Shachi Sutaria

Shachi Sutaria

Shachi Sutaria is a fact-checker at BOOM. She has previously worked as a health research analyst at AMS Consulting, Lucknow for various national and international clients. She is a post- graduate in Public Health- Health administration from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai.

Schools for classes 9-12 to reopen on september 21
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Coronavirus: States Where Schools Will Reopen From September 21

Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal are not reopening schools from Monday.

20 Sep 2020 2:31 PM GMT
COVID Virus Lab-Made In Wuhan? What We Know About Li-Meng Yan
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COVID Virus Lab-Made In Wuhan? What We Know About Li-Meng Yan

Li-Meng Yan, a Chinese virologist fled Hong Kong claiming danger to her life after she said SARS-CoV-2 is not natural

19 Sep 2020 8:10 AM GMT
IMA Lists 382 Doctors Who Died Due To COVID-19, Slams Health Ministry
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IMA Lists 382 Doctors Who Died Due To COVID-19, Slams Health Ministry

The Indian Medical Association provided the list of doctors after MoHFW said it had no data on health workers who died...

17 Sep 2020 11:20 AM GMT
India Crosses 5 Million Cases, Latest Million Recorded In 11 Days
Coronavirus

India Crosses 5 Million Cases, Latest Million Recorded In 11 Days

India has been reporting the highest number of daily cases globally since August 7

16 Sep 2020 8:19 AM GMT
Explained: Baroda SSG Hospital Fire And Dhaman Ventilators Controversy
Coronavirus

Explained: Baroda SSG Hospital Fire And Dhaman Ventilators Controversy

Dhaman ventilators had already received ₹8 crore under the PM Cares Fund before being dropped from it

12 Sep 2020 7:38 AM GMT
Project SIREN: Tracking Indian Media On The Way It Reports Suicides
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Project SIREN: Tracking Indian Media On The Way It Reports Suicides

This initiative by the Centre of Mental Health Law and Policy rates suicide reporting by various newspapers on a score...

10 Sep 2020 4:13 PM GMT
AstraZeneca, Serum Institute Halt COVID-19 Vaccine Trial
Coronavirus

AstraZeneca, Serum Institute Halt COVID-19 Vaccine Trial

Serum Institute told BOOM that they would stop trials as per the DCGI's show cause notice and wait for further...

9 Sep 2020 10:53 AM GMT
COVID-19: India Overtakes Brazil As Second Worst Affected Nation
Coronavirus

COVID-19: India Overtakes Brazil As Second Worst Affected Nation

In the last seven days India reported 5.8 lakh new cases while Brazil reported only 2.75 lakh new cases.

7 Sep 2020 9:22 AM GMT
Limited Evidence Of COVID-19 Reinfection: WHO India Chief
Coronavirus

Limited Evidence Of COVID-19 Reinfection: WHO India Chief

BOOM contacted the newly appointed WHO representative to India, Dr. Roderico Ofrin to understand COVID-19 reinfection

7 Sep 2020 6:34 AM GMT
India Crosses 4 Million Cases, Latest Million Reported In 13 Days
Coronavirus

India Crosses 4 Million Cases, Latest Million Reported In 13 Days

India has only 68,622 cases less than Brazil, the second worst affected nation

5 Sep 2020 8:54 AM GMT
Fake Message Claims Thieves Are Posing As MHA Officials On Census Duty
Fake News

Fake Message Claims Thieves Are Posing As MHA Officials On Census Duty

BOOM found that the message is similar to a warning issued by the South African government.

3 Sep 2020 4:35 PM GMT
Fake Screenshot Claims Students Test COVID-19 Positive After COMEDK Exams
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Fake Screenshot Claims Students Test COVID-19 Positive After COMEDK...

BOOM found that a morphed News18 screenshot was used to make the false claim.

28 Aug 2020 3:59 PM GMT