Stories By Karen Rebelo
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Fake News
Shocking Video Of A Fire At An Office Building In Dhaka Viral As Mumbai
April 17A shocking video showing people fall to their deaths while escaping a fire at a highrise...
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Fake News
With Over 2.9 Million Members This Pro-Modi Facebook Group Is A Fake News Farm
April 11In the week beginning April 8, 2019 BOOM debunked several pieces of misinformation ranging from a...
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Fake News
Fake Twitter Account Posing As A British Scribe In India Busted
April 3A reverse image search of the account's profile picture showed that it was misusing a photo...
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Fake News
2015 Cow Vigilante Video From Haryana Revived With Misleading Claim
March 27The incident appears to have taken place in Haryana in 2015 though few details are known.
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Fake News
Old Video From Canada Falsely Shared As New Zealand Gunman Beaten In Prison
March 24The video is over four years old. The incident took place on March 3, 2015 inside...
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Fake News
Meet The Fake Accounts Impersonating Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman
March 2Social media can't seem to get enough of Abhinandan Varthaman. Fake profiles impersonating the wing commander...
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Fake News
Video Game Clip Goes Viral As IAF Air Strikes On Jaish Camp
February 26Viral video on social media is a simulation and not real footage.
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FactCheck
Syria Blast Video Falsely Shared As CCTV Footage Of Pulwama Attack
February 16A fact-check shows that the video existed online two days prior to the attack in Jammu...
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FactCheck
Did Arvind Kejriwal Say ‘We Are Ready To Support Congress’?
January 29Contrary to what ShankhNaad's post claims, Arvind Kejriwal said Congress would not win a single seat...
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FactCheck
No, Pakistan Did Not Hold A Mock Funeral For Modi: A FactCheck
December 21A video from 2017 is doing the rounds as Pakistan celebrating Congress's victory in three Indian...
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
- Politics Enters The IPL Arena: ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ Chant Heard At KXIP Vs RR Game
BOOM checked live footage of the game and verified that the slogan was raised by a few spectators […]
- Old Video Of BJP Workers Thrashed In Darjeeling, Revived
The 2017-video has gone viral with a claim that BJP leaders seeking votes were thrashed by the public […]
- RJD Uses Old, Unrelated Photos To Target PM Modi On Efforts To Clean The Ganga
While two of the photos tweeted by the RJD are from 2013 and 2015, one of the photos is from Karachi, Pakistan. […]
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