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Clip Of Man Stabbing Wife To Death In Delhi Peddled With Communal Spin
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Clip Of Man Stabbing Wife To Death In Delhi Peddled With Communal Spin

BOOM spoke to DCP (Rohini) Pranav Tayal, Delhi Police rubbished any communal angle to the incident stating that both the ...

12 April 2021 10:59 AM GMT
BJP Bengal Leaders Share Photo Of Injured CISF Jawan With Fake Claim
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BJP Bengal Leaders Share Photo Of Injured CISF Jawan With Fake Claim

BOOM reached out to the CISF headquarters, Dhanbad who confirmed that the image is from Bagmara when ASI SP Sharma was...

12 April 2021 8:59 AM GMT
Old Video Of Vote Rigging Falsely Linked To WB Assembly Elections
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Old Video Of Vote Rigging Falsely Linked To WB Assembly Elections

BOOM found that the video is present on the internet since May, 2019.

11 April 2021 1:08 PM GMT
No, BJP MP Locket Chatterjees Car Window Was Not Broken From Inside
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No, BJP MP Locket Chatterjee's Car Window Was Not Broken From Inside

BOOM analysed clips from the incident and found that a stone was hurled at the car window which led to it shattering.

10 April 2021 11:36 AM GMT
Suez Canal Rescue: Did Tugboats Blare Horns Set To Tunes Of Hindi Song?
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Suez Canal Rescue: Did Tugboats Blare Horns Set To Tunes Of Hindi

BOOM traced the original video of the container ship Ever Given floating after it was salvaged and found that it doesn't ...

9 April 2021 12:49 PM GMT
2019 Video Of BJP Leaders Fighting In UP Revived With False Claim
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2019 Video Of BJP Leaders Fighting In UP Revived With False Claim

BOOM found that the incident happened in the Collectorate Auditorium at Sant Kabir Nagar, outskirts of Lucknow on March...

9 April 2021 10:26 AM GMT
Is A Tree In Tanzania Six Thousand Years Old? Not Really
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Is A Tree In Tanzania Six Thousand Years Old? Not Really

Scientists have reported that the oldest known baobab is 2,450 years old and several trees grow older than baobabs

8 April 2021 6:33 PM GMT
Viral Video Clip Shows A Cross-Breed Of Pig And Cow? No, Its A Hoax
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Viral Video Clip Shows A Cross-Breed Of Pig And Cow? No, It's A Hoax

The video has circulated online since at least 2014 in reports about a Belgian Blue bull, a muscular cattle breed from...

8 April 2021 12:57 PM GMT
Attempt Difficult Questions First: Official Handles Misquote PM Modi
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'Attempt Difficult Questions First': Official Handles Misquote PM Modi

BOOM found that the prime minister was misquoted by the Twitter handles - PMO India and Mann Ki Baat which later deleted ...

8 April 2021 12:54 PM GMT
Filming Of Russian Music Video Shared As Bodies Of COVID-19 Victims
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Filming Of Russian Music Video Shared As Bodies Of COVID-19 Victims

The post's caption reads: 'More dead bodies piled up from COVID, but one of them is smoking a cigarette?'

8 April 2021 12:21 PM GMT
Netizens In Pakistan Share Debunked Myths About COVID-19
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Netizens In Pakistan Share Debunked Myths About COVID-19

Since the early month of the pandemic, conspiracy theories blame 5G technology for the spread of Covid-19.

8 April 2021 10:16 AM GMT
Does COVID-19 Vaccine Increases Risk Of Catching The Virus? A Fact Check
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Does COVID-19 Vaccine Increases Risk Of Catching The Virus? A Fact...

Social media posts claim that the patients who have taken a jab for COVID-19 can be more prone to the virus.

8 April 2021 9:01 AM GMT