HealthThe QuintDo Masks Help Prevent COVID-19? Here’s What Experts Have to Say
There has been a constant swirl of misinformation around masks. We got experts to answer your queries.
NewsThe QuintNo, Govt Isn’t Giving Rs 5,000 For Free as COVID-19 as Relief Fund
The link mentioned in the viral message is dubious and not an authorised one.
NewsThe QuintOld Video Passed off as Last Moments of Passengers on Pak Plane
The video is from an Etihad Airways flight in 2016, which had run into turbulence.
NewsThe QuintHome Min Amit Shah Hid Handcuffs Under Handkerchief? Look Again!
It’s a 2010 image when Amit Shah was taken to the CBI office in Gandhinagar in connection with the Sohrabuddin case.
NewsThe QuintTwo Videos of Cyclone Fani Go Viral as Visuals of Cyclone Amphan
Greta Thunberg retweeted a video that falsely claimed to show visuals of Cyclone Amphan.
NewsThe QuintMohan Bhagwat Never Said He Lost Faith in Religion Amid COVID-19
The newspaper clipping is headlined “Corona has destroyed my faith in religion - Mohan Bhagwat”.
NewsThe QuintVideo From Pak Shared as ‘Muslims Flouting Norms in Hyderabad’
We found out that the video is from Faisalabad in Pakistan.
NewsThe QuintSambit Patra Accuses Cong of ‘Bus Fraud’, But Gets His Facts Wrong
Three out of six registration numbers shared by Patra are registered as Buses on the Transport Ministry website.
NewsThe QuintOld Video Resurfaces, Claims to Show Saudi Mall Post Lockdown
In 2019, several users had shared the video claiming that it shows crowd in a store after it announced discounts.
NewsThe QuintOld Video From B’desh Shared as Rohingya Beating Hindus in Bengal
The video being shared says Rohingya Muslims in West Bengal are beating Hindus and “breaking their hands and feet”.
NewsThe QuintRandeep Surjewala Shares an Old Picture From Nepal as ‘New India’
The picture is nearly eight years old and it shows a Nepalese woman carrying her baby on a bicycle.
NewsThe QuintLocal Dispute in Siliguri Falsely Blamed on ‘Muslim Immigrants’
Siliguri Police rubbished the claims saying a case has been registered against BJP’s Youth Leader Abhijat Mishra.
NewsThe QuintOld Image Shared as Priyanka Gandhi’s Buses for Migrants in UP
The image is from 2019 when the UP government created a Guinness record by rolling out 503 buses in Kumbh Mela.
NewsThe QuintOld, Unrelated Clip Viral as Migrants Stranded at Delhi-UP Border
The video shows a huge crowd of people thronging together on a road and another group looking on from a terrace.
NewsThe QuintGovt Giving Rs 1.2 L to Workers Employed From 1990-2020? Well, No
The URL being shared with the claim is now defunct and the fake message has been called out by PIB.
NewsThe Quint‘Pakistan Zindabad’ Slogans Not Raised in Mumbai – Claim is Fake!
The message being shared with the video appears to be deliberately misleading.
HealthThe QuintTV9 Bharatvarsh Falsely Claims Tomato Virus Worse Than COVID-19
The channel claimed that the virus was more dangerous than coronavirus and was next in line to kill people.
NewsThe QuintMuslims Beat Sadhu? 2018 Incident Resurfaces With False Claims
In 2018, the SSP of Dehradun had tweeted the man who was being claimed to be a ‘sadhu’ was actually an imposter.
NewsThe QuintPolice Notice to Ex-MLA in Bulandshahr Shared With False Context
Many shared this police notice, claiming that offering water to a labourer in Bulandshahr can lead to prison.
NewsThe QuintUnrelated Clip Shared to Claim ‘Migrants Robbing People for Money’
Delhi Police refuted the claim and told us that the miscreants have been arrested and none of them was a migrant.
NewsThe QuintMuslims Flouting Lockdown by Offering Namaz in Group? Clip is Old
The video is made from a car with commentary given by a man who says that this is happening in Delhi’s Patparganj.
HealthThe QuintGadkari Says Corona an Artificial Virus, But Where’s The Evidence?
Gadkari’s claim, also endorsed by several US politicians finds no support in scientists & virologists.
NewsThe QuintFungus on Leather Goods in Malaysian Mall Claimed to Be From India
The images are from Malaysia’s Metrojaya store that had been closed since 18 March due to coronavirus restrictions.
NewsThe QuintVideo of COVID-19 Mock Drill in Colombia Shared as Real Incident
The minute-long video shows a man in a public space starting to cough and eventually collapse and die.
NewsThe QuintImages of Hindus Attacked in Pak Passed Off as Homes Burnt in WB
Pakistan’s Punjab Police mentioned that a case has been registered and the accused have been arrested.