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Altered: Photo of Britain’s Starmer wearing a skirt is digitally altered A digitally altered photo of British Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer leaving his home in casual clothes is misleading people online. The original image of Starmer wearing jeans has been edited to look like a red-and-white skirt. One Facebook user uploaded the manipulated pic (Source: Reuters)

Digitally Altered: Face of Nigeria’s Tinubu edited onto photo of emaciated British man A photo of an emaciated man in what appears to be a hospital has been digitally altered and shared online as showing Nigeria’s President-elect Bola Tinubu. The photo shows a man sitting in a chair next to a hospital bed. His face is that of Tinubu. “Can the Islamic state @officia (Source: Reuters)

Fake: Fake: US Intelligence Officer Says Poland Contributes to Ukraine’s Armed Forces Destruction   Poland providing Ukraine with MiG-29 fighter jets does not in any way contribute to the “destruction of Ukraine’s Armed Forces”. On the contrary, Poland and Slovakia’s decision to transfer several dozen fighter jets to the Ukrainian military will only strengthen Ukraine’s combat  (Source: StopFake)

False: The video shows a scuffle of Indian soldiers with locals. A video showing a scuffle between soldiers and a group of people is doing the rounds on social media. It also shows soldiers firing bullets in the air to control the people confronting them. A Facebook user shared the video and captioned it "Indian army power."Fact CheckNewsMeter (Source: Newsmeter)

False: Cadbury products in India are 'Halal' certified and contain beef A screenshot of the Cadbury Website is being widely shared on social media. It is claimed that Cadbury is 'Halal'-certified and contains beef."Please note, if any of our products contain gelatine in the ingredients, the gelatine we use is halal-certified and derived from beef," r (Source: News Mobile)

False: In India, people are burning 5G towers A video of a burning tower is being shared on social media with a claim that a 5G tower was set ablaze in India.The post read: In India people are burning 5G towers.Here's the link to the above post.FACT CHECKNewsMobile fact-checked the post and found the claim to be false.Upon e (Source: News Mobile)

False: Indian Oil has issued a circular warning people against filling their vehicles' fuel tanks to the maximum limit. (An archive of a similar claim can be found here.)We also received multiple queries on our WhatsApp tipline about the viral circular.Are these claims true?: No, Indian Oil has not issued any such circular. The company has clarified multiple times on their social media platforms a (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)

Half True: Swami Vivekananda walking on the streets of New York Vishvas News' investigation found the viral post to be misleading. Swami Yogananda's video is being shared virally in the name of Swami Vivekananda.New Delhi (Vishvas News): An 11-second video clip is going viral on various social media platforms. In the video, a man can be seen  (Source: Vishvasnews)