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Video Of Haryana Man Killed By Stray Bull Shared With False Communal Spin
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Video Of Haryana Man Killed By Stray Bull Shared With Communal Spin

BOOM spoke to the local police and the sarpanch of the village and found that the deceased did not belong to the Muslim...

28 July 2021 11:31 AM GMT
Aaj Tak Graphic Crediting PM Modi For Indias Olympics Medal Win Is Fake
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Aaj Tak Graphic Crediting PM Modi For India's Olympics Medal Win Is...

The viral image has been morphed from an old photo of the news show posted in July 2019 asking if PM Modi would win the...

28 July 2021 11:12 AM GMT
2016 Image From Uttarakhand Shared As Cloudburst In Jammus Kishtwar
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2016 Image From Uttarakhand Shared As Cloudburst In Jammu's Kishtwar

BOOM found that the photo shows destruction after a cloudburst hit Uttarakhand's Chamoli district in 2016.

28 July 2021 9:36 AM GMT
2011 Video Of Tsunami In Japan Shared As Recent China Floods
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2011 Video Of Tsunami In Japan Shared As Recent China Floods

BOOM found the video footage is from Japan when tsunami waves hit Sendai Airport in Japan in 2011.

27 July 2021 9:41 AM GMT
Video Of Traffic Jam In Pak Valley Falsely Shared As Himachal Rockslide
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Video Of Traffic Jam In Pak Valley Falsely Shared As Himachal...

BOOM found that the video shows the route to Naran-Kaghan Valley in Pakistan, which was choked due to Eid-Al-Adha rush

26 July 2021 12:32 PM GMT
Picture Of Tea Break In A Waterlogged Street Is Not From Banaras
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Picture Of 'Tea Break' In A Waterlogged Street Is Not From Banaras

BOOM found that the viral picture is from Mansa, Punjab and dates back to 2016.

26 July 2021 9:35 AM GMT
Morphed Photo Of Priyanka Chaturvedi Sporting Namo Again Revived
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Morphed Photo Of Priyanka Chaturvedi Sporting 'Namo Again' Revived

Priyanka Chaturvedi's face has been superimposed on the body of Hemisha Thakkar, a municipal councilor in Vadodara,...

26 July 2021 8:11 AM GMT
Old Video Of Attack On Rajasthan MLA Ramkesh Meena Viral As Recent
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Old Video Of Attack On Rajasthan MLA Ramkesh Meena Viral As Recent

BOOM found that the viral video is from 2018 and is not linked to a current controversy in which Meena has landed...

25 July 2021 2:42 PM GMT
2015 Video From Mongolia Viral As Surya Namaskar Performance In Olympics
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2015 Video From Mongolia Viral As Surya Namaskar Performance In...

BOOM found that the video documents a yoga event organised by The Art of Living Foundation in Mongolia.

25 July 2021 9:11 AM GMT
Photo Of PM Modi Holding A Jio Umbrella Is Satire
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Photo Of PM Modi Holding A Jio Umbrella Is Satire

BOOM found that the photo is morphed and in the original photo Prime Minister Narendra Modi is holding a plain black...

24 July 2021 9:59 AM GMT
Need To Go Back To Reporting Basics: Media Panel At TruthSeekers Fest
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'Need To Go Back To Reporting Basics': Media Panel At TruthSeekers...

Dhanya Rajendran, Abhinandan Sekhri, Tejas Harad and Kanchan Kaur were speaking on a panel discussion at BOOM's...

24 July 2021 4:47 AM GMT
Fact-Checking - Back To Basics Of Journalism: N Ram At TruthSeekers Fest
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'Fact-Checking - Back To Basics Of Journalism': N Ram At TruthSeekers...

Ram also stressed upon the importance of digital news media, and the increasing pressure from the government through the ...

23 July 2021 3:55 PM GMT