Fact Check: Did Rafale jets give a tricolour farewell to France before landing in India?

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Social media, in general, is a place for many torious netizens to share fabricated news which quickly goes viral. One of most viral fake messs revolving around India claimed that country's National Anm had been chosen as world's best by UNICEF. even though such declaration was ever made by m. One similar fake mess manipulating patriotic passion of people has w been doing rounds on internet. Check it out below - 

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Rafale Jets' tribute to France fake mess debunked

first set of Rafale fighter jets landed on Indian soil on July 29, 2020. w a video of jets forming a tricolour in sky claims that is how France bid farewell to jets as y left for India. video showcases jets emerging from behind a magnanimous structure and synchronising formation of smoke trails of green, red and white colours. 

video is being widely circulated on social media with a caption that reads - 'Everyone talked about Rafael landing in India but see farewell from France with Indian Tricolors'. mess was shared in abundance on social media ranging from WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter. Check it out below - 

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What is truth?

After a quick search on internet, it can be confirmed that foot doing rounds on internet is actually from Republic Day celebrations of Italy. foot is from  capital Rome and a search on YouTube for 'Republic Day celebration in Italy' will land users on similar-looking videos. Italy celebrates Republic Day on June 2 when country's Air Force performs synchronised stunts. Social media often gets confused between India and Italy's National Flags as y nearly have same colour pattern. 

Google Trends Analysis

As viral messs about Rafale jets giving a farewell to France started doing rounds on internet, a number of interested internet users took to Google and searched to verify news. This led to a surge in search results around topics like 'Farewell to Rafale in France' and 'Farewell from France to Rafale'. Check out Google Trends analysis below - 

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