Stories By BOOM FACT Check Team
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Fake News
EVM Malfunction Video From UP Falsely Shared As Chhattisgarh
November 14A 2017 video alleging EVM rigging in UP's civic poll is shared as Chhattisgarh.
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Fake News
Image Of A Pakistani Homeless Man Goes Viral As That From India
November 13Image of a homeless man from Pakistan goes viral in India claiming it to be from...
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FactCheck
Vivek Agnihotri Tweets Misleading Video Of Kanhaiya Kumar Speaking About Islam
November 12Vivek Agnihotri tweets an edited and misleading video of Kanhaiya Kumar speaking about Islam.
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Fake News
Video Shared As Indian Air Force’s 2018 Diwali Celebration Is Not From India
November 12This video of a C-130 aircraft dropping decoy flares is at least 15 years old. India...
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Fake News
Still From Bhojpuri Movie Resurfaces With False Context Again
November 9Once again this photo from a movie is being shared with a false context.
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Fake News
Image From 2014 Shared To Claim Women Not Safe In UP Under Yogi Govt
November 6Images of the 2014 Mohanlalganj rape-murder case shared on social media to claim women not safe...
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Fake News
Fake News Déjà Vu: Video Of Jilted Man Mistaken For A Terrorist Goes Viral Again
November 2No, this video does not show a terrorist caught by locals in Punjab.
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Fake News
Viral Fake: Morphed Clip Adds ‘Modi Modi’ Chant To Rahul Gandhi’s Speech At Ujjain
October 31No, the crowd did not chant 'Modi Modi' during Rahul Gandhi's Ujjain rally.
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Fake News
Fake Graphic Misquotes Shashi Tharoor’s ‘Modi Like A Scorpion On A Shivling’ Jibe
October 30No, Shashi Tharoor did not say he was willing to hit a Shivling with a chappal...
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Photoshopped Image Shared To Highlight Disparity Against Sardar Patel’s ‘Statue Of Unity’
October 29No, this photo does not show a poor family against the Statue of Unity.
Boom Snips
- India To Be Severely ‘Water Stressed’ By 2050
A new study points to the risk that China and India will be facing severe water shortages due to a […]
- Bengaluru Violence Over New Provident Fund Rules
Thousands of garment workers in Bengaluru clashed with the police and set buses and cars on fire today, angry with […]
Fact Check
- Sabarimala Row: Did Kerala BJP Call For A Hartal Based On Fake News?
The Police crackdown was held on October 16-17 in Nilakkal and Pamba. The body of Sadasivan was found in Laha which is 16 km from the protest site at Nilakal […]
- No, Plaque With Gibberish Tamil Text At The Statue Of Unity Is Not Fake
Viral photographs of a plaque at the ‘Statue of Unity’ memorial showing a gibberish translation of the words ‘Statue […]
- “Modi Like A Scorpion On A Shivling”: Who Did Shashi Tharoor Quote?
While the BJP is irked about the comment, Tharoor was quoting an unnamed RSS member from an old news story […]
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