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This video doesn’t show Donald Trump’s daughter visiting a hospital managed by Owaisis - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 5, 2022
An old social media post which claims former US President Donald Trump’s daughter visited Akbaruddin Owaisi’s hospital is being recirculated again. The post accompanies a video, in which a foreigner can be heard praising the hospital and Akbaruddin Owaisi, for his social  work. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals showing Donald Trump’s daughter visit to Owaisi hospital.
Fact: The woman seen in the viral video is not Donald Trump’s daughter but Brianna Cook, an American businesswoman. She was part of the Ivanka Trump’s delegation to the Global Entrepreneur Summit, held in Hyderabad from 28 November 2017 to 30 November 2017. She visited the Princesses Esra hospital, managed by the Owaisi brothers on 01 December 2017, whereas Ivanka Trump has left Hyderabad on 29 November 2017 itself. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
The woman seen in the viral video is not former US President Donald Trump’s daughter but an American businesswoman Brianna Cook, the founder of software management company IoTeedom.
Further, Donald Trump has two daughters, Ivanka & Tiffany Trump. A comparison of the images of Ivanka and Tiffani with that of the woman in the viral video proves that she is not Trump’s daughter.
Further, there are no reports of any Trump’s daughters paying a visit to the hospital managed by the Owaisi brothers.
Search on YouTube with relevant keywords yielded the lengthier footage from which the viral clip is extracted. However, in the beginning of the lengthier video, the woman can be heard introducing herself as ‘Brain Cook from United States, with the delegation of Mrs. Ivanka Trump.’
The video was uploaded on YouTube on 01 December 2017 and the title of the video reads ‘Ivanka trump friend visited Asra hospital || Hyderabad 2017. Correspondent:Rayees Azam Repoter:Yonus’
Further, ‘Sharp Indians TV News & Entertainment’ correspondent also confirmed to AFP that Brianna Cook visited the hospital on 01 December 2017.
Other Hyderabad local media outlets have also reported Brain Cook’s meeting with Akbaruddin Owaisi on 30 November 2017. And images from Cook’s visit to the hospital can be viewed here.
Back in November 2017, Ivanka Trump attended the Global Entrepreneur Summit, held in Hyderabad from 28 November 2017 to 30 November 2017. However, as per the news reports, Ivanka Trump left Hyderabad on 29 November 2017 itself (here & here). All these establish that it is not Trump’s daughter but an American businesswoman who visited the hospital managed by Owaisis.
To sum it up, this video doesn’t show Donald Trump’s daughter visiting a hospital managed by Owaisis.


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This video doesn’t show fireworks in Delhi for Diwali; it is from New Year celebrations in Italy - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 25, 2022
In the context of the Supreme Court supporting Delhi Government’s decision to ban all types of firecrackers till 01 January 2023 citing air pollution, a video of massive fireworks lighting up the night sky is being shared claiming it shows Diwali Celebrations in Delhi 2022. Similar post can be seen here.
Claim: Video of people bursting fireworks in Delhi on the occasion of Diwali 2022.
Fact: The video is actually from the New Year’s Celebrations 2022 in Naples, Italy. When the Mayor of Naples banned the use of fireworks in the city citing COVID-19, people of the Naples opposed the decision by bursting massive fireworks. Hence the claim made in the post is MISEADING.
We ran a reverse image search and found that the same video was already uploaded on Twitter by Steve Hanke, a Professor at John Hopkins University, on 03 January 2022. The accompanying description reads, “The Mayor of Naples, Italy cited COVID as the reason to ban fireworks on New Year’s Eve. But the Neapolitan were having none of it. Watch as fireworks light up the Italian night this past NYE”
The Mayor of Naples, Italy cited COVID as the reason to ban fireworks on New Year’s Eve. But, the Neapolitan were having none of it. Watch as fireworks light up the Italian night this past NYE:pic.twitter.com/a7orMBmaYv
Shorter version of the same video is also available on the YouTube channel “Turning Point USA” with the title, ‘Watch: Naples, Italy completely defies Mayor’s Firework ban due to COVID’
According to Ruptly, fireworks lit up the sky in Naples on New Year’s Eve despite a ban on attendees.
According to Times of India, even in Delhi, flouting the ban imposed on firecrackers, people burst firecrackers in many parts of Delhi. But the viral video doesn’t show these incidents.
To sum it up, video from 2022 New Year’s celebrations in Naples, Italy is shared as fireworks in Delhi on the occasion of Diwali 2022.

source: news-factly

created: October 25, 2022

license: Creative Commons - Attribution - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

author: Sai Krishna Muthyanolla


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This video doesn’t show Muslim women celebrating the passage of ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ in Rajya Sabha - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 2, 2019
On Facebook, many users are posting a video of Muslim women dancing and are claiming that they are dancing as a celebration after the passage of ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ in Rajya Sabha. Let’s try to verify the authenticity of the claims made in the post.
In the video, Muslim women were dancing as a mark of celebration to the passage of ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ in Rajya Sabha.
Fact: The ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ was passed in Rajya Sabha on July 30, 2019, and the video posted was found to be at least 4 years old. Hence, the claim that the video shows Muslim woman dancing after the passage of ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ in Rajya Sabha stands FALSE.
When the video posted is fragmented with ‘InVid’ plugin, several keyframes of it are obtained. On subjecting these keyframes to reverse image search technique, many links(1,2,3,4) pertaining to the same video were obtained in the search results. On going through the ‘date of upload’ of the videos in those links, the earliest one was found to be uploaded on May 1, 2015. The ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ was passed in Rajya Sabha on July 30, 2019. So, the claim that the video shows Muslim women dancing after the passing of ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ in Rajya Sabha stands false.
When tried to find the true context of that video, information from no credible source was found. But during the search process, it was found that the same video was in circulation on several social media platforms with different background songs(1,2,3).
To conclude, the video doesn’t show Muslim women celebrating the passage of ‘Triple Talaq Bill’ in Rajya Sabha.
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created: August 2, 2019


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This video doesn't show Telangana auto drivers protesting the Congress Government's free bus scheme for women - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 18, 2023
In light of the newly formed Telangana Government, by the Congress party, implementing the Mahalakshmi Scheme – a free bus facility for women in Telangana, a video showing a rally of auto rickshaws has been widely circulated on social media claiming that it shows auto unions protesting against this free bus scheme in Telangana. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals of an auto rickshaw rally in Telangana, protesting against the free bus facility for women, a scheme implemented by the Congress Government.
Fact: Viral video shows an election campaign rally led by Patancheru BRS MLA, Gudem Mahipal Reddy. This footage was available online as early as 25 November 2023, clearly predating the implementation of the Free Bus Facility scheme for women in Telangana, which occurred on 09 December 2023. Despite media reports of auto drivers protesting against the scheme’s implementation, the viral video is not related to these current events. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Reverse image search of the viral video has led us to the same footage, published by several BRS party workers and leaders as early as 25 November 2023. They stated that it shows an election campaign rally by the BRS Patancheru Candidate, Gudem Mahipal Reddy (GMR).
These videos display vehicles adorned with BRS party flags and the name of the G.M.R Foundation on vehicles, which are also visible in other election rally videos (here and here) of Gudem Mahipal Reddy.
Furthermore, the Telangana Assembly elections took place on 30 November 2023, with results declared on 03 December. The Free Bus Facility scheme for women was implemented subsequently on 09 December 2023. From the evidence presented, it is clear that the viral video predates the implementation of the Free Bus Facility scheme for women in Telangana and has no relation to it. However, media reports (here & here)  indicate that following the implementation of the free bus ride scheme for women, a significant number of auto drivers across Telangana have started protesting. They are demanding that the government provide them with alternative sources of income and compensation for the losses they have suffered due to this scheme.
To sum it up, an old and unrelated video is being circulated as recent footage of auto drivers in Telangana protesting against the Congress Government’s implementation of the Free Bus Facility scheme for women.

created: December 18, 2023


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This video doesn’t show Zimbabwean news anchor laughing after Zimbabwe's victory against Pakistan in T20 World Cup - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 28, 2022
A video of a news anchor laughing hysterically is being shared on social media claiming it as the reaction of a Zimbabwean news anchor after Pakistan’s loss to Zimbabwe in the 2022 T20 World Cup Cricket. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Zimbabwean news anchor laughing after Zimbabwe cricket team’s victory against Pakistan in the 2022 T20 world cup.
Fact: This video is from October 2020, and the person in the video is Akrobeto, a Ghanaian TV presenter who hosts a news show called ‘The Real News’ on UTV Ghana. In the original video, he laughs while reading the names of football clubs during his news show. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Running a keyword search on the internet led us to an extended version of the viral video. This YouTube video titled ‘Akrobeto ‘Massacres’ Names Of Foreign Clubs As He Gives Fixtures From Bundesliga To Italian Serie A‘ was uploaded by UTV Ghana Online on 31 October 2020.
United Television Ghana (UTV Ghana) is a television broadcaster in Ghana. Akrobeto, the news presenter featured in the video, hosts a show called ‘The Real News’ on UTV Ghana.
In this video, Akrobeto can be seen reading the names of football clubs and mispronouncing them. At one point in the video, he laughs while reading the name of ‘Eintracht Frankfurt.’ This happens at the 0:50 mark in the video and is the same part that appears in the viral video. Clearly, this old video of Akrobeto is falsely being shared as the reaction of a Zimbabwean news anchor after Pakistan’s loss to Zimbabwe in a T20 World cup match.
To sum up, the person in this video from 2020 is a Ghanaian TV presenter, not a Zimbabwean news anchor laughing after Zimbabwe cricket team’s victory against Pakistan.

created: October 28, 2022


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This video doesn’t talk about the Congress manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections; instead, it discusses the CPI(M) manifesto - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 8, 2024
A video showing a man allegedly reading out the Congress manifesto is being widely shared across social media platforms (here, here, & here). The claim accompanying the post suggests that the Congress party, in their 2024 Lok Sabha election manifesto, has stated that if they form the government, they will restore Article 370, repeal the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the New Education Policy (NEP), anti-conversion laws, the National Security Act (NSA), and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Additionally, they will abolish the death penalty, exit from QUAD and I2U2, and eliminate all nuclear weapons from the country. In this article, let’s fact-check the claims made in the post.
Claim: The 2024 Congress manifesto states that if they form the government, they will restore Article 370, repeal the CAA, the New Education Policy, anti-conversion laws, the NSA, and the UAPA, they will remove the death penalty, withdraw from QUAD and I2U2, and eliminate all nuclear weapons from the country.
Fact: The Congress manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections does not mention the repeal of the CAA, anti-conversion laws, the NSA, or the UAPA. However, senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister Chidambaram stated that they will repeal the CAA once the I.N.D.I.A bloc comes to power, even though it is not explicitly mentioned in its manifesto. The Congress manifesto also does not mention the removal of the death penalty or the elimination of nuclear weapons from India. The Congress party stated that they will amend the new education policy after consultation with the states. While the Congress party stated that they will restore the statehood of Jammu and Kashmir, it does not explicitly mention its plans to restore Article 370. Notably, all the claims mentioned in the viral post are from the CPI(M)’s 2024 Lok Sabha elections manifesto. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
To verify the accuracy of viral claims, we visited the official website of the Indian National Congress and examined the Congress manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Restore article 370:
The Congress manifesto does not explicitly mention its plans to restore Article 370, which provided special status to Jammu and Kashmir. It does pledge to immediately restore the statehood of the Jammu and Kashmir region.
Repeal of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA):
The Congress manifesto didn’t mention the scrapping of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). However, in April 2024, following the release of the Congress manifesto, former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram stated that the party intends to repeal the CAA once the I.N.D.I.A Bloc comes to power. Chidambaram emphasized Congress party’s intention to repeal the CAA, even though it is not explicitly mentioned in its manifesto.
Repeal of the anti-conversion law:
Article 25 of the Indian Constitution guarantees the freedom of individuals to practice, profess, and propagate any religion. The Congress manifesto emphasizes the importance of respecting and upholding fundamental rights, including the rights of religious minorities as enshrined in Articles 15, 16, 25, 26, 28, 29, and 30. However, the Congress 2024 manifesto does not explicitly mention the scrapping of anti-conversion laws.
Repeal of the New Education Policy:
The Congress manifesto acknowledges concerns raised by educationists and state governments regarding the NEP and commits to revisiting and amending it in consultation with the states. However, it does not explicitly mention the revocation of the New Education Policy introduced by BJP/NDA government.
Repeal of the NSA, and the UAPA:
The Congress manifesto does not state that Congress will repeal the National Security Act (NSA) and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) upon forming the government.
However, the Congress party addressed national security in their manifesto for 2024 Lok Sabha elections, focusing on various governance and security aspects such as the National Security Strategy, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Defence Expenditure, Women in Armed Forces, National Security Council (NSC) Oversight, Expanded Notions of Security, and National Economic Security Board. However, it also promises to scrap the Angipath scheme and return to the normal recruitment processes that existed before.
Removal of the death penalty:
The Congress manifesto does not mention the removal of the death penalty anywhere. However, the Congress party addressed several issues regarding the judiciary in their manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. They focused on various aspects such as filling all vacancies in the High Courts and Supreme Court within a period of three years, amending the constitution to create two divisions of the Supreme Court – a Constitutional Court and a Court of Appeal, allocating sufficient funds for enhancing the physical and technical infrastructure of the judiciary and for modernizing and maintaining the infrastructure. Additionally, they pledged to appoint more women and individuals from SC, ST, OBC, and minorities as judges of the High Courts and the Supreme Court. Furthermore, the Congress party committed to establishing a Judicial Complaints Commission to investigate complaints of misconduct against judges of the higher judiciary.
India to exit from QUAD, 12U2:
The Congress manifesto addressed several issues regarding Indian foreign policy, such as significantly increasing the size of the Indian Foreign Service, opening more missions abroad, leveraging our economic strengths, and acquiring a position of leadership through the country’s values and mutually beneficial economic relationships. It also proposed reviving the position of a Minister of State handling overseas Indians within the External Affairs Ministry to provide this important constituency with a one-stop window to address their concerns. However, it does not mention India’s exit from QUAD and I2U2.
Eliminating nuclear weapons from India:
The Congress manifesto addressed several issues regarding national security, defence, and internal security. However, there is no mention of eliminating nuclear weapons in the Congress manifesto.
Notably, all the claims mentioned in the viral post are some of the points from the Communist Party Of India (Marxist) CPI(M)‘s 2024 Lok Sabha elections manifesto.
To sum up, this video doesn’t talk about the Congress manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, it instead discusses the CPI(M) manifesto.


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This video in which Union Minister Anurag Thakur announces the release of DA arrears has been digitally altered - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 13, 2024
A social media post asserts that the central government has announced the disbursement of pending Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears for the past 18 months, along with the January pension, to central government employees. Accompanying the post is a video featuring Union Minister Anurag Thakur making the announcement. This article aims to verify the legitimacy of both the video and the claim made in connection with it.
Claim: Video of  Anurag Thakur announcing the disbursement of  pending Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears for the past 18 months, to central government employees.
Fact: There hasn’t been any official announcement recently from the central government regarding the release of Dearness Allowance arrears that were withheld during the COVID-19 pandemic. In March 2023, the central government communicated to the Parliament its decision not to disburse the 18 months’ worth of Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears. The presently circulating video featuring Anurag Thakur has been digitally manipulated by integrating audio from a distinct source into the video where he is taking the oath as Lok Sabha MP in June 2019. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
The central government suspended Dearness Allowance for its employees and pensioners for a period of 18 months from January 2020 to June 2021, citing the COVID-19 pandemic. Contrary to the viral post’s claim, there are no recent reports confirming the government’s intention to clear these arrears. If such an announcement had been made by the government, it would likely have been covered by the media. However, our search did not yield any such reports.
In March 2023, the central government informed the Parliament that it had decided not to disburse the 18 months’ worth of Dearness Allowance (DA) arrears withheld from central government employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The government stated that the feasibility of settling the arrears of DA/DR, primarily associated with the challenging fiscal year of 2020-21, is deemed impractical. This is attributed to the adverse financial repercussions of the pandemic in 2020 and the fiscal overflow from the government’s implementation of welfare measures extending beyond the fiscal year 2020-21.
Anurag Thakur announcing the release of the arrears:
Regarding the video in which the Union Minister supposedly announces the release of arrears, it is important to note that no such announcement has been made by the minister. The viral video has been digitally manipulated by incorporating audio from a different source into the video.
A reverse image search on the screenshots from this video led us to the original footage of Anurag Thakur addressing the Parliament. The gestures of both the Minister and the Prime Minister seated behind him align with the gestures observed in the viral video. This original footage captures Anurag Singh Thakur taking the oath as Lok Sabha MP in June 2019. This indicates that an alternative audio clip of him declaring the release of arrears has been superimposed onto this video.
To sum it up, this video in which Union Minister Anurag Thakur announces the release of Dearness Allowance arrears has been digitally altered.

created: January 13, 2024


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This video is a recreated version of Pakistani murder convict Abdul Waheed's interview - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 28, 2022
A video is being shared on social media, which is apparently an interview of a person who killed four people. The convict appears in a jail costume with the number 302 printed on the T-shirt, representing the IPC section 302. In the video, the convict says that he killed four people. Let’s fact-check this video.
Claim: Interview of a Muslim man who killed four people.
Fact: This video contains audio from a viral interview of a Pakistani murderer Abdul Waheed. This video is a parody or recreated version of the original interview. Bits of Abdul’s interview given to AAJ Digital, has been shared multiple times on social media as shorts and WhatsApp status videos. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
We have performed a reverse image search using a few screenshots from the video, which yielded no relevant information. Upon searching on the internet with multiple combinations of keywords, we found an interview (here) with a man who killed four persons in Pakistan. Shot at the Peshawar central jail, this viral interview was uploaded on a YouTube channel called Daily AAJ Digital, which belongs to the news outlet Daily AAJ.
In the almost 8-minute-long clip, Abdul Waheed explains that he has killed four persons with his gun and is punished under section 302. The viral post uses the lines spoken by Abdul, and the interviewer from this interview (0:56,1:35) with background music. The video in this post is a recreation of a lip-sync version of the original interview with Abdul Waheed and not a real interview of a Muslim man who killed four persons. There is also a similar video with different actors on YouTube containing the audio from Waheed’s interview. This video can be watched here. Upon further research, Factly has noticed multiple social media videos with bits from this interview. Some of those videos can be watched here, here and here. The interviewer of the original video, Fida Adeel, made a review video on the original interview and explained his interaction with Waheed and why the video went viral, which can be watched here.
To summarise, the video shared in the post shows a recreated version of Pakistani murder convict Abdul Waheed’s interview.

created: November 28, 2022


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A video of a Pakistani Islamic preacher is falsely shared as the Chief Secretary of the Taliban praising BJP and RSS - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 10, 2023
A video of a man in traditional Islamic attire speaking about RSS, BJP and Marathas is being shared on social media, identifying him as the Chief Secretary of the Taliban. It is being claimed that he said that no country would attack India till the BJP was in power and that the BJP and RSS are the most powerful. Further, it mentions the Taliban Chief to have said that in order to attack India, the BJP should be eliminated. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: The viral video shows the Chief Secretary of the Taliban praising BJP and RSS.
Fact: This video is a small portion of a clip that was recorded on 01 March 2019. The person featured in it is Khalid Mehmood Abbasi. Khalid is an Islamic preacher based in Islamabad, Pakistan. He worked with Tanzeem-e-Islami for 30 years, left Tanzeem-e-Islami in 2018 and founded Shubban-ul-Muslimeen. He is currently working in Shubban-ul-Muslimeen. We have not found any information that these organisations are related to the Taliban. We also did not find any news articles about the Taliban saying that RSS and BJP are the most powerful. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
A keyword search on the internet to find more about the viral clip led us to a video with the same visuals. This YouTube video was uploaded on 03 August 2021, but the video appears to have been recorded on 01 March 2019. The YouTube video appears clipped at the 0.53 timestamp until 3:31 to create the viral video. The title of the video shows that Khalid Mehmood Abbasi is in the video.
According to Khalid’s official Facebook page, Khalid is an Islamic preacher based in Islamabad, Pakistan. He worked with Tanzeem-e-Islami for 30 years, left Tanzeem-e-Islami in 2018, and was instrumental in founding Shubban-ul-Muslimeen (check the description of this video). He is currently working in Shubban-ul-Muslimeen. We did not find any information online that proves these organisations are related to the Taliban.
In this video, it is seen that the ideas, policies, and power capabilities of RSS and other close organisations (Sangh Parivar) in India are mentioned. Contrary to the viral claim, Abbasi does not say that no country would attack India while the BJP is in power. He said that Congress is a secular government. But nowhere in the video does he say that in order to attack India, the BJP must first be removed from power.
Additionally, we also found that Abbasi spoke to “The Quint” in this regard in September 2021, where he denied any alliance with the Taliban. The Quint quoted him as “This is a completely false statement, that I am the chief secretary of Taliban. The Taliban has come to power in Afghanistan now, but part of the clip has been taken out from the video which is about 1.5 years old. I have no links with the Taliban or any political party.”
Finally, a video made by a Pakistani Islamic preacher in 2019 is being shared as Taliban’s comments on RSS and BJP.

created: October 10, 2023


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This video is not related to the celebrations after renaming of Aurangabad to Sambhajinagar - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 4, 2022
This post claims that the video shows citizens of Aurangabad celebrating the renaming of their city to Sambhajinagar. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Celebrations of the people of Aurangabad after it was renamed to Shambajinagar by the Government of Maharashtra.
Fact: The video is related to the unveiling of the largest statue of  Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj which happened on 18 February 2022  in Aurangabad. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
We searched with the screenshots of the video in Yandex reverse image search and found a Twitter post. After translating the content in the post using google translate, we found that it is related to the unveiling of 21 feet tall statue of Chatrapathi Shivaji Maharaj in Aurangabad. The event took place on 18 February 2022.
महाराजांच्या मावळ्यांचा जल्लोष!#छत्रपती_शिवाजी_महाराज 🙏 pic.twitter.com/CCXSwEKi9U
Searching with the relevant keywords on the internet led us to a video that matched the video from the post. This video was uploaded on a Youtube channel named Dragon Proton on 19 February 2022. The first 7 seconds of the video from the post match with the video on the internet from 1:50 to 1:57 seconds. The rest of the 23-second video has various clips from the video on the internet.
The screenshot from the Youtube video matches the first frame of the video posted on Twitter. Since the video belongs to the statue unveiling ceremony that took place on 18 February 2002, it can be concluded that the video does not belong to the celebrations that erupted in Aurangabad after its name was changed to Shambajinagar. Similar videos and web news articles related to the unveiling of the statue can be found here, here and here.
To sum it up, an old video of the unveiling of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s statue in Aurangabad is being falsely shared as the celebrations of Aurangabad people after their city was renamed Shambajinagar.


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This video is not related to the chariot festival of Kadiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple (AP) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 24, 2022
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows the chariot festival of the Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple at Kadiri in Andhra Pradesh. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video shows the chariot festival of Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple at Kadiri in AP.
Fact: The chariot festival video is not related to Kadiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple (Andhra Pradesh). It shows the Tiruvarur chariot festival in Tamil Nadu. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. Some social media users have posted the same video with a different description – “Tiruvarur Chariot festival, known in Tamil as Tiruvarur Therottam”.
The same chariot and similar surroundings can be seen in the ‘Tiruvarur Chariot Festival’ video streamed live by ‘Polimer News’ on 15 March 2022. More details regarding that festival can be read here and here. So, the posted video is not related to Kadiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in AP.
The actual visuals related to the chariot festival of Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple at Kadiri in AP can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum it up, the posted video is related to the Tiruvarur chariot festival in Tamil Nadu, not Kadiri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy Temple in Andhra Pradesh.


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This video is not related to the funeral of singer Sidhu Moose Wala - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 2, 2022
A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it shows the funeral of singer Sidhu Moose Wala, who was recently killed. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of singer Sidhu Moose Wala’s funeral.
Fact: It is an old video. The video is not related to Sidhu Moose Wala’s funeral. However, there are other actual videos of the crowd at Sidhu Moose Wala’s funeral. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. Many of those videos were posted at least seven months ago as videos related to the funeral of a soldier (different people claimed them to be the funeral of a different soldier). Some of the old videos can be seen here, here, here, and here.
However, there are other actual videos of the crowd at Sidhu Moose Wala’s funeral. Some of those actual visuals can be seen here and here.
#WATCH | A huge crowd joins the funeral procession of singer Sidhu Moose Wala in Punjab's Mansa.
The last rites of the singer will be performed today. pic.twitter.com/LHkvjrUyVz
To sum it up, the posted video is not related to the funeral of singer Sidhu Moose Wala.


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This video is not related to today’s knife attack at the Notre Dame Basilica church in Nice (France). - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 29, 2020
As the news started coming in from Nice (a city in France) about a knife attack at the Notre Dame Basilica church which resulted in the killing of at least three people, some social media users are sharing a video with the claim that it shows police taking down the killer. The video is being shared both on Facebook and Twitter. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of French Police taking down the killer who attacked the people at the Notre Dame Basilica church in Nice on 29 October 2020.
Fact: The video is not related to today’s knife attack at the Notre Dame Basilica church in Nice. While the incident in the posted video happened in Nice, it took place in August 2020. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, the same video was found to be published by multiple news agencies in August 2020. In one of the articles, it can be read that a person who was aiming a gun at the police and firing in the air was arrested by the police in Nice. Other news articles regarding the incident can be read here and here.
Also, Nice Mayor Christian Estrosi had tweeted the video of the same incident from another angle in August 2020. So, it is not related to today’s knife attack at the Notre Dame Basilica church in Nice. Multiple news agencies have reported that a person has been arrested in connection with the knife attack at the church on 29 October 2020.
To sum it up, the posted video is not related to today’s knife attack at the Notre Dame Basilica church in Nice (France).

created: October 29, 2020


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This video is not the last interview of singer Sidhu Moose Wala who was recently shot dead - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 1, 2022
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that to be the last interview of Sidhu Moose Wala. The famous singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, better known by his stage name as Sidhu Moose Wala, was shot dead on 29 May 2022. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing Sidhu Moose Wala’s last interview.
Fact: This video was taken from a talk show named ‘Dil Diyan Gallan’ which is from 06 March 2021. There were many recent interviews of Sidhu Moose Wala which were uploaded on YouTube, and by news outlets like Amar Ujala. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, the full video of the interview was found on Zee5. The video was taken from a talk show named ‘Dil Diyan Gallan’ which, according to the website, was from 06 March 2021. A bit of the interview was also shared in the official YouTube channel of ‘Zee Punjabi’.
There were many recent interviews of Sidhu Moose Wala, which can be seen uploaded on YouTube by On Air and Lok Opinion (here and here). Amar Ujala also interviewed Sidhu Moose Wala just two days before he was shot dead. Sidhu Moose Wala contested the 2022 Punjab Assembly elections.
To sum it up, this video is not the last interview of Sidhu Moose Wala who was recently shot dead.


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This video is related to a light show in China, not Jodhpur (Rajasthan) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
November 17, 2020
A video is being shared widely on social media with a claim that it is related to a light show in Jodhpur (Rajasthan). Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a light show in Jodhpur (Rajasthan).
Fact: The video was not taken in India. It is related to a show at Shuangqing Bay Park in China. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, a couple of Chinese fact-check articles related to the video were found in the search results. The Chinese fact-check articles published in 2019, when the video went viral with another claim, can be read here and here. The articles have attached a clarification from the Hangzhou Internet police regarding the video. In the clarification, it is written that the video is related to ‘War of Shunchang’ theme show in Shuangqing Bay Park, Fuyang, Anhui. When searched with ‘War of Shunchang’ keyword, a similar video was found on YouTube with the description – ‘Best Fountain-ShuangQing Bay Water Show Theatrical Show ShunChang Battle’.
Also, when we searched with a few related Chinese keywords, many similar videos were found on the Chinese ‘Tencent Video’ website. Those videos can be watched here [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6].
The location of the place can be found in China on Google Maps. Also, some other pictures of the same place can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum it up, video related to a light show in China is being falsely shared as that from Jodhpur (Rajasthan).

created: November 17, 2020


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This Video of a boy beaten by a teacher is neither related to an RSS school nor a Haridwar orphanage - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 8, 2024
A video (here, here, here) of a boy being violently thrashed by a teacher is shared on social media with a claim that the incident is from an orphanage in Haridwar. The same video was also shared with a different claim (here, here) that the incident was from an Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) training class. Let’s verify the authenticity of the claim through this article.
Claim: A video of a boy being brutally beaten by a teacher in an orphanage in Haridwar at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) training class.
Fact: The incident in the video is neither from an orphanage in Haridwar nor from an RSS training class. The incident took place in ‘Kishori Balika Vidyalaya’, a private school in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. A teacher named Satish Joshi brutally beat a student for running away from school without informing. Hence, the claim in the post is Misleading.
When we searched the internet with relevant keywords about the video, we found several news articles (here, here) reporting the incident. The incident took place at a Gurukul school in Chhajan village in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh where a teacher named Satish Joshi brutally beat a student for running away from school without informing, and a police complaint was filed against Satish Joshi by the school manager.
Based on the above details, we have downloaded the FIR regarding this incident from the UP police website. The FIR mentions that the incident happened at Kishori Balika Vidyalaya, a school in Sidhauli, and the student’s name is Deepak. Our search also led to a tweet posted by the official ‘X’ account of the Sitapur police, stating that a case was registered and the accused was taken into custody.
A tweet from the official ‘X’ account of Haridwar police also confirmed that the incident in the video is from Uttar Pradesh and is not related to Haridwar.
UP में छात्र को पीटने की घटना को हरिद्वार का बताने वाले असमाजिक तत्वों को एसएसपी हरिद्वार की सख्त चेतावनी-
"बेवजह माहौल खराब करने की नीयत सुधारें, वरना होगी सख्त कार्यवाही"
समझदार नागरिक बनें और भ्रामक खबरों के झांसे में न आएं।@uttarakhandcops @haridwarpolice #fakenews pic.twitter.com/4nZtLssH2E
Furthermore, we also checked with Sidhauli police station and Kishori Balika Vidyalaya to verify if the school is related to RSS as alleged in the claim. They clarified that it is a private school and not a religious school. However, the school staff said that there was a course called ‘Puranik Shiksha’ in this school, Deepak was one of the students and Satish Joshi was the instructor.
A search on the Ministry of Education website about the details of the school confirmed that ‘Kishori Balika Vidyalaya’ is a recognized private school.
To sum up, the video of a boy brutally beaten up by a teacher is neither related to an RSS school nor a Haridwar orphanage.


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This video of a building under fire is from Abu Dhabi, not Turkey - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 3, 2021
A video accompanied by a post is being widely shared on social media claiming it is from Turkey. The post even claims that the building which is on fire is a residential tower in the city of Bodrum. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of fire breaking out in a residential tower in Bodrum, Turkey.
Fact: The video is from Abu Dhabi, not Turkey. This huge fire broke out at a building in Al Mamoura area in Abu Dhabi on the night of 17 June 2021. It is true that over the past few days, there were forest fires that raged through many parts of Turkey and hundreds of people in the tourist hotspot of Bodrum were evacuated to escape the wildfires. But this video is not related to Turkey. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, the same video (with two seconds clipped) was found on YouTube. The YouTube video was uploaded on 18 June 2021 with the title, ‘A fire break out in Al Mamoura Abu Dhabi City I Thursday Night Huge Fire Breaks Abu Dhabi Building.’ According to the description of the video, the incident happened on 17 June 2021 in Al Mamoura, Abu Dhabi city.
Taking a cue that this video could be from Abu Dhabi, we searched Google with relevant keywords. A couple of articles were found (here and here) reporting the same incident in Abu Dhabi with similar visuals. A huge fire broke out at a building in the Al Mamoura area in Abu Dhabi on the night of 17 June 2021 with no casualties reported. A similar video report on the fire in Abu Dhabi can be seen here.
However, over the past few days, there were forest fires that raged through many parts of Turkey. Hundreds of people in the tourist hotspot of Bodrum were evacuated to escape the wildfires. The news reports about the fires in Turkey can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum it up, this video of a building under fire is from Abu Dhabi, not Turkey.

created: August 3, 2021


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This video of a bull hitting a woman crossing the street is from Turkey - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 7, 2022
A video of a bull hitting a woman crossing the streets is being widely shared on social media post claiming that the incident is from India. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a bull hitting a woman crossing the street is from India.
Fact: The video is from Turkey, and not India. The incident happened on 30 August 2017 in a street in Maltepe, Istanbul. The bull escaped from an animal market nearby and attacked a woman who was crossing the street. The woman was taken to a hospital and was found to have a broken hip. She was later discharged after treatment. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, the same video was found on YouTube. The YouTube video uploaded on 30 August 2017 says that the Bull in the video escaped from the Maltepe Centre. Maltepe is a district in Istanbul, Turkey.
According to Turkish news reports, the incident happened on 30 August 2017 in a street in Maltepe, Istanbul. The bull escaped from an animal market nearby and attacked a woman who was crossing the street. The woman was taken to a hospital and was found to have a broken hip. She was later discharged after treatment.
To sum it up, this video of a bull hitting a woman crossing the street is from Turkey.


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This video of a bus being flooded with rainwater is related to Jaipur, not Delhi. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 14, 2020
A video of a bus being flooded with rainwater is being shared widely on social media with a claim that the incident took place in Delhi and the bus belongs to DTC (Delhi Transport Corporation). Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a DTC bus being flooded with rainwater in Delhi.
Fact: The video is not related to a DTC bus in Delhi. The video was taken at Narayan Singh Circle in Jaipur (Rajasthan). Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, a longer version of the same video was found to be uploaded by a YouTube channel (‘Cobrapost’). The title of the video reads – ‘Water enters the low-floor bus during the heavy rains in Jaipur | Cobrapost’. The video was also posted by ‘Patrika’ as related to an incident in Jaipur.
In the extended video, at 01 min 01 seconds, one can see that ‘Jaipur Bus’ is written on the window of the bus.
Also, the posted video was taken at Narayan Singh Circle in Jaipur (Rajasthan). The exact surroundings shown in the video can be found in the street view of Narayan Singh Circle in Jaipur. So, it can be concluded that the video was taken in Jaipur.
While the posted video is not related to Delhi, ANI has tweeted that, in another incident, ‘a private bus gets stuck under a waterlogged bridge in Delhi’s Tughlakabad area’
To sum it up, this video of a bus being flooded with rainwater is related to Jaipur, not Delhi.
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This video of a child lying tied-up on a roof is old; police already took action on the child's mother - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 16, 2023
A viral video circulating on social media shows a young girl tied up and lying on the roof of a house. The accompanying post urges users to share the video to identify and rescue the child. Let’s verify the claim made in this post through this article.
Claim: Visuals of a child tied up and left on the roof of a house to die.
Fact: The visuals in the viral video belong to an incident in Delhi. A mother tied up her daughter and left her on the roof as a punishment for not doing her homework. This incident happened in 2022, and when the video went viral on social media, police took action against the mother. Hence, the claim made in the post is Misleading.
Although the visuals captured in the viral video are authentic, the video is not recent.
What Happened?
The incident occurred in Delhi back in 2022. We found news reports (here, here and here) on this incident from June 2022 through a keyword search on the internet. The child in question was tied up by her mother as a form of punishment for failing to complete her homework. The mother left her daughter alone on the roof.
Authorities and Police Action: Once the video gained significant attention on social media platforms, police promptly took action against the mother responsible for subjecting her child to such treatment. “After a video of a girl child tied up on the roof of a house surfaced on social media, all possible efforts were made by Delhi Police to ascertain her identity and circumstances. The family of the child has been identified, and appropriate action initiated“, Delhi police tweeted in 2022.
After a video of a girl child tied up on the roof of a house surfaced on social media, all possible efforts were made by Delhi Police to ascertain her identity and circumstances.  The family of the child has been identified and appropriate action initiated.#DelhiPoliceCares
To sum up, the claim being shared with the video is misleading. An old 2022 video of a girl child tied up and lying on a roof resurfaced on social media platforms, asking people to share to find and help the child while the issue had already been resolved.


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This video of a crocodile caught in the waterlogged streets is from Vadodara, not Pakistan - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 15, 2020
A video is being shared on social media with the claim that a crocodile was found in the floodwaters at Karachi in Pakistan. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Video of a crocodile found in the floodwaters at Karachi, Pakistan.
Fact: This video of a crocodile caught in the waterlogged streets is from Vadodara, Gujarat not from Karachi in Pakistan. In 2019, crocodiles from the Lalbaug lake came out and entered the residential complexes of Vadodara as water levels of the lake rose due to heavy rains. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
On reverse image search of screenshots in the video, similar visuals were found in a video posted by ‘The Times of India’ news website on their YouTube channel on ‘04 August 2019’. In the video, it is mentioned that a 10-feet-long crocodile gave hard time to the forest officials at a residential society in Vadodara. In the description of the video, it is mentioned that crocodiles continued to enter the residential complexes near the Lalbaug lake in Vadodara. As the water levels rose in the Lalbaug lake because of the heavy rains, crocodiles came out and entered the housing societies adjacent to it. Similar visuals were found in a video posted by ‘Gujarat News Live19’ on YouTube. In this video also, it is described as an incident that took place in Vadodara.
Reporting about this incident, ‘India TV’ news published an article on ‘03 August 2019’ with the picture of the same person seen in the video who was catching a crocodile. In the article, it is mentioned that the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) Jawans caught the crocodile that entered into the streets of Vadodara. Articles published by some news websites reporting about this incident can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, a 2019 video of crocodile caught in Vadodara streets is falsely shared as the video from Karachi.

created: September 15, 2020


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This video of a Crocodile found on the road is not from Secunderabad - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 3, 2019
A video in which few officers were seen catching a crocodile on a bridge is shared on Facebook with a claim that the crocodile was found near the Tukaram gate in Secunderabad, Hyderabad. Let’s try to analyze the extent of truth in this post.
Video of a crocodile found near Tukaram gate in Secunderabad.
Fact: This video was taken when a crocodile was found near National Highway-44 at Doodgaon village of Mendora mandal in Nizamabad district of Telangana. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the video in the post was uploaded in ‘invid’ plugin, many keyframes  were obtained. When they were reverse image searched using Google,   articles and videos related to it were found. From the article published by ‘Telangana Today’ newspaper and a YouTube video from ‘ETV Telangana’ news channel, it is understood that a crocodile was washed ashore and was found on a flyover beside National Highway-44 at Doodgaon village of Mendora mandal in Nizamabad district of Telangana. So, the claim that the video was taken when a crocodile was found near the Tukaram gate in Secunderabad is not true.
‘The Hans India’ news organization has also tweeted this video as a crocodile found near the Tukaram gate in Secunderabad. However, when they were alerted about the fact that it was an old video, they tweeted again saying it was false news.
A video of crocodile is tweeted by us mentioning it is found at Tukaram Gate, Secunderabad is factually incorrect and we have corrected it
Crocodile spotted in streets of Nizamabad, rescuedhttps://t.co/rzHCvrdiQd pic.twitter.com/QL4rQmNCJB
Finally, the video shared as a crocodile was found near the Tukaram gate in Secunderabad was actually that of a crocodile found near National Highway-44 at Doodgaon village of Mendora mandal in Nizamabad district of Telangana.
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created: October 3, 2019


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This video of a crocodile swimming in a flooded street was captured in Madhya Pradesh, not Aligarh - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 26, 2022
A post is being shared on social media in which a crocodile can be seen swimming in a waterlogged street. The text on the post identifies the place as Aligarh, which is in Uttar Pradesh. Let’s verify this video through this article.
Claim: Video of a crocodile swimming in a flooded street of Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
Fact: This incident occurred in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, on 14 August 2022. Based on various news reports, an 8-foot-long crocodile strolled through a residential colony after Shivpuri received heavy rains. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
We ran a keyword search on google with appropriate keywords and were led to a news report published on India.com that contained a screengrab from the viral video. As heavy rains lashed several parts of Madhya Pradesh, a crocodile wandered into a residential colony in Shivpuri district on Sunday (14 August 2020). Further search led us to multiple news reports on the same incident (here, here and here.) Video reports of this incident can be seen here, here and here.
As per a news report published by NDTV, ‘The reptile was first spotted near a bus stand on Sunday and authorities were informed, police officer Ajay Bhargava said. A rescue team from Madhav National Park rushed in and, following efforts that lasted an hour, it was captured. The eight-foot crocodile was later released in Sankhya Sagar Lake, located on the national park premises.’ Clearly, the viral post incorrectly claims the location of this incident as Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.
To sum it up, video of a crocodile strolling through a waterlogged lane in Shivpuri, Madhya Pradesh, is shared as an incident that took place in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh.

created: September 26, 2022


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This video of a crocodile with a deceased man is from Mexico, not Bihar - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 8, 2022
A post is being shared on social media that contains a video of a crocodile with a man’s lifeless body. The post claims that it is a clip from Bhagalpur, Bihar. Let’s fact-check the claim in this article.
Claim: The video of a crocodile with a dead body in Bhagalpur, Bihar.
Fact: This incident took place on 18 August 2022 in the city of Tampico, Mexico. According to news reports, a 25-year-old man was killed by a crocodile in Tamaulipas while swimming in a lagoon. Hence the claim made in the post that the incident is from Bihar is FALSE.
We performed a reverse image search with a few screenshots from the video and were led to a News Report. The report published by the website ‘el  Imparcial’ contains an image of a man and a crocodile, similar to the viral video.
This incident happened on 18 August 2022 in the city of Tampico, Tamaulipas, in Mexico. Reportedly, A crocodile captured a 25-year-old man after he entered a lagoon. This incident was widely reported, and a few of these reports can be read here, here and here. The emergency services personnel later recovered the man’s dead body.
To summarise, this video of a crocodile swimming with a deceased man is from Mexico, not Bihar.

created: September 8, 2022


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This video of a doctor explaining first aid tips for treating unconscious persons is not from Tata Memorial Hospital - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 17, 2023
A video of a doctor explaining the first aid treatment for an unconscious person is being widely shared on social media claiming it is a video from the Tata Memorial Hospital. In the video, the doctor recommends people to lift both legs of the unconscious person and tilt the neck for proper blood and oxygen circulation inside the body. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of first aid treatment for unconscious persons suggested by the Tata Memorial Hospital.
Fact: The video shows Dr. Mohammed Abdul Rafeeq, a General Physician and advisor to the Shadan Group of Medical Colleges in Hyderabad, explaining first aid and emergency treatment for unconscious persons. The video has nothing to do with the Tata Memorial Hospital. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On reverse image search of the screenshots of the video and by searching with relevant keywords, a video with similar visuals was found published by the Facebook page of the Ali Islam community group on 25 January 2023. This Facebook page mentioned it as the first aid tips provided by Dr. Mohammed Abdul Rafeeq for treating unconscious persons.
When we searched for further sources using this information, a video with similar visuals was found published on Dr. Mohammed Abdul Rafeeq’s official YouTube channel. Dr. Mohammed Abdul Rafeeq is a General Physician, Educationist, Social Activist and advisor to the Shadan Group of Medical Colleges in Hyderabad. Dr. Mohammed Abdul Rafeeq’s pictures at the events of the Shadan Group of Medical Colleges can be seen here. Dr. Mohammed Abdul Rafeeq is not associated with the Tata Memorial Centre.
According to the reports published by the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) and other medical research websites, if a person is lying unconscious but is breathing and unlikely to suffer from a spinal injury, it is recommended to roll the patient into a recovery position on their side. It is recommended to adjust the patient’s legs so that their hips and knees form right angles and it is suggested to tilt the patient’s head gently to help keep their airway open.
Earlier, when a similar video of a woman performing tapping exercises was attributed to the Tata Memorial Hospital, Tata Memorial Hospital Director CS Pramesh tweeted a clarification stating, “@TataMemorial has nothing to do with this video, and any attribution to Tata Memorial Hospital is strongly refuted.” Factly published a fact-check article debunking the same claim in October 2022.
To sum it up, this video of a doctor explaining first aid tips for treating unconscious persons is not from Tata Memorial Hospital.


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This video of a few protestors blocking Smriti Irani’s cavalcade in UP took place in 2020. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 24, 2022
A video of a group of people blocking the cavalcade of Smriti Irani is being shared on social media with a sarcastic description that she received a great welcome in Uttar Pradesh. It is being shared in the context of upcoming Assembly elections in the State. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Recent video of people blocking the cavalcade of Smriti Irani in UP ahead of Assembly elections.
Fact: The video is not a recent one. The incident took place in 2020. Several news agencies reported that a few Congress workers protesting over the Hathras rape incident blocked Smriti Irani’s cavalcade in Varanasi. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, many similar videos were found in the search results. Those videos were found to be uploaded in October 2020. So, the incident in the video is not a recent one.
When the incident happened in October 2020, it was widely reported by many news agencies. Some of those news reports can be read here, here, here, and here. According to those reports, a group of Congress workers protesting over the Hathras rape incident blocked Smriti Irani’s cavalcade in Varanasi. The photos of the incident can be seen here.
To sum it up, an old video from 2020 is shared as a recent video of people blocking Smriti Irani’s cavalcade in UP ahead of Assembly elections in the State.

created: January 24, 2022


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This video of a fight between Afghanistan and Pakistan fans is related to the 2019 Cricket World Cup, not the 2022 Asia Cup - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
September 8, 2022
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows a recent fight between the supporters of Afghanistan and Pakistan after their cricket teams played against each other in the 2022 Asia Cup. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals of a recent fight between the Afghanistan and Pakistan fans after the 2022 Asia Cup cricket match.
Fact: The posted video is an old one. It is related to the 2019 Cricket Cricket World Cup. While it is true that some clashes between the fans were reported after the 2022 Asia Cup cricket match, the posted video is not related to those incidents. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image, many similar visuals were found in the search results. ‘The Sun’ has written an article on the same video in June 2019 with the title – “Shocking new footage emerges of Pakistan and Afghanistan fans brawling during Cricket World Cup”. Many old posts showing similar visuals can be seen here, here, and here.
However, some clashes between the fans of the two teams were reported after the 2022 Asia Cup cricket match. Some of those actual visuals can be seen here, here, and here.
To sum it up, the posted video of a fight between Afghanistan and Pakistan fans is related to the 2019 Cricket World Cup, not the 2022 Asia Cup.


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This video of a football match stopped during Azaan is not from FIFA World cup Qatar 2022 - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
December 1, 2022
Video of a football match stopped during Azaan (call for prayer in Islam) is being shared on social media claiming that the incident happened at FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a football match stopped during Azaan at FIFA World cup Qatar 2022.
Fact: This video shows a match between Al Fayha(or Feiha) and Al Fateh teams in Saudi King’s Cup 2018 at King Salman Sport City Stadium, Saudi Arabia on 24 January 2018. Former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg stopped the match for a while out of respect for the Muslim call to prayer from nearby mosque. The FIFA World cup 2022 is taking place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December of 2022. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
We searched the internet with relevant keywords and found that the same video was posted on Twitter on 24 January 2018. The title says that the match between Al Fayha (or Feiha) and Al Fateh teams was stopped in respect of Maghrib prayer call.
توقف مباراة #الفيحاء_الفتح احتراماً لأذان صلاة المغرب#دوري_بلس pic.twitter.com/nXLmeSgFaP
Taking a cue from this, we searched further about this incident and came across a BBC report published on 25 January 2018.
According to the report, former Premier League referee Mark Clattenburg stopped a Saudi Arabia cup match apparently out of respect for the Muslim call to prayer. He was officiating a match in Saudi Arabia between Al Feiha and Al-Fateh on Wednesday when the Adhan (or Azaan) sounded around the King Salman Sport City Stadium from nearby mosques. As per the match report, the match is a part of the tournament called “Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Cup – Saudi Arabia-2018” held between 03 January – 12 May of 2018 in Saudi Arabia. However, FIFA World cup 2022 is taking place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December of 2022.
To sum it up, video of a football match stopped during Azaan in Saudi Arabian King cup, 2018 is falsely linked to FIFA World cup Qatar 2022..

created: December 1, 2022


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This video of a heavy traffic jam is from Pakistan, not Khandala - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 3, 2021
A video accompanied by a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that it is from Khandala. The post even claims that the traffic jam seen in the video is due to landslides and rain. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of traffic jam in Khandala.
Fact: The video is from Pakistan and not from Khandala in Maharashtra. To celebrate Eid-ul-Adha, many people flocked to Kaghan valley in Pakistan and got stuck in a heavy traffic jam. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, a Twitter post with the same video was found. Posted on 25 June 2021, the tweet reads, ‘Situation at Balakot-Naran Road. Too many tourists heading towards the northern areas after EID.’ The name of the Twitter handle is ‘Destination Pakistan’, which according to their account, posts “scenic places” from Pakistan.
Situation at Balakot-Naran Road. Too many tourists heading towards the northern areas after EID. pic.twitter.com/9z2vecC3yJ
Taking cue that this video could be from Pakistan, we searched Google with relevant keywords. A YouTube video published by Pakistan-based ‘ARY’ news channel was found with similar visuals. According to the video report, the visuals were of traffic jams at Kaghan valley in Pakistan. Couple of similar videos were found (here and here) reporting the same incident.
Many vehicles were stuck in a heavy traffic jam on the way to Kaghan Valley in Pakistan to celebrate Eid-ul-Adha. The news articles reported on this huge traffic jam can be seen here and here. Therefore, the traffic jam was not due to landslides or rain.
FACTLY had earlier debunked a similar video when it was shared as if it happened in Himachal Pradesh.
To sum it up, this video of a heavy traffic jam is from Pakistan, not Khandala.


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This video of a Japanese train running at a speed of 4800 kmph is a simulated time-lapse video, not real - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 3, 2021
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows Japan’s new electric running at a speed of 4800 kmph. It is also being claimed that it takes only 10 minutes to travel 515 km from Osaka to Tokyo. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Japanese train traveling 515 km in 10 minutes at a maximum speed of 4800 kmph.
Fact: It is a time-lapse video. The original uploader has mentioned that the video was made by a method called ‘Time variant hyper-lapse/time-lapse’. The maximum speed of Shinkansen is 285 kmph. Generally, it takes 2 hours 30 minutes on the Shinkansen to go from Tokyo to Osaka. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When we searched with some relevant keywords on the internet, it was found that some users have posted a YouTube link with a similar title. The video is now unavailable on YouTube. But the archived versions of the YouTube video can be found here and here. The video was uploaded by ‘FERMATA STUDIO’ (the same name can be seen on the video posted on Facebook) on YouTube. In the description of the video, it reads – “This video is a fiction. Normally it takes 2.5 hours from Shin-Osaka to Tokyo (515km). Made by a method called ‘Time variant hyper-lapse/time-lapse’”.
As per Google, the travel time is around 2 hours 30 minutes on the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Osaka. On the website of ‘Central Japan Railway Company’, it can be seen that the maximum speed of Shinkansen is 285 kmph. The details regarding JR Central’s SCMAGLEV, which runs at a higher speed and set a record of 375 mph, can be read here. Also, the video has been debunked by several other fact-checkers around the world.
To sum it up, the posted video of a Japanese train running at a speed of 4800 kmph is a simulated time-lapse video, not real.

created: February 3, 2021


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This video of a Kashmiri Muslim acknowledging Kashmir Pandits genocide is from a Kashmiri news channel telecast - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 21, 2022
A video is being shared on social media claiming it as visuals of a Kashmiri Muslim apologising for the 1990 Kashmir Pandits genocide on a Pakistan news channel. The Kashmir Files Director Vivek Agnihotri had also tweeted the same video with a similar description. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a Kashmiri Muslim apologising for the 1990 Kashmir Pandits genocide on a Pakistani news channel.
Fact: The person who was seen acknowledging the 1990 Kashmir Pandits genocide in the video is Javed Beigh, a Kashmiri Muslim activist and the General Secretary of the People’s Democratic Front (Secular) Party.  While interacting with the Kashmir based local news channel ‘ANN Kashmir’, Javed Beigh admitted the Kashmir Muslims involvement in the forced exodus of Kashmir Pandits and spoke about the need for a collective apology for the 1990 Kashmir Pandits Genocide. Several Indian news websites have published this video of Javed Beigh. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
On reverse image search of the screenshots in the video, a video with similar visuals was found published by the ‘ANN Kashmir’ news channel on 15 March 2022. The description of the video stated it as visuals of political activist Javed Beigh accusing Kashmiri Muslims of being equally responsible for the massacre of Kashmir Pandits in 1990. ‘ANN Kashmir’ is an Indian commercial television news network run by ‘Aalimi News Network’ Private Limited Corporation.
While speaking to the ‘ANN Kashmir’, Javed Beigh, a Kashmiri Muslim activist and the General Secretary of  People’s Democratic Front (Secular), acknowledged the forced exodus of Kashmir Pandits and talked about the need for the collective apology for the 1990 Kashmir Pandit Genocide. Javed Beigh said, “Dozens of Kashmiri Pandits were killed. I have seen it with my own eyes. Those who were killed were neither stopping anyone’s ‘freedom’ nor killing any Kashmiri Muslim. There were unarmed people. If that’s not a massacre, what is it?”. He further said, “Those crimes had been committed and for that, we should join hands and apologise to the Kashmiri Pandits in public, collectively. You don’t need a movie for that”. Javed Beigh tweeted the video on his interaction with the ‘ANN Kashmir’ news channel on 16 March 2022.
Dear Friends
I am sharing video of my opinion that I expressed in Hindi on @AnnNewsKashmir on #TheKashmirFiles movie, brutal murder of our Kashmiri Pundit sister Girija Tikoo & unfortunate tragedy of forced exodus of our Kashmiri Pundit biradari. Sangrampora Beerwah Massacre 👇 pic.twitter.com/LKcw8yXemz
Several news websites published articles reporting this video of Javed Beigh. They can be seen here and here.
To sum it up, the Kashmiri Muslim in the video had apologised for the 1990 Kashmir Pandits genocide while speaking to a Kashmiri news channel, not on a Pakistan news channel.


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This video of a KBC contestant giving a wrong answer to a political question is edited - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 10, 2023
Update (10 October 2023)
Another video of the show Kaun Banega Crorepati KBC has gone viral on social media. In this video, the show’s host, Amitabh Bachchan, can be seen asking a question related to Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: A derogatory question about Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan was asked on KBC.
Fact: This is an edited video; this viral clip was clipped from a KBC episode of season 14. The viral clip was created by overlaying a voice-over on the original voice of Amitabh Bachchan and replacing the original question graphic, which was about “films about a sportsperson,” with a question about Chief Ministers. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To learn more about the viral clip, we performed a reverse image search on the internet using a few keyframes. This search revealed that the contestant’s name is “Bhupendra Choudhary.” A further search on the internet for this specific episode in which he was featured led us to an episode of KBC uploaded on the official YouTube channel of KBC India.
In this episode from season 14, Bhupendra Chaudhary’s sixth question for 20,000 rupees was on “films about a sportsperson.” The portion of the viral clip is picked from the original clip from the 18:59 time stamp.   In the viral video, this question was changed into a question about a “Ghoshna Machine” Chief Minister; this was clearly done by replacing the original question graphic and the voice of Amitabh Bachchan with the ones in the viral video.
Furthermore, we also learned that Sony Entertainment Television has released a statement on X(formerly known as Twitter) in which they said, “This video misleadingly overlays a voice-over of our host and presents distorted content.”
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Also, BJP legal cell of Madhya Pradesh co-convenor Ashok Vishwakarma and member Rahul Srivastava lodged a complaint against the Congress media department chairman, KK Mishra, for sharing this edited video on X.
Published (07 September 2023)
A video clip of the TV quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati (KBC) is being shared on social media in which a contestant can be seen giving a wrong answer to the question: Which government constructed the Mahakal Lok located in Ujjain? It is being claimed that he lost around 6.5 crores due to his andh bhakti (blind faith). Let’s fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: These visuals show a KBC contestant losing 6.5 crores due to his andh bhakti.
Fact: This is digitally morphed footage; the original clip shows a contestant named Shashwat Goel giving the wrong answer to the 7.5 Crore question. This question is not related to the Mahakal Lok, as claimed in the viral post, but it was about the motto of a British Army unit. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To learn more details about the viral clip, we performed a keyword search (including words like 7.5 crore, KBC contestant, etc.) on the internet. This search led us to the full episode of the contestant featured in the viral clip. This episode is available on the official YouTube channel of KBC. The contestant’s name is Shashwat Goel. He failed to pass through the final, i.e., the 17th question worth 7.5 Crores, and won 75 Lakh rupees in this episode.
Getting back to the details, the viral clip was taken from this episode; one can see the portion seen in the viral video from 1 hr 11 Minutes and 42 Seconds (here). The viral clip shows a question related to Mahakal Lok in Ujjain. However, the actual question was about the motto of the first British Army Unit to serve in India.
Moreover, the video clip itself gives away that it has been tampered with. The moment the host Amitabh Bachchan starts to ask the 17th question, his voice sounds a little muffled, very different from how he sounds in the early portions of the video. Also, at 18 seconds, when the question is asked, the host can be seen not speaking, but the question is already heard. This makes it clear that the original clip has been digitally edited to create the viral clip. You can see the difference between the both in the following collage.
To sum up, this video clip of a KBC contestant giving a wrong answer to a political question has been edited.


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This video of a Child offering Namaz in the middle of the road is from Dubai, not India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 28, 2023
A video of a young boy offering namaz in the middle of a road is being widely circulated. As the boy offers Namaz, the vehicles passing by are made to stop and when the boy is done with Namaz, the vehicles resume to move. The video is being circulated with a claim that the visuals show an incident that happened in India. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals of a boy offering namaz in the middle of the road.
Fact: The video was initially shared by a social media user who is based in Dubai. Further, clues like vehicle registration plates, food delivery executives and uniform of security guard suggests that the video is from Dubai. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Earlier in January 2023, a lengthier version of the same video went viral across social media platforms after the late Canadian writer Tarak Fateh shared it on Twitter. Though he claimed the video to be from Pakistan, many Twitter users questioned the authenticity of the location in the comments section.
We found the same video on the Facebook profile of the same user, uploaded on 10 January 2023. Both on TikTok and Facebook profiles, the user mentioned his location as Dubai.
Taking a cue from this, upon careful observation of the lengthier & clearer video shared by Tarak Fateh, we found some clues to conclude that the video is from Dubai. These clues are listed below.
Food delivery Executive:
In the backdrop of the video, we can spot a person dressed like a food delivery executive. A reverse image search of this photo yielded few images of food delivery executives with similar dresses and logos.
As per the description of the image on Alamy, the dress and logo are of ‘Talaat’, a food delivery service based in Dubai.
Talabat is an online food delivery service based in Kuwait and has operations in Kuwait, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Iraq.
Security Agency:
Secondly, we observed the uniform of the security guard in the viral video. The backside of the uniform carries Arabic text which loosely translates to ‘guard ‘ in English.
Taking this as a clue, a search on YouTube yielded an interview with a security guard who carried a similar uniform. As per the title of the video, the security guard works for ‘Arkan’ security company in Dubai.
Further search led us to the website of Ejadah, a security company in Dubai. As per the website, Arkan is a security company offering its services in Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
Vehicle registration plates:
Lastly, the registration plates of the vehicles visible in the viral video are similar to those in Dubai. Registration plates in Dubai also carry five digits (here, here & here).
All these confirm that this video is most likely from Dubai and not India, as claimed in the viral post.
To sum it up, this video of a child offering namaz in the middle of the road is from Dubai, not India.


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This video of a leopard sighting on a highway was filmed near Binkadakatti, 420 km away from Bangalore - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
April 19, 2023
A video of a leopard appearing to be casually sitting on the side of a road is doing rounds on social media. It is being claimed that this leopard was seen sitting on the Bangalore Bannerghatta  Outer Ring Road. Let’s verify this claim through this article.
Claim: Visuals of a leopard sighting filmed on the Outer Ring Road, Bangalore.
Fact: Reportedly, on 16 April 2023, a leopard was seen sitting on a road (NH 67) near Binkadakatti, a village in the Gadag district of Karnataka. Binkadakatti is approximately 420 Km away from Bangalore. Hence the claim made in the post is False.
To know more details about the video, we performed a basic keyword search on the internet. This led us to a news report published by the Times Now on 17 April 2023, which contained the viral video.
This incident happened last Sunday night (16 April 2023) on the Gadag Binkadakatti road, NH 67. A few more news reports (here and here) on the same incident also mentioned that this happened near Binkadakatti, a village in the Gadag district of Karnataka. Hubli Express reported that the forest department had launched an operation to catch the big cat but to no avail.
According to Google Maps, the distance between Binkadakatti and Bangalore is approximately 420km, which clearly means the viral post falsely describes the location of this incident as Bangalore Outer Ring Road.
To sum up, a video of a leopard spotted sitting on the Gadag Binkadakatti road is shared as a leopard sighting captured in Bangalore.


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This video of a Madarsa teacher beating a child is from Bangladesh, not India - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 15, 2021
A social media post accompanying the video of a Muslim man beating a child indiscriminately is being widely shared across social media platforms. Through this article let’s fact-check the context of the video.
Claim: Video of a Maulvi in India beating a child indiscriminately.
Fact: The video actually shows an incident of a teacher in a madarsa beating up a child mercilessly in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He was beaten because he ran after his mother, who came to see him on his birthday. This incident has nothing to do with India. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
Google search with relevant keywords led us to a Bangladeshi news article dated 10 March 2021 which reported the same video. As per the article, the video shows the incident of a madarsa teacher Md Yahya of Al Markazul Quran Islamic Academy, Chittagong beating up a child indiscriminately for running after his mother who came to see him on his birthday.
Further, the article reported that after the video went viral, local officials rescued the child and the teacher was expelled from the madarsa. Few more news articles reported the incident, establishing the fact that this incident took place in Bangladesh. They can be read here and here. This incident has nothing to do with India.
To sum it up, this video of a madarsa teacher beating a child is from Bangladesh, not India.


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This video of a man allegedly spitting on rotis was shot in Meerut, not in Nampally (Hyderabad) - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
February 25, 2021
A video of a man allegedly spitting on rotis while making them at a function hall, is being shared on social media with a claim that the video was shot at Red Rose Palace in Nampally (Hyderabad). Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a man spitting on rotis while making them at a function hall in Hyderabad.
Fact: The video was reportedly shot at Aroma Garden in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh), not at Red Rose Palace in Nampally (Hyderabad, Telangana). The man in the video is identified as Naushad alias Sohail. Hence the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, several new articles regarding the incident in the video were found in the search results. In the ‘Times Now’ news article, it can be read that the video was shot at Aroma Garden in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh). The man in the video is identified as Naushad alias Sohail. Other news articles on the incident can be read here and here.
The tweets made by ‘Meerut Police’ on the incident can be seen here and here.
The FIR filed on the incident can be found here. So, it can be concluded that the incident happened in Meerut (Uttar Pradesh).
To sum it up, the video of a man allegedly spitting on rotis was shot in Meerut, not in Nampally (Hyderabad).

created: February 25, 2021


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This Video of a man brutally thrashing a child is not related to recent Rajasthan’s Jalore incident - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 16, 2022
Video of a man brutally thrashing a child is being widely shared on social media. The post claims that the video is from the Rajasthan’s Jalore district, on drinking water from the pot of Rajput teacher Chail Singh, a Dalit student Indra Meghwal was thrashed to death.  Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a teacher mercilessly beating a Dalit child in Rajasthan for drinking water from from a pot.
Fact: This video is from an incident that took place in Patna, Bihar. Chhotu, working as a tutor in a private tuition centre brutally thrashed a child. According to the owner of tuition centre, he did this because he is suffering from High blood pressure. Police filed an FIR and launched investigation. This video is not related to the Rajasthan incident where a Dalit child was allegedly beaten to death by a teacher. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING
FACTLY already fact-checked this video and published an article on 06 July 2022. According to this article, the incident took place in Patna, Bihar. Chhotu, working as a tutor in a tuition centre brutally thrashed a child. The owner of the tuition centre said Chhotu did this because he suffers from high blood pressure. Police filed an FIR and launched investigation.
However, we searched the internet for details of the Rajasthan incident using the keywords from the claim made in the post and found several news reports regarding the incident. They can be read here, here and here.
According to these reports, the incident took place at a private school, Saraswathi Vidya Mandir, in Surana village of Jalore district of Rajsthan on 20 July 2022. When a 9-year-old class-III student, Indra Meghwal, drank water from an earthen pot which was allegedly reserved for teachers belonging to higher castes, the teacher noticed it and brutally assaulted the boy.
The boy died on 13 August 2022 while undergoing treatment in Ahmedabad. A case was registered under Section 302 (murder) of the Indian Penal Code and the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act at the Sayla police station. The FIR copy can be seen here.
To sum it up, these visuals of a man brutally thrashing a child are not related to recent incident from Rajasthan’s Jalore district.


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This video of a man escaping health and police officials is from Kerala, not Telangana - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
July 9, 2020
A video is being shared on social media with a claim that it shows a suspected COVID-19 patient running away from doctors and police in Telangana. Let’s fact-check the claim made in the post.
Video of a suspected COVID-19 patient running away from doctors and police in Telangana.
Fact: The posted video is not related to Telangana. The incident in the video took place in Kerala. The man in the video came from Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) recently and was supposed to be under quarantine. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When the screenshots of the video were run through Google Reverse Image Search, a similar video was found in the search results. ‘The New Indian Express’ has posted the same video on its YouTube channel on 6 July 2020. In the description of the video, it can be read that the incident in the video took place in Pathanamthitta town (Kerala). The man in the video came from Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) recently and was supposed to be under quarantine. On Monday, the Police found him roaming without a mask. As the man has refused to go into quarantine, he was forcibly taken by the health officials. The news articles regarding the incident can be read here and here.
To sum it up, the incident in the video took place in Kerala, not in Telangana.
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This video of a man forcefully applying Holi colours to a woman is scripted - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
March 28, 2024
A video (here, here and here) has been circulating on social media that shows a man forcefully applying Holi colours to a woman. In the video, she, along with a group of people around her subsequently retaliate, and attack the man for his actions.  Let’s check the authenticity of this video through this fact-check article.
Claim: A video depicts a man forcibly applying Holi colours to a woman.
Fact: The video in question is a scripted one created for entertainment purposes. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To verify the real story behind this viral video, a reverse image search was conducted using keyframes from the content. This search led us to the same video posted on the Instagram account of ‘The Great Khali,’ who captioned the post as: ‘Happy Holi to all. Celebrate Carefully.’
The exact video was also posted by an Instagram user named ‘official_athlete_soniya,’ who happened to be the woman seen in the video. She confirmed that the video was created purely for entertainment purposes.
Further examination of ‘The Great Khali’s’ Instagram revealed another post containing the same video, where he similarly stated that the video was generated for entertainment.
To sum up, the viral video is a scripted piece created for entertainment and is falsely shared as a genuine incident of a man harassing a woman by forcefully applying Holi colours.


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This video of a man making a Biogas torch in two minutes is scripted. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 10, 2024
A video of a man making a flame torch using biogas and Eno is doing the rounds on social media. Let’s fact-check this video through this article.
Claim: This video shows a man making a biogas torch with dung and Eno in two minutes.
Fact: This is a scripted video posted on a Facebook page named ‘Public post 24’, on which many such scripted videos, according to their page’s intro, are made with the aim of spreading awareness. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To check the veracity of the viral claim, we performed a basic keyword search on the internet, leading us to a Facebook post on a page named ‘Public post 24.’  This post, which also contained the viral video, was posted on 7 January 2024 with a post description in Hindi that translates to ‘Made gas from cow dung and eno and lit it in 2 minutes.’
While going through this page, we found that the page’s intro description reads, ‘All the videos posted on this page are fully scripted, made with the aim of spreading awareness.’ This page contains multiple such scripted videos. This clarifies that a scripted video is being falsely shared as a real incident.
Additionally, we discovered a few videos that explain how such biogas torches are made by mixing pieces of Calcium Carbide in the water.
To sum up, a scripted video of a man making a gobar gas torch is falsely shared as a real incident.

created: January 10, 2024


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This video of a man praying in the middle of the road is from Turkey, not London - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 13, 2021
A video accompanied by a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that the video of a man praying in the middle of the road is from London. The post even claims that London is now trapped in the clutches of Islam and is under the grip of Islam. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a man praying in the middle of the road in London.
Fact: The video is from Istanbul, Turkey and not from London. This video of a man praying in the middle of the road, ignoring the passage of vehicles is from E-5 Highway in Istanbul, Turkey, taken in September 2021. However, there is a BBC video uploaded on YouTube in 2015, of a ‘Muslim man praying in the middle of oxford street’, which is in London. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, a lengthier YouTube video with the same visuals was found. The video can be seen to be clipped from the YouTube video up to the 1:12 timeframe. The YouTube video uploaded on 19 September 2021, was titled (in English), ‘The man praying in the middle of the road/ E5 Istanbul’. The title of the video was in Turkish. The title and the language used suggest that the video could be from Turkey.
Taking the cue that the video could be from Istanbul, Turkey; we searched in Google with relevant keywords and found several articles about the same incident. A video of a man praying in the middle of the road and ignoring the passage of vehicles was taken on the Istanbul E-5 highway. The incident was reported by several Turkish media websites, which can be read here and here.
We looked for similar-looking buildings in the background of the video and found a photo from Google Maps with ‘Metroport’ written on the building. The photo is of ‘Metroport Mall’ which is beside the E-5 highway in Istanbul, Turkey. When we compare the photo with the screengrab of the video, we can confirm that the video was from Turkey.
However, we did find a video from 2015 of a ‘Muslim man praying in the middle of oxford street’, which is in London. Another video of a ‘Muslim man performing Adhan on London’s Tower Bridge’ was uploaded on YouTube in May 2021.
To sum it up, this video of a man praying in the middle of the road is from Turkey, not London.

created: October 13, 2021


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This video of a man saving a schoolgirl from the hands of molesters is scripted - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 9, 2024
Recently, a video featuring a couple of men misbehaving with a schoolgirl went viral on social media. In the video, a man can be seen saving the girl from these miscreants. We fact-check this claim through this article.
Claim: This video shows a man saving a schoolgirl from the hands of molesters.
Fact:  This is a scripted video made for entertainment purposes. This was uploaded on YouTube two years ago by a video creator named ‘Naveen Jangra.’  Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
To check the veracity of the viral claim, we performed a reverse image search on the internet, which led us to the original full-length version of the viral video. This video was uploaded on a verified YouTube channel named ‘Naveen Jangra.’ According to his Instagram bio, he is a ‘video creator.’
At the beginning of the video, at around the 0:15 second mark (archive link), a disclaimer appears on the video, which says that content made in the video was created for ‘entertainment purposes’ only. In other words, the video is fictional and does not portray a real incident.
To sum up, a scripted video made for entertainment purposes is shared as a real incident.


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This video of a man throwing goats from a moving truck is from Maharashtra, not Pakistan. - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
May 3, 2023
A social media post accompanied by a video in which a man is seen throwing goats from a moving truck is being shared with a claim that it is from Pakistan. Let’s verify the claim made in this post.
Claim: A video of a man throwing goats from a speeding truck on Karachi Highway, Pakistan.
Fact: This incident occurred on the Igatpur Ghoti road in Maharashtra. Hence, the claim made in the post is False
To learn the truth behind the claim, we searched the internet for any relevant details about the incident. The search led us to a few reports (here, here and here ) on this incident which were published recently.
Reportedly, this incident took place on the Igatpuri Goti road in Maharashtra. The same video was posted on Twitter by a user named Mohit Sharma. He claimed that this took place on the Unnao Highway in Uttar Pradesh and tagged the official Twitter handle of the UP Police. Responding to this, the UP police Fact Check clarified that it was not from UP but from Maharashtra. Unnao Police have also given a clarification regarding the same and stressed that one should not post such misleading information without verification.
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In the viral video, the city name of Aurangabad is seen written on a signboard adjacent to the highway. We can also see the words written in the Devanagari script on the same board. Hindi and Marathi, which is the official language of the Maharashtra state, are written in Devanagari script.
To sum up, this video of a man throwing goats from a moving truck is from Maharashtra, not Pakistan.


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This video of a medal mix-up is from a Skating competition in 2019, not from Olympics - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
August 2, 2021
A video of medals getting mixed up between two women is being widely shared on social media claiming that it happened during the ongoing Tokyo 2020 Olympics. One person in the video places a medal on a woman. After realizing it does not belong to her, she graciously places the medal on the woman standing next to her. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of a medal mix-up in Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Fact: The video is from the medal ceremony at the Internationaux de France, ISU Grand Prix 2019. ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of figure skating competitions organized by the International Skating Union. No such mix-up happened in the on-going 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, a lengthier YouTube video with similar visuals was found. The YouTube video was uploaded on 19 November 2019, with the title ‘Medal mix-up at ISU Grand Prix 2019 in Grenoble’. According to the description of the video, this was the medal ceremony at the Internationaux de France 2019, where Mariah Bell received a gold medal by mistake instead of Alena Kostornaia; and Alina Zagitova standing beside those two pointed it out.
Taking cue that this video is from the 2019 ISU Grand Prix, we searched Google with relevant keywords. An image in the Stock Photo Website, Alamy, says the event was a victory ceremony on day 2 of the ISU; taken on 02 November 2019. A news article says, the local official mistakenly gave the gold medal to US Skater Mariah bell instead of the Russian winner Alena Kostornaia. ‘The women’s award ceremony at the figure skating Grand Prix in France descended into a comedy show,’
ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating is a series of figure skating competitions are organized by the International Skating Union.
To sum it up, this video of a medal mix-up is from a Skating competition in 2019, not from Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

created: August 2, 2021


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This video of a mob vandalising a Hindu temple in Pakistan is shared as related to Bangladesh - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
June 15, 2022
Update (15 JUNE 2022):
The same video is now being shared in the context of the alleged insulting remarks made by Nupur Sharma on Prophet Muhammad recently. However, the posted video is an old one from Pakistan. It is not related to the recent comments made by Nupur Sharma on Prophet Muhammad.
Published (30 MARCH 2022):
A video through a post is being widely shared on social media claiming that the visuals of people destroying a Hindu temple are from Bangladesh. Let us fact-check the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video of people vandalising a Hindu temple in Bangladesh.
Fact: The video is from Pakistan and not Bangladesh. The visuals are from August 2021, when a mob had vandalised Siddhi Vinayak temple in Rahim Yar district of Pakistan. Temples were vandalised recently in Bangladesh, but this video is not related to that incident. Hence, the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
When reverse image search is done on the screenshots of the video, similar visuals were found in a Times of India article. According to the article, the visuals are from a Hindu temple in Pakistan, not Bangladesh. Siddhi Vinayak temple in Rahim Yar Khan district was vandalised by a mob in Pakistan.
Some other news outlets (here and here) have reported that the same visuals were from Pakistan, and not Bangladesh.
When the video went viral and was criticized on social media in August 2021, it has been reported that the Pakistan Prime Minister’s office ordered a probe into the incident. Later, according to a news report, the damaged temple had been handed over to the Hindu community after repairs were made to the structure.
Recently, Muslims in Bangladesh had vandalised a Hindu temple based on a Facebook post. Articles regarding the incident can be seen here and here. However, the viral video is not related to this incident that took place in Bangladesh.
To sum it up, this video of a mob vandalising a Hindu temple in Pakistan is shared as related to Bangladesh.


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This video of a monkey regularly visiting a temple is from Lucknow, not Ayodhya - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
January 11, 2023
A video of monkey visiting a temple by itself and bowing before the idol is being widely shared on social media claiming that this incident took place at Ayodhya, and that the monkey visits the temple everyday. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Visuals of a monkey visiting a temple in Ayodhya everyday.
Fact: Visuals show a monkey regularly visiting the temple and bowing before idols at Buddheshwar Mahadev Temple in Lucknow. Hence the claim made in the post is MISLEADING.
The narrator in the viral video stated that the monkey visits the ‘Baba Buddheshwar Dham’ temple every day for Darshan. Taking a cue from this, we searched for this temple’s location and found that it is in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. The visuals of the temple in the viral video also confirm the same. They can be seen here and here.
Moreover, in December 2022, in an interview with Navbharat Times, temple priests and devotees said that the monkey has been visiting the temple regularly for the past 2 months. It first bows down to Parasuram’s idol and then to Buddheshwar Mahadev (a manifestation of Lord Shiva). Though we couldn’t independently verify whether this act of monkey is voluntary or otherwise, it is evident that this incident took place in Lucknow and not in Ayodhya.
To sum it up, video of a monkey visiting a temple for Darshan is from Lucknow, not Ayodhya.

created: January 11, 2023