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: No, ‘Hindu’ word did not disappear from Maha secondary and Higher secondary religion columns
Ankita Deshkar December 2, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News All the social media platforms are a buzz with a screenshot of the form of admission to HSC examination by Maharashtra Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education It...
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Fact Check: Japan did not drop the vax rollout, viral claims are fake
Ankita Deshkar November 22, 2021Vishvas News New Delhi Vishvas News came across a post on various social media platfoms that looked like a screenshot of an article The article claimed Japan drops vax rollout goes to...
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Fact check: Viral video is of C60 commandos celebrating is not recent
Ankita Deshkar November 18, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A video is being widely shared over various social media platforms where C60 commandos can be seen celebrating Posts claim that this is a celebration by C60 commandos after...
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Fact Check: No, Japan has not decided to dispose microwave ovens
Ankita Deshkar November 15, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A post is being widely circulated over social media that claims that microwave ovens will be totally banned in Japan by year end Vishvas News did a fact check of the post...
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Fact check: Viral video of lights over lake is not of Nagpur, but Dal lake
Ankita Deshkar November 1, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a video being widely shared on various social networking platforms The video showed light show over a lake Users claimed that the video belonged to...
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Fact Check: Viral post claiming Rs 4000 granted under ‘PM Ramban Yojana’ is fake
Ankita Deshkar October 26, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a viral post on various social media platforms The post claims that the youth are getting Rs 4000 after registering at the link given in the...
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Fact Check: Drinking hot coconut water does not kill cancer cells, viral post is fake
Ankita Deshkar October 19, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post on various social networking sites in Marathi which claimed that drinking hot coconut water can kill the cancer cells The post was...
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Fact Check: This video is not of Ram bhakts in Ayodhya to declare Hindu Rashtra
Ankita Deshkar October 9, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A video is going viral on various social media platforms that claims that it is a video of Ram Devotees in Ayodhya to declare it as Hindu Rashtra One can see numerous...
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Fact check: Viral image of Subhas Chandra Bose reading the news of his own death is edited
Ankita Deshkar October 1, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a black and white picture of Subhas Chandra Bose doing rounds over various social media platforms which claimed that the freedom fighter was...
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Fact Check: This is not a new Mumbai ‘BEST’ bus; edited photo of a London bus viral with fake claim
Ankita Deshkar September 29, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a picture being widely shared on all the social media platforms The picture shows a double decker red coloured bus which has ‘BEST’ written in...
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Fact Check: This painting does not exist in Panj-sheer palace, it is an artwork by a Russian artist
Ankita Deshkar September 29, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a painting being widely shared on various social networking platforms It was claimed in these posts that the painting which appears as a scene...
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Fact Check: BEST did not launch electric taxi service in Mumbai, viral claim is fake
Ankita Deshkar September 23, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post where a red car with the logo of BEST can be seen along with a person standing besides it Users are claiming that BST started a new...
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Fact Check: The picture shows Shankaracharya of Puri with Subhas Chandra Bose not Gajanan Maharaj
Ankita Deshkar September 21, 2021Vishvas News New Delhi Vishvas News found that a image was being widely shared on social media with claims that freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose was clicked along with Sant Gajanan Maharaj of...
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Fact Check: An obese woman did not die of Covid blaming unvaccinated, viral CNN report is fake
Ankita Deshkar September 11, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News spotted an image of an article attributed to CNN The image looked like a screenshot from the website The article was titled ‘Healthy 40 year old Covid...
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Fact Check: No, New York Times did not write this article on Indian PM Modi
Ankita Deshkar August 27, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News came across a post in Marathi where it was claimed that editor writer of the noted newspaper of US New York Times Joseph Hope wrote an article on Indian...
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Fact Check: CNN did not praise Taliban for wearing masks, viral image is fake
Ankita Deshkar August 17, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Vishvas News noticed an image going viral over the internet The image looked like a news plate from the leading channel CNN The headline said CNN Praises Taliban for...
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Fact Check: Playing excessive games on mobile phone does not cause a parasite in the eyes
Ankita Deshkar August 6, 2021Vishvas News New Delhi Vishvas News came across a viral post in Marathi The viral post claimed that playing excessive games over mobile phones can cause a parasite in the eyes which can be...
