Stories By Nivedita Niranjankumar
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FactCheck
Momo Challenge: Online Suicide Game Or A Media Hoax?
September 13Wildly speculative reporting by local Indian news outlets coupled with no follow-up into the suicides have...
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Fake News
Old Video Of BJP MP Falling Into A Drain Goes Viral As Karnataka Collector
September 10BOOM verified that the woman in the video is not the district collector of Kodagu but...
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FactCheck
IANS Kills Story On Ganga Endangered After WWF-India Says No Such Report This Year
September 8Hindi news websites carry an IANS story on the Ganga being an endangered river based on...
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FactCheck
Viral Video: Did Muslims Attack A Hindu Temple In Uttar Pradesh?: A FactCheck
September 6A viral video showing a gruesome attack on a temple is being shared with the claim...
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India
Video Of Bhavnagar’s ‘Singham’ Cop Thrashing Gangsters In Public Goes Viral
September 5A video of a policeman parading and thrashing accused in full public view is from Gujarat.
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FactCheck
Assam Police Call Out Fake Ad That Duped Territorial Army Aspirants
September 4Speaking to BOOM Harmeet Singh, ADGP (Security), Assam said that the Indian army had reached out...
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Fake News
Fake Video Alert: No, Muslims Did Not Thrash Naga Sadhu In Uttarakhand
September 3As video with fake narrative of Muslims beating a Naga Sadhu goes viral, Dehradun Police clarifies...
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FactCheck
AP Police Confirm Assault On Forest Official, Deny Political Link
August 22A video showing six drunken goons beat up a forest official has gone viral with claims...
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Fake News
No, Cristiano Ronaldo Did Not Donate Rs 77 Cr For Kerala Flood Relief
August 21BOOM checked the official Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts of Ronaldo and found no mention of...
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FactCheck
Fact-Checking Viral Video, Images Of Karnataka CM’s Aerial Survey
August 21A misleading video and allegations of photoshop. BOOM does a fact-check.
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
- Did Hyderabad Ban Kite Flying During Sankranti?: A FactCheck
Kite flying has not been banned, Hyderabad Police Commissioner tells BOOM. […]
- Rahul Gandhi In Dubai: Fake Claims About £1500 Breakfast Go Viral
Photos from Rahul Gandhi’s breakfast meet at businessman Sunny Varkey’s house viral with false claims that the event was held at a five star hotel in Dubai […]
- Bangladesh Video Shared As Muslims Rioting In West Bengal
A video of rioting in Bangladesh is going viral as West Bengal. […]
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