Fact Check
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A fact-check of every claim made by India to dispute WHO’s estimate of its Covid-19 deaths
Most arguments put forth by the government and its functionaries don’t hold water.
Rukmini S, FactChecker.in
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Fact check: Is West Bengal really as safe as Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress claim?
Data on political killings, crimes against women and conviction rates contradicts the chief minister’s assertion.
Niladry Sarkar, FactChecker.in
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Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi claims India has seen no ‘major communal riot in 7-8 years’. How wrong is he?
National Crime Records Bureau data shows there have been 5,415 riots between 2014 and 2020, with 52 killed in the Delhi riots alone.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
Trending
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When India was a ‘land of diamonds’, Russian tsars eagerly tried to build ties with Aurangzeb
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Behind Gyanvapi’s women petitioners, a network of men who have long fought for Hindutva causes
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Watch: Japanese man transforms himself into a dog with Rs 12 lakh costume
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Does US have evidence of aliens visiting us on Earth?
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Fact check: Did Pawan Hans discriminate against Hindu students as Sudarshan News claimed?
Of the 38 trainees selected by the government company, 25 are Hindu and 13 are Muslim.
Priyanka Jha, Alt News & Mohammed Zubair, Alt News
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Fact check: Did petrol prices rise by only 5% in the past year, as the petroleum minister claims?
Hardeep Singh Puri’s claim contradicted by official records.
Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
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Fact-check: Was Amit Shah right that Gujarat saw no Covid-19 deaths in the third wave?
Records show that during the 42 days of the Omicron-driven surge between January 4 and February 14, there were 699 coronavirus deaths in the state.
Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
Video
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‘You are doing nothing’: Democrat leader interrupts Texas governor at press conference over gun laws
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‘Single biggest learning experience of my life’: Rahul Gandhi about father Rajiv’s assassination
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Watch: Indo-Tibetan border police play nostalgic childhood game after snowfall in Himachal Pradesh
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Watch: New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern explains how her country implemented gun control
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Watch: This girl with an amputated leg has to hop to school on one foot in a Bihar town
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Was the ‘Kashmir genocide’ recognised by a US state, as Vivek Agnihotri claimed?
A fact check by Boom.
Anmol Alphonso, BoomLive.in
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Fact check: An inaccurate claim made by Modi in Uttar Pradesh was inaccurately reported by the media
While news reports claim the PM said there are no oil refineries in India, what he actually claimed was that the country has no oil wells.
Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
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Fact check: What did Amit Shah get wrong (and right) about development in UP under Adityanath?
Official records don’t back two of the three claims made by the Union Minister.
Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
The Reel
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Watch: ‘The Gray Man’ stars Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Dhanush and Ana de Armas
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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer: Christian Bale joins Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman
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‘Zollywood’ trailer: Marathi film about Vidarbha’s theatre scene is coming soon to cinemas
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Watch: Teaser of new ‘Mission: Impossible’ film ‘Dead Reckoning Part One’ is out
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The highs and highs of Jatin-Lalit’s Hindi film soundtracks
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Fact-checking Adityanath’s claim that UP became the second-largest economy after he came to power
The chief minister’s claim that the state’s economy was ranked sixth or seventh between 1947 and 2017 was belied by official records.
Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
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BJP and Shiv Sena are squabbling over whether wine is liquor. Who is correct?
Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut defended Maharashtra government’s decision to allow the sale of wine in supermarkets on the grounds that it isn’t liquor.
Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
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Ahead of UP elections, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan makes false claims about the state’s growth
Official records don’t back the BJP national secretary’s claims on subjects ranging from women’s safety to the state being riot free.
Gautam Doshi, FactChecker.in
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