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Did The Narendra Modi Govt Reduce Higher Education Budget To ₹400 Crore In 2019?
July 15These figures being spread by a viral Facebook post and being believed by social media users....
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Fake News
Assam Floods: Old Flood Images Go Viral
July 15BOOM found that images from previous Assam floods had gone viral as recent flood images.
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Fake News
‘Advantages Of Dowry’: Viral Screenshot Not From Gujarat Board Textbook
July 15BOOM found that the viral image was from study material distributed by a Bengaluru college in...
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Fake News
Buses Vandalised In Surat Protest Falsely Shared As Mumbai
July 13BOOM found that the video was from Surat, Gujarat after protesters turned violent during a rally...
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Did A Bangladeshi Accidentally Burn To Death While Celebrating India’s World Cup Exit?
July 13BOOM found that the images are old and unrelated and no such incidents were reported in...
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Cyanide In Your Table Salt? Believe It With A Pinch Of Salt
July 13BOOM investigates claims of the presence of cyanide in table salt.
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Fake News
A Sports Photographer Cried After Dhoni’s Wicket & Other News You Almost Believed
July 13In this week’s News You Almost Believed, we bring you the truth behind viral photos and...
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Fake News
No, This Is Not A Video Of A Boulder Striking A Car On NH10
July 12BOOM found that the viral video was from China and not from India as claimed.
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What Is The Anti-Defection Law In India, And Is It Working As It Should?
July 12Anti-defection may seem to be an inhibitor to party-hopping legislators, but the current Karnataka showdown has...
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FactCheck
Mumbai’s First Woman BEST Bus Driver? Not Quite
July 11A BEST spokesperson told BOOM that the woman is not a bus driver with BEST but...
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Fake News
No, This Photographer Did Not Cry After Dhoni Lost His Wicket
July 11A reverse image search showed the image is that of an Iraqi photographer who cried after...
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Fake News
Computer Generated Video Clip Viral As A-380-Oil Tanker Near Collision
July 11BOOM found that the viral clip was called from a Pakistani gamer's YouTube channel.
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Fake News
No, This Photographer Did Not Cry After Dhoni Lost His Wicket
July 11A reverse image search showed the image is that of an Iraqi photographer who cried after...
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Fake News
My Intention Was Only To Get Laughs, Not To Spread Fake News: Kunal Kamra On Photoshopped Gambhir Pic
July 8"It was purely to get a laugh from my audience", Kunal Kamra on why he created...
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Fake News
Ravi Shastri With A Bottle Of Jack During World Cup 2019? No, That’s Bad Photoshop
July 9Netizens photoshop a bottle of Jack Daniels into a team photo of the Men In Blue.
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Fake News
Computer Generated Video Clip Viral As A-380-Oil Tanker Near Collision
July 11BOOM found that the viral clip was called from a Pakistani gamer's YouTube channel.
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FactCheck
Does Coconut Oil Prevent Dengue? A FactCheck
July 9A fake message claims the dengue can be prevented by applying coconut oil since the the...
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Fake News
Old Video Of A Dirty Aircraft Cabin Shared As Air India Flight With Haj Pilgrims
July 10A video of a dirty aircraft cabin is viral on social falsely claiming to show a...
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FactCheck
Mumbai’s First Woman BEST Bus Driver? Not Quite
July 11A BEST spokesperson told BOOM that the woman is not a bus driver with BEST but...
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Fake News
Family Members Rubbish Video Claiming Jharkhand Lynching Victim’s Wife Attempted Suicide
July 10BOOM reached out to Tabrez Ansari's uncle and cousin who rubbished the rumours
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Fake News
Amartya Sen And Fake News: A Love Story
July 11A two month old fake story about a scandal at Nalanda University involving Nobel Laureate Amartya...
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Fake News
Buses Vandalised In Surat Protest Falsely Shared As Mumbai
July 13BOOM found that the video was from Surat, Gujarat after protesters turned violent during a rally...
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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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