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Idea Of Secularism Vanishing From Our FilmsWe’ve come a long way from 1959 when the late Yash Chopra directed Dhool Ka Phool, a film that revolved around a Muslim man called Abdul Rashid (Manmohan Krishna) adopting an abandoned child he names Roshan. Early in the film, he sings to ...

An image which shows a massive crowd gathered on the streets is being shared on social media platforms as a recent visual from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's road show in Telangana's Kollapur.The same photograph was also shared to claim that it shows people in Gujarat to protest against Delhi ...

A video of several people raising green flags on the streets is being shared with users claiming that it shows visuals from Kerala's Wayanad, which is the constituency of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.What are users claiming?: Those sharing the video have insinuated that people were raising Pakistani national flags. ...

Pakistan’s per capita income is USD 1130 – while in Bangladesh it is USD 2064. During the pandemic, Pakistan managed a growth rate of 0.4 percent - while Bangladesh clocked 5.2 percent. Pakistan has foreign reserves of USD 21 billion – while Bangladesh has twice as much: USD 42 ...

A set of screenshots, which purportedly show X (formerly Twitter) posts by former Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and caretaker PM Anwaar Ul Haq Kakar, is being shared on social media.What is in the screenshots?: Screenshots of both posts condole the demise of fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim, while calling ...

A video of an airplane suddenly disappearing into the sky is being shared with users claiming that it shows the “leaked footage” of the missing Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370. The claim: Those sharing the video have said, "New footage of the alleged Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370. It seems to ...

Social media users are sharing a viral text message which makes several points about "today's India" and how the country had "progressed greatly" even before Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, attributing it to former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor Raghuram Rajan.What does the message say?: According ...

A video showing a green flag being raised alongside a saffron flag, a Congress flag and a flag supporting BR Ambedkar has gone viral on social media. What are users claiming?: The video is being shared to claim that people raised Pakistan’s flag in Karnataka after Congress won the state’s Assembly elections. (Archives of more posts with the same claim ...

What led us to the truth?: A keyword search led us to a report published by The Express Tribune, a Pakistani newspaper, on 3 February.The report carried a similar visual and mentioned some people chanted slogans against the Ahmadiyya community and vandalised their place of worship.The incident happened in the ...

Were pro-Pakistan slogans raised?: We found no evidence that could corroborate the claim that 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans were raised by the students.Speaking to The Quint, several students and professors clarified that chants of 'Zaid sir zindabad', 'Monish sir zindabad', and 'Monish sir amar rahe' were raised. They clarified that ...