“Indian shuttler PV Sindhu has announced retirement from the sport.”
What FACTLY found
PV did not announce her retirement from the sport. A cryptic tweet regarding coronavirus, the unrest and uncertainty surrounding it which led to her not representing India in Denmark Open has caused the buzz that she is getting retired. Many news agencies fell for this tweet and misreported that she is getting retired. Even Amit Shah tweeted wishing her, which he later deleted
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 2 November 2020. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 3 November 2020, 1 day later. Its rating was “FALSE”.
Where the claim appeared
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