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“Claim: misleading shared that madurai police inspector helped a transgender to become doctor”
“drinking coffee causes cancer”
“February 6, 2023 ....There are reports of several hundred dead. The Entire buildings collapsed in South #Turkey the epicenter of 7.8 magnitude earthquake in last hour, #Turkey #earthquake”
“JANSIO Threanic Triple-Spin Ring would help in substantial weight loss”
FACTLY says: There is no evidence to suggest that magnetic rings, or similar magnetic devices, aid in weight loss. Also, according to Federal Trade Commission, ‘Nothing you can wear or apply to your skin will cause you to lose weigh…
“teeth whitening can be done using carrot, turmeric and toothpaste in 1 minute”
“Visuals of a nuclear plant explosion in Turkey, following the recent earthquake on 06 February 2023”
FACTLY says: hese visuals are related to an explosion that occurred at a port in Beirut, in 2020. The explosion occurred due to detonation of Ammonium nitrate stored at the port. These visuals have nothing to do with the recent eart…
“Visuals of Tsunami waves that hit Turkey after the earthquake on 06 February 2023”
FACTLY says: The viral posts contain videos from two different incidents from the past. One shows the visuals of a Tsunami wave approaching the seashore, shot during the 2018 Indonesian Earthquake-Tsunami. The second one is from 201…
“Visuals showing strange behaviour of birds before the earthquake in Turkey on 06 February 2023”
FACTLY says: These are old visuals and they actually show a flock of birds flying erratically over a freeway in Houston, Texas. The incident took place in 2017 and news agencies have reported the visuals back then. The visuals have …
“When Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister!!”
“Wipro’s share price fell by 45% and wiped out Rs 2 lakh crore worth of investors’ wealth recently. Yet no one demanded a JPC on Wipro.”
“தெலுங்கு துணை நடிகனுக்கு சென்னையில் ஏன் சிலைன்னு மட்டும் 2016க்கு முன்ன கேட்டு இருந்தா.? அவனை உசுரோட நிக்க வச்சு பொதைச்சுருக்கும்.”
“2019లో మళ్లీ అధికారంలోకి వస్తే మోదీ, అమిత్ షాలు పాకిస్థాన్ను నాశనం చేస్తారని అరవింద్ కేజ్రీవాల్ అన్నారు”
FACTLY says: 2019 లోక్ సభ ఎన్నికల ముందు భాజపాయేతర రాజకీయ పార్టీల నేతలు అందరూ ఒక ర్యాలీలో పాల్గొన్నారు. ఈ ర్యాలీలో అరవింద్ కేజ్రీవాల్ మాట్లాడుతూ నరేంద్ర మోదీ-అమిత్ షాల ద్వయం కనుక 2019లో మళ్ళీ ఎన్నకైతే ఈ దేశం మనుగడ ఉండదని, వారు ఈ దేశాన్ని నాశనం చేస్తార…
“ಲಂಡನ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಯುಕೆ ಪ್ರಧಾನಿ ರಿಷಿ ಸುನಕ್ ಆಯೋಜಿಸಿದ್ದ ಪೊಂಗಲ್ ಔತಣಕೂಟವನ್ನು ತೋರಿಸುವ ವೀಡಿಯೊ.”
FACTLY says: ಕೆನಡಾದ ಒಂಟಾರಿಯೊದ ವಾಟರ್ಲೂ ನಗರದಲ್ಲಿ ಪೊಂಗಲ್ ಆಚರಣೆಯ ಭಾಗವಾಗಿ ಕೆನಡಾದಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಭಾರತೀಯ ಊಟವನ್ನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವುದನ್ನು ವೀಡಿಯೊ ತೋರಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ತಮಿಳು ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಯನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ವಾಟರ್ಲೂ ಪ್ರದೇಶ, ವಾಟರ್ಲೂನಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸಮುದಾಯ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆ, ಪೊಂಗಲ್ ಆಚರಣ…