Tag: fake news

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  Viral

  Fact Check: Post Claiming February Is Very Special This Year Is Fake

  Amanpreet Kaur February 19, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post going viral on social media claims that February is very special this year as this time each day in February is falling four times in a month This coincidence comes...

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  Viral

  Fact Check: Old Picture From Bihar Falsely Linked To Rinku Sharma Murder Case of Delhi

  ameesh rai February 17, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News A picture of a woman holding a wounded boy is being shared on social media This picture is being linked to the recent murder of a man named Rinku Sharma in Delhi Social...

• Politics

  Fact Check: Old picture from Bihar floods goes viral claiming to be that of recent Uttarakhand floods

  Ankita Deshkar February 11, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a picture of Khalsa Aid carrying out relief mission in the currently distressed state of Uttarakhand which is affected by floods Social media...

• Viral

  Fact Check: This heavily software-processed image of the Sun has no connection with NASA

  Amanpreet Kaur February 10, 2021

  By Vishvas News New Delhi Vishvas News A picture of the surface of the Sun is being widely shared on social media It is being claimed that this is the clearest picture of the surface of the...

• Politics

  Fact Check: This viral circular from SRM university is fake

  Abbinaya Kuzhanthaivel January 27, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News In a bizarre post a viral circular allegedly from the SRM University registrar makes it mandatory for every female student of SRM Institute of Science and Technology...

• Health

  Fact Check: Image From Nepal Falsely Shared As Kids Going To School Swinging On A Cable Bridge In Uttarakhand

  Urvashi Kapoor January 20, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News A image widely circulated on social media shows some children swinging on a cable bridge It is being claimed in the post that these are the students going to school in...

• Viral

  Fact Check: No, This Pizza Outlet Isn’t Giving 3 Free Pizzas In Its 58th Anniversary

  Urvashi Kapoor January 11, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post received by Vishvas News on its Whatsapp Chatbot claims that Pizza Hut is giving 3 free large pizzas on its 58th Anniversary A link is also given in the post...

• World

  Fact Check: This Woman Is An Airsoft Gamer And Not An American Army Soldier; She Has No Relation With Sulaimani’s Death

  Pallavi Mishra January 8, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News A picture going viral on social media shows a woman dressed in the American military army uniform The post claims that this soldier had killed the Iranian Major General...

• Viral

  Fact Check: No, King Henry VIII Didn’t Make This Armour; This Artwork Was Created By A Canadian Sculptor In 1992

  Urvashi Kapoor January 6, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News A photo doing rounds on Facebook claims that it shows an armour that King Henry VIII made for his cat Dagobert When Vishvas News investigated we found the claim to be false...

• Viral

  Quick Fact Check: Misleading Post Claiming Tezpur Litchis Got GI Tag In 2020 Resurfaces

  Urvashi Kapoor January 5, 2021

  New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News received a post on its Whatsapp Chatbot for fact checking The post claims that Tezpur Litchi gets a Geographical Indication GI tag in 2020 Vishvas News had...

• Politics

  Fact Check: Edited photo of ‘Sardar with no mustache’ involved in farmers protest, viral with false claim

  Abhishek Parashar December 26, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News There has been widespread propaganda on social media about the agitation of the farmers with the demand to withdraw farm laws One such picture is being widely shared on...

• Politics

  Fact Check: The Person Seen In This Video Isn’t Congress MLA, Viral Claim Is Fake

  Pallavi Mishra December 23, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A video doing rounds on social media claims that the person shown in the video is Congress MLA Anil Upadhyay In the video the person can be heard supporting the Farmer’s...

• Viral

  Fact Check: No, This Coffee Outlet Didn’t Threaten to Fire Employees Who Say ‘Merry Christmas’; Viral Post Is Fake

  Urvashi Kapoor December 21, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A screenshot of a tweet is going viral on social media from a person who asserted that he was the manager of a Starbucks outlet in Charlotte North Carolina He proclaimed...

• Viral

  Fact Check: No, This Chocolate Brand Isn’t Giving Free Chocolates; Viral Link Is A Scam

  Urvashi Kapoor December 21, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News received a post on its Whatsapp Chatbot for fact check As per the post Cadbury India is giving free chocolate basket gift Hamper to celebrate their 70th...

• Health

  Fact Check: No, This Machine Cannot Cure A Disease in 2.5 Minutes; Viral Images Are Taken From A 2013 Movie

  Urvashi Kapoor December 11, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post doing rounds on social media shows images of MedBeds a type of body scanner As per the claim Medbeds can pick up any disease and cure it in 25 minutes It further...

• Politics

  Fact Check: UPI payments will not cost 30 per cent transaction charges, viral claim is fake

  Abbinaya Kuzhanthaivel December 7, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post with a newspaper clipping is shared with a claim that payments through Google Pay and PhonePe will cost 30 percent transaction charges with effect from 1...

• Health

  Fact Check: Post Claiming This Vaccine Injects An Unsafe Amount of Aluminum To Infants Is Misleading

  Urvashi Kapoor December 3, 2020

  New Delhi Vishvas News A post going viral on Facebook claims that the Pediarix vaccine injects an unsafe amount of aluminum into infants When Vishvas News investigated the post we found it to be...