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.

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
15-Year Old Spoof Video Revived As Terrorist Commercial By Volkswagen
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'Terrorist Commercial by Volkswagen'? 15-Year Old Spoof Video Revived

The video is from 2005 and was a spoof video created by two UK based ad film makers.

24 Nov 2020 1:21 PM GMT
2014 Video Shared As Hindu Chants Recited At White House For Joe Biden
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2014 Video Shared As Hindu Chants Recited At White House For Joe Biden

The video is from 2014 when a Hindu-American organisation held an event at the White House to celebrate Mahatma Gandhi's ...

20 Nov 2020 12:21 PM GMT
Old Video Of Anti-Pak Slogans During Ganpati Visarjan Passed Off As JNU
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Old Video Of Anti-Pak Slogans During Ganpati Visarjan Passed Off As

BOOM spoke to the organisers of a Hindu Jagruti Mandal who confirmed that slogans were raised at a Ganpati visarjan in...

18 Nov 2020 6:51 AM GMT
Video Of Protests In Spain Over COVID-19 Restrictions Peddled As France
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Video Of Protests In Spain Over COVID-19 Restrictions Peddled As

The video is from Barcelona, Spain where riots occurred against new restrictions to curb the spread of COVID-19

10 Nov 2020 11:38 AM GMT
Photo Of Arnab Goswami Tortured By Mumbai Police? Not Really
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Photo Of Arnab Goswami Tortured By Mumbai Police? Not Really

BOOM found that the photo is from January when three UP police personnel beat up an alleged phone thief.

4 Nov 2020 4:15 PM GMT
Arnab Goswamis Arrest: What Is The Case All About?
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Arnab Goswami's Arrest: What Is The Case All About?

Republic's editor-in-chief was arrested by a team of Maharashtra police from his house in Worli, Mumbai

4 Nov 2020 9:57 AM GMT
Dubbaka Bypolls: Old Video Of TRS Workers Distributing Money Revived
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Dubbaka Bypolls: Old Video Of TRS Workers Distributing Money Revived

The video is from January 2020, when TRS candidates allegedly distributed money in Sathupally for the municipal

3 Nov 2020 10:18 AM GMT
No, This Video Is Not Related To The Nice Church Attack
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No, This Video Is Not Related To The Nice Church Attack

BOOM found that although the video is from Nice, it is from an unrelated incident in August.

30 Oct 2020 12:10 PM GMT
Unrelated Videos Falsely Shared As French Police Crackdown On Muslims
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Unrelated Videos Falsely Shared As French Police Crackdown On Muslims

BOOM found that all the four videos are from different regions and not recent.

29 Oct 2020 2:45 PM GMT
Paris Beheading: Old Video From Yemen Viral With False Claims
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Paris Beheading: Old Video From Yemen Viral With False Claims

BOOM found that the video is from November 9, 2019 and is from Sanaa, Yemen.

27 Oct 2020 12:58 PM GMT