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Boom Factcheck Team
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Were Smriti Irani’s comments on sanitary pads based on rumours floated by rightwing websites?
Some sites claimed that activist Rehana Fathima had planned to carry soiled napkins to the shrine. The activist denied the allegations.
Boom Factcheck Team
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Fact check: In Kathua rape aftermath, Assam, Bihar police clarify claims made in social media posts
In Barpeta, the murder victim was not a minor and had probably not been raped. In Rohtas, the image of a child being circulated is not that of the survivor.
Boom Factcheck Team
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‘Stampede, stampede, stampede’: Nearly 100 tweets since 2013 prophesied tragedy at Elphinstone Road
Some tweets, which tagged the Railways as well as the Railways Minister, got standard replies.
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What Sudhir Kakar (1938-2024) had to say on violence, secularism, and religion in India
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‘Supporter of BJP met me’: Surat candidates on the various reasons they withdrew from the election
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Microcontrollers in EVMs, VVPATs do not recognise party and candidate, observes Supreme Court
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‘Extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests’: US government report flags human rights abuses in India
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