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Do These Viral Images Show An Iftar party In Presidency University? No, Images Are Viral With False Claims
The viral images show an Iftar party organised at Eden Hindu Hostel, not Presidency University.
April 11, 2023
The viral images show an Iftar party organised at Eden Hindu Hostel, not Presidency University.
A viral image showing prominent historical figures from the cabinet of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru is being widely circulated across social media. Social media users have shared the viral image claiming that Jawaharlal Nehru gave the first Iftar party in Independent India in 1947.
While sharing this video, people on social media claimed that illegal Muslims settled near Bet Dwarka in Gujarat discarded their passports after entry into the country. The Logical Indian fact check team verified the viral claim.
People on social media alleged that Gujarat University Vice-Chancellor Professor KS Shastri, whose signature is seen on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Masters’s degree, passed away in 1981, two years before the certificate was issued. The Logical Indian fact check team verified the viral claim.
The video was filmed showing the earthquake’s impact in Palu city, Central Sulawesi province of Indonesia. The viral claim is false.
We found that the viral video is not related to Ram Navami. The video dates back to at least March 2021.
The house where the blast took place belongs to a man named Satish, who had given the house on rent to Rajkumar, the owner of M/S Air Star Traders. No communal angle was involved in this case.
The videos show a clash between two groups of students Class 12 of a boys’ senior secondary school in northeast Delhi’s Tukmirpur in Karawal Nagar. No communal angle was involved in this case.
A false claim is still circulating claiming that from April 1, users will be charged 1.1% for UPI payments exceeding Rs 2000 while using digital payment platforms.
The image is viral with the claim, “Four Bangladeshi freedom fighters recreate their 1971 photograph in the same Willy’s Jeep.” The Logical Indian Fact Check team verified the viral claim.