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Modi once again plastered his face on a creative informing citizens of a hotline to call with corruption complaints. For the record, there are already phone lines to call in government departments, and why on earth would we call the “command centre” of India’s Corruption? The death of irony!!
Publisher’s rating: false
The video shows Prashant Kishor apologising to Samrat Chaudhary and the Kushwaha community.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the viral clip’s audio was edited and externally added, and that the original video shows Kishor criticising Bihar politics and Tejashwi Yadav’s work in Raghopur. It identifies the source footage as a visit on 11 October 2025 and says Kishor does not apologise in that clip.
Just asking out of curiosity, @DMKITwing @U2Brutus_off @Saattaidurai @idumbaikarthi, you guys are saying @TVKVijayHQ is shaking hands with BJP? But how did @tnpoliceoffl grant permission for @NainarBJP to hold a public gathering right in the heart of Chennai, at Mint Clock Tower? Even @EPSTamilNadu is finding it difficult to get approval for a public event, yet @arivalayam government seems to be unusually friendly with the BJP. I believe there is still no clear SOP for political gatherings. No restrictions, no hurdles, unlike what’s imposed on TVK. Don't say this is not a public place
Publisher’s rating: false
The Viral photos show Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union Agriculture Minister and former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, with a plaster on different hands, suggesting he is lying about his injury.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the viral selfie was flipped, making the plaster appear on Chouhan’s left hand when his injury was on his right. It cites video and photos from the same event, as well as photos from other events, as evidence that the injury was on his right hand.
انتشار عکس و خبر انتصاب «نفیسه زارع کهن» به سمت «سرپرست اداره کل حوزه سخنگوی دولت»
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
Video showing Jawaharlal Nehru saying, “Take care of this country, otherwise after 75 years, an uneducated man will divide it on the basis of religion”.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that AI detection tools identified the viral video as AI-generated. It also says it found no evidence that Nehru made the quoted statement.
The photo shows female reporters were present at Afghanistan’s Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s press conference on 10 October 2025 in the Afghanistan Embassy.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the viral photo is from a Vivekananda International Foundation event in Delhi, not Muttaqi’s 10 October 2025 press conference at the Afghan Embassy. It reports that the VIF post and media coverage identified the photo as showing the VIF event.
総理大臣が高市氏に代わるからトランプ政権が態度を変えた?
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review says the claim is false: reports that the Trump administration was considering tariff relief for major automakers appeared before Takaichi was elected president of the Liberal Democratic Party. It also says Trump’s planned Japan visit had been reported before the election, so neither development was shown to be caused by her selection.
The video shared under captions such as “STARMER INCEST NOW LEGAL” shows a man speaking in Parliament while subtitles claim he warns Starmer about legalising incestuous marriages. The post asserts that the prime minister “legalised marriages between brothers and sisters, between parents and children.”
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says the video shows a House of Commons debate on 18 June 2025 about first-cousin marriage, not incest. It reports that UK laws prohibiting incestuous relationships remain in effect.
India has secured a permanent membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) and acquired veto power through the support of 154 nations
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says India had not secured permanent UNSC membership or veto power, and found no credible reports supporting the claim. It also reports that the UN passed no such resolution during the 2025 General Assembly debates and describes the circulating video as a deepfake.
The viral video shows Azam Khan meeting Yogi Adityanath after his prison release in October 2025.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video does not show a meeting after Azam Khan’s prison release. The review identifies it as footage of the two politicians meeting in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly in December 2017.
自民新総裁・高市氏と立民・辻元氏が総裁室で握手?
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The review found that the image claiming to show Takaichi and Tsujimoto shaking hands in the president’s office was AI-generated. Tsujimoto denied that it was genuine, and the wider source image bore a Gemini watermark.
These viral photos show Jawaharlal Nehru attending RSS shakha meetings while wearing the RSS uniform.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The photos show Nehru wearing the Congress Seva Dal uniform, not attending RSS shakha meetings in RSS uniform. The review says one image depicts him at a Seva Dal session in Naini in 1939 and that there is no evidence he ever attended an RSS meeting.