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The viral video shows a Garib Rath train catching fire on the Ludhiana–Delhi route on 1 January 2026.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the video does not show a fire on 1 January 2026: it identifies the footage as showing a fire in coach 19 of the Amritsar–Saharsa Express (Garib Rath) near Sirhind on 18 October 2025. It reports that passengers were evacuated safely and no casualties were reported.
Pending traffic challan payment websites shared via SMS and WhatsApp are official portals for paying traffic fines.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review found that the links were fraudulent, reporting that an invalid vehicle number still produced a pending ₹500 challan. It advises checking challans through the official Parivahan portal or State Traffic Police websites instead of payment links in messages.
வெனிசுவேலா ஜனாதிபதி மதுரோவையும் அவரது மனைவியையும் அமெரிக்க இராணுவம் கைது செய்தது.
Publisher’s rating: false
The viral video shows an RSS rally taking place in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The review says the video was not filmed in Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, but shows an RSS centenary rally in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh. It reports that visual comparisons identified the location as Power House Road in Ratlam and that Tamil Nadu’s official fact-checking unit also debunked the claim.
وزير الخارجية الإماراتي يدعو أوروبا للتضييق على الإسلام
Publisher’s rating: سياق مضلل
جمعیت تظاهرات مدافعان حکومت در تهران، در روز ۲۲ دی ۱۴۰۴ «حدود ۳ میلیون نفر» بوده است.
Publisher’s rating: شاخدار
Mamata Banerjee is shielding rabid, dangerous fundamentalists in Bengal. In a shocking display, Multiple Ma Kali and Ma Saraswati murti were DESECRATED near the Loknath Temple in Shantipur - SYMBOL OF BENGALs DEVOTIONAL & CULTURAL ASMITA. Few days before, famous singer Lagnagita Chakraborty was targeted by a TMC Leader for singing a devotional song - JAAGO Maa & Kali maa murti was put in a prison van in South 24 Parganas. This is the dark & harsh reality of Mamata Banerjee’s TMC.
Publisher’s rating: misleading
Related reporting identifies the vandalism as involving idols outside an artisan’s workshop in Shantipur. India Today’s research quotes police saying the two suspects were Hindu and intoxicated, with “no communal angle involved.”
படம் பாக்க வந்த சிகா ரசிகர்களே காரி துப்பராங்க @Siva_Kartikeyan
Publisher’s rating: old video
The startup ranks in the top‑2 leaders in its category with 97.4% accuracy
Publisher’s rating: fake
بموجب دراسات منشورة عنه شرحتها سابقاً. الزبادي اليوناني يرفع الدهون ويرفع عندك الكلسترول
Publisher’s rating: سياق ناقص
After the court's order, the RSS route marched in Tiruvannamalai under extremely heavy police security!
Publisher’s rating: false
சென்னை புத்தகக் கண்காட்சியில் பாரதிய ஜனதா கட்சியின் மாநில துணைத் தலைவரும், எழுத்தாளருமான திரு.ம.வெங்கடேசன் அவர்கள் எழுதிய “திராவிட இயக்க வரலாற்றுப் புரட்டுகள்” புத்தகத்தின் விளம்பரத்தை, தேசவிரோத, பிரிவினைவாத கும்பலின் அழுத்தத்திற்கு அடிபணிந்து மறைத்தது கருத்துச் சுதந்திரம் மற்றும் எழுத்துச் சுதந்திரத்தின் குரல்வளையை நெரிக்கும் செயல்.
Publisher’s rating: fake
Numerous false and misleading claims about the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and the circumstances of his arrest are circulating on social media.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
The review examines several viral posts about Maduro’s capture, including videos claimed to show his arrest or public reactions afterward, and a photo said to show his wife injured in court. It says the videos came from unrelated events and the photo was likely AI-generated, concluding that the posts misrepresented the capture and its aftermath.
A Sri Lankan school textbook introduces homosexuality to children through illustrations of families with two mothers or two fathers.
Publisher’s rating: False
Fact Crescendo reports that the viral image was from a textbook at an international school in Egypt, not a Sri Lankan school textbook. It says the Sri Lankan education ministry’s media secretary confirmed that the page was not from a Sri Lankan textbook and that the new-reform modules do not contain the depicted family models.
The Parliamentary Pensions (Repeal) Act will come into effect only from the next parliament.
Publisher’s rating: False
Fact Crescendo says the bill provides that pension payments cease after it comes into effect, including for current MPs and people entitled to pensions under previous Parliaments. The bill still needed to pass Parliament and receive the Speaker’s approval to become law. [S1]
The video shows Hindus demolishing an illegally constructed mosque in Nepal in response to a stone-pelting incident.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
The video does not show Hindus demolishing a mosque in Nepal; it shows the demolition of Noor Masjid in Daska, Pakistan, during an anti-encroachment drive. The review says the video is unrelated to the unrest in Nepal.
تماس با ایران از طریق فعال سازی اینترنت بینالملل ایرانسل و همراه اول
Publisher’s rating: نادرست
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