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“La Chine exploite le canal de Panama”
“Photos of Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav taking a holy dip at the Maha Kumbh Mela”
FACTLY says: The photos show Akhilesh Yadav taking a bath in the river is from Haridwar, not the Maha Kumbh Mela. He posted these images on his ‘X’ account on 14 January 2025. As of 21 January 2025, there are no news reports of him …
“post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that Sheikh Kasule Ndirangwa has died”
“post on X (formerly Twitter) with a video supposedly of Israeli soldiers firing at a mosque in Gaza during prayers in December 2024”
“Prabowo desak PSSI kembalikan STY ke Timnas Indonesia”
“काली स्याही से भरे गए चेक पर RBI ने लगाया प्रतिबंध”
“Religious sect Iglesia Ni Cristo, along with members of the Kingdom of Jesus Christ and other groups, have staged a protest in EDSA.”
Vera Files says: EDSA was not one of the 13 locations where the INC's “National Rally for Peace” was held on Jan. 13.
“Streamer ‘IShowSpeed’ llega a Antofagasta: #Falso”
“The video shows a customer finding stones inside the parcel instead of the mobile phone they ordered from an e-commerce website”
FACTLY says: The video does not depict a real incident; it is a scripted video. It was uploaded on the Facebook page of Social Message on 01 January 2025. The introduction section revealed that the videos posted on this page are scr…
“The video shows a Muslim house help, Farida Khatoon, who was caught mixing urine in the juice of her Hindu employer, who is a Samajwadi Party leader.”
FACTLY says: The viral video is old and not from India. According to media reports, the incident took place in Kuwait, where a young house help was caught on camera adding urine to the family’s orange juice before serving it. The fa…
“There are many medical facilities in Komiyam. It has properties; it cures fever; it cures indigestion - IIT Madras Director Kamakoti”
“This video was first published on RedNote app by U.S. soldiers after the TikTok ban was announced in the U.S. on January 17, 2025.”
“TikTok video announcing that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was captured by Russian forces while visiting a village east of the country”
“video claiming to show retired President Uhuru Kenyatta saying that he was confined to a wheelchair due to arthritis until he found a miracle cure by Dr Maxwel Okoth”
“video shared on X (formerly Twitter), purportedly of the reaction of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails after the Gaza ceasefire agreement”
“Video showing the conch shell (shankh) being blown non-stop for 2 minutes and 49 seconds during the inauguration ceremony of the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela”
FACTLY says: The video is old and unrelated to the 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela. This viral video dates back to 13 February 2023 and shows the Ganga Aarti performed at Dashashwamedh Ghat in Varanasi during President Droupadi Murmu’s visit.
“Video shows a tsunami amid the wildfires in California this January 2025.”
Vera Files says: The circulating clip does not show a tsunami amid the wildfires in California this January. It shows rogue waves slamming into a beach in California in December 2023.
“Videos show that President Donald Trump admitted to rigging the 2024 election during his preinauguration day rally.”
“వైరల్ గ్రాఫిక్లో కనిపిస్తున్న 10 ఏళ్ల దళిత బాలుడిని చత్తీస్గఢ్లో ఒక పాస్టర్ చర్చిలోకి రావద్దు అని కొట్టాడు.”
FACTLY says: చత్తీస్గఢ్లో ఇటువంటి సంఘటన ఇటీవల జరిగినట్లు ఎటువంటి ఆధారాలు లభించలేదు. ఇకపోతే వైరల్ గ్రాఫిక్ లో ఉన్న బాలుడి ఫోటో 2021లో పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్ రాష్ట్రంలో ఒక సంఘటనకు సంబంధించింది. ఏప్రిల్ 2021లో ఒక 10 ఏళ్ల బాలుడు జై శ్రీ రామ్ అని అనలేదు అని ఒక…