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Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair
The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in relation to an FIR accusing him of promoting enmity among religious groups following complaint by an associate of controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand.
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Fact Check: Is SV40 Present In Experimental Vaccines?
A social media post claims that SV40 is present in experimental vaccines. We fact-checked this and found that it is false.
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Massive Waterspout Spotted At Tamil Nadu's Kulasai Beach? A Fact-Check
An Instagram user shared a video with Tamil text overlaid, claiming that it shows a cyclone that occurred at Kulasai Beach on December 13.
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Idols Of Hindu Gods Found After Survey Of Sambhal Mosque In UP? A Fact-Check
A collage of four images has been shared online, showing Shivling, two idols of the Hindu god Vishnu, and another item resembling the Sudarshan Chakra.
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Train Reached Its Destination After 3 Years? A Fact-Check By Centre
Did a goods train get delayed by over three years? Several news reports have emerged making the claim but the Centre's Fact Check unit, the PIB, has called the posts misleading.
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Rise Of AI-Powered Tools Among Amazon Exec's Top 5 Predictions For 2025
A mission-driven workforce of tomorrow, energy efficiency driving innovation, and rise of AI-powered tools that accelerate fact-checking and debunk misinformation are among the top five tech predictions outlined by Amazon CTO Werner Vogels.
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Champai Soren Planning To Re-Join Hemant Soren's JMM? A Fact-Check
Champai Soren, who joined the BJP in August 2024, recently won the Seraikela seat in the Jharkhand Assembly elections-his seventh victory in the constituency.
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BJP Winners In UP Bypolls Got Equal Votes Due To EVM Rigging? A Fact-Check
Following a humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, along with the recently concluded bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and other states, the INDIA bloc parties have started blaming alleged EVM manipulation for their losses.
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Did PM Modi Praise Ballot Papers Over Voting Machines? A Fact-Check
A clipped video of PM Modi's 2016 speech has been shared with false claims. The full video actually shows PM Modi praising Indians for using EVMs.
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Navjot Sidhu's Viral Video: Can Special Diet Cure Cancer? A Fact-Check
Former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu held a press conference during which he stated that his wife, Navjot Kaur, overcame Stage 4 cancer in just 40 days through a simple dietary and lifestyle regimen.
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'This Is Indonesian Road': Tamil Nadu Fact-Checks Pothole Video
A video clip, featuring pothole-ridden roads of Indonesia were posted in social media to make a false claim that such roads were in Sriperumbudur near Chennai, the Tamil Nadu government said on Sunday and refuted it and appealed to the people to not
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Elon Musk's X "Ineffective" Against US Election Misinformation: Report
The crowd-sourced fact-checking feature of Elon Musk's X, Community Notes, is "failing to counter false" claims about the US election.
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Diesel Loot After Train Wagon Derailed In Madhya Pradesh? A Fact-Check
Three wagons of a goods train carrying petroleum products derailed near a railway yard on the Delhi-Mumbai route in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam on Thursday night.
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Fact-Check: Viral Video Claims '188-Year-Old' Man Rescued In Bengaluru
A video purportedly showing an "188-year-old man" rescued from a cave near Bengaluru has gone viral on social media.
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Centre's Bid To Establish Fact-Checking Unit Struck Down By Bombay High Court
The central government's attempt to set up a fact-checking unit has been struck down by the Bombay High Court after standup comic Kunal Kamra filed a petition against the Centre's move.
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Allahabad High Court Stays Arrest Of Fact-Checker Mohammed Zubair
The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the arrest of Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair in relation to an FIR accusing him of promoting enmity among religious groups following complaint by an associate of controversial priest Yati Narsinghanand.
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Fact Check: Is SV40 Present In Experimental Vaccines?
A social media post claims that SV40 is present in experimental vaccines. We fact-checked this and found that it is false.
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Massive Waterspout Spotted At Tamil Nadu's Kulasai Beach? A Fact-Check
An Instagram user shared a video with Tamil text overlaid, claiming that it shows a cyclone that occurred at Kulasai Beach on December 13.
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Idols Of Hindu Gods Found After Survey Of Sambhal Mosque In UP? A Fact-Check
A collage of four images has been shared online, showing Shivling, two idols of the Hindu god Vishnu, and another item resembling the Sudarshan Chakra.
-
Train Reached Its Destination After 3 Years? A Fact-Check By Centre
Did a goods train get delayed by over three years? Several news reports have emerged making the claim but the Centre's Fact Check unit, the PIB, has called the posts misleading.
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Rise Of AI-Powered Tools Among Amazon Exec's Top 5 Predictions For 2025
A mission-driven workforce of tomorrow, energy efficiency driving innovation, and rise of AI-powered tools that accelerate fact-checking and debunk misinformation are among the top five tech predictions outlined by Amazon CTO Werner Vogels.
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Champai Soren Planning To Re-Join Hemant Soren's JMM? A Fact-Check
Champai Soren, who joined the BJP in August 2024, recently won the Seraikela seat in the Jharkhand Assembly elections-his seventh victory in the constituency.
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BJP Winners In UP Bypolls Got Equal Votes Due To EVM Rigging? A Fact-Check
Following a humiliating defeat in the Assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana, along with the recently concluded bypolls in Uttar Pradesh and other states, the INDIA bloc parties have started blaming alleged EVM manipulation for their losses.
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Did PM Modi Praise Ballot Papers Over Voting Machines? A Fact-Check
A clipped video of PM Modi's 2016 speech has been shared with false claims. The full video actually shows PM Modi praising Indians for using EVMs.
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Navjot Sidhu's Viral Video: Can Special Diet Cure Cancer? A Fact-Check
Former cricketer-turned-politician Navjot Singh Sidhu held a press conference during which he stated that his wife, Navjot Kaur, overcame Stage 4 cancer in just 40 days through a simple dietary and lifestyle regimen.
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'This Is Indonesian Road': Tamil Nadu Fact-Checks Pothole Video
A video clip, featuring pothole-ridden roads of Indonesia were posted in social media to make a false claim that such roads were in Sriperumbudur near Chennai, the Tamil Nadu government said on Sunday and refuted it and appealed to the people to not
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Elon Musk's X "Ineffective" Against US Election Misinformation: Report
The crowd-sourced fact-checking feature of Elon Musk's X, Community Notes, is "failing to counter false" claims about the US election.
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Diesel Loot After Train Wagon Derailed In Madhya Pradesh? A Fact-Check
Three wagons of a goods train carrying petroleum products derailed near a railway yard on the Delhi-Mumbai route in Madhya Pradesh's Ratlam on Thursday night.
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Fact-Check: Viral Video Claims '188-Year-Old' Man Rescued In Bengaluru
A video purportedly showing an "188-year-old man" rescued from a cave near Bengaluru has gone viral on social media.
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Centre's Bid To Establish Fact-Checking Unit Struck Down By Bombay High Court
The central government's attempt to set up a fact-checking unit has been struck down by the Bombay High Court after standup comic Kunal Kamra filed a petition against the Centre's move.
