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FACTLY says: The viral tweet came from the parody account @atishi_maarlena not Delhi CM Atishi Marlena. The bio of the account clarified it was for fun and satire. The official X handle of Atishi Marlena is @AtishiAAP, and no such t…
FACTLY says: The viral video dates back to January 2021 and has no connection to Haryana. It shows an accident that occurred in Amritsar, Punjab, during a tractor rally held in support of the farmers’ protest.
FACTLY says: భారత ప్రభుత్వం విడుదల చేసిన అధికారిక సమాచారం ప్రకారం, భారతదేశంలో వక్ఫ్ బోర్డుల ఆధీనంలో ఉన్న మొత్తం భూమి 9.4 లక్షల ఎకరాలు, వైరల్ క్లెయిమ్‌లో పేర్కొన్నట్లుగా 9.40 లక్షల చదరపు కిలోమీటర్లు కాదు. 9.4 లక్షల ఎకరాలు సుమారు 3,804 చదరపు కిలోమీటర్లక…
FACTLY says: The viral screenshot is AI-generated. ABP News has not published any reports or social media posts with the headline “Why do Hindu girls die for Muslim boys”. AI detection tools confirmed the viral screenshot is generat…
FACTLY says: Anjali Birla, daughter of Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, married Anish Rajani, a Sindhi Hindu, on 12 November 2024. Several news reports confirmed this and also former Gaya MP and Bharatiya Janata Party member Hari Manjhi …
FACTLY says: In October 2024, over 35 unmarried women in Ramna village, Varanasi, were mistakenly registered as pregnant in a government nutrition program due to a form mix-up by a local Anganwadi worker. Authorities have corrected …
FACTLY says: According to the latest National Family Health Survey (NFHS) report (2019–2021), the fertility rates for Muslims and Hindus are 2.36 and 1.94, respectively, while for Sikhs, Christians, Jains, and Buddhists, the rates a…
FACTLY says: Such a statue/sculpture does not exist in the Badami caves. This is an edited video. The viral video was created by digitally manipulating a photograph of a carving located in the Badami caves.
FACTLY says: The man arrested in the viral video is not Indian. The video is from June 2023, and shows a Bangladeshi migrant Salauddin being arrested for the rape and murder of a 27-year-old Polish hotel worker on the Greek island o…
FACTLY says: This is a digitally manipulated video. In the original video, which is an interview Trump gave to NBC in 2017, does not include any mention of the Knanaya people.
FACTLY says: This is an AI-generated video. The images in the video were created by the video creator named ‘Manab Jyoti Gogoi.’ Gogoi posted this video on his Instagram page on 1 February 2024.
FACTLY says: వైరల్ ఫొటోలో ఉన్నది హమాస్ తీవ్రవాది మొహమ్మద్ మహ్రూఫ్ కాదు, 15 ఏళ్ల పాలస్తీనా యువకుడు దియా అల్-అదీని. 13 ఆగస్టు 2024న గాజాలోని అల్-ఖస్తాల్ టవర్స్‌లోని అపార్ట్‌మెంట్‌ను లక్ష్యంగా చేసుకున్న ఇజ్రాయెల్ సైన్యం దాడిలో దియా అల్-అదీని తీవ్రంగా గాయపడ్డారు. వ…
FACTLY says: టెస్లా వారు 2024 చివర్లో మొబైల్ ఫోన్/ స్మార్ట్ ఫోన్ లాంచ్ చేస్తున్నారు అని ఎటువంటి అధికారిక ప్రకటన చేయలేదు. టెస్లా వాళ్లు మొబైల్ ఫోన్ విడుదల చేయట్లేదు అని, స్వయానా ఎలాన్ మాస్క్, జో రోగన్ పోడ్కాస్ట్‌లో ఇటీవల స్పష్టం చేసాడు.
FACTLY says: The news in the viral newspaper clipping is not true. It was part of a satirical article published by Navbharat Times on 11 December 2019 under the “HawaBaji” section, which features jokes and light-hearted content for …
FACTLY says: The viral video is edited. The scrolling in the video suggests it was published by Aaj Tak in February 2020, but it covered news about Kejriwal winning the Delhi elections. We couldn’t find any reports confirming that t…
FACTLY says: This video dates back to 7 April 2018, when Salman Khan was released from Jodhpur Central Jail in the Black Buck poaching case. No credible reports suggest that Salman Khan visited Lawrence Bishnoi to apologize.
FACTLY says: As per official data released by the government, the total land owned by Waqf Boards in India is 9.4 lakh acres, not 9.40 lakh sq km as mentioned in the viral claim. 9.4 lakh acres is approximately 3,804 sq km. The exac…
FACTLY says: This incident in the video took place on 30 October 2024 in Motihari, Bihar, when the police arrived to arrest the son of accused Shambhu Bhagat after recovering two kidnapped girls in a love affair case. As soon as the…
FACTLY says: This video dates back to August 2015 and is related to the madrasa teachers’ protest that took place in Patna. The visuals in the viral video show Bihar police carrying out a lathi charge on the protesting madrasa teach…
FACTLY says: There is no evidence to support the claim that NASA scientists have discovered an idol of Lord Ganesha on Mars. This viral video was created by editing an image released by NASA in August 2023, which was captured by the…