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“देश में 300 करोड़ की मूर्ति और पोस्टर जरूरी है या शिक्षा व्यवस्था को बेहतर बनाना जरूरी है।”
“A Shivalinga and two Nandis (bulls) were engraved on the Rasa, Arab world’s oldest mosque.”
FACTLY says: There is no mention of ‘Rasa’ anywhere in the list of ‘Oldest mosques in Arab world’. Also, the mosque with the name ‘masjid agung sang cipta rasa’ is located in Indonesia and has no Shivling or Nandis engraved on it. A…
“जिला अधिकारी ने खुद कुर्ता पायजामा पहना है और स्कूल के हेडमास्टर को इसी के लिये डांट लगायी।”
“असम में हिंदू छात्रों से जबरन कराई जा रही इस्लामिक प्रार्थना”
“यह वीडियो झारखंड के सरकारी स्कूल से है, जहां हिंदू बच्चों से भी जबरन अजान पढ़ाई जा रही है।”
“Each citizen would get Rs. 14.81 crores, if the 2000 crores spent on building a statute is distributed among the 135 crore population”
FACTLY says: Each individual would get just 14.81 rupees and not 14.81 crores, if 2,000 crores is distributed among 135 crore population of the country. Such simple calculation failures are often being shared on social media on diff…
“Eknath Shinde, the new Chief Minister of Maharashtra, came to meet the journalists after drinking too much alcohol that he could not stand.”
“Google owns the user data and retains it even when the user deleted the data permanently”
FACTLY says: It is clearly mentioned in Google’s terms of service that an individual retains the ownership of data & content, “You retain ownership of any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, what be…
“Homework was invented by an Italian teacher named Roberto Neville in 1905”
FACTLY says: The concept of homework was present even before 1905. In 1901, the California legislature banned homework for students under 15 years of age. It is reported that the first mention of homework appeared in 1 AD in the wri…
“Kedarnath में हाथ के बल परिक्रमा करते दिख प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी का है ये वीडियो”
“No more dollar transactions in international settlements, as RBI introduced rupee settlement mechanism”
FACTLY says: RBI through a notification has asked the authorised banks to setup an additional mechanism to settle international trade in rupees. However, the existing mechanism of settling trade in dollar/other currency is still in …
“‘Only gas prices have increased, not the cylinder price.’- Sambit Patra”
FACTLY says: There is no evidence of Sambit Patra making this statement. The post has an edited image and it uses a famous breaking news template available on the internet
“Origin of Kolaveri song is an old Turkish Coca-Cola advertisement.”
“Rajini meets Makkal mandram executives. I am going to discuss whether to come back to politics or not. I will announce this after consulting with the Makkal mandram members – actor Rajinikanth”
“Recent video showing a flock of sheep lying dead in rainwaters in India”
FACTLY says: The video shows the dead livestock that drowned during the floods caused by the torrential rainfalls in Saudi Arabia’s Arar city in 2020. The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with India.
“Rishi Sunak elected as Britain’s Prime Minister”
FACTLY says: Boris Johnson resigned as the Conservative party leader; he is still the Prime Minister of UK till a new PM is elected reportedly by 05 September 2022. There need not necessarily be a general election in UK because, whe…
“unvaccinated people not dying from Covid-19”
“Video of a foreign couple dancing to Lord Krishna song”
FACTLY says: The viral visuals actually show US ice skating dancers Meryl Davis and Charlie White, performing to Bollywood songs in the 2010 AT&T U.S. figure skating championship. Several news articles have reported their performanc…
“2022 ఒక ప్రత్యేక సంవత్సరం, ప్రపంచంలో అందరికీ ఒకే వయసు ఉంటుంది”
FACTLY says: ప్రస్తుత సంవత్సరం నుండి ఆ వ్యక్తి యొక్క పుట్టిన సంవత్సరాన్ని తీసేస్తే (subtraction చేస్తే) వారి యొక్క వయసు వస్తుంది. వయసు = ప్రస్తుత సంవత్సరం (2022) – పుట్టిన సంవత్సరం. అంటే, వయసు + పుట్టిన సంవత్సరం = 2022. ఇది సహజంగానే వచ్చిన లెక్క, ప్రతి ఏడ…