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Vishvas NewsPolitics & government

কংগ্ৰেছ নেত্ৰী প্ৰিয়ংকা গান্ধী ভাদ্ৰাৰ এটা সম্পাদিত ভিডিঅ’ শেহতীয়াকৈ ভাইৰেল হৈ পৰিছে। খবৰ অনুসৰি এই ভিডিঅ’টোত তেওঁক ঝাড়ুৰে মাটিত থকা কংগ্ৰেছৰ চিহ্ন মচি থকা দেখুওৱা হৈছে। ইয়াকে লৈ বিভিন্ন ছ’চিয়েল মিডিয়া প্লেটফৰ্মত, কিছুমান লোকে প্ৰিয়ংকা গান্ধীক সমালোচনা কৰি আছে আৰু এই সম্পাদিত ভিডিঅ’টো ভাইৰেল কৰি তুলিছে।

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLYPolitics & government

Indian Foreign Service officer Sneha Dubey tweeted advising Indian journalists

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerned an image circulating on social media that purported to show Indian Foreign Service officer Sneha Dubey advising Indian journalists in a tweet. FACTLY’s review focused on whether the account shown in that image belonged to Dubey and whether the tweet appeared on her official account. The review identifies the handle in the image as “@SnehaDubey_” and reports that opening it showed that the account did not exist. It contrasts that handle with what it identifies as Dubey’s official account, “@SnehaDube.” FACTLY also says it searched for news articles and tweets from that official account about advice to Indian journalists, and found none. The review therefore concludes that the purported tweet was not made through Dubey’s official account. The article provides context for why Dubey and a journalist were in the news: it says she delivered India’s right-to-reply speech at the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2021, and that a video later circulated showing Aaj Tak anchor Anjana Om Kashyap approaching her for an interview, which Dubey declined. That is separate from the alleged tweet; the review’s account and search checks address the specific claim.

Fact CrescendoPolitics & government

លោក​ សម​ រង្ស៊ី​ អតីត​ប្រធាន​គណបក្ស​សង្គ្រោះ​ជាតិ ​នៅ​ក្នុង​​ឈុត​សម្លៀក​បំពាក់​ឯក​សណ្ឋាន​កង​ទ័ព​វៀតណាម

Publisher’s rating: Altered

The claim concerns a photo shared on Facebook that appeared to show Sam Rainsy, the former president of Cambodia’s National Rescue Party, wearing a Vietnamese army uniform. Fact Crescendo says the image was posted on December 2, 2020, amid political criticism and discussion of the opposition leader. Its investigation checked whether the person shown was actually Rainsy. (S1: “On December 2, 2020, one of the Facebook users posted a photo of Sam Rainsy, former president of the Cambodian National Rescue Party, in a Vietnamese army uniform.”)

FactcrescendoPolitics & government

গ্রীসে কম্যুনিস্ট পার্টির ইউথ ফেস্টিভালে বক্তব্য রাখলেন সীতারাম ইয়েচুরি

Publisher’s rating: MISSING CONTEXT

The claim concerns images presented as showing Sitaram Yechury speaking at a communist party youth festival in Greece. Factcrescendo reports that the images do show him speaking at a Greek communist gathering, but that the event took place in 2016—not recently, as the social-media post implied. The distinction is therefore about when the footage was recorded, rather than whether Yechury spoke at such an event. The review identifies the gathering as the 42nd KNE Odigitis festival in Athens and says Yechury attended alongside KNE general secretary Dimitris Koutsoumbas. [S1: “২০১৬ সালে গ্রীসে কম্যুনিস্ট পার্টির একটি সভায় সীতারাম ইয়েচুরির বক্তব্য দেওয়ার ঘটনাকে সম্প্রতির দাবি করে ভুয়ো পোস্ট ভাইরাল করা হচ্ছে।”] [S1: “গ্রিসের রাজধানী এথেন্সের ৪২ তম কেএনই (KNE) ওডিজাইটিস উৎসবের তৃতীয় এবং শেষ দিনে হাজার হাজার মানুষ এই বৃহৎ রাজনৈতিক অনুষ্ঠানে হাজার হাজার মানুষ যোগ দেন।”] To check the images, the review says it first used Google reverse image search. It found a September 2016 report on the Communist Party’s official blog, titled “A large political event at the KNE Youth Festival in Athens.” The review then describes finding another report on the Communist Party of Greece (KKE-ML) website that included the viral image and a video of Yechury’s speech. [S1: “তথ্য যাচাই এই দাবির সত্যতা যাচাই করতে প্রথমে আমরা ভাইরাল ছবিটিকে গুগল রিভার্স ইমেজ সার্চ করি।”] [S1: “ফলাফলে ‘কম্যুনিস্ট পার্টি’-এর অফিশিয়াল ব্লগ ওয়েবসাইট ‘আই ডি কমুনিস্ম’-এর ২০১৬ সালের সেপ্টেম্বর তারিখের এক প্রতিবেদনে এর অনুসন্ধান পাওয়া যায় পাওয়া যায়।”] [S1: “এই সুত্র ধরে প্রাসঙ্গিক কি ওয়ার্ড সার্চ করলে ‘কম্যুনিস্ট পার্টি অফ গ্রীসের (KKE-ML)’ ওয়েবসাইটে আরেকটি প্রতিবেদন খুঁজে পাই যেখানে এই ইউথ ফেস্টিভাল কেন্দ্রিক তথ্য পাওয়া যায়।”] The review says it compared the viral images with frames from that video and found they depicted the same gathering. It also reports finding no news of a recent Greece visit by Yechury. Together, those checks support the review’s conclusion that genuine older footage was circulated with a misleading suggestion of recency. The supplied excerpt describes the comparison but does not include the underlying reports or video for independent inspection. [S1: “ভিডিও দেখে স্পষ্ট বোঝা যায় ভাইরাল ছবি দুটো এই সভারই অংশ।”] [S1: “সীতারাম ইয়েচুরির সম্প্রতি গ্রীস সফরের কোনও খবর পাওয়া যায়নি।”]

FACTLYPolitics & government

Protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh tearing off the Indian flag

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim attached a video of people tearing the Indian flag to protesting farmers in Uttar Pradesh and the Lakhimpur Kheri incident. The review identifies the video’s setting as New York: it says the footage shows Khalistan supporters protesting outside the UN building during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s UN address in September 2021, rather than events in Uttar Pradesh. The review’s conclusion is that the video does not show the claimed incident. To investigate, the fact-check traced a copy of the video shared by NRI Herald and searched for reporting on the protests. It says news articles about the New York demonstrations included images in which the same two Sikh protesters visible in the viral video could be seen. It also compared the footage with a YouTube livestream of the protests during Modi’s address, reporting that the same two people appeared there as well. The review further says mainstream news agencies reported protests during the UN address. Its account thus connects the specific viral footage to the New York demonstration through visual matches with photographs and livestream footage, while locating the event outside the UN building—not at the Lakhimpur Kheri farmers’ protest. The supplied excerpt does not identify the individual news articles or agencies by name.