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IFCN certified fact-checking, media literacy, and proactive campaigns to build resistance against fake news and misinformation.

The currency of Raam is not officially recognised as legal tender by the World Bank. Some places in the Netherlands and USA’s Iowa have adopted the currency as bonds, but not legal tender.
The viral video shows the funeral procession of Maulana Rabe Hasani Nadvi, who died at the age of 94 at Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama on April 14. The viral claim is false.
The deceased soldiers were from the 80 Artillery Regiment. The identity of the killers has not been ascertained yet by police or the army and investigations are ongoing.
We found that all the images featuring Pope Francis, Narendra Modi, Julian Assange, and Anthony Fauci are are all generated by AI. The images are indicative of misinformation that may spread across social media through the use of AI.
The Tata Group is not constructing the new Parliament House for a mere Rs 1 but Rs 861.9 crore.
The woman seen in the video, Jyotibai Raghuvanshi, was wading through a part of the Narmada River where the water level was very low. She admits to the same and notes that she is no god woman and that there is no miracle.
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.
The viral video shows an incident from February 2021 when the Shiv Sena launched protests over the record price hike of petrol and diesel.
While sharing this video, people on social media claimed that Christian and Muslim priests are bringing their rituals in Hindu places of worship in Kerala. The Logical Indian fact check team verified the viral claim.
The viral video dates back to April 2013, when a brutal massacre occurred in Syria's Damascus suburb of Tadamon. It has nothing to do with the recent earthquake.
The visuals date back at least 2019 and depict several incidents of natural disasters that have not occured recently.
We found that the viral video was shot in Chittagong’s Hathazari in March, 2021. The viral video was shot as PM Modi was visiting Bangladesh and protests were being held across the country against his visit.
The video dates back to March 2020, at a campaign event in Oakland, California. The viral video has been circulated as recent in light of 20 years since the invasion of Iraq.
The Institute for Economics and Peace published a report which contained an erroneous addition of the Communist Party of India instead of the Communist Party of India (Maoist). The report has been corrected and the error has been acknowledged.
The incident shows persons aallegedly commiitting caste atrocities against a member from the Dalit community. The seven accused in the case have been arrested. The viral claim is false.