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An old video of Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Uddhav Thackeray calling Rahul Gandhi nalayak (useless) and saying that he should be beaten up is viral online as a recent video.BOOM found that t… Read More
A screenshot from Bharatiya Janata Party's website listing names of Prime Minster Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh under the category of 'Margdarshak Mandal' is being shared… Read More
Priya Koul, 37, a mother of two, travels 60 kilometres from Udhampur, thrice a week, for her daughter’s speech therapy lessons in Jammu. The centre is one of the few available in the r… Read More
A viral image purporting to show Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra posing with former CISF Officer Kulwinder Kaur, who recently slapped Kangana Ranaut, i… Read More
An altered video of Tejashwi Yadav where he speaks in a slurred tone is being shared on social media with a false claim that it shows the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader was intoxicated wh… Read More
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In May, BOOM published 128 fact-checks in English, Hindi and Bangla. We observed the highest occurrence of AI-generated fake news this year in May. From news channels predicting exit poll wi… Read More