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What Anurag Thakur Said On Boycott Bollywood Trends Amid 'Pathaan' Success

- By Archis Chowdhury | 28 Jan 2023 10:57 AM

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Video Of UK Anti-Vax Protest Peddled As Protest Against BBC Docu On Modi

BOOM found that the protest was organised by an anti-vax group called 'Truth Be Told', and had...

- By Hazel Gandhi | 29 Jan 2023 6:42 AM

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News Outlets Falsely Claim Pak Flag Hoisted In Bihar's Purnia On Republic Day

BOOM was able to confirm that the flag seen in the viral video is an Islamic flag and not a Pakistan...

- By Mohammad Salman | 27 Jan 2023 10:52 AM

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Old Video Of Moviegoers Saying "SRK's Worst Movie" Peddled As Pathaan Review

BOOM found that the viral video is from 2018 showing moviegoers criticising the Bollywood movie...

- By Anmol Alphonso | 25 Jan 2023 9:17 AM

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JNU To Hyderabad: BBC Documentary Is Being Screened On Campuses Across India

The Centre asked YouTube and Twitter last week to take down links to the BBC documentary 'India: The...

- By BOOM Team | 25 Jan 2023 10:41 AM

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Old Video From Indonesia Revived As Muslim Man Tortured In China

- By Sk Badiruddin | 14 Jan 2023 8:57 AM

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Video From Sweden Revived As Israeli Police Officer Killing Palestinian Boy

- By Hazel Gandhi | 12 Jan 2023 7:10 AM

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No, This Video Does Not Show French President Macron & France's First Lady

- By Sk Badiruddin | 5 Jan 2023 12:31 PM

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Video Of Climate Activists Being Dragged Away Peddled With Fake Namaz Claim

- By Sk Badiruddin | 5 Jan 2023 9:28 AM

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Dip In Arithmetic Levels, Uptrend In Govt School Enrollments: Key Takeaways From The ASER Report

- By Sana Fazili | 19 Jan 2023 12:26 PM

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News Marked Fake By PIB Must Be Taken Down, Says Draft IT Rules

- By Ritika Jain | 18 Jan 2023 12:25 PM

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'Awful': How Twitter Users Are Reacting To Default 'For You' Tab

- By BOOM Team | 16 Jan 2023 12:42 PM

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BOOM Verified: Video Of FB Live By Indian Flyer Captures Nepal Plane Crash

- By Anmol Alphonso | 16 Jan 2023 12:15 PM

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Climate Change, Women Empowerment: Key Takeaways From President's Republic Day Speech

- By BOOM Team | 25 Jan 2023 3:41 PM

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Adani Group Refutes Research By Hindenburg, Says Report Aims To Damage FPO

- By Mohammed Kudrati | 25 Jan 2023 12:18 PM

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Jacinda Ardern Resignation: What Are The Unique Challenges Faced By Women In Power?

- By The Conversation | 23 Jan 2023 10:34 AM

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What Data Says About How Middle Class Is Defined In India

- By Mohammed Kudrati | 21 Jan 2023 6:18 AM

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Cheating To Assessments: How ChatGPT Could Impact Higher Education

- By The Conversation | 20 Jan 2023 7:09 AM

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What Anurag Thakur Said On Boycott Bollywood Trends Amid 'Pathaan' Success

- By Archis Chowdhury | 28 Jan 2023 10:57 AM

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What Is The Van Gogh 360° Experience Everyone In Mumbai Is Talking About?

- By BOOM Team | 27 Jan 2023 12:05 PM

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JNU To Hyderabad: BBC Documentary Is Being Screened On Campuses Across India

- By BOOM Team | 25 Jan 2023 10:41 AM

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SC Collegium Bats For Gay Judge, Tells Centre Not A Reason to Say No

- By Ritika Jain | 19 Jan 2023 2:06 PM

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Traumatic To See My Kids On Reel: Uphaar Fire Victims' Kin On Netflix Show| Watch Video

- By Ritika Jain | 13 Jan 2023 12:24 PM

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Can't Impose Additional Restrictions on Lawmaker's Right to Free Speech: SC

- By Ritika Jain | 3 Jan 2023 7:25 AM

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Pune Cops Got On Bumble To Catch Woman Drugging And Robbing Her Dates

- By Yogesh Sadhwani | 14 Oct 2022 11:36 AM

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100 Paani Puris In 5 Minutes: What It Takes To Be An Indian Mukbanger

- By Prachi Sibal | 11 Jan 2023 11:21 AM

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A Daily Wager From Maharashtra Is Fighting Against Facebook For A Shoe He Never Got

- By Saurav Das | 6 Dec 2022 5:48 AM

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It signals that the government is thinking of making its drug policy more humane. But the...

- By Ronny Sen | 22 Dec 2022 7:15 AM

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Two cops from Pune made profiles on a dating app to track a woman who had been robbing men. This is...

- By Yogesh Sadhwani | 14 Oct 2022 11:36 AM

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Despite its massive ad revenues, Facebook has resisted taking any blame for scams. But Tribhuvan is...

- By Saurav Das | 6 Dec 2022 5:48 AM

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We spoke to the researchers whose report said sanitary napkins can cause cancer among other health...

- By Kaisar Andrabi | 4 Dec 2022 3:20 AM

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Lyrics asking Hindu women to stay away from Muslim men, urging Hindu men to pick up arms against...

- By Nivedita Niranjankumar | 21 Nov 2022 9:22 AM

INDIA

Videos of 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogan, often fake, have repeatedly made its way to WhatsApp groups....

- By Kashif Kakvi | 11 Oct 2022 9:21 AM

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Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal took note of a LinkedIn post that pointed out a COD scam. But how are...

- By Kaisar Andrabi | 24 Jan 2023 10:50 AM

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