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.

Video Of Assailant Carrying Severed Head To Police Station Back With False Claim
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Video Of Assailant Carrying Severed Head To Police Station Back With False Claim

The beheading incident from Karnataka, involved two men from the Lingayat community who fought over a personal issue and...

14 May 2019 9:21 AM GMT
Exclusive: NaMo TV An Ad Platform By DTH Operators, Does Not Need Permission: I&B Ministry
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Exclusive: NaMo TV An Ad Platform By DTH Operators, Does Not Need Permission: I&B Ministry's RTI Reply

In an RTI reply to BOOM, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry has revealed why NaMo TV does not require permission...

11 May 2019 11:43 AM GMT
Video From 2016 Cyclone Vardah Shared As Cyclone Fani; IANS Tweets Old Video
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Video From 2016 Cyclone Vardah Shared As Cyclone Fani; IANS Tweets Old Video

The video is from Cyclone Vardah which struck Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh in 2016

3 May 2019 1:55 PM GMT
Graphic Commando Training Video From Pakistan Falsely Shared As Terrorists Caught In Sri Lanka
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Graphic Commando Training Video From Pakistan Falsely Shared As Terrorists Caught In Sri Lanka

BOOM found that the video is from Pakistan and shows the commandos being trained by their officers.

2 May 2019 2:44 PM GMT
Meet Anil Upadhyay, A Fictional Politician Made Up By India
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Meet Anil Upadhyay, A Fictional Politician Made Up By India's Fake News Brigade

BOOM looks at how a fictitious character was conjured by India's fake news brigade to spread viral disinformation in a...

2 May 2019 1:30 AM GMT
Did A BJP MLA Thrash A Dalit Youth For Travelling In A Fancy Car? A FactCheck
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Did A BJP MLA Thrash A Dalit Youth For Travelling In A Fancy Car? A FactCheck

The video is from 2017 in Gujarat when a woman's relatives beat up her husband and damaged his car for allegedly...

30 April 2019 5:51 AM GMT
Republic Bharat Passes Off Video Of Man Praising PM Modi As Congress MLA
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Republic Bharat Passes Off Video Of Man Praising PM Modi As Congress MLA

The man heard praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the video, is not a member of any political party but is an...

29 April 2019 1:08 PM GMT
Hoax Call Puts Karnataka On High Alert, Police Arrest Caller
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Hoax Call Puts Karnataka On High Alert, Police Arrest Caller

The DGP Karnataka issued a letter warning of attacks but it was later found the call that prompted the letter was a

27 April 2019 9:53 AM GMT
This Heartbreaking Photo Was Not Taken In The Aftermath Of Easter Sunday Bombings In Sri Lanka
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This Heartbreaking Photo Was Not Taken In The Aftermath Of Easter Sunday Bombings In Sri Lanka

The photo has existed on various Sinhalese websites since 2018

25 April 2019 11:23 AM GMT
"If PM Modiji Loses I Will Commit Suicide," Did Smriti Irani Say This? A FactCheck
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'If PM Modiji Loses I Will Commit Suicide,' Did Smriti Irani Say This? A FactCheck

The image, which has been made to look like a screenshot from a news channel, is fake

23 April 2019 11:34 AM GMT
Was The Same Elderly Woman Pictured With Different Congress Leaders? A FactCheck
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Was The Same Elderly Woman Pictured With Different Congress Leaders? A FactCheck

While the viral posts claim the same woman is posing with Congress leaders, BOOM finds that they are three different...

22 April 2019 4:39 PM GMT
Amit Malviya Shares Edited Video To Accuse Yogendra Yadav Of Playing Communal Politics
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Amit Malviya Shares Edited Video To Accuse Yogendra Yadav Of Playing Communal Politics

The doctored clip Malviya tweeted has omitted lines which show Yadav talking about tolerance and not discriminating...

20 April 2019 3:43 AM GMT