“Japan has banned the use and production of Microwave Oven because of its harmful radiation”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
Fact Crescendo
Fact Crescendo is an Indian fact-checking organisation that publishes in several Indian languages and runs sites for other Asian countries.
“Afghan Volleyball player Mahjabeen Hakimi was killed by taliban after they assumed power”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Person in the image is Phoolan Devi”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Misleading
“This is a video of the recent Hurricane Shaheen shot from Burj Khalifa in Dubai”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“This is the car that crashed recently killing artist Lars Vilks”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Image is of a meeting of Intelligence agencies of five countries- India's RAW, Israel's Mossad, America's CIA, Russia's KGB and England's MI6 at Delhi”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Video is of Afghans setting fire to a Pakistani Checkpost”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Partly False
“This is an image of Syed Geelani when he was younger”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“This video is recent and shows Taliban and Northern Alliance Resistance's final battle for Panjshir”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Video showing Taliban hanging a man on a Black Hawk helicopter in Kandahar”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
Fact Crescendo says: The man seen hanging to a black hawk helicopter in the viral video is alive and he was a Talibani militant trying to hoist a flag inside the premises of Kandahar Provincial Government Building. As claimed in the narrati…
“Assam CM tweets that schools will reopen in November and not September as “Covid cases in the state are not yet controlled.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Altered
“NGO Prerana (with support from Infosys) is giving scholarships to meritorious students”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Taliban shot the woman because she was not accompanied by a male on the streets of Afghanistan”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“CNN has praised the Taliban in Afghanistan for wearing face masks”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Satire
“Video shows Talibanis celebrating in Kabul as the US ambassador flees.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE
Fact Crescendo says: The video is not from Afghanistan and it is unrelated to the recent situation in the country. The video is a 6-year-old video from Syria showing rebel forces celebrating after capturing the city of Idlib from the Syrian…
“Viral Photograph of banner outside Kerala College congratulating students has PM Modi’s image on it”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Altered
“Joi Barua wins award for a song at the Cannes Film Festival.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Misleading
“Pakistan's Chacha Cricket has passed away”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Villages of Arunachal Pradesh along the McMahon line are getting vacated”
Fact Crescendo rated this: False
“Photo of 3 IPS officers who are siblings.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: FALSE.
Fact Crescendo says: The three officers are actually batch mates and not siblings as claimed in the viral posts.