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.

Explained: Amazon Primes Web Series Tandav Faces Legal Trouble
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Explained: Amazon Prime's Web Series 'Tandav' Faces Legal Trouble

Following massive outrage, the makers of the show issued an apology for unintentionally hurting religious sentiments.

18 Jan 2021 2:49 PM GMT
Photo From 2018 Viral As Baby Found Alive In Indonesian Plane Crash
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Photo From 2018 Viral As Baby Found Alive In Indonesian Plane Crash

BOOM found that the photo is from 2018 when the baby was rescued after a passenger ship sank near Selayar Islands,...

12 Jan 2021 11:44 AM GMT
Harish Salve Did Not Record Audio Clip Slamming Anti CAA Protesters
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Harish Salve Did Not Record Audio Clip Slamming Anti CAA Protesters

BOOM found that the audio is by Suresh Kochattil who has in the past too made headlines for his WhatsApp audio clips.

8 Jan 2021 12:47 PM GMT
Sushant Singh Rajput To COVID-19: Fact Checking Indian Media in 2020
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Sushant Singh Rajput To COVID-19: Fact Checking Indian Media in 2020

Nearly four percent of all our fact checks in 2020 were on false information spread by the mainstream media.

30 Dec 2020 7:36 AM GMT
Rare Photo Of PM Modi With Anna Hazare? A Fact Check
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Rare Photo Of PM Modi With Anna Hazare? A Fact Check

BOOM found that the photo shows Narendra Modi with Lakshmanrao Inamdar, a veteran RSS leader.

28 Dec 2020 4:55 PM GMT
Video Of Machete Attack On Woman Viral With False Communal Spin
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Video Of Machete Attack On Woman Viral With False Communal Spin

BOOM spoke to Hubbali police who denied any communal spin and said both Ismail and Asha are from the Muslim community.

26 Dec 2020 9:12 AM GMT
PM Modi Greeting A Social Worker Viral Claiming He Bowed To Priti Adani
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Did PM Modi Bow His Head To Priti Adani? A Factcheck

BOOM found that the woman in the photo is Deepika Mondol, a social worker and wife of a Rashtrapati Bhawan

18 Dec 2020 10:03 AM GMT
Was A BJP Leader Beaten By Protesting Farmers? A FactCheck
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Was A BJP Leader Beaten By Protesting Farmers? A FactCheck

BOOM found that the man is Arun Kumar, detained after a fight broke out between the man and a few reporters.

15 Dec 2020 2:53 PM GMT
Old Photo Passed Off As Justin Trudeau Sitting In An Anti-Farm Laws Protest
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Old Photo Passed Off As Justin Trudeau In An Anti-Farm Laws Protest

BOOM found that the photo is from 2015 when Canada's Prime Minister visited a Gurudwara in Ottawa to celebrate Diwali.

4 Dec 2020 10:08 AM GMT
I Am Right Here If They Want To See My Injuries: Lathi-Charged Farmer
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I Am Right Here If They Want To See My Injuries: Lathi-Charged Farmer

BOOM identified the elderly farmer as Sukhdev Singh who said he sustained injuries to his forearm, back and calf muscle.

1 Dec 2020 8:16 AM GMT
How A Muslim Mans Photo Was Used To Discredit The Farmers Protest
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How A Muslim Man's Photo Was Used To Discredit The Farmers' Protest

BOOM spoke to Nazeer Mohammed, an electrician from Mohali who said he has filed a police complaint.

30 Nov 2020 1:54 PM GMT
Video Of Flying Hoarding Injuring Bikers In Pak Viral As Cyclone Nivar
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Video Of Flying Hoarding Injuring Bikers In Pak Viral As Cyclone Nivar

BOOM found the video is from Karachi, Pakistan when heavy rains lashed the city in August.

25 Nov 2020 11:40 AM GMT