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Fake News
Fake Einstein Letter And Other News You Almost Believed
June 16In this week's round-up of the News You Almost Believed, Shashi Tharoor has his webaqoof moment...
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Fake News
Times Of India Shares Fake Cropped Bungee Jump Fail Video
June 15Running viral videos without verifying them can go horribly wrong. Times of India finds out.
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Fake News
Fake News Websites Active During Karnataka Polls Vanish
June 14Fake news websites that came up overnight during the months of March to May have now...
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India
At least 15 Deaths Due To Mob Lynching In 2018 So Far, NCRB To Address Data Gap
June 13In the first half of 2018, BOOM finds at least 15 deaths out of mob lynching...
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Fake News
Webaqoof: Shashi Tharoor Shares Fake Einstein Rejection Letter
June 12Shashi Tharoor has his webaqoof moment. The MP shares an old fake rejection letter supposedly written...
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Gold-Plated Car For Ambani’s Daughter-In-Law? Amar Ujala Deletes Video
June 12Gold-plated car for Mukesh Ambani's soon-to-be daughter-in-law? Reliance spokesperson calls it fake.
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FactCheck
Rahul Gandhi’s Fuzzy History Of Coca-Cola’s Origin & Founder
June 11No, Coca-Cola's founder John Pemberton was neither a lemonade seller nor was his invention a product...
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Fake News
5-Day Eid Holiday Notification Fake Says Kolkata Police; Warns Action
June 11Kolkata Police begins investigation into fake notification even as a serving Rajasthan IAS officer tweets the...
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Fake News
Digvijaya Singh Shares Picture Of Damaged Metro Pillar From Pakistan As Bhopal
June 10Once again the picture of a damaged metro pillar from Pakistan resurfaces. This time Congress leader...
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Fake News
India’s Largest Cinema In Vadodara? No, These Pictures Are Not From India
June 9Speaking to BOOM, Reliance Mega Mall's officials in Vadodara said, “This is fake news"
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Fake News
Fake News Targets Pranab Mukherjee & Other News You Almost Believed
June 9In this week's News You Almost Believed, the fake news brigade targets former President Pranab Mukherjee.
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FactCheck
6% GST On Sunday Church Offerings? Did UP Govt Pass A New Law?
June 8False. The Yogi Adityanath led-BJP government in UP has not passed any such law and the...
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Fake News
Fake News Websites Active During Karnataka Polls Vanish
June 14Fake news websites that came up overnight during the months of March to May have now...
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FactCheck
Rahul Gandhi’s Fuzzy History Of Coca-Cola’s Origin & Founder
June 11No, Coca-Cola's founder John Pemberton was neither a lemonade seller nor was his invention a product...
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Fake News
Digvijaya Singh Shares Picture Of Damaged Metro Pillar From Pakistan As Bhopal
June 10Once again the picture of a damaged metro pillar from Pakistan resurfaces. This time Congress leader...
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Fake News
Gold-Plated Car For Ambani’s Daughter-In-Law? Amar Ujala Deletes Video
June 12Gold-plated car for Mukesh Ambani's soon-to-be daughter-in-law? Reliance spokesperson calls it fake.
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Fake News
Webaqoof: Shashi Tharoor Shares Fake Einstein Rejection Letter
June 12Shashi Tharoor has his webaqoof moment. The MP shares an old fake rejection letter supposedly written...
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India
At least 15 Deaths Due To Mob Lynching In 2018 So Far, NCRB To Address Data Gap
June 13In the first half of 2018, BOOM finds at least 15 deaths out of mob lynching...
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Fake News
Times Of India Shares Fake Cropped Bungee Jump Fail Video
June 15Running viral videos without verifying them can go horribly wrong. Times of India finds out.
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Fake News
5-Day Eid Holiday Notification Fake Says Kolkata Police; Warns Action
June 11Kolkata Police begins investigation into fake notification even as a serving Rajasthan IAS officer tweets the...
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Fake News
Fake Einstein Letter And Other News You Almost Believed
June 16In this week's round-up of the News You Almost Believed, Shashi Tharoor has his webaqoof moment...
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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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FACT FILE
- Nipah Virus: Fake Alerts Go Viral On Social Media As Death Toll Rises
Public advisory attributed to a doctor from RML Hospital, Delhi goes viral on social media. But speaking to BOOM, the hospital has denied any involvement with the advisory […]
- 35% of Winning MLAs In Karnataka Have Pending Criminal Cases
40% of BJP MLAs, 30% each of Congress and JD(S) MLAs have criminal cases against them. […]
- Karnataka Elections 2018: BJP Leads List Of Candidates With Criminal Cases
Congress follows with 27% candidates facing criminal cases and 15% facing serious criminal cases […]
Opinion
- 15th Finance Commission: Why the North Vs South Debate Is Flimsy
That the richer south receives lesser funds from the centre is a fact. But is it the population criterion in the formula that impedes southern interests? […]
- ‘Maut Ka Bathtub’: TV Channels’ Insensitive And Deplorable Coverage Of Sridevi’s Death
Indian media turns coverage of Sridevi’s death into a grotesque media spectacle. […]
- The Battle for Gujarat: Rajdeep Sardesai’s Ten Takeaways
Brand Modi, Team Rahul, Hardik Patel – the X factor and other key takeaways from the Gujarat Election. […]
Fake News Police
- Fake Einstein Letter And Other News You Almost Believed
In this week’s round-up of the News You Almost Believed, Shashi Tharoor has his webaqoof moment and Times of India publishes a fake story. […]
- Times Of India Shares Fake Cropped Bungee Jump Fail Video
Running viral videos without verifying them can go horribly wrong. Times of India finds out. […]
- Fake News Websites Active During Karnataka Polls Vanish
Fake news websites that came up overnight during the months of March to May have now gone offline. One of them now hosts a paying guest accommodation site […]
Fact Check
- Google To Work With BOOM, Fact Checkers To Train 8000 Journalists In India
The training aims to provide in-depth and hands-on verification training to 8000 journalists across English and six other Indian languages over the next one year […]
- Wrong Image Being Shared As That Of Army Jawan Aurangzeb Killed In Kashmir
An image that is being widely shared as that of murdered rifleman Aurangazeb is that of soldier Naik Deepak Nainwal. […]
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