Claim: A viral video shows India’s former defence chief Gen Anil Chauhan discussing professional regrets and operational failures while comparing Pakistan and India’s civil and military leadership during his farewell speech. Fact: The clip was manipulated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. On 31 May 2026, multiple Facebook users posted a video of India’s ex-defence chief […]
Claim: In an “explosive revelation”, CNN found that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government “surrendered” during the May 2025 conflict with Pakistan and that Indian officials called US Secretary of State Marco Rubio “twice and begged for a ceasefire”. This, the social media posts assert, lays bare Modi’s “masterstroke”. Fact: The video shows CNN International […]
Claim: A video appears to show an Indian army soldier in an interview about the leadership in the Indian army. Fact: The claim is false. The person being interviewed is not an Indian army soldier. On 15 April 2026, Facebook user, Ali Asghar Shahid, posted a video captioned: بھارتی فوج کے ایک افسر نے حال […]
Claim: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi admitted that Pakistan shot down Indian Rafale fighter jets during the May 2025 conflict. Fact: The claim is false. The viral video is a deepfake. On 18 February, Facebook account Brotherhood shared a video of Narendra Modi delivering a speech with the following caption: “🚨 #BREAKING | Modi accepted […]
Claim: An Indian news broadcast praised Pakistan. Fact: The claim is false. The audio is likely generated through AI voice synthesis and overlaid on a real news broadcast. The headlines in the footage do not refer to Pakistan. A clip of an Indian news broadcast has been shared online, containing the following text: پاکستان پوری […]
Claim: A video shows the Indian Army Chief of Staff General Upendra Dwivedi admitting that India lost six jets and 250 soldiers to Pakistan during the four-day conflict between the two countries in May 2025. Fact: The clip of the Indian army chief is digitally altered. Posts circulating online claim that the Indian army chief […]
Claim: Multiple videos of Elon Musk show him talking about Pakistan and India days after the two countries engaged in a military conflict in May 2025. Fact: None of the videos are authentic as footage from Musk’s previous appearances has been superimposed with doctored audio to create a nationalistic narrative through deepfake content. The manipulation […]
Claim: An image shows an Indian jet shot down by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) after India launched overnight airstrikes on 7 May, hitting different locations in Pakistan. Fact: The image is old and is actually from 2021, when an Indian fighter plane MiG-21, crashed near Langeana Khurd village of Moga district in Indian Punjab. The […]
Claim: Footage shows severe destruction across the Line of Control (LoC) after Pakistan attacked India in May 2025. Fact: The video has no connection whatsoever to the military conflict that arose between India and Pakistan during May 2025. It was shared as early as November 2024. On 7 May 2025, X account @azaad_urdu posted (archive) […]
Claim: According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 14 May 2025, Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed has been terminated. Fact: The letter, allegedly from the Ministry of Defence, is not authentic. It originated from the Indian political satire account ‘The Baingan’ and was also labelled as satire. X user Amitabh […]
Claim: An explicit video of Hania Aamir has been leaked causing an uproar online. Fact: The claim is false. No such video of Hania Aamir was leaked. The viral posts use her photographs from a past photoshoot and a false caption to mislead users. The comments section of the posts include a link to a […]
Claim: According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on 10 May 2025, Imran Khan passed away in judicial custody. Fact: Imran Khan is alive; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) did not issue any notice announcing his death. X user Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala) shared a screenshot of an alleged press […]