Nivedita Niranjankumar

Nivedita Niranjankumar

A former city correspondent covering crime, Nivedita is a fact checker at BOOM and works to stop the spread of disinformation and misinformation. When not at work, she escapes into second-hand bookstores, looking for magic or a mystery.

Photo Of Pakistani TikTok Star Viral As Kidnapped Afghan Envoys Daughter
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Photo Of Pakistani TikTok Star Viral As Kidnapped Afghan Envoy's...

BOOM found that the photo shows an injured Gul Chahat, a transwoman who is TikTok star from Pakistan and not Silsila...

19 July 2021 3:10 PM GMT
UP Govt Calls Image Of Hoarding In Karnataka Fake, Threatens Legal Action
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UP Govt Calls Image Of Hoarding In Karnataka Fake, Threatens Legal...

BOOM spoke to Shishir Rudrappa who confirmed that he had clicked the photo and his employees had recorded the video of...

13 July 2021 12:39 PM GMT
Video From Iran Viral As Man Setting Fire To Petrol Pump In Haryana
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Video From Iran Viral As Man Setting Fire To Petrol Pump In Haryana

BOOM found that the video is from Rafsanjan city in Kreman province of Iran.

12 July 2021 12:03 PM GMT
Video Of Ahmedabad Police Nabbing Criminals Falsely Shared As Arrest Of Delhi Riots Accused
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Video Of Ahmedabad Police Nabbing Criminals Falsely Shared As Arrest...

Bharuch Police and Ahmedabad police told BOOM that none of the arrested accused have links to the Delhi riots case.

2 July 2021 9:03 AM GMT
Viral Post About Muslim BTS Fan Playing Dynamite Instead Of Azaan Is Satire
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Viral Post About Muslim BTS Fan Playing 'Dynamite' Instead Of Azaan Is ...

The post was created by RealInshots - a satire page on Instagram.

1 July 2021 7:04 AM GMT
Foreign Videos Of Empty Covid-19 Vaccine Shots Administered Viral In India
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Foreign Videos Of Empty Covid-19 Vaccine Shots Administered Viral In...

BOOM found that three of the four videos being shared are not from India.

29 Jun 2021 12:42 PM GMT
Ghaziabad Attack: Police Books Twitter, Journalists, Politicians For Tweets
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Ghaziabad Attack: Police Books Twitter, Journalists, Politicians For...

Uttar Pradesh police have claimed tweets by The Wire, Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair and others were an attempt to...

16 Jun 2021 12:51 PM GMT
Video Of Congress Leader Falsely Shared As Maneka Gandhi Slamming BJP
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Video Of Congress Leader Falsely Shared As Maneka Gandhi Slamming BJP

BOOM found that the video shows Congress member Dolly Sharma calling the ruling party for mishandling the COVID-19...

27 May 2021 8:58 AM GMT
No, BBC Did Not Link Black Fungus To Cow Urine; Viral Image Is Fake
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No, BBC Did Not Link Black Fungus To Cow Urine; Viral Image Is Fake

The screenshot falsely claims BBC reported scientists finding links between cow urine and rising cases of black fungus.

26 May 2021 12:48 PM GMT
Amazon-listed Masterstroke Book On PM Modi Is Viral, Heres Why
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Amazon-listed 'Masterstroke' Book On PM Modi Is Viral, Here's Why

The author of the book told BOOM that it was a joke and he did not expect it to go viral

25 May 2021 2:22 PM GMT
No, This is Not Al Jazeeras Director Speaking To The Israeli Army
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No, This is Not Al Jazeera's Director Speaking To The Israeli Army

BOOM found that the video shows the owner of the al-Jalaa towers in Gaza pleading with the Israeli army for more time...

21 May 2021 10:29 AM GMT
No, The Man Who Said Mandir Chahiye Did Not Die Of Covid
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No, The Man Who Said 'Mandir Chahiye' Did Not Die Of Covid

BOOM spoke to Jitendra Gupta, the man in the video who told us that he has registered an FIR against the fake posts...

18 May 2021 2:52 PM GMT