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OLD video from US goes viral as panic after Iran attack on Tel Aviv airport
This video is from February 2025 and was shot at a mall in the US, where rumours of a gunman caused panic.
Arjun Deodia is India Today Fact Check’s Principal Correspondent. With an engineering background, he has been debunking misinformation for over five years and specialises in advanced search techniques for fact-finding and verification.
This video is from February 2025 and was shot at a mall in the US, where rumours of a gunman caused panic.
This photo of the former Gujarat chief minister is from October 2021. It has nothing to do with the tragic plane crash in Ahmedabad.
India Today Fact Check found that the video of a lion sniffing a man but not attacking him is AI-generated.
People claimed that the same person first acted as a railway porter and later as a student leader in two different meetings. This is untrue.
Some claimed an Indian Air Force Rafale fighter jet was shot down by Pakistan. Others said this was a Pakistani F-16 Fighting Falcon eliminated by the Indian Air Force.
India Today Fact Check found that this video is at least four years old and unrelated to Pahalgam.
This video has nothing to do with the Waqf Act. It's from August 2022, when Priyanka Gandhi protested inflation and unemployment.
India Today Fact Check found that the viral video shows authorities sealing alleged illegal madrasas in Uttrakhand before the Waqf Act was passed.
India Today found that the video is from Afghanistan but has nothing to do with India winning the Champions Trophy. The video was shot after Afghanistan defeated England in the group stage of the same tournament.
India Today Fact Check found that the video is from the Under-19 World Cup final in 2020.