“Burj Khalifa was illuminated with an image of Ratan Tata following his demise.”
What FACTLY found
No reports suggest that tributes were paid to Ratan Tata by projecting his image onto the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE. A similar photo of Ratan Tata standing in the foreground with a Nano car in the background was published on Britannica’s page and Associated Press’s websites crediting the photo to “Saurabh Das/AP/Shutterstock” in 2008. The McLaren Engineering Group shared an image of the illuminated Burj Khalifa on its website, noting that it depicts the LED light show from 2018. The analysis...
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 October 2024. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 30 October 2024, 6 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
- Saved copy of the posthttps://www.awesomescreenshot.com/image/51329574?key=24c4466bdd99eb017c404e7e27d374e3
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