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Videos Of Alcohol Served At Religious Fair In Punjab Falsely Linked To ...

BOOM found that the viral videos are from the Baba Rodu Shah fair in Kanuke Kalan village in Ludhiana, Punjab and not...

17 Sep 2021 12:17 PM GMT

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Image Of Navjot Singh Sidhu Holding A Photo Of Indira Gandhi Is Fake

BOOM found that Congress Punjab president Navjot Singh Sidhu was holding a photo of freedom fighter Bhagat Singh in the...

23 July 2021 8:09 AM GMT

Explainers

Dowry Prevalent In 95% Marriages, Kerala Shows Highest 'Inflation'

The study included 40,000 rural marriages from 1960 to 2008 in 17 major states.

5 July 2021 1:15 PM GMT

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Old CCTV Footage Falsely Shared As Doctors Killing A COVID-19 Patient

BOOM found that the incident is from Punjab in August 2020 when hospital staff beat a patient suffering from depression.

3 May 2021 2:07 PM GMT

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Image Of Farmer's Suicide To Protest Closure Of Thermal Plant...

BOOM found that the image was taken in Bathinda, Punjab when an old protesting farmer was lying dead on the ground.

5 Feb 2021 1:09 PM GMT

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Old Video Of Nihang Sikhs Attacking Bus Revived With Misleading Claims

BOOM found that a group of Nihangs had attacked a PRTC bus in September 2019.

5 Feb 2021 12:24 PM GMT

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Video Of Water Tanker Running Over Two Women Viral With Misleading...

BOOM spoke to the local police in Amritsar and confirmed that there was no political angle in the incident as is being...

29 Jan 2021 12:51 PM GMT

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Old Video Of Man Destroying Wheat Produce Falsely Linked To Farmers'...

BOOM found that the viral clip dates back to at least 2018 and is not related to the farmers' protest.

19 Jan 2021 10:57 AM GMT

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NDTV India Jumbles Rice & Paddy Data, Ravish Kumar Issues Apology

In a Facebook post, Ravish Kumar and NDTV India admitted to the error, which they will rectify in their show on January...

18 Jan 2021 9:44 AM GMT

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Fake Image Goes Viral Claiming Coca Cola's Support To Farmers

In a statement to BOOM, Coca-Cola India denied the launch of any such brand campaign around the farmers' protests as in...

15 Jan 2021 10:18 AM GMT

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Old Photo Of Sikh Man Offering Namaz Falsely Linked To Farmers'...

BOOM found that the viral photo dates back to 2016 and is not related to the ongoing farmers' protest.

13 Jan 2021 9:07 AM GMT

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No, This Is Not A National Geographic Cover On Farmers' Protests

BOOM found that the National Geographic cover is fake and has not been published by the magazine in its recent issue.

5 Jan 2021 8:58 AM GMT