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ICJ Declares Israel’s Occupation of Palestinian Territories Illegal, But Does Not Call Israel an Illegal State

A video (here, here and here) is being widely shared on social media claiming that the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has declared Israel an illegal state and that it should not be recognised as a sovereign nation worldwide.  Let’s verify the claim made in the post.    Claim: The International Court of Justice (ICJ)

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This photo of a woman who was rescued after an acid attack in Bangladesh is shared with a false communal narrative

A photo showing a woman’s body wrapped in polythene with her hands tied is going viral on social media (here, here, and here). The post is being shared with claims that she was a Hindu woman who was murdered and later found by police in the Talukder Market area of Barisal, Bangladesh. Let’s verify the

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This photo showing anti-Hindu content being taught in madrasas is digitally altered

A photo (here, here and here) going viral on social media claims to show a madrasa classroom where anti-Hindu content is being taught, which is written on the blackboard. Let’s find the truth behind this photo. Claim: The viral photo shows a madrasa classroom where a teacher is teaching anti-Hindu content. Fact: The photo has

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The 2010 Bihar Assembly election schedule is being falsely circulated as that of the upcoming 2025 elections

A post claiming that the Election Commission of India has released the schedule for the 2025 Bihar Assembly Elections is being circulated on social media (here, here, and here). According to the post, the election schedule has been announced: the first phase of voting will be held on 21 October 2025, the fifth and final

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A video of a domestic dispute in Lahore is shared as a Muslim man attempting to sexuallly assault his minor daughter

A video going viral on social media (here, here, and here) claims to show a Muslim man attempting to sexually assault his minor daughter and pulling out a rifle when confronted. Let’s verify the truth behind the video in this article.  Claim: The video shows a Muslim man attempting to sexually assault his minor daughter

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Morgan Stanley has never published any report stating that the Modi government has not taken loans from the World Bank over the past three years

A post (here, here, and here) going viral on social media claims that, according to Morgan Stanley Research, India has not borrowed any money from the World Bank in the past three years under the Narendra Modi-led government. The post also makes several other statements about India’s economy and Prime Minister Modi, attributing them to

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Backstage Footage from Iranian Film Falsely Shared as Execution of Israeli Spies in Iran

Following the Iran-Israel conflict in June 2025, a video (here, here & here) showing a man being hanged is being widely circulated on social media with the claim that it depicts Jewish Iranians being publicly executed by the Iranian government, which allegedly arrested 700 Jewish Iranians on accusations of being Mossad agents. Let’s verify the

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Photos of a dispute between two individuals in Bangladesh are falsely shared as those of a communal incident from India

A collage of photos is going viral on social media (here, here, and here), claiming to show a Hindu man pulling the beard of a Muslim man and assaulting him. The post is being shared with the claim that the incident took place in India. Let’s verify the claim made in the post in this

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An old, unrelated video is shared as visuals of Yadav community protesting in Etawah, U.P., over the recent assault on storytellers

In Etawah, Uttar Pradesh, two Yaduvanshi storytellers, Mukut Mani Singh Yadav and Sant Singh Yadav, were allegedly tonsured, beaten, and humiliated with urine by a group of upper-caste men in Dandarpur village on the night of 21–22 June 2025. The attackers accused them of hiding their caste and posing as Brahmins while conducting a Bhagavad