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Fact Check: India has not opposed the inclusion of Palestine in BRICS
Fact Check: India has not opposed the inclusion of Palestine in BRICS

NewsMeter found that the claim is false as the Indian government has not announced its stand on Palestine’s bid for inclusion in BRICS.

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 27 Aug 2024 5:36 PM IST


Brother seeks return of Afsan’s body from Russia; CBI cracks down on dubious job agents
Brother seeks return of Afsan’s body from Russia; CBI cracks down on dubious job agents

A man from Hyderabad, Mohammed Afsan, duped by agents on the promise of jobs, taken to Russia died

By Sri Lakshmi Muttevi  Published on 8 March 2024 6:53 PM IST


Fact Check: Viral video does not feature three generations of Russian gymnasts from same family
Fact Check: Viral video does not feature three generations of Russian gymnasts from same family

The claim of the three gymnasts being the grandmother, mother, and daughter is false.

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 2 Oct 2023 3:56 PM IST


Fact Check: Beirut blast video shared as Russian missile attack on Ukrainian port
Fact Check: Beirut blast video shared as Russian missile attack on Ukrainian port

The video shows explosions in Beirut, Lebanon, not Russian missile attacks on Ukraine.

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 31 July 2023 5:05 PM IST


Fact Check: Video of bombing in Paris is generated using CGI
Fact Check: Video of bombing in Paris is generated using CGI

The video was from 2022 and was generated using Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) tools.

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 4 July 2023 4:28 PM IST


Fact Check: Putin’s call for death penalty over burning Quran in Russia is fake news
Fact Check: Putin’s call for death penalty over burning Quran in Russia is fake news

There has been a moratorium on capital punishment in Russia since 1996, as per Amnesty International and The Spectator.

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 23 Jun 2023 7:03 PM IST


This video does not show NATO joining Ukraine in war against Russia
This video does not show NATO joining Ukraine in war against Russia

The video is from 2021 and shows US soldiers withdrawing from Afghanistan.

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 23 May 2023 7:04 PM IST


NewsMeter verified that the video is from Russia, not Spain.
This video of a man assaulting a doctor is from Russia, not Spain

A video showing a man assaulting a doctor has gone viral on social media with the claim that the video is from Spain.

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 14 March 2023 5:24 PM IST


Fact Check: Mr. Zelenskyy is not asking US citizens to fight for Ukraine. The viral video is clipped and does not show the full context.
Zelenskyy did not say US should send its ā€˜sons and daughters’ to fight for Ukraine

It shows him saying that Americans will have to send their ā€œsons and daughtersā€ to fight for Ukraine against Russia.

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 3 March 2023 4:46 PM IST


This image does not show a child survivor of Russia-Ukraine war
This image does not show a child survivor of Russia-Ukraine war

Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko shared an image of a boy in tattered clothes with bruises and dirt on his face claiming that the kid is a survivor of the...

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 31 Dec 2022 4:29 PM IST


Old video of namaz offering in Russian stadium shared as visuals from Qatar World Cup
Old video of namaz offering in Russian stadium shared as visuals from Qatar World Cup

A video that shows a crowd offering namaz in a stadium is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that it is from the ongoing FIFA World Cup...

By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 22 Nov 2022 4:47 PM IST


Fact Check: Did Russian army advise Indian students to hoist tricolor on vehicles?
Fact Check: Did Russian army advise Indian students to hoist tricolor on vehicles?

A post claiming that the Russian army has asked Indians to place tricolor on their houses and vehicles is being shared widely on social media.

By Newsmeter Network  Published on 9 March 2022 1:30 PM IST


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