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No, this is not a real image of an Indian politician joining a rival party

Published on 23 April 2019 at 11:30

An image has been shared hundreds of times in posts on Facebook and Twitter alongside a claim it shows the chief minister of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, N. Chandrababu Naidu, joining a rival political party. The claim is false; the image has been doctored from an original in which Naidu does not appear.

No, this video does not show Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi walking to file his election nomination

Published on 23 April 2019 at 11:00

A video has been viewed tens of thousands of times on Facebook in posts that claim it shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, surrounded by supporters, going to file his nomination to run in the 2019 Indian elections. The claim is false; the video actually shows Modi at an August 2018 funeral procession.

No, this is not a real photo of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan having dinner with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Published on 19 April 2019 at 10:30

A photo shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter appears to show Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan dining with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The photo has been doctored from a 2015 image of the Pakistani leader with his ex-wife Reham Khan.

No, this is not a photo of an Indian National Congress supporter being humiliated for an anti-PM Modi remark

Published on 19 April 2019 at 10:00

A Facebook post shares an image that combines a photo of a man wearing a garland of shoes with a claim that he was humiliated on his wedding day for writing #ChowkidarChorHai on his hand – a phrase used by India's opposition Congress party in their 2019 election campaign to call Prime Minister Narendra Modi a thief. The claim is false; the photograph first appeared online in 2017 in reports about a dispute over dowry.

No, these photos do not show fake fingers manufactured to cast votes in India's election

Published on 19 April 2019 at 05:00

An image of prosthetic fingers has been shared hundreds of times in social media posts that claim they were "made for casting votes" two days before voting started in India’s 2019 election. The claim is false; the images have been taken from 2013 articles about prosthetic fingers helping to reform former Yakuza in Japan.

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