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FACTLY says: Protective gears worn by the Ukrainian fighters as shown in the viral screenshot, were actually donated by ‘Firefighter Aid Ukraine’, an Edmonton based nonprofit organisation. The director of the organisation confirmed …
FACTLY says: While it is true that Sri Lanka’s total debt as a percentage of GDP is high and even surpassed 100%, India’s total national debt as a percentage of GDP figures is not as high as claimed in the post. From 2016-17 to 2020…
FACTLY says: President of India’s daughter, Ms. Swati Kovind was a cabin crew in Air India. She worked in Boeing 787, Boeing 777 flights before being deputed with Air India’s integration department in 2017, for security reasons. TAT…
FACTLY says: The video is from Turkey, and not India. The incident happened on 30 August 2017 in a street in Maltepe, Istanbul. The bull escaped from an animal market nearby and attacked a woman who was crossing the street. The woma…
FACTLY says: The incident shared in the post had taken place in January 2022 at the Kotwali Katra area in Mirzapur, Uttar Pradesh. Both the accused and the victims of this incident belong to the Muslim community. Mirzapur Police thr…
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post is a doctored one. Speaking about the corruption in the AAP ruled states with ‘India TV’, Arvind Kejriwal said that he along with Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann and other legislators in the party d…
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post shows a recent incident that took place during ‘The Kashmir Files’ film screening at a theatre in Nashik, Maharashtra. On 23 March 2022, a scuffle broke at this theatre after a group of wome…
FACTLY says: దేశంలో పెట్రోల్ ధరలు అధికంగా ఉన్న రాష్టాలలో తెలంగాణ ఒకటి. ఐతే ఎన్డీయే పాలిత రాష్ట్రాలైన బీహార్ మరియు మధ్యప్రదేశ్‌లో లీటర్ పెట్రోల్ ధర కూడా ఇంచుమించు తెలంగాణ, ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్ ధరలకు దగ్గరగానే ఉన్నాయి. కాబట్టి కేవలం ఎన్డీయే ఏతర పార్టీలు అధికారంలో…
FACTLY says: భగవంత్ మాన్ హోలీ వేడుక సందర్భంగా తన మిత్రులతో కలిసి దిగిన ఒక పాత ఫోటోని ఈ పోస్టులో షేర్ చేసారు. భగవంత్ మాన్ చిన్ననాటి స్నేహితుడు కరంజిత్ అన్మోల్ ఈ ఫోటోని ఇటీవల తన ఫేస్‌బుక్ పేజీలో షేర్ చేసారు
FACTLY says: గ్లోబల్ హంగర్ ఇండెక్స్ (GHI) స్కోర్లని ఆయా దేశాలలో పోషకాహార లోపంతో బాధపడుతున్న జనాభా శాతాన్ని, న్యుట్రిషన్ లోపంతో (చైల్డ్ వాస్టింగ్, చైల్డ్ స్టున్టింగ్) బాధపడుతున్న చిన్నారుల శాతాన్ని అలాగే, అయిదు సంవత్సరాల వయసు లోపు చనిపోయిన చిన్న పిల్లల సంఖ్యని …
FACTLY says: Vladimir Putin did not make any such statement about Pakistan. When a similar quote with the text, “Africa is just a cemetery of Africans”, was attributed to Putin in 2018, the Ministry of Ghana through a Facebook post …
FACTLY says: The viral clip is not from the Kashmir Files movie but from a 2019 movie ‘Mudda 370 J&K’, which is also based on Kashmir. The film is made in the backdrop of Kashmir’s social environment in the 80s & 90s. The viral clip…
FACTLY says: The video is being shared on social media at least since 2020. So, the video is old, and is not related to the recent Karauli violence in Rajasthan. On 02 April 2022, Rajasthan’s Karauli had witnessed severe communal at…
FACTLY says: 02 ఏప్రిల్ 2022న గుజరాత్‌లోని అహ్మదాబాద్‌లో అరవింద్ కేజ్రీవాల్, పంజాబ్ ముఖ్యమంత్రి భగవంత్ మాన్ భారీ ర్యాలీ నిర్వహించారు. అయితే, 02 ఏప్రిల్ 2022న న్యూయార్క్ టైమ్స్ ఆమ్ ఆద్మీ పార్టీపై ఎలాంటి ఆర్టికల్ ప్రచురించలేదు. న్యూయార్క్ టైమ్స్ ఇది ఎడిట్ చేయబడిన ఇమేజ్…
FACTLY says: The video is of a brawl in March 2021, between Pakistani political leaders in the Sindh provincial assembly. Members of the Pakistan Tehreek-I-Insaf (PTI) and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) were involved in this brawl ah…
FACTLY says: The photo shared in the post shows an old picture of a suspected female Maoist guerrilla killed during an encounter between Indian Paramilitary soldiers and the People’s Liberation Guerrilla Army (PLGA) at Salboni villa…
FACTLY says: Rihanna has not made any such announcement saying she would name her baby after Indian farmer leader Rakesh Tikait. There are no reports in this regard. Further, the screenshot of the viral ‘the Independent’ tweet is di…
FACTLY says: The video shared in the post show visuals from the 2018 Ram Navami festival in Ranchi, Jharkhand. The video shared in the post is old and has nothing to do with the recent Hindu New Year celebrations in Uttar Pradesh
FACTLY says: The video is not related to Karauli (Rajasthan). The mosque shown in the video is at Gahmar in Ghazipur district (Uttar Pradesh)
FACTLY says: While Karauli witnessed communal violence on the Hindu New Year Day, the viral visuals have nothing to do with the Karauli violence. The video has been doing rounds on internet for quite some time now. In the past, the …