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21 ఆగస్టు 2026న ఢిల్లీలోని జంతర్ మంతర్ వద్ద జరిగిన ‘రిజర్వేషన్ హటావో ఆందోళన్’కు సంబంధించిన దృశ్యాలు
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
Photo shows siblings Pia and Alan Peter Cayetano at an airport this August.
Publisher’s rating: False
Related reporting from Rappler says the airport photo in the circulating claim came from a video of the Cayetano siblings recorded on July 19, 2026, and that the posted frame was enhanced with AI. It also reports that both senators attended Senate sessions on August 19 and 24, 2026.
The video shows PM Modi disrespecting the national anthem by walking on stage and greeting other leaders while it was being played.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the viral video’s audio was edited and that the national anthem was added externally. It says the original footage shows Modi being welcomed and greeting people, with no anthem played or sung.
బీజేపీ జాతీయ అధ్యక్షుడు నితిన్ నబీన్ జాతీయ జెండాను తలకిందులుగా పట్టుకున్నప్పటి ఫోటో.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
Rodrigo Duterte has returned to Davao City this August.
Publisher’s rating: False
Video of a crowd raising anti-Modi slogans at the Rajiv Chowk Metro station in Delhi on 15 August 2026.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY reports that the video was from 20 July 2026, during NEET protests at Rajiv Chowk Metro station, not from 15 August. It says protesters raised anti-Modi slogans while demanding the resignation of then Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan during the ‘Chalo Sansad’ march.
15 ఆగస్టు 2026న పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్ ప్రభుత్వ కార్మిక, రవాణా శాఖ మంత్రి అర్జున్ సింగ్ త్రివర్ణ పతాకానికి బదులుగా బీజేపీ జెండాను ఎగురవేసిన వీడియో.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The image shows BJP national president Nitin Nabin holding the Tricolour upside down.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the viral image of Nitin Nabin holding the Tricolour upside down was digitally manipulated. It says the original image showed him hoisting the flag correctly at his residence on 13 August 2026 as part of the Har Ghar Tiranga campaign.
Video of Arjun Singh, Minister-in-Charge of the Department of Labour and Transport, Government of West Bengal, hoisting the BJP flag instead of the tricolour flag on 15 August 2026.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the video was recorded on 6 July 2026 at a programme commemorating Dr. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee’s 125th birth anniversary, not at an Independence Day event. It also reports that the longer video shows the Indian national flag being hoisted after the BJP flag.
ఇటలీ ప్రధాని జార్జియా మెలోనిని ఉద్దేశించి రాహుల్ గాంధీ, సందీప్ దీక్షిత్ చేసిన వ్యాఖ్యలను ఖండిస్తూ భారత్‌లోని ఇటలీ రాయబార కార్యాలయం జారీ చేసిన ప్రకటన.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
A video showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra at the wedding reception of NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule’s daughter in August 2026.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the video is old and unrelated to Supriya Sule’s daughter’s wedding reception. It reports that the same visuals appeared in a post dated 19 March 2025, associated with an event involving Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s sons, and that the clothing in the video did not match Modi’s attire at the reception.
The video shows BJP leaders hoisting the party flag instead of the Tricolour on 15 August 2026 in Chhattisgarh.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
FACTLY reports that the video shows a BJP training programme in Kurud, Chhattisgarh, on 22 March 2026—not Independence Day celebrations. It says the footage was shared online before 15 August 2026 and that BJP representatives clarified its actual origin.
The government is importing new bulletproof luxury vehicles for the President and Prime Minister using public funds.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review says the Finance Ministry and both leaders’ media divisions denied the claim, and reports finding no Cabinet approval or tender for such a purchase. It also says the President uses a previously owned government vehicle, while the Prime Minister declined the assigned luxury vehicles.
"Susan Collins voted to support Donald Trump on the largest Medicaid cut in history."
Publisher’s rating: False
درباره سهم ایران از خزر چه میدانیم؟
Publisher’s rating: معاهدات ۱۹۲۱ و ۱۹۴۰ و کنوانسیون آکتائو هیچ سهم درصدی مشخصی برای ایران تعیین نکردهاند، بنابراین ادعای «سهم ۵۰ درصدی ایران» مبنای حقوقی ندارد.
Video of BJP National Spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla criticizing PM Narendra Modi, the RSS, and the BJP after resigning from the party.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY found that the clip came from a March 2017 Newslaundry discussion, when Poonawalla represented the Congress, years before he joined the BJP. The review also says reports of his August 2026 resignation had no official confirmation when it was published.
Video of Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke meeting Jharkhand Congress president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
FACTLY found that the person in the video with Abhijeet Dipke was not Jharkhand Congress president Keshav Mahto Kamlesh, but Maharashtra Congress leader Babajani Durrani. The same video was posted on Durrani’s Instagram account on 4 August 2026, with a description saying they met in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra.
In dem von mehreren Accounts geteilten Videomit jeweils zehntausendenoder sogar 1,2 Millionen Viewsberichtet angeblich die Deutsche Welle, dass Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz am 10. August seinen Rücktritt bekanntgeben will. Diese Informationen sollen aus "interner Korrespondenz des CDU-Vorstands" stammen, die dem "Handelsblatt" vorliege und über die die Wirtschafts- und Finanzzeitung zuerst berichtet habe.
Publisher’s rating: DW Faktencheck: Fake. Das Video ist kein echtes Video der DW, sondern ein weiterer Fall von Media-Spoofing - dabei wird die visuelle Identität vertrauenswürdiger Medienmarken und Nachrichtenkanäle imitiert und für die Verbreitung falscher Narrative missbraucht.
The Office of the Vice President spent P40 million in confidential funds for medical and food aid “for the poor” or to “save lives.”
Publisher’s rating: No basis
Related reporting says the OVP’s liquidation documents listed P40 million for medical and food assistance. SunStar’s August 5, 2026 report described the same amount as part of confidential-fund expenditures from April to July 2023; these excerpts do not establish that the aid was specifically for the poor or intended to “save lives.”
ویدیوی مخالفت مسعود پزشکیان که حاضر نیست کنار مسعود خامنهای بنشیند.
Publisher’s rating: شاخدار