Tejal Sinha

Tejal Sinha is currently a Fact Checker at NewsMeter. She is pursuing Masters in Journalism and Communication from St Francis College for Women. She is open to learning new things while exploring the road to unbiased journalism. She has also been awarded best report by women journalists, 2021. You can follow Tejal on Twitter @SinhaTejal

    Tejal Sinha

    Fact Check: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar is fine and alive
    Fact Check: Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar is fine and alive

    Since the day Kishori Pednekar, the Mayor of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, was admitted to the hospital after complaints of chest pain, several...

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 25 July 2021 9:29 AM GMT


    Fact Check: True, this Anganwadi worker travels 18 km by boat to help children, pregnant woman
    Fact Check: True, this Anganwadi worker travels 18 km by boat to help children, pregnant woman

    A post is being widely shared on social media with the claim that a Maharashtra-based anganwadi worker, Relu Vasave, travels 18 kms by boat to take...

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 25 July 2021 9:21 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Morphed image of PM carrying umbrella with Jio logo goes viral
    Fact Check: Morphed image of PM carrying umbrella with Jio logo goes viral

    An image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the 2021 Parliament Monsoon session press conference while....

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 24 July 2021 12:40 PM GMT


    Fact Check: Yamuna Expressway passed off as Delhi-Mumbai Expressway
    Fact Check: Yamuna Expressway passed off as Delhi-Mumbai Expressway

    Social media are sharing images of purported Delhi-Mumbai Expressway.

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 24 July 2021 4:28 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Old video of women wrestling goes viral with false claims
    Fact Check: Old video of women wrestling goes viral with false claims

    Users claim that the woman in the video is a Pakistani freestyle wrestler who abused and challenged a woman in a Salwar Kameez.

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 23 July 2021 6:37 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Modi government did not construct Bandra-Worli sea link
    Fact Check: Modi government did not construct Bandra-Worli sea link

    A post about the Bandra-Worli sea link is viral on social media. Users claim the Bandra-Worli sea link was built during the Modi government.

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 23 July 2021 5:01 AM GMT


    Did UP Maulana ask Muslim girls to marry Hindu boys?
    Did UP Maulana ask Muslim girls to marry Hindu boys?

    A purported tweet by Ansar Ahmad Ali has caused quite a stir on Twitter. It has received around 6000 likes and 2000 retweets.

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 22 July 2021 8:36 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Shadi Mubarak! Indian army major ties knot with MP magistrate in court
    Fact Check: Shadi Mubarak! Indian army major ties knot with MP magistrate in court

    Social media users are claiming that city magistrate Shivangi Joshi and Indian army major Aniket Chaturvedi got married without any dowry.

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 22 July 2021 6:57 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Image of Kashmiri girls throwing stones is not from Congress era
    Fact Check: Image of Kashmiri girls throwing stones is not from Congress era

    Users claim that one of the images, in which the girls are seen throwing stones was during the rule of Congress, while the other. in which the girls...

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 21 July 2021 4:45 AM GMT


    Fact Check: Did Nehru say he was English by education, Muslim by culture, and Hindu by accident?
    Fact Check: Did Nehru say he was 'English by education, Muslim by culture, and Hindu by accident'?

    A quote that is being attributed to Indiaā€™s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru has been going viral on social media. It reads, ā€œI am English by...

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 20 July 2021 3:57 PM GMT


    Is Centre buying new vehicles for army from money earned from petrol sale?
    Is Centre buying new vehicles for army from money earned from petrol sale?

    A message claiming that the Modi government is handing over new vehicles to the army, is viral on WhatsApp. Uses claim that they were brought from the...

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 20 July 2021 12:53 PM GMT


    Fact Check: Was the woman found begging at railway station a Kerala school teacher?
    Fact Check: Was the woman found begging at railway station a Kerala school teacher?

    A post has been going viral on social media claiming that a woman who was abandoned and found in a railway station was a Maths teacher in a school a...

    By Tejal Sinha  Published on 20 July 2021 10:37 AM GMT


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