Factly is an Indian fact-checking and public data organisation based in Hyderabad. It publishes in English and Telugu.
FACTLY says: According to the national library of Australia, English explorer Matthew Flinders used the name Australia to describe the continent on a map. Australia was called as ‘Terra Australis Incognita’ for centuries. Terra Aust…
FACTLY says: This story is an excerpt from the non-fiction book written by Sudha Murthy titled ‘The day I stopped drinking milk.’ In this book, Sudha Murthy writes stories of people that she met and has known over the years, and are…
FACTLY says: ఈ వీడియోలో కనిపిస్తున్న వెయ్యి రేకుల కమలం వాజపల్లి మహదేవ్ ఆలయంలో వికసించిన మాట వాస్తవమే. కానీ, ‘Zhinzun Qianban’ అని పిలవబడే ఈ కమలం చైనా, వియత్నాం, ఉత్తర భారత దేశంలో సహజంగా వికసిస్తుంది. చైనా పరిశోధకుడు డాయిక్ టీయన్ ఈ వెయ్యి రేకుల …
FACTLY says: ఈ ఫోటో బెంగళూరుకు చెందిన “Divine Shaligram” అనే ఆధ్యాత్మిక కేంద్రం వారి ఇంట్లో ఉన్న ‘అనంత పద్మనాభ స్వామి’ వారి సాలగ్రామానికి చెందినది. ఇటు వంటి సాలగ్రామ దర్శనం గురించి తిరువనంతపురం అనంత పద్మనాభ స్వామి ఆలయ వెబ్సైటులో, మరియు వార్తా కథన…
FACTLY says: నేషనల్ లైబ్రరీ ఆఫ్ ఆస్ట్రేలియా ప్రకారం, మ్యాప్‌లో ఆ ఖండాన్ని వివరించడానికి ఆంగ్ల అన్వేషకుడు మాథ్యూ ఫ్లిండర్స్ ఆస్ట్రేలియా అనే పేరును మొదటిసారి ఉపయోగించారు. ఆస్ట్రేలియాను శతాబ్దాలుగా ‘టెర్రా ఆస్ట్రేలిస్ ఇంకాగ్నిట’ అని పిలిచేవారు. ‘టెర్రా ఆస్ట్రేలిస్…
FACTLY says: The screengrab of the news clip is from a Times Now report on an incident that happened in a school in Kerala. As per media reports, two teachers of a Kerala government school were sent on leave when the school administ…
FACTLY says: This photo does not show any retired colonel from Lucknow who shot himself in distress. The same story has been going viral with different images over the last few years. There are no news reports of the suicide of a re…
FACTLY says: Neither the Palam Metro Station nor any of the Metro stations under the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation announced such a donation of minorly damaged refrigerators and ovens. The same message was shared by many other parody…
FACTLY says: The full-length video available on Amit shah’s YouTube Channel shows that he is talking about the ‘Per capita availability’ of milk in the country. According to the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, ‘Per capi…
FACTLY says: The photo captured during Arvind Kejriwal’s visit to a Gujarat auto-driver’s house for dinner was published by various media outlets in their news reports. The original picture does not contain a portrait of PM Modi. It…
FACTLY says: The word ‘Google’ was derived from a misspelling of Google Co-Founder Larry Page’s originally planned name, googol. Googol is a mathematical term for the numeral one followed by 100 zeroes. Officially Google does not ha…
FACTLY says: The news clippings shared in the post were published in 2017 regarding, ‘The Financial Regulation and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017’ introduced by Government of India. While assuring that FRDI Bill does not adversely mod…
FACTLY says: Firstly, there are no news reports about this incident. The photo of the person in the video belongs to an engineer named Hormazd Patel. The visuals of a man from Tamil Nadu purchasing his dream car are used in this vid…
FACTLY says: This video was already uploaded on YouTube on 11 January 2021 by ‘Night Sky’ YouTube channel as “Starlink satellites train seen from Poland”. Though there are several media reports on Starlink spottings in various parts…
FACTLY says: The visuals of the post are from the ED Raid conducted at an e-gaming firm in Kolkata. The name of the firm’s owner is Amir Khan. The viral post falsely attributes this video to a cloth merchant named Sekhar Agarwal.
FACTLY says: The posted visuals are either taken from scripted videos or unrelated to any kidnapping incidents. The police have also appealed to people to not share such kidnapping rumours and report to them if they find anybody sus…
FACTLY says: ఈ వీడియో 2010లో భారత్‌లో జరిగిన కామన్వెల్త్ గేమ్స్ కి సంబంధించి అక్టోబర్ 2009లో బకింగ్‌హామ్ ప్యాలెస్ వద్ద నుండి ‘క్వీన్స్ బెటన్ రిలే’ ప్రారంభం సందర్భంగా జరిగిన కార్యక్రమంలో సెయింట్ జేమ్స్ స్కూల్‌కి చెందిన పిల్లలు సంస్కృత శ్లోకాలు చదివినప్పుడు తీసింద…
FACTLY says: his is a clipped video of a 2021 speech of Amit Shah at a public meeting in Chapra, West Bengal. In the original speech, Shah states that PM Modi thinks 24 hours a day for the welfare of the country’s poor, while Mamata…
FACTLY says: According to The Hindu, this photo was captured during Queen’s visit to Chennai on 19 February 1961. Another photograph from the same event shows several other dignitaries sitting on the either side of the Queen while s…
FACTLY says: The name of the woman from the viral post is Huang Guoxian. Her belly grew uncontrollably due to Ovarian cancer. She underwent surgery to get rid of the lumps and fluid that formed in her abdomen due to cancer