About: Abhishek Parashar is working as Deputy Editor at Jagran New Media and is associated with Vishvas News as a Fact-Checker. He has around 9 years of experience in digital media. His total experience in journalism is more than 12 years. He has previously worked with Press Trust of India (PTI-Bhasha), Business Standard (Hindi), The Economic Times, Catch News (Rajsthan Patrika), and News Nation Digital. Abhishek is a certified Google News Initiative (GNI) fact-checking and news verification trainer. He has been working as a trainer at ‘Sack ke Sathi’ which is the media literacy campaign against fake news/misinformation. He has expertise in data analysis and has spent half of his career as a business journalist.
Qualification: He is a Post Graduate of Journalism and Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi. Graduate in Journalism and Mass Communication from Delhi University.
Certification: •He is a certified Google News Initiative fact-checking and news verification trainer.
• The certificate is awarded as a participant in the India Data Portal Workshop organized by the Bharti Institute of Public Policy, Indian School of Business.
- Crowdtangle training and Hands-on Fact-Checking: A Short Course – Poynter University’s eLearning course.
• Introduction to Digital Journalism By Reuters.
• Crowdtangle For Instagram: How To Use City To Make Your IG Pop and First Draft Training
• Vaccine Insight Flexible Learning Course.- Attended several other workshops on the subject organized by IFCN, GNI, Facebook, Crowdtangle, and ICFJ.
• He has completed the Data Journalism, Verification, Election, and Introduction to machine learning courses in the Google News Training Centre.
1: Sept 16, 2019
Vishvas News received a claim on a story which was done on Sept 14 by Vishvas News Team member (Emp ID: PN0041)). Below is the story URL
https://www.vishvasnews.com/politics/fact-check-fake-tweet-of-congress-claiming-about-unemployment-in-auto-sector-being-viral-on-social-media/
Vishvas News received a mail from the admin of ‘Fir Ek Bar Modi Sarkar’ Facebook page claiming the rating given on its post by Vishvas News was incorrect. The author of the story didn’t get a required quote from Youth Congress. As per the IFCN guidelines and the SOP, Vishvas News made necessary correction in the story and changed the rating of the Facebook post from False to True.
2: December 18, 2020
The story done by team member (Employee ID PN0043) was updated on 18th Dec 2020 to remove an unnecessary paragraph which was not required in the story.
https://www.vishvasnews.com/politics/fact-check-post-claiming-about-change-in-name-of-mughal-garden-is-fake-2/
https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/politics/fact-check-govt-did-not-impose-tax-on-school-books-viral-claim-is-fake/
https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/politics/https-www-vishvasnews-com-english-politics-fact-check-post-claiming-about-renaming-mughal-garden-is-fake/
Fact Check Stories By : Abhishek Parashar
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Fact Check: Pakistan’s flag not hoisted in Bihar’s Purnia, viral claim is fake
Abhishek Parashar February 2, 2023A video clip from a Hindi news channel is going viral on social media through which it is being claimed that Pakistan’s flag was hoisted in Bihar’s Purnia on the occasion of Republic Day Vishvas...
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Fact Check: Viral video of Hindu temple being vandalised in Pakistan is from 2020, not recent
Abhishek Parashar January 19, 2023New Delhi Vishvas News In a video that has gone viral on social media a frenzied mob can be seen razing down a building It is being claimed that this video is from Pakistan where a 100 year old...
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Fact Check: Congress Spokesperson Supriya Shrinate did not comment on Rahul Gandhi, viral video is fake
Abhishek Parashar January 5, 2023New Delhi Vishvas News In a video going viral on social media amid Congress’ ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ Rahul Gandhi can be seen taking a round of a memorial while a cameraman films him It is being...
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Fact Check: Years-Old Videos Of PM Modi’s Public Addresses, Poll Speeches Going Viral With Fake Claims
Abhishek Parashar January 3, 2023New Delhi Vishvas News For the past few days a trend of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech or some old videos going viral can be seen on social media Apart from Facebook users many of his...
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Vishvas News Analysis: Ukraine War, Bharat Jodo Yatra, Assembly Elections, Pathan Row Among Top Trends Of Misinformation In 2022
Abhishek Parashar January 3, 2023New Delhi Vishvas News The manipulation of information and conveying it to people in the wrong context has a long history Technological advancement has not only made the tampering of information...
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Fact Check: Govt has no plans to phase out Rs 2,000 currency notes, reintroduce Rs 1,000 notes from Jan 1; viral claim is false
Abhishek Parashar December 27, 2022Vishvas News New Delhi It’s been six years since the government withdrew the Rs 1 000 currency note and introduced new currency notes including that of Rs 2 000 Initially the process to change...
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Fact Check: Viral Video Of Shah Rukh Khan Saying ‘Pakistan Win Feels Like My Father Won’ Altered
Abhishek Parashar December 21, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News As Shah Rukh Khan’s new movie ‘Pathan’ is all set to hit the theatres next month a video clip is being circulated where he could be heard saying Pakistan’s victory in a...
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Fact Check: Viral RTI reply on BJP spending Rs 30 crore on PM Modi’s Morbi trip is fabricated
Abhishek Parashar December 6, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Many claims around Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Morbi visit are going viral on social media One among them claims that the district administration spent Rs 30 crore on...
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Fact Check: Ex-MLA supporters in Shaheen Bagh raised slogans of ‘Asif Khan Zindabad’, not ‘Pakistan Zindabad’
Abhishek Parashar December 2, 2022Former Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Khan was recently arrested on charges of threatening and manhandling the police Now a video clip of his speech is going viral on social media claiming that while...
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Fact Check: Aftab Ameen Poonawala, accused in Shraddha murder case, is a Muslim and not a Parsi
Abhishek Parashar November 17, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News After the arrest of Delhi’s Shraddha murder case accused Aftab Ameen Poonawalla several such posts are going viral on social media claiming that the accused Poonawalla...
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Fact Check: RBI Governor’s video on digital wallet fraud is edited and fake
Abhishek Parashar October 7, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A video of Shaktikanta Das Governor the Reserve Bank of India RBI is going viral on social media He can be seen and heard talking about the measures to prevent digital...
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Fact Check: Hima Das did not break famous sprinter Milkha Singh’s record, viral claim is false
Abhishek Parashar August 18, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News After the success of Indian athletes at the recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Birmingham UK a post is going viral on social media claiming that Indian athlete Hima...
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Fact Check: Viral Taj Mahal post girl is not a foreign tourist but an Indian
Abhishek Parashar June 24, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A picture of a girl who drew attention about the pollution and mess created behind Taj Mahal is getting viral on social media It is being claimed that the girl who brought...
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Fact Check: Old Image of Muslims offering Namaz in Bangladesh shared as from Nainital
Abhishek Parashar May 26, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A collage of two pictures is going viral on social media with the claim that the first picture seen in it is from Nainital in 2010 while the second picture is from 2022...
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Fact Check: Akhilesh Yadav said ‘Yogya’ not ‘Yogi’ while referring to the formation of the next govt in UP
Abhishek Parashar January 21, 2022Vishwas News New Delhi A video of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav is going viral on different social media platforms with the claim that he addressed a public meeting and said...
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Fact Check: Dimple Yadav did not make this statement about the possibility of Yogi becoming UP CM again; edited breaking plate viral
Abhishek Parashar January 20, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A picture of a breaking plate of a Hindi news channel is going viral on social media where it is being claimed that Dimple Yadav wife of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister...
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Fact Check: The man in this video isn’t Dr. Sushil Razdan; Covid 19 can not be prevented by snorting dry ginger powder
Abhishek Parashar January 14, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News In a viral video a man can be seen claiming that snorting dry ginger powder can prevent you from Covid 19 The post is also claiming that the man in the video is Dr Sushil...
