Ankita Deshkar is a Consultant fact-checker with Vishvas News. She is a certified Google News Initiative, India Training Network trainer for online verification and fact-checking. She also completed ‘Hands on Fact-checking: A short course’ which is a Poynter University’s e-learning course. She has over four years of experience in Journalism. She has a Bachelors in Electrical Engineering, with a Master of Arts in Mass communication, both from RTM, Nagpur University. She also has a PGTD in Cyber law and Information Technology.
Fact Check Stories By : Ankita Deshkar
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Fact check: Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not shave his head, viral picture is edited
Ankita Deshkar January 3, 2023New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he appeared to had shaved his head and beard It was claimed in the post that according to the...
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Fact Check: This isn’t the image of Union minister Smriti Irani; viral post is fake
Ankita Deshkar December 23, 2022Vishvas News New Delhi Vishvas News came across an image of the Minister of Women and Child Development of India Smriti Irani that is being widely circulated on social media As per the claim...
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Fact Check: No, this is not a video of MVA rally but that of Maratha Kranti Morcha
Ankita Deshkar December 21, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News In a recent show of strength by opposition parties in Maharashtra Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA allies marched for the ‘Halla Bol’ rally against the Eknath Shinde BJP...
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Fact Check: Young lady in the viral post is not Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, but Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon
Ankita Deshkar December 12, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post widely shared on Facebook The post consisted of two pictures one picture was of the Indian politician and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi The...
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Fact Check: No, this picture is not of bullet trains in Gujarat
Ankita Deshkar December 7, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a picture being shared on Facebook The picture showed numerous bullet trains lined up It is claimed that the picture is from Gujarat However...
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Fact Check: Ayodhya Ram Mandir not to be inaugurated on 1st January, 2023, viral claims are false
Ankita Deshkar November 24, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post being widely circulated on social media platforms The post stated that the Ram Mandir will be inaugurated on 1st January 2023 Vishvas News...
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Fact Check: These aren’t Congress workers attacking a woman in Bengal, Assam clip goes viral again
Ankita Deshkar November 22, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post being widely shared on Facebook and other social media platforms The sensitive pictures showed a woman being beaten up on the streets by a...
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Fact Check: Viral CCTV footage not of killer in Mumbai, viral claim is fake
Ankita Deshkar November 17, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a video which looked like a CCTV footage being shared on various social media platforms It was being claimed that this CCTV footage is that of a...
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Fact Check: This Varaha statue is not thousand years old, viral claim is misleading
Ankita Deshkar November 14, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post being widely shared The image shared is that of Varaha avatar of Lord Vishnu It is claimed in the post that the statue is thousand years old...
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Fact Check: Post claiming coconut oil helps prevent dengue is fake
Ankita Deshkar November 14, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News received a claim on its WhatsApp chatbot 91 95992 99372 The claim stated that one Dr B sukumar from Sri Saisudha Hospital in Tirupati has claimed that Dengue...
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Fact Check: Video of giant Moon claimed to be from arctic circle is edited
Ankita Deshkar November 11, 2022New Dellhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post being widely shared on WhatsApp and Facebook platforms Users connected an edited video of a giant Moon with the recent lunar eclipse and...
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Fact Check: Sumitra Mahajan has not been declared Governor of Maharashtra yet, viral claim is fake
Ankita Deshkar November 5, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a viral post that stated that noted politician and ex Lok Sabha speaker Sumitra Mahajan is the new governor of Maharashtra However in the...
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Fact Check: Old news of MLA Mukesh Verma leaving BJP goes viral as recent
Ankita Deshkar October 27, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a news clip of TV9 news channel which said that MLA Mukesh Verma from Uttar Pradesh is quitting BJP with 20 other MLAs and joining SPVishvas News...
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Fact check: Viral image of Amruta Fadnavis standing on flooded Pune streets in morphed
Ankita Deshkar October 19, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post going viral in the name of the wife of the deputy CM of Maharashtra Amruta Fadnavis It was claimed in the post that Amruta Fadnavis was...
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Fact Check: Viral message about education of Bihar ministers in misleading
Ankita Deshkar October 15, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a message being widely shared on WhatsApp and other social media platforms The viral message states that it is the reply of Bihar government on the...
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Fact Check: Image of photographer clicking PM Modi’s picture laying on ground is edited
Ankita Deshkar October 10, 2022Vishvas News New Delhi Vishvas News came across a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi being widely shared on various platforms In this picture a photographer could be seen lying on the ground...
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Fact Check: Actress Mallika Sherawat did not write a book, viral claim is fake
Ankita Deshkar September 28, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post being widely shared on Facebook and WhatsApp in Marathi stating that Bollywood actress Mallika Sherawat has written a book titled Old...
