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Mainstream media peddled that the people from Nagaland were attacked in Gujarat because they were outsiders. In fact, it was a case of business rivalry.

On the 5th of June, digital news portal The New Indian shared a video of BJP leader Vijay Goel with the claim that he slapped a woman publicly.

Sikkalkari Sikhs are the Sikh artisans who had migrated from Punjab to Nanded in the state of Maharashtra during the period of Shri Guru Gobind Singh Ji. At present, many Sikkalkari settlements reside in small huts in several towns in Marathwada region of the state. They are significantly seen in Nanded, Beed, Parbhani, and Hingoli districts.

Mohammed Zubair of AltNews yet again shared a cropped video of BJP leader K Annamalai to mock him and deflect attention from DMK

Mohammad Faiz Khan said, "I can chant the whole Hanuman Chalisa. I am from Raipur in Chhattisgarh."

Hindutva Watch shared a video with claims that a "Hindu mob" led by Hindu religious leader Aastha Maa thrashed and shaved the head of a Muslim boy Shahrukh on suspicion of theft.

A portal named South Asian Journal used an old interview and used wrong translation from Gujarati to claim he mad anti-women comments

Indian media houses spread fake news claiming that Indian Rupee has ended the year as the worst-performing Asian currency

OpIndia tried its best to bust as many lies as we possibly could. Here are top 20 fact-checks done by OpIndia in the year 2022, in no particular order.

Mainstream media spins a fight over food, triggered by an old dispute in Uttar Pradesh's Gonda dicsrict into a case of 'casteism and untouchability'