08-23


claimant: Facebook page 'PROUD TO BE AN INDIAN'
claim_date: 2019-02-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not the meeting point of Atlantic and Pacific oceans
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A video shows an ocean with a clear separation line, claiming it to be the meeting point of the Atlantic and Pacific where 'they touch but do not mix with each other'.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-no-this-is-not-the-meeting-point-of-atlantic-and-pacific-oceans-1455977-2019-02-14


text: The Tamil Nadu government and Madras high court have changed their logos from Tamil to Hindi.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Madras high court did not ‘change’ its logo to Hindi
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/madras-high-court-logo-hindi-fact-check-1726222-2020-09-28


text: This video shows the Pakistani army beating the American army in a sporting event.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-04-20T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pak-army-did-not-beat-us-soldiers-in-this-sporting-event-they-were-not-participants-at-all-2362634-2023-04-20

title:
Fact Check: Pak Army did NOT beat US soldiers in this sporting event — they weren’t participants at all!


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-04-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This India Today screenshot about extension of lockdown is doctored
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Aajtak news channel shows lockdown is withdrawn at few places while India Today news channel shows it is extended till May 4.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-this-india-today-screenshot-about-extension-of-lockdown-is-doctored-1662622-2020-04-02


text: This video shows a robot beating a man in a table tennis match.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-07-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pro table tennis player defeated by robot? No, this is just CGI at play
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-pro-table-tennis-player-defeated-by-robot-no-this-is-just-cgi-at-play-2412557-2023-07-27


text: This video shows a Black man beating up a White woman. The attacker is still on the loose.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Black man hitting White lady? Nope, this punching session is woman-on-woman
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/black-man-hitting-white-lady-nope-this-punching-session-is-woman-on-woman-2383846-2023-05-24


text: WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, ‘Covid-19 is nowhere near us.’
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, WHO chief did not say 'Covid-19 is nowhere near us'
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-who-chief-did-not-say-covid-nowhere-near-us-1975342-2022-07-14


text: Photo shows a tank from the Ukrainian invasion of Iraq in 2003.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-03-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this is not a Ukrainian tank from the 2003 invasion of Iraq
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-ukrainian-tank-2003-invasion-iraq-1922367-2022-03-08


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pictures from China, US passed off as archaeological findings in UP
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A 4,000-year-old wooden chariot was found near Sanauli, UP, whose wheels are covered with thick copper plates. Copper helmets, comb and a mirror decorated with camel and peacock were also found.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/pictures-china-us-archaeological-findings-in-uttar-pradesh-1901508-2022-01-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old image of assaulted woman goes viral targeting 'Beti Bachao' campaign
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This picture of a woman bleeding from the head is the real face of the Modi government's "Beti Bachao" campaign.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-image-of-assaulted-woman-goes-viral-targeting-beti-bachao-campaign-1758458-2021-01-12


text: Video shows Cyclone Biparjoy hitting Pakistan’s coast.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-06-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This is a sandstorm in Suez Canal - NOT Cyclone Biparjoy hitting the Pakistan coast
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-a-sandstorm-in-suez-canal-not-cyclone-biparjoy-hitting-the-pakistan-coast-2392946-2023-06-14


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-05T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A Hyderabad reporter left Amit Shah speechless with his question on the Centre’s supposed non-action during the Telangana floods.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/edited-video-amit-shah-unable-answer-journalist-question-fact-check-1970658-2022-07-05

title:
Fact Check: This video of Amit Shah being unable to answer a journalist’s question is edited — and from 2020


text: Mario Baloteli said he would like to win 2 ballon do'r for 2 clubs like Ronaldo and unlike Messi
claimant: Instagram user
claim_date: 2020-01-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Balotelli make a snide remark about Messi?
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-balotelli-make-a-snide-remark-about-messi-1633449-2020-01-02


claimant: Facebook user Jayaram Ramaswamy
claim_date: 2019-03-11T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral post on Raghuram Rajan, Rahul Gandhi and Nirav Modi is false
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A quote attributed to former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan claimed that he had informed Rahul Gandhi and P Chidambaram about the scam involving Nirav Modi, but they asked him to remain quiet.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-viral-post-on-raghuram-rajan-rahul-gandhi-and-nirav-modi-is-false-1475438-2019-03-11


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-05-10T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This is a video of a crowd at a pub erupting in joy after Trump was found liable in a sexual abuse case.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-people-ecstatic-over-trump-guilty-newsflash-bar-meme-not-actual-celebration-2377493-2023-05-10

title:
Fact Check: Video of people ecstatic over ‘Trump Guilty’ newsflash at bar is a meme - not actual celebration


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Mt Fuji lights up on Internet with digital fireworks and an Olympic twist
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Fireworks meant to be displayed at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics were set off recently under Mount Fuji in Japan as they could not be stored till next year.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/mt-fuji-lights-up-on-internet-with-digital-fireworks-and-an-olympic-twist-1713354-2020-08-20


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-08T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Moeen Ali boycott IPL over Nupur Sharma row? Unofficial Twitter account spins lie
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
English cricketer Moeen Ali threatened to boycott the IPL and demanded an apology from India over Nupur Sharma’s controversial remarks on Prophet Muhammad.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/moeen-ali-boycott-ipl-nupur-sharma-remarks-fake-twitter-1960084-2022-06-08


claimant: Twitter user
claim_date: 2020-08-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Salman Rushdie never said Muslims destroy a nation in the name of Islam
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Author Salman Rushdie had said that the only goal of Muslims in the world is to destroy nations by terrorism in the name of Islam.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/no-salman-rushdie-never-said-muslims-destroy-a-nation-in-the-name-of-islam-1708907-2020-08-07


claimant: Facebook Users
claim_date: 2022-08-25T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows an army chopper carrying out rescue operations in the flood-hit Sheopur district in Madhya Pradesh.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-2021-video-of-andhra-pradesh-rescue-operation-goes-viral-as-from-flood-hit-madhya-pradesh-1992617-2022-08-25

title:
Fact Check: 2021 video of Andhra Pradesh rescue operation goes viral as from flood-hit Madhya Pradesh


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2022-11-12T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did PM Modi demand T20 World Cup Ind vs Eng rematch? Viral claim absolutely FALSE
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A viral video on social media claims that England won the 2022 Men's T20 World Cup semi-final by foul play. So, PM Modi made a demand to the ICC that the match is played again.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-pm-modi-demand-t20-world-cup-ind-vs-eng-rematch-viral-claim-absolutely-false-2296505-2022-11-12


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-16T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
In a letter, Home Minister Amit Shah asked Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami to provide Z security to former BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s family home in Dehradun.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/amit-shah-2020-letter-template-for-fraud-claims-1963293-2022-06-16

title:
Fact Check: A tale of three letters - How a 2020 letter from Amit Shah has become a template for fraud claims


text: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is distributing money to win the assembly elections.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-02-11T00:00:00Z
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-decade-old-video-yogi-adityanath-distributing-money-shared-with-claims-bribery-during-assembly-polls-1911995-2022-02-11

title:
Fact Check: Decade-old video of Yogi Adityanath distributing money shared with claims of bribery during assembly polls


text: Video shows a family of three getting washed away along with a bridge in the Assam floods.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-of-family-getting-washed-away-overflowing-river-not-from-assam-floods-1951165-2022-05-18

title:
Fact Check: Shocking video of a family getting washed away in the overflowing river is NOT from Assam floods


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of derailed Russian military wagon resurfaces with war-related claims
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Amidst the war on Ukraine, video of derailed Russian military train from the border city of Bryansk.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-video-of-derailed-russian-military-wagon-resurfaces-with-war-related-claims-1943984-2022-04-30


text: This video shows how a cyclist was attacked by a tiger on the Rishikesh-Dehradun Road.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-09-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Neither tiger nor cheetah — this video from Assam shows a leopard attack!
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/tiger-cheetah-video-from-assam-leopard-attack-2003075-2022-09-21


text: Image shows a huge library built in the name of Dr BR Ambedkar in the United States.
claimant: Facebook user Adi Rathour
claim_date: 2021-01-09T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Visualisation of a project in Belgium passed off as swanky Ambedkar library in 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-visualisation-of-a-project-in-belgium-passed-off-as-swanky-ambedkar-library-in-us-1757515-2021-01-09


text: The Turkish government has issued a special stamp in honour of Indian PM Narendra Modi.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2021-09-17T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Postal stamp featuring PM Modi shared with misleading claims
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-postal-stamp-featuring-pm-modi-shared-with-misleading-claims-1854102-2021-09-17


claimant: Several Facebook users
claim_date: 2021-07-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A collage of two photos show two different streets — one full of trees and another without — of the same city that recorded different temperatures on the same day.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-photos-from-us-hungary-viral-as-two-streets-of-same-city-with-huge-temperature-difference-1835226-2021-07-31

title:
Fact Check: Photos from US, Hungary viral as two streets of same city with huge temperature difference


text: This video shows a Brahmin woman not allowing a Dalit lady to stand near her house.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-08-21T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No caste discrimination, this video was staged to raise Covid-19 awareness
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-caste-discrimination-this-video-was-staged-to-raise-covid-19-awareness-2424287-2023-08-21


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-04-04T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, this video is NOT from Ukraine's capital Kyiv, it's from Kharkiv
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This Russian missile flew into a house near Kyiv in Ukraine where a family with nine children was praying in their living room. The missile pierced the ceiling and struck the kitchen without exploding.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-video-not-ukraine-capital-kyiv-kharkiv-russia-1933510-2022-04-04


claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2022-03-24T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, victims of Birbhum violence were not Hindu tribals
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
12 Hindu tribal people — 10 women and 2 children — were burnt to death by TMC workers in Birbhum, West Bengal.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-victims-birbhum-violence-hindu-tribals-muslims-1929205-2022-03-24


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-01-26T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Cash for votes in UP? Old image manipulated to claim SP is bribing voters
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This image of an envelope with the ‘cycle’ symbol containing Rs 500 is proof that Samajwadi Party leader from Meerut Atul Pradhan is distributing money to lure voters.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-cash-for-votes-in-up-old-image-manipulated-to-claim-sp-is-bribing-voters-1904868-2022-01-26


text: Kanhaiya Kumar has been beaten by his own party members in Lucknow.
claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2022-02-06T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Viral video does not show Kanhaiya Kumar getting beaten up by Congress workers
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-does-not-show-kanhaiya-kumar-getting-beaten-up-by-congress-workers-1909588-2022-02-06


text: This video shows an electric car blowing up in India.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/video-car-fuel-tank-explode-uzbekistan-electric-car-blast-in-india-2354172-2023-03-31

title:
Fact Check: Video of car fuel tank exploding in Uzbekistan falsely shared as electric car blast in India


text: Narrow escape of an aircraft while landing.
claimant: Pakistani politician Khurram Nawaz Gandapur
claim_date: 2019-07-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Pakistan politician shares animation video as a real-life incident
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-politician-shares-video-reallife-incident-1563940-2019-07-07


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-06-22T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Amid the developing political turmoil in Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray’s son Aaditya Thackeray removed ‘minister’ from his Twitter bio.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/aaditya-thackeray-did-not-drop-minister-from-his-twitter-bio-maharashtra-political-crisis-1965536-2022-06-22

title:
Fact Check: Aaditya Thackeray DID NOT drop 'minister' from his Twitter bio amid Maharashtra political crisis


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Did Kashmir witness stone-pelting like this viral post claims?
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A viral photo shows stone pelting started in Kreeri area of Kashmir after security forces gunned down three militants on August 17.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-did-kashmir-witness-stone-pelting-like-this-viral-post-claims-1712622-2020-08-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-18T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video shows a strange cloud formation that looks like folded hands, spotted in Joshimath, the sinking city of Uttarakhand.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-clouds-in-uttarakhand-praying-for-joshimath-dont-fall-for-such-videos-theyre-just-cgi-2323306-2023-01-18

title:
Fact Check: Clouds in Uttarakhand praying for Joshimath? Don’t fall for such videos, they're just CGI


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Just chill! This video of water freezing in irrigation pipes is at least 4 years old
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This video is from Churu, Rajasthan, where water froze in irrigation pipes after temperatures dropped to negative.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-just-chill-this-video-of-water-freezing-in-irrigation-pipes-is-at-least-4-years-old-2323255-2023-01-18


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2020-06-18T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Truth behind pics showing Rahul Gandhi with Chinese envoys
textual_rating: Half true
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Pictures show Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi conducting secret meetings with Chinese ambassadors during the 2017 Doklam crisis.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-truth-behind-pics-showing-rahul-gandhi-with-chinese-envoys-1690388-2020-06-18


text: This video shows a puppet dancing to the tune of 'Naatu Naatu'.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2023-03-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Puppet dancing to 'Naatu Naatu'? Nope - Edited video 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-puppet-dancing-naatu-naatu-nope-edited-video-goes-viral-2350577-2023-03-23


text: This video demonstrates the “Disposable Paper Phones” that are set to be launched soon.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-23T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: DO NOT fall for prank video featuring too good to be true ‘Disposable Paper Phones’
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-do-not-fall-for-prank-video-featuring-too-good-to-be-true-disposable-paper-phones-2325224-2023-01-23


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-11-03T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot admitted that the people in Rajasthan are not happy with the Congress rule.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-ashok-gehlot-did-not-criticise-congress-rule-in-rajasthan-clipped-video-shared-out-of-context-2293078-2022-11-03

title:
Fact Check: Ashok Gehlot did not criticise Congress rule in Rajasthan, clipped video shared out of context


text: Image of camera crew along with PM Modi’s Mamallapuram pics.
claimant: Karti Chidambaram
claim_date: 2019-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Karti Chidambaram posts unrelated image from Scotland with plogging pics of 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-karti-chidambaram-posts-unrelated-image-from-scotland-plogging-pics-pm-modi-1608936-2019-10-13


text: This video shows a Muslim man beating a Hindu child and forcibly asking him to say “Allah Pak”.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Disturbing video of a Pak father cruelly beating his young son given false communal spin
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/disturbing-video-of-a-pak-father-cruelly-beating-his-young-son-given-false-communal-spin-2340267-2023-02-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-02-02T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: These students weren’t watching ‘Kashmir Files’, but the BBC documentary
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
This photo shows the large attendance at the screening of ‘The Kashmir Files’, organised by the ABVP at the Hyderabad Central University.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/students-were-not-watching-kashmir-files-but-bbc-documentary-on-pm-modi-2329690-2023-02-02


text: Akshay Kumar tweeted that history books should teach why Nathuram Godse killed Mahatma Gandhi.
claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: No, Akshay Kumar never said this about Nathuram Godse
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/akshay-kumar-nathuram-godse-mahatma-gandhi-tweet-viral-1624249-2019-12-01


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-05-12T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Inside the Gita Updesh Sthali in Kurukshetra, Haryana Muslims built a shrine in an attempt to take over the land.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/muslim-shrine-hindu-religious-site-kurukshetra-viral-video-1948752-2022-05-12

title:
Fact Check: Muslim shrine in Hindu religious site? Lies spread through inflammatory video on Kurukshetra temple


text: Video of Virat Kohli, who is a right-hander, batting left-handed for RCB during IPL 2022.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-05-29T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video of Virat Kohli batting left-handed for RCB isn't real
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/virat-kohli-batting-left-handed-for-rcb-false-claim-1955738-2022-05-29


text: Child in the picture is suffering from cancer and needs financial help.
claimant: Social media users like Manish Jaiswal
claim_date: 2018-12-31T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: The emotional appeal with this moving picture of a sick child is fake
textual_rating: False
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-emotional-appeal-sick-child-fake-1420810-2018-12-31


claimant: Facebook user
claim_date: 2020-07-30T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
A doctor from Garg hospital of Muzaffarnagar is arrested for stealing a kidney from a COVID-19 patient.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-old-news-of-kidney-stealing-from-a-muzaffarnagar-hospital-gone-viral-linking-it-falsely-to-covid-19-1706168-2020-07-30

title:
Fact check: Old news of kidney stealing from a Muzaffarnagar hospital gone viral linking it falsely to Covid-19


text: Image is of former US President Barack Obama shaking hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani
claimant: US Republican Congressman Paul Gosar
claim_date: 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Republican Congressman targets Obama on Iran with morphed image
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-republican-congressman-targets-obama-on-iran-with-morphed-image-1634796-2020-01-07


text: This video shows Cristiano Ronaldo’s first goal for Al-Nassr.
claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2023-01-05T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Old video of Ronaldo's goal falsely shared as debut score for Al-Nassr
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-ronaldos-goal-falsely-shared-as-debut-score-for-al-nassr-2317931-2023-01-05


claimant: Facebook users
claim_date: 2020-10-13T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Kirron Kher didn't say rapes cannot be stopped as it's part of our culture
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
BJP MP from Chandigarh Kirron Kher has said rape is part of Indian culture and it cannot be stopped.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-kirron-kher-didn-t-say-rapes-cannot-be-stopped-as-it-s-part-of-our-culture-1731299-2020-10-13


text: This video shows a billboard on New York’s Fifth Avenue that reads “No Zelensky, No War”.
claimant: Social Media Users
claim_date: 2023-07-14T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Video implicating Zelenskyy for war on New York billboard is digitally altered
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-implicating-zelenskyy-for-war-on-new-york-billboard-is-digitally-altered-2406342-2023-07-14


text: Image shows the Delhi Jama Masjid’s dome which was damaged during a fierce thunderstorm on May 30.
claimant: Social media user
claim_date: 2022-06-03T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: A different Jama Masjid! This photo of a damaged dome is from a UP mosque, not 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-jama-masjid-photo-damaged-dome-up-mosque-delhi-1958124-2022-06-03


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: Rakesh Tikait’s ‘threat’ to media houses is not what it seems
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
Rakesh Tikait has openly threatened media houses saying they are the next targets. The farmers’ leader has asked media to either support the agitation or face consequences.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/fact-check-rakesh-tikait-threat-to-media-houses-is-not-what-it-seems-1858372-2021-09-28


text: This video shows Saudi Arabia's first-ever snowfall in the last hundred years.
claimant: Twitter users
claim_date: 2023-02-27T00:00:00Z
title: Fact Check: This video does not show Saudi Arabia's first snowfall in the last 100 years
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-does-not-show-saudi-arabias-first-snowfall-in-the-last-100-years-2340392-2023-02-27


claimant: Social media users
claim_date: 2022-07-24T00:00:00Z
textual_rating: Mostly false
language_code: en
publisher_name: India Today
publisher_site: indiatoday.in
text:
The video is from Pasighat in Arunachal Pradesh, the only village where it never rains as it is situated at an altitude higher than the clouds.

url:
https://www.indiatoday.in/fact-check/story/village-where-it-never-rains-arunachal-pradesh-heres-the-truth-1979347-2022-07-24

title:
Fact Check: Place where it never rains is not in Arunachal, here's the truth about village by the clouds


