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🚨 DIGITALLY-ALTERED VIDEO ALERT!

Several Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a video showing the Indian Air Chief Ashutosh Dixit saying the Indian Air Force will not repeat the shortcomings exposed during Operation Sindoor.

#PIBFactCheck:

❌ This video is #Fake and has been digitally manipulated.

✅ The Indian Air Chief did NOT make any such remark.

🔗 Watch the original video here: https://x.com/ANI/status/1988277581138063659?s=20

⚠️ Beware of manipulated content circulating online and rely only on official sources for verified information.

🔴 Report suspicious content related to the Government of India to PIB Fact Check👇

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✅ The Balakot airstrike was a deliberate, targeted operation conducted by the Indian Air Force against a designated terrorist facility.

▶️ The operation underscored the IAF’s precision-strike capability, operational preparedness and resolve to deliver a calibrated response to terrorism.

🔸 The cited article misrepresents the nature and execution of the operation, presenting a misleading narrative that distorts the facts.

🔸 Media organisations are advised to use verified information and to exercise care and factual accuracy when reporting on defence affairs and sensitive operations.
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A video is being circulated online as footage of a protest at Jantar Mantar.

#PIBFactCheck:

❌ This video is NOT related to a protest at #JantarMantar.

✅ The footage is originally from a protest at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU).

⚠️ Do not share or rely on unverified information.
🚨 FAKE CLAIM ALERT

A Pakistani propaganda account is circulating a video with the false claim that Delhi Police opened fire during a protest in Delhi.

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❌ This video is NOT related to a protest at #JantarMantar

✅ The footage is old and is being shared with a misleading claim.

⚠️ Do not share or rely on unverified information.
FAKE NEWS ALERT! 🚨

Several social media posts falsely claim authorities deliberately dumped garbage to disrupt protests in Delhi

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❌ This claim is FAKE

✅ The video is from Panipat, Haryana. It dates back to August 2026 and is related with sanitation workers' strike over service demands
Several social media posts are circulating an old video, falsely claiming that it shows protests in Delhi.

The same old footage is also being shared with the false claim that it shows huge crowds outside New Delhi Railway Station.

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❌ The claims are FAKE.

✅ The video is from Sealdah Railway Station in West Bengal and dates back to July 2026.

▶️ Do not share/ forward unverifird information.
FAKE NEWS ALERT

❌ A video is being circulated on social media with the claim that passengers are travelling to Delhi on goods trains to join protests in Delhi.

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✅ This claim is FALSE and MISLEADING . The video is originally from Bangladesh and does not depict the situation as claimed.

▶️ Do not fall for misleading claims. Verify information through official sources before sharing or forwarding.
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FAKE NEWS/ DISINFORMATION ALERT

❌ A video showing NSG personnel deployed in Puri during the 2026 Jagannath Rath Yatra is being falsely linked to security arrangements in Delhi.

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✅ The claim is FALSE. The video is unrelated to security arrangements in Delhi and is being circulated with a misleading narrative.

📢 Citizens are advised to verify information through official sources and refrain from sharing misleading content.
FAKE NEWS/ DISINFORMATION ALERT

A video is being circulated on social media falsely claiming that youths have gathered at Jantar Mantar.


❌ CLAIM: FALSE

✅ FACT CHECK: The video is old and dates back to July 2026. It is being circulated with a misleading claim and should not be treated as evidence of a current gathering.

📢 Citizens are urged to exercise caution, verify information through official and credible sources, and refrain from forwarding unverified or misleading content.

Stay informed. Verify before you share.

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❌ Claim: 5% GST newly imposed on e-commerce delivery services.

✅ Fact: CBIC clarifies that the GST rate has been rationalised from 18% to 5%, following the recommendation of the 57th GST Council. The claim of a newly imposed tax is false.

🔗https://x.com/cbic_india/status/2108883113124524189

📢 Rely on official sources. Do not circulate misleading information.
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⚠️ OLD VIDEO ALERT ⚠️

सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल एक पुराना वीडियो दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर के हालिया घटनाक्रम से जोड़कर फर्जी दावे के साथ प्रसारित किया जा रहा है।

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✅ यह वीडियो जुलाई 2026 का है और इसमें मध्य प्रदेश के भोपाल में किसानों के विरोध प्रदर्शन के दृश्य हैं। इसका दिल्ली के जंतर-मंतर से कोई संबंध नहीं है।

📢 नागरिकों से अपील है कि जानकारी को आधिकारिक स्रोतों से सत्यापित करें और भ्रामक सामग्री साझा करने से बचें।
विभिन्न सोशल मीडिया यूजर्स द्वारा एक पुरानी वीडियो साझा कर #फर्जी दावा किया जा रहा है कि दिल्ली में जनता सड़कों पर है।

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✅ यह वीडियो सितंबर 2026 में दिल्ली पुलिस की भर्ती परीक्षा के दौरान आयोजित फिजिकल टेस्ट का है।

⚠️कृपया सतर्क रहिए। ऐसी भ्रामक सामग्री साझा न करें। केवल आधिकारिक स्त्रोतों से ही प्राप्त जानकारी पर ही भरोसा कीजिए।

https://x.com/PIBFactCheck/status/2109091176641106199?s=20
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OLD VIDEO ALERT!

A video is being circulated online linking it with the current situation in Delhi and claiming that the Delhi police has open fired at protesters, killing five workers.

#PIBFactCheck:

❌ The claim regarding Delhi police open firing at the protesters is #FAKE.

🔗https://x.com/DelhiPolice/status/2109608771207287170?s=20

✅ The video being circulated is old, unrelated and dates back to the year 2020.

🔸Beware! Unverified forwards can fuel misinformation and cause unnecessary panic.

⚠️ Pause. Verify. Share Responsibly.
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Two retired educators.

Two cities.

₹64 lakh lost.

Both received a file on #WhatsApp. It was an APK file, potentially disguised as an e-challan, electricity bill, KYC update, or even a wedding invitation.

⚠️ Malicious APKs can expose sensitive data and put your bank account at risk.

🛡️ Stay alert. Never install APKs sent by unknown sources.

✅ Verify requests through official channels.

🚨 Suspect cyber fraud? Call 1930 and report at http://cybercrime.gov.in.

⚠️ Don’t let one tap cost you your savings.
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FAKE NEWS ALERT!

✅ Delhi Police has clarified that the video being shared in the post is out of context and has nothing to do with current events.
🔗https://x.com/DelhiPolice/status/2109652469018234973?s=20

✅ This video dates back to the year 2017 and is falsely being linked to the current situation in Delhi.

📢 Citizens are advised to verify information through official sources and refrain from sharing misleading content.

#PIBFactCheck #FakeNews #FactCheck
FAKE NEWS ALERT!

सोशल मीडिया पर प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी से संबंधित दावे के साथ एक वीडियो प्रसारित किया जा रहा है।

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❌ यह दावा फर्जी है।

⚠️ सावधान रहें! ऐसे भ्रामक दावों पर विश्वास न करें और बिना सत्यापन के इन्हें आगे साझा करने से बचें।
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🚨FAKE NEWS ALERT🚨

⚠️ A digitally manipulated video is being circulated on social media claiming of crowd gathering outside the Parliament.

❌This video is #FAKE and has been generated using AI-technology.

✅ Delhi police has clarified that the news is fake and is falsely being linked to the current situation in Delhi.

https://x.com/DelhiPolice/status/2109965137637777729?s=20

💡Citizens are urged to check the source, authenticity and context of such content before sharing it.
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🚨 DISINFORMATION ALERT 🚨

A video from Nabarangpur, Odisha, is being shared on social media with misleading claims.

#PIBFactCheck

✅ The video is related to protests by women demanding ban on liquor in Nabarangpur, Odisha

⏩ Citizens are advised to verify the facts before sharing such videos.
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🚨 DEEPFAKE VIDEO ALERT!

Pakistani propaganda accounts are circulating a digitally altered video of U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal making claims regarding India’s economy.

#PIBFactCheck:

❌ This video is #FAKE & has been digitally manipulated.

✅ US Senator Richard Blumenthal has NOT made any such statement!

🎥 Watch the original, unedited video here: https://youtu.be/L2W30xSSYHc

🔸 If you come across any suspicious content related to the Central Government, flag it to @PIBFactCheck 👇

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🚨 FAKE NEWS ALERT

❌ A post shared by Al Jazeera makes a fake, misleading claim about Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

✅ The video is from Pitampura, Delhi, and does not depict the event attended by the Prime Minister.

🔗 https://www.youtube.com/live/cMegyx_8_Lo?si=q4yf7qZlg2kqdmDj

📢 Citizens are advised to verify information through official sources and refrain from sharing misleading content.
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🚨 DEEPFAKE VIDEO ALERT!

A digitally altered video of NSA Ajit Doval, falsely attributing to him fabricated remarks on CJP leaders has been circulating in social media.

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❌ This video is #FAKE and has been digitally manipulated.

✅ The original video, titled “Leadership Talk with Ajit Doval, NSA, Govt. of India [MHRD Innovation Cell–IIC],” dates back to 19 March 2019.

🎥 Watch the original, unedited video here: https://youtu.be/FxQN98gy1Ec?si=bXiSEfXQ5QXNH3EX