The video making rounds was shot after the event ended, and Modi's speech was replayed for those exiting the venue. His rally was well-attended.
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Banks in India will remain closed on weekends and on account of festivities. No bank will be shut for three weeks straight.
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A reader emailed us and said they spotted the quote meme on WhatsApp.
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The Union health ministry clarified that there is no shortage of pneumococcal vaccine. The government has refuted media reports claiming otherwise.
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Indian Health Ministry said that Maiden cough syrups are not sold domestically in India and there are no deaths among children from syrup consumption.
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The central government clarified that the news report claiming the ministry would be merged with the social justice and empowerment ministry is false.
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Apple Inc. will make its iPhone 14 in India, as manufacturers shift production from China amid geopolitical tensions and pandemic restrictions that have disrupted supply chains for many industries.
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A Pakistani Islamic scholar talking about the BJP and RSS has been misidentified as the Taliban chief secretary.
Logically→ Dozens of civilians died in the Begusarai shooting on September 13, 2022.
Assailants fired at the public, killing one person and injuring eleven others in the recent Begusarai shooting in Bihar.
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While a man did attempt self-immolation, the protest was not over unemployment but a fee hike at Allahabad University in Uttar Pradesh's Prayagraj.
Logically→ PM Narendra Modi tried to click a picture without removing the camera lens cap.
Prime Minister Modi did not try to click a photo with the camera lens on. The image shared on social media is digitally altered,
Logically→ Virat Kohli thanked his fans in an emotional speech after hitting a century in the 2022 Asia Cup.
A video of Virat Kohli thanking his fans for crossing the 50 million mark on Instagram in 2020 was wrongly linked to the 2022 Asia Cup series.
Snopes→ Cheetahs Make a Comeback in India After 70 Years
Seven decades after cheetahs died out in India, they're back.
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The Supreme Court did not order stray dog feeders to be held liable for their vaccination.
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A 2020 time-lapse video from Australia has been falsely shared as a recent cloud burst in Bangalore.
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Delhi's virtual school is not the first of its kind in India. NIOS had already launched the country's first virtual school in August 2021.
Logically→ Journalist Ravish Kumar gave an emotional speech after the Adani Group claimed a stake in NDTV.
The video is from 2017, and is unrelated to the recent deal between the Adani Group and NDTV.
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South Africa is flying cheetahs to India and Mozambique as part of ambitious efforts to reintroduce the distinctively spotted cats in regions where their population has dwindled.
Logically→ Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan insulted his teacher in a speech at an event.
The clip has been taken out of a longer video. The CM had a slip of tongue during a speech on teachers and corrected himself immediately.
Logically→ Thousands of cows died in Gujarat after the Indian government vaccinated them.
Thousands of cows have died due to Lumpy Skin Disease in Gujarat and neighboring Indian states.
Logically→ Upper caste men forced a Dalit man to drink water from a shoe in Rajasthan.
The man in the video was punished for having an affair with a married woman. Both parties belonged to the same community.
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A video of a Lord Ganesha statue made out of oranges from France's Lemon festival in 2018 has been shared with a false narrative.
Logically→ Massive crowd at PM Modi’s rally in Mangaluru.
A video of Modi's election rally from 2019 in Kolkata is being wrongly linked to his recent visit to Mangaluru.
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Although Tyabji suggested swapping the spinning wheel with the Ashoka Chakra on the national flag, Pingali Venkkaya designed the flag.
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Journalist Ravish Kumar clarified rumors around his resignation are baseless.
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India has not recently released any water into the Ravi river. Heavy monsoon rain, which began in mid-July, is a key source of floods in Pakistan.
Logically→ BCCI Secretary Jay Shah insulted the Tricolor by refusing to hold it after India’s win in Asia Cup.
Jay Shah did not insult the Tricolour. He followed the ACC President's protocol as he should not promote the interests of any particular stakeholder.
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BJP didn't reveal why Nitin Gadkari had been removed from the party's parliamentary board. An old video of Gadkari was falsely linked to his removal.
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The remains of an Indian army soldier have been found more than 38 years after he went missing on a glacier in Kashmir.
Logically→ An RSS member burned the Indian National Flag.
The man who burned the Tricolour is not from RSS but a school teacher from Tamil Nadu. The incident is from 2018.
Logically→ BJP members were thrashed by local people after JD(U) broke alliance with the party in Bihar.
BJP and Trinamool worker's scuffle in West Bengal has been shared as a clash between JD(U) and BJP in Biha.
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The singer has denied social media claims that she plans to convert to Hinduism. Such rumors originated from fake accounts made with her identity.
Logically→ Forbes has listed India as the most corrupt country in its latest report.
India had the highest recorded level of bribery in Forbes' 2017 corruption report. Forbes has not cited India as a corrupt country in the 2021 report.
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The video is from Pune, Maharashtra, and not from Allahabad. Also, it shows a tornado-like situation, not a cloud 'absorbing' water from a river.
Logically→ A Muslim man in India threatened to kill an electrician over the restoration of an illegal power supply connection.
A video of a Pakistani man threatening officials from the electricity department in 2020 has been falsely shared as an incident from India.
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The Rashtrapati Bhavan has not made any changes to the food system after President Draupadi Murmu took charge.