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FACTLY says: According to the West Midlands Police and media reports, the video shows a fire at Birmingham on 19 September which was caused accidentally when a rubbish fire spread to the building. Also, the fight was related to a pa…
FACTLY says: WhatsApp Premium is an optional subscription plan available only for a few selected beta version users of ‘WhatsApp Business’ app. This feature is not released to users that use normal ‘WhatsApp’ app
FACTLY says: ఇంగ్లండ్‌లోని నదిలో ఈ లోహపు క్యూబ్‌లు దొరికిన వార్త నిజమే కానీ ఇవి 6000 ఏళ్ల నాటివి అని ఎవరూ నిర్ధారించలేదు. ‘The Hindu’ కథనం ప్రకారం ఈ క్యూబ్ల పైన ఉన్న అంకెలు ‘రాహు యంత్రం’లో ఉండే అంకెలను సూచిస్తున్నాయి. పైగా వీటి పైన ఉన్నది దేవనాగరి…
FACTLY says: The Ananathapura lake temple’s notice is real, but it was released in 2019 when fake rumours were spread about the death of ‘Babiya’, the temple’s crocodile. However, Babiya lost its life at the age of 75 on 09 October …
FACTLY says: In the video, the narrator explains that eating an egg with bacon makes one lethargic, consuming an egg with a combination of tea leads to constipation, and milk-related food items consumed with egg should be avoided. A…
FACTLY says: Achal Kumar Jyoti had never acknowledged the tampering of EVMs during and after his tenure as the Chief Election Commissioner of India. In 2017, when questions were raised about the EVM hacking during Gujarat Elections,…
FACTLY says: UIDAI and Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) have not issued any such order to stop new Aadhaar enrolments. Further, Minister of State for MeitY clarified that the enrolment for Aadhaar is a cont…
FACTLY says: According to the latest RBI report on India’s Inward remittances for 2020-21, Maharashtra tops the list by contributing 35.2% of total remittances, while Punjab stands 9th with a share of 3%. Also, the Government has no…
FACTLY says: The video shows the priests of Kerala’s Guruvayurappan temple collecting money from donation boxes as part of their regular customs. An all-time record of Rs. 6.86 crores worth of treasure was collected from the Bhadara…
FACTLY says: The text on the billboard is altered. The text on original billboard image shared by India Today in 2017 reads, “ANJANA, REACHED AND WAITING”.
FACTLY says: వైరల్ పోస్టులో ఉన్న చిత్రం స్వీడన్‌లోని చామర్స్ కాలేజ్ ఆఫ్ టెక్నాలజీ యొక్క మాస్టర్స్ విద్యార్థుల థీసిస్‌లొనిది. సంబంధంలేని చిత్రాన్ని వందే భరత్ రైలు పంక్చర్‌కి సంబంధించినదిగా పోస్టులో చప్తున్నారు
FACTLY says: పోస్టులో షేర్ చేసిన వీడియో 06 నవంబర్ 2019లో యూట్యూబ్లో అప్లోడ్ చేసిన ఎక్కువ నిడివి గల వీడియో నుంచి తీసుకున్నారు. వాహనాల నెంబర్ ప్లేట్ అన్నీ నాగాలాండ్ (NL) లేదా పశ్చిమ బెంగాల్ (WB) రిజిస్ట్రేషన్ తో ఉన్నాయి. అందువలన ఈ ప్రదేశం ఈశాన్య రాష్ట్రాలకు …
FACTLY says: The image shows bullet trains halted at China’s Wuhan. According to New China TV, Wuhan bullet train maintenance centre is the largest of its kind in central China. It covers an area of 1.4 million square metres. More t…
FACTLY says: Patches are a Transdermal way of administering a drug to the body. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) states, ‘Nothing you wear or apply to the skin can cause substantial weight loss. So weight-loss claims for patches, crea…
FACTLY says: This is not the first time Sonia Gandhi participated in Dusshera celebrations at Ramlila Maidan. Several pics of her participating in this event at least since 2006 are available online.
FACTLY says: This post has been viral since 2019. We couldn’t find any such adulatory remarks by ‘The New York Times’ and BBC about PM Modi on their websites.
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows the visuals of anti-hijab protests in London over Mahsa Amini’s custodial death in Iran. This video shows demonstrators assaulting a man near the Kilburn district in London’s northwest…
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is a scripted one. Similar scripted videos portraying a jawan vandalising truck in frustration of leave cancellation are being circulated on social media at least since April 2021
FACTLY says: 2022 మే నెలలో తెలంగాణలో జరిగిన ఒక బహిరంగ సభలో రాహుల్ గాంధీ, కాంగ్రెస్ పార్టీ అధికారంలోకి వస్తే రైతులకు రూణమాఫీతో పాటు ప్రతి ఎకరానికి 15 వేల రూపాయిలను నేరుగా రైతుల బ్యాంక్ ఖాతాలో వేస్తామని ప్రకటించారు. అయితే, రాహుల్ గాంధీ చేసిన ఈ వ…
FACTLY says: According to news reports, the little girl who lost her life due to cancer is Ane, who was a die-hard fan of David Miller. David Miller posted a video and a story about her demise on his Instagram page too