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Rewa Police Action On Temple Priest For Violating Lockdown Viral With...

BOOM spoke to SP Abid Khan who has become the subject of fake communal posts.

4 April 2020 6:01 PM GMT

Fake News

Webseries Clip Viral As Cop Beaten In Temple For Enforcing Lockdown

BOOM found that the scene was clipped from a 2019 web series on YouTube.

4 April 2020 12:44 PM GMT

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2015 Video Of Yogi Criticising Shah Rukh Khan Revived With False Claim

BOOM found that the video is from November 2015, when Yogi Adityanath had hit out at Shah Rukh Khan for speaking against ...

3 April 2020 10:39 AM GMT

Coronavirus

False: Different Types Of Tea Can Act As A Cure For COVID-19

Caffeine in tea is known to reduce drowsiness and fatigue but there is no scientific evidence about its impact on...

3 April 2020 10:14 AM GMT

Fake News

Video From Mumbai Peddled As Police Retaliation For Attack On Indore...

BOOM found the viral clip was from Mumbra, Thane and had nothing to do with the incident in Indore.

3 April 2020 8:37 AM GMT

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2014 Photos Of 'Ab Ki Baar Modi Sarkar' Rotis Revived With Lockdown...

The photos from 2014 are going viral with netizens accusing the government of resorting to marketing gimmicks during the ...

3 April 2020 8:29 AM GMT

Fake News

Video Of Man Spitting On Cop Is Unrelated To COVID-19

The video is being shared to falsely claim that it shows a Muslim man spitting on cops during the COVID-19 outbreak.

3 April 2020 7:29 AM GMT

Fake News

Dated Video Of Trupti Desai Being Detained Revived With Lockdown Twist

BOOM found that the video is from September 2019 when Desai was taken into preventive custody by Pune Police ahead of...

2 April 2020 2:59 PM GMT

Fake News

Screenshot Claiming Amit Shah To Change J&K Demographics Is Fake

A fake screenshot of a Hindustan Times article is doing the rounds of the internet.

2 April 2020 1:30 PM GMT

Fake News

Morphed India Today Graphic Claims Lockdown Extended To May 4th

BOOM found that the India Today graphic is morphed and that no official announcement of the lockdown being extended has...

2 April 2020 12:51 PM GMT

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Video Of Eatery Staff Blowing Into Food Packets Is Not From India

BOOM found that the video is at least a year old and is not from India.

2 April 2020 12:41 PM GMT

Fake News

False: Video Shows Muslims Licking Utensils To Spread Coronavirus

BOOM found that the video actually shows a symbolic practice that is associated with not wasting a single grain of food, ...

1 April 2020 3:56 PM GMT