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BOOM Explains

Why Strict Lockdowns To Prevent COVID-19 Spread Will Not Work

BOOM spoke to Rajiv Khandelwal and Ajay Shah to understand why lockdowns are blunt instruments and not a useful tool

1 April 2021 12:31 PM GMT

Fact Check

Video Of Two Men Rejecting Food At Bihar Quarantine Given Communal...

An offiicial at Bihar's Saharghat Police confirmed to BOOM that the men shown in the video were not Muslims as claimed...

22 May 2020 11:46 AM GMT

BOOM Explains

Are Migrants Ignored For Failing To Be A Key Vote Bank?

Are migrant labourers and their issues ignored by the centre and states as they are invisible electorally?

22 May 2020 6:42 AM GMT

Fact Check

Pictures Of Rahul Gandhi With Migrant Workers Peddled With False...

BOOM found that members of Delhi Pradesh Congress Committe had arranged vehicles for migrants who were walking to UP and ...

21 May 2020 6:42 AM GMT

Fact Check

Congress Tweets Dated Video Of Man Eating Leftovers From Railway...

BOOM traced the video to August 2019 when it was uploaded on YouTube. The video was shared again on Twitter on March 1

17 May 2020 8:16 AM GMT

Fact Check

Video From Bangladesh Peddled As Shramik Train For Migrants

BOOM found that the video showing an overcrowded train is from Bangladesh and has no connection to the ongoing COVID-19...

15 May 2020 12:45 PM GMT

Fact Check

Video Of Woman With Infant Travelling Between Train Bogies Not From...

BOOM found that the viral video can be traced back to July 2016 and is likely from Bangladesh.

14 May 2020 4:44 PM GMT

Fact Check

Photo Of Rohingya Muslims Shared As Plight Of Migrants In Lockdown

BOOM found that the photo is from 2017 and shows a Rohingya Muslim man fleeing from Myanmar to Bangladesh.

12 May 2020 5:11 PM GMT

Fact Check

2019 Video Peddled As Railway Cop Asking Migrants For A Bribe

BOOM found that the video was recorded in Gujarat's Surat division last year when a constable appointed with the...

10 May 2020 11:20 AM GMT

Explainers

May 2 Govt Circular Asked States To Collect Train Fare From Migrants

Confusion over who pays for the Shramik Special trains has erupted into political blamegame.

5 May 2020 8:18 AM GMT

Fact Check

Image Of Suicide In Maharashtra Revived With Lockdown Spin

BOOM found that the incident happened in June, 2018 in Wardha, Maharashtra, where a three in the family committed...

17 April 2020 12:14 PM GMT

AFP

Was The Ivaylovgrad Dam Flooded By Bulgaria To Keep Migrants Away?

The Bulgarian government branded the claims as 'fake news' and official water levels and satellite images confirm that...

18 March 2020 5:04 AM GMT