Fact Check

Fact check: Pressing cancel twice on ATM won't prevent PIN theft; false RBI notice in circulation

A viral message on social media advises people using ATMs to press cancel button twice before using the machine to prevent PIN theft. There's no truth to it.

Jun 9, 2021

Fact check: Dilip Kumar is alive, condition stable; reports of actor's death false

For the second time in two months, thespian Dilip Kumar was on Sunday admitted to P.D. Hinduja Hospital at Khar after he complained of breathlessness and subsequently diagnosed with bilateral pleural effusion.

Jun 7, 2021

Fact check: No, govt isn't giving free internet for three months; beware of fraud

The government has announced several relief measures to help people hit by the pandemic, but offering free internet for 3 months isn't one of them.

Jun 4, 2021

Fact check: Yes, Andhra's herbal medicine is good, not for COVID

Andhra Pradesh government approved Krishnapatnam-based herbal medicine practitioner B Anandaiah's herbal concoction But that doesn't mean the remedy should be treated as a cure for COVID.

Jun 1, 2021

Fact check: J&K police foil suicide; truth behind viral video woman carried by cops

Fact-check: J&K police foil woman's suicide; fake narrative claims harassment

Shortly after the report of a youth jumping into the river Jehlum in Srinagar, another suicide attempt was made by a woman, but the timely action of the police saved her life.

May 31, 2021

Fact check: Filmmaker falsely links Brahma Kumari's meditation to Christian conversions

Fact check: Brahma Kumaris not Christian missionaries; filmmaker makes false allegations

Indian filmmaker Ashoke Pandit took a dig at Dr Johnrose Austin Jayalal, the national president of the IMA, in a Twitter post, alleging that he had been involved in converting people into Christianity.

May 28, 2021

Fact check: Viral post claiming all vaccinated people will die in two years is false [truth here]

Fact check: No, vaccinated people won't die in two years; false message in circulation

Yet another baseless claim adding to the vaccine hesitancy is going viral as a post claims all vaccinated persons will die within two years.

May 25, 2021

Fact check: Officials thrashing B'luru youth for COVID test in viral video not BBMP workers [truth here]

Fact-check: No, BBMP did not force COVID test on pedestrian in viral video [Truth here]

A video of a young man being thrashed near COVID test booth has gone viral, claiming that BBMP workers are forcing people to get tested for the virus. Here's the full truth.

May 24, 2021

Fact check: Truth behind viral photo of CT scans comparing lungs of COVID and vaccinated patients

Fact check: Truth behind CT scans comparing lungs of COVID patient and vaccinated individual

As the viral photo shows two sets of lungs in CT scans, claiming one to be of a COVID patient and another of a vaccinated individual. But the context appears to be misleading.

May 24, 2021

Fact check: COVID vaccine doesn't turn your skin attracted to magnets [truth here]

Fact check: No microchip in COVID-19 jab; vaccine doesn't make you magnetic

Yet another shocking claim about vaccines is causing hesitancy in people regarding the jab, leading people to believe there's a microchip implanted in the name of COVID immunity. Here's why these claims are false.

May 21, 2021

Fact check: Israeli fighter jet named Soumya is fake; truth behind viral photo

Fact check: Israeli fighter jet named after Soumya is fake; truth behind viral photo

A viral image shows "Soumya" printed on fighter jet, claiming that Israel named its jet after the Indian who was killed in Hamas airstrike.

May 17, 2021

Fact check: Viral video of police assault is old — not from K'taka [truth here]

An old video of a police assault on a civilian has gone viral with a false context that it occurred in Karnataka during the current lockdown.

May 11, 2021

Fact check: EAM Jaishankar did not break isolation during G7; doctored video in circulation

The viral video which claims EAM Jaishankar broke quarantine to meet some G7 delegates is actually a doctored one.

May 10, 2021

No ban on refilling oxygen cylinders in J&K

Fact check: No ban on medical oxygen for public use; rumours cause panic [truth here]

There were rumors which circulated in J&K that the government has banned the use of medical oxygen for private individuals. Many also claimed it was in a bid to crackdown on hoarding of oxygen cylinders, here is the truth.

May 4, 2021

Fact check: No, K'taka govt didn't order private hospitals to fill data form for oxygen, Remdesivir

Fact check: Oxygen, Remdesivir data form for private hospitals fake; not from K'taka govt

Karnataka government has not asked private hospitals to fill out Remdesivir, oxygen stocks along with other crucial information in an online data form. It's a case of dataphishing.

May 3, 2021

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