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#WebQoof | An old video is going viral on the internet to falsely claim that it shows a recent incident of Samajwadi Party (SP) workers being beaten in Uttar Pradesh. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/p…

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#WebQoof | A misleading post is doing the rounds on social media platforms claiming that four girls from Africa have recently created a generator that produces six hours of electricity using a litre of urine as fuel. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/g…

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#WebQoof | A video showing a huge crowd waving at PM Modi's convoy, with BJP flags on the side of the road, is being shared to falsely claim that the party flags were hoisted in China during the prime minister's recent visit in August. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/p…

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#WebQoof | An AI-generated video showing an image and the name of singer Zubeen Garg being displayed on Burj Khalifa is going viral on social media platforms as real visuals. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/z…

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#WebQoof | An old and unrelated video is being shared on the internet with a false claim that it shows the 'last moments' of singer Zubeen Garg. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/s…

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#WebQoof | An AI-manipulated video showing Tejashwi Yadav falling off a horse has gone viral on social media, with users falsely claiming that the incident was real and happened during his roadshow in Bihar. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/t…

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#WebQoof | An old video from Uttar Pradesh is being widely shared with the false claim that it shows people will old 500 rupee notes in Pakistan. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/d…

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#WebQoof | An AI-generated video is being shared on the internet to falsely claim that it shows real visuals of the establishment of the Buddha statue in 1992 in Hyderabad, Telangana. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/b…

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#WebQoof | A clipped video is being shared on the internet to falsely claim that it shows Delhi CM Rekha Gupta admitting that the BJP is winning elections by rigging EVMs. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/d…

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#WebQoof | An old, clipped video of PM Narendra Modi is being shared to falsely claim that he said, 'GST can never be successful'. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/p…

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#WebQoof | A photo of a Pakistani actress has gone viral on social media, with users falsely claiming that she was the wife of the late PAK squadron Usman Yousuf. Users noted that she was arrested for her romantic relations with an Indian diplomat. Read here.

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#WebQoof | A fake post is being shared on the internet to claim that Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gave a sharp retort to US President Donald Trump after he allegedly belittled India at the WEF summit. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/s…

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#WebQoof | A fake image is being shared on the internet to claim that it shows clear 'evidence' of Pakistani cricketer Fakhar Zaman being wrongly given out during a match against India in the 2025 Asia Cup tournament. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/p…

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#WebQoof | A video from Indonesia's recent protests is being shared to falsely claim that it shows people demonstrating against the BJP in poll-bound Bihar. Read our fact-check here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/v…

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#WebQoof | A scripted video showing a railway staffer misbehaving with a girl who allegedly did not have a train ticket has gone viral on social media, as a real incident. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/s…

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#WebQoof | An old video showing RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav and actress Raveena Tandon interacting with each other has gone viral, with users claiming that Tandon will campaign for the RJD in the upcoming Bihar polls. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/r…

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#WebQoof | From misinformation around the upcoming Bihar elections to the ongoing Asia Cup series, here are the viral pieces of fake news that we debunked this week! thequint.com/news/webqoof/w…

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#WebQoof | A video showing people stealing a manhole cover in Andheri, Mumbai is being shared with the false claim that the man in the video is a Bangladeshi national called Sheik Nazarul. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/m…

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#WebQoof | A video showing a strong flow of water gushing down onto a train track has gone viral, falsely, as one from Kolkata, showing a cloud burst that led to a major downpour in the city, recently. Read here. thequint.com/news/webqoof/v…