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FACTLY says: The photo shared in the picture shows Bhagwat Mann posing along with a Mohali based businessman Goldy Brar. He is not the gangster Goldy Brar who claimed responsibility for the Murder of Sidhu Moosewala.
FACTLY says: The video is from Ramadan when the door of Kaaba was opened for a Muslim leader visiting the Haram. The video shows workers preparing the entrance (opening the door) to the Kaaba for a political delegation during prayer…
FACTLY says: The viral video had been edited from an original video where Pfizer CEO spoke about his team’s dream of reducing the number of people who cannot afford their medicines. In the viral video, the words, “that cannot afford…
FACTLY says: ಪೋಸ್ಟ್ ಮಾಡಿದ ಫೋಟೋಗಳು ವಾರಣಾಸಿ (ಯುಪಿ) ಯ ಜ್ಞಾನವಾಪಿ ಮಸೀದಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಕಂಡುಬಂದಿರುವ ಶಿವಲಿಂಗದ ಫೋಟೋ ಅಲ್ಲ. ಬೃಹತ್ ಶಿವಲಿಂಗ ಫೋಟೋ ಒಡಿಶಾದ ಬಾಬಾ ಭುಸಂದೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಸ್ಥಾನದದ್ದಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ, ಕಾರಂಜಿ ಫೋಟೋವನ್ನು ರಾಜಸ್ಥಾನದ ಅಜ್ಮೀರ್ ಶರೀಫ್ ದರ್ಗಾದಿಂದ ತೆಗೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳಲಾಗಿದೆ. ಆದ್ದರಿಂದ ಪೋಸ್…
FACTLY says: There are no pictures of Lord Ram printed on India’s new 500-rupee notes. If there were new 500-rupee notes with the picture of Lord Ram on it, the Reserve Bank of India would have notified it on the website. There were…
FACTLY says: RTI queries revealed that Prime Minister Modi himself bears his kitchen and clothing expenses which means information related to his clothing and food costs are unlikely to be in the public domain unless he disclosed th…
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is a clipped one. The extended version of the video shows Ashok Gehlot referring to his statements as misleading information spread by Jan Sangh workers during his childhood. Ashok Gehlot ma…
FACTLY says: The video of woman crying is from ‘Azadi March’ organised by Imran Khan against the Pakistani PML-N government to dissolve the assemblies and announce an election. The woman is not Yasin Malik’s wife. Kashmiri separatis…
FACTLY says: A liquid hack that includes Apple cider vinegar leads to rapid and large weight loss without the need for exercise
FACTLY says: పోస్ట్లోని ఫోటోలు నిజమైనవే, ఎడిట్ చేసినవి కావు. అయితే, క్వాడ్ సదస్సులో ప్రధాని మోదీ వెనుక నడుస్తూ, ఇతర నాయకులు ముందు నడుస్తున్న ఫోటోలు కూడా ఉన్నాయి. అలానే, పోస్ట్ చేసిన ఫోటోలో ప్రపంచ నాయకులు మన్మోహన్ సింగ్ వైపు చూస్తున్నది తను గ్రూప్ ఫోటోక…
FACTLY says: In general, bristlecone pines (Pinus longaeva) of California’s White Mountains are considered as the oldest living trees on earth not Baobabs. Methuselah, a specimen of bristlecone and is dated in 1957 as being 4852 yea…
FACTLY says: The image shared in the post is an edited one. This photo was digitally created by combining different images. A version of this image was created by adding the elements furnished by NASA. This photo does not show the r…
FACTLY says: While it is true that Turkmenistan government provided free water, gas and electricity to its citizens from 1993, the provision was ended in 2019 by then President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov. Bad economic situation due …
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows two unrelated video clips. The first video clip shows Nirmala Chauhan, an NSUI student from Madhya Pradesh’s Jabhua, protesting in front of the Jabhua district collector’s office in 20…
FACTLY says: This video of cameraman winning a professional race is a commercial for ‘Powerade’, it is not a real race. The commercial was directed by Jake S Wynne along with Jim Canty out in South Africa, replicating an Olympic sta…
FACTLY says: The Hotstar advertisement hoarding picture shared in the post was taken in 2019 and was placed near Holkar college in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. This photo was taken before Ravi Kishan was officially declared as the Member…
FACTLY says: ఈ వీడియో వరల్డ్ ఎకనామిక్ ఫోరమ్ (WEF) సమావేశం – ‘ఫ్యూచర్ ప్రూఫింగ్ హెల్త్ సిస్టమ్స్’ అనే సెషన్లో సిఎం జగన్ మోహన్ రెడ్డి పాల్గొన్నప్పుటి వీడియో నుండి కట్ చేసినది. అక్కడున్న మహిళ అడిగిన పూర్తి ప్రశ్న గానీ, ముఖ్యమంత్రి ఇచ్చిన జవాబు గానీ ఈ వీడియోలో లేద…
FACTLY says: Neither the corporate tax laws nor the personal income laws of the country provide any exemption on religious grounds. Tax rates varies based on the income levels and every citizen of the country falling in the same tax…
FACTLY says: The upper image is from Upper Mall Road in Nainital. The lower image is however from ‘Bishwa Ijtema’, world’s second largest Muslim gathering, that occurs in Bangladesh annually. Therefore, this is an erroneous comparis…
FACTLY says: No official figure is available for the number of VIPs in India. In reply to an RTI, the ‘Ministry of Home Affairs’ said, “the term ‘VIP’ is not part of any formal official nomenclature and there is no formal procedure …