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Fake News
Photos Of Mentally Ill Woman Shared As Jharkhand Child Kidnapper
September 17The woman is a person with mental disability and not a child kidnapper, Jharkhand police tells...
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Fake News
10-Year Old Video Of Pakistan Army Abuse Falsely Shared As Indian Army Beating Up Kashmiris
September 17BOOM found that the video can be found online as far back as October 2009, allegedly...
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FACT FILE
President Trump To Attend ‘Howdy Modi’ Rally In Houston: What We Know
September 16Trump has confirmed his attendance at the 'Howdy Modi' event, which is among the largest gatherings...
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FactCheck
News Outlets Misreport Old Video Of Toddler Found In Travel Bag As Recent
September 16News outlets such as Mirror Now, Times Now and The Tribune reported the viral video as...
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Fake News
French President Macron Dancing With His Wife 23 Years Ago? A FactCheck:
September 16BOOM found that the viral clip was from a 2016 episode of the popular US dance...
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Fast Check
No, Police Did Not Lathi Charge Youths Demanding Jobs In Madhya Pradesh
September 16The video is originally from a protest by Hindu Jagran Manch supporters in Aligarh that was...
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Fake News
Video Of Apple Trees Felled In Himachal Pradesh Shared As Kashmir Again
September 15BOOM found that the video is originally from Himachal Pradesh where felling of trees was ordered...
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Fake News
Image Of A Woman Partaking In Muharram Ritual Passed Off As Kashmir
September 14BOOM found that the image was old dating back to far as February 2005.
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FACT FILE
India Had The 4th Highest Cases Of Malaria In 2017: Lancet Report
September 14The Lancet Commission on Eradication of Malaria says that it is ambitious but necessary to eradicate...
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Fake News
Hong Kong Protest Pics Passed Off As CPI(M) Rally In UP
September 14BOOM found that all the images are of the ongoing protests against the extradition bill in...
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Fake News
Video Of Pride Of Lions In Gujarat Shared As ‘Tigers Spotted In Mumbai’
September 13BOOM found that the viral video was from Gujarat of a pride of lionesses spotted near...
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Fake News
Photoshopped Image, Fake Quote Falsely Attributed To Ravish Kumar
September 13The photoshopped image is a screen grab from an unrelated episode in 2018.
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Podcast
Deepfake Videos: Why You Have A Lot To Worry
September 13Deepfakes – or fake content made using AI and machine learning, is soon going to become...
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Podcast
What Is Science, And What Is Not?
September 13There is a very thin, ever-changing line between science and pseudoscientific myths. In the case of...
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Fake News
Chandrayaan 2: Unrelated Images Of Earth Go Viral Again
September 13BOOM found that the images being shared were unrelated and not taken by the Chandrayaan 2...
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Fake News
Chandrayaan 2: Has ISRO Released The Latest Image of Vikram Lander?
September 10The image shows the landing site of the Apollo16 from its mission to map the moon.
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FactCheck
“My Dying Conscience”: Poem By Late Ram Jethmalani? Not Really
September 11BOOM contacted late Jethmalani's son, Mahesh Jethmalani, who refuted the claims of his father having written...
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Fake News
Video Of Pride Of Lions In Gujarat Shared As ‘Tigers Spotted In Mumbai’
September 13BOOM found that the viral video was from Gujarat of a pride of lionesses spotted near...
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Fake News
Akshay Kumar Donating Mission Mangal’s Earnings To Chandrayaan 3? Not Quite
September 9BOOM reached out to R Balki, Mission Mangal's co-producer who rubbished the claim. Kumar has not...
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Entertainment
Zaira Wasim Promoting ‘The Sky Is Pink’? Old Photo Used To Troll Actress
September 10BOOM reached out to Wasim's co-actor Farhan Akhtar, who said that the image was shot in...
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Fake News
Netizens Fall For Satire Graphic Blaming Congress For Chandrayaan 2 Setback
September 9The photoshopped graphic has been created by the Twitter account 'Memerao'.
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Fast Check
Fake Swiss Bank List On Indian Black Money Holders Goes Viral
September 12BOOM found that the post claiming that the Swiss Bank had released a list on black...
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Fake News
Chandrayaan 2: Unrelated Images Of Earth Go Viral Again
September 13BOOM found that the images being shared were unrelated and not taken by the Chandrayaan 2...
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FactCheck
Old PoK Protests Revived As Recent, A FactCheck:
September 11BOOM found that the clip was taken from a CNN News 18 report in September 2015.
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Fake News
Abhisar Sharma Airs Photoshopped Graphic Of Aaj Tak On Chandrayaan – 2
September 11Following BOOM's query HW News added a disclaimer to story.
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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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