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Fake News
Video Of Sydney Railway Coaches Misidentified As Metro Coaches Under ‘Made In India’
November 11BOOM found that the coaches, originally of the Sydney Railways, are made by Waratah Rails.
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Fast Check
Fake East India Company Coins With Hindu Gods Revived After Ayodhya Verdict
November 11BOOM found that the coins with religious motifs were present in the pre-colonial era but they...
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Fast Check
Video Of Minor Beaten In Assam Passed Off As Kerala
November 11The incident happened in Mowamari Assam and the girl seen in the video is not from...
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Fake News
Image Of Eid Prayers At Delhi’s Feroz Shah Kotla Passed Off As Last Namaz At Babri Masjid Site
November 11BOOM found that the image was originally clicked at Delhi's Feroz Shah Kotla mosque during the...
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Fake News
Did Owaisi Supporters Walk Out After He Criticised Modi? False Claim Revived After Ayodhya Verdict
November 10BOOM found that people rushed towards the stage after a shoe was hurled at Owaisi and...
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Fake News
Hoax Messages About Social Media Surveillance And Other News You Almost Believed
November 9In this week’s News You Almost Believed, we bring you the truth behind viral photos and...
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FACT FILE
Supreme Court Paves Way For A Ram Temple, Muslims To Get Alternate Land In Ayodhya
November 9The Supreme Court has ordered the government to set up a trust to build a temple...
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Fake News
7-Year-Old RT Clip On Islamic Party Demanding Sharia In Belgium Viral As Recent
November 8The Islam Party in 2012 stated it wanted Belgium to be an Islamic state.
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Fake News
Spinning A Yarn: Moroccan Shepherd Girl Misidentified As French Politician
November 8The image is originally of an eight year old Fouzia, who was photographed by an UNICEF...
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Fake News
Does Three Blue Ticks Mean The Government Has Read Your Chat? WhatsApp Hoax Returns
November 8The hoax message is a rehash of an old forward that was debunked.
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FactCheck
Priyanka Gandhi Alleges Dalits Beaten In Mainpuri, UP; Police Say Fight Between Two Thakur Groups
November 8Mainpuri police say the fight was between two Thakur groups and that no Dalits were involved.
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Fake News
Did Alka Lamba Flaunt Congress’ Symbol On Her T-Shirt?
November 8In the original image Alka Lamba points to the Indian Flag pinned to her T-shirt and...
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FactCheck
Environment Minister Claims Delhi Govt Spent ₹1.5k Cr On Publicity; Data Shows Amount Less Than Half Claimed
November 8The Delhi government's budget shows that the publicity expenditure over the government's five year tenure is...
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Fake News
Were Pakistan Flags Spotted In Jalandhar? A FactCheck
November 7Local police told BOOM that the flags were religious flags and not the Pakistan national flag.
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FactCheck
Beggar From India Or …? Here’s Why This Video Went Viral
November 6BOOM found YouTube videos claiming the video is from Pakistan.
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Fake News
Fake Message About Social Media Surveillance Goes Viral As Ayodhya Verdict Looms
November 5BOOM spoke to Superintendent of Police (Security) in Ayodhya who rubbished the claims of the viral...
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FactCheck
Video Game Footage Falsely Shared As US Forces Sniping Islamic Terrorists
November 4The footage, from the video game 'Medal of Honor', published by Electronic Arts in 2010 shows...
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Fake News
Video Of Huge Tidal Waves In Muscat Passed Off As Mumbai’s Marine Drive
November 4BOOM found that the set of videos are originally from Oman's Muscat, where cyclone Kyarr ran...
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Fake News
A ‘Blooper’ That Wasn’t: Fake DD News Tweet On PM’s Thailand Visit Goes Viral
November 6BOOM did not find any trace of a deleted tweet, or replies indicating that such a...
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FactCheck
Environment Minister Claims Delhi Govt Spent ₹1.5k Cr On Publicity; Data Shows Amount Less Than Half Claimed
November 8The Delhi government's budget shows that the publicity expenditure over the government's five year tenure is...
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FactCheck
Old Images Of Toxic Foam Revived As Yamuna Froths Again
November 42016 images of women offering prayers in a polluted Yamuna are being shared as recent.
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Fake News
Disturbing Video Of Man Torturing Three Minors In Pakistan’s Punjab Province Shared As India
November 4BOOM found that the incident took place in Pakistan's Punjab province in October and that the...
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Fast Check
Photoshopped Image Of Navjot Singh Sidhu Revived
November 6The image of Sidhu wearing a green turban with a crescent and star on it is...
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Fake News
Failed Robbery Attempt On Lucknow Imam Shared As ‘Sanghi’ Attack
November 5Lucknow police and the injured Maulana denied a communal reason behind the attack.
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FactCheck
Beggar From India Or …? Here’s Why This Video Went Viral
November 6BOOM found YouTube videos claiming the video is from Pakistan.
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BOOM Snips
Google Rolls Out Nougat Upgrade For Nexus Devices
August 24Google has officially begun rolling out Android’s 7.0 software upgrade to those with Nexus devices. ...
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BOOM Snips
Drone Captures Centre Of Ubinas Volcano Crater In Peru
August 24Vulcanologists used a drone to inspect the crater of Peru’s Ubinas volcano on August 21. ...
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BOOM Snips
Earth Quakes In Italy – Tremors Recorded Of 6.2 Magnitude
August 24A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit central Italy and rescuers are searching for survivors. At least 21...
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BOOM Snips
World’s Longest, Highest Glass Bottom Bridge Opens In China
August 23Touted as the “world’s highest and longest” glass-bottom bridge, it stretches between two mountain peaks in...
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BOOM Snips
One Of India’s Richest Temples, Just Got Richer
August 23Siddhivinayak Temple, a two century-old temple in Mumbai just raised Rs. 1.1 crores by auctioning off...
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BOOM Snips
Coral Bleaching In A Reef, Caught On Camera
August 23Rare video footage shows the violent act of coral bleaching, caused by high sea water temperatures...
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BOOM Snips
It Took Four Fire Fighters To Rescue This Boy From A Sofa
August 23The four-year-old somehow managed to squeeze into a gap in the furniture at a pedicure shop...
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BOOM Snips
Rio Olympics Comes To A Close
August 22The Rio Olympics ended with a spectacular carnival-inspired closing ceremony, and the official handover to 2020...
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BOOM Snips
Mongolian Wrestling Coaches Strip In Olympics
August 22A pair of Mongolian wrestling coaches stripped off their clothing in a protest of a call...
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BOOM Snips
Doctors In Punjab Operate On A Policeman Who Swallowed 40 Knives
August 22Surgeons in Punjab have removed 40 metal knives from a patient who had an ‘uncontrollable urge’...
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BOOM Snips
PV Sindhu’s Olympic Silver Creates History In More Ways Than One
August 22PV Sindhu became India’s first woman to win an Olympics silver medal on August 19 after...
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Culture
Calling Hinduism A Way Of Life Is Meaningless: Sanjeev Sanyal
August 22Who is a Hindu? What does he believe or can he be an unbeliever and still...
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Entertainment
Happy Bhag Jayegi: Dedh Minute Review
August 20Aniruddha Guha reviews Abhay Deol starrer Happy Bhag Jayegi in this week’s film review. ...
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BOOM Snips
Saved By A Tiger: This Video Shows Wild Animals Have Loyal Instincts
August 19A video that has gone viral on Reddit from Mexico has proof that wild animals can...
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BOOM Snips
Donald Trump Disrobed On America’s Streets
August 19An artists’ collective took credit for exposing Donald Trump to unflattering scrutiny on August 18, saying...
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