“Video shows pro-Palestinian rallies held in response to student suspensions at Columbia University”
Logically Facts rated this: False
Education
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“Leni Robredo was appointed as education secretary”
Vera Files rated this: False
“Said Columbia University has told students, “Well, if you’re Jewish, maybe you do want to stay home.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Virtual access to classes was offered as an option for any student who felt uncomfortable with the continuing protests. The university did not encouraged Jewish students to go remote.
“School allows students to be terrorized by colleagues who identify as ‘furries’”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: A school district spokesperson said the school has seen no incidents of biting, licking, costumes or animalistic behavior. The district has policies to prevent harassment and bullying.
“Columbia University announced classes will be remote for the remainder of the school year.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Columbia Provost Angela Olinto announced the school would hold classes at its main campus on a hybrid basis, technology permitting, for the remainder of the spring semester.
“A video of a boy being brutally beaten by a teacher in an orphanage in Haridwar at a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) training class.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The incident in the video is neither from an orphanage in Haridwar nor from an RSS training class. The incident took place in ‘Kishori Balika Vidyalaya’, a private school in Sitapur district of Uttar Pradesh. A teacher …
“In a study by Harvard University on the efficacy of expired medicines, it was shown that expired medicines can still be consumed for as long as 15 years.”
Vera Files rated this: Misleading
Vera Files says: Public records show that Harvard University did not conduct a study testing the efficacy of medicines past their expiration date. However, Harvard Medical School did publish a commentary about a 2002 scientific article …
“This video shows Mukesh Ambani advising people to follow his student Veenit to get investment tips.”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Video depicting Navjot Singh Sidhu mocking Rahul Gandhi by saying, ‘Hey Rahul Baba, go to school and learn to read. Learn the difference between nationalism and treason’.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: This viral video of Navjot Singh Sidhu criticizing Rahul Gandhi dates back to 2010. At that time, Navjot Singh Sidhu was not associated with the Congress party; he was a BJP MP. Sidhu made these statements while address…
“Right-wing student organization ABVP won Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union polls”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Ramadan festivities made mandatory in Swedish schools”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“Swedish polician Morgan Johansson has written a motion that would force pupils in Swedish schools to celebrate Ramadan”
Logically Facts rated this: Fake
“The Department of Education (DepEd) is distributing scholarships to students.”
Vera Files rated this: Fake
“The image shows a 3D recreation of Chanakya done by Magadha DS University, which has an uncanny similarity to MS Dhoni.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The photo in question is indeed a 3D model, but it’s not of Chanakya. It’s a model of MS Dhoni created by an artist named Ankur Khatri. Additionally, there is no connection to Magadha DS University, a university that do…
“A new Missouri bill “would put teachers on the sex offense registry if they ‘contribute to social transition’” of transgender students, including by using gender-affirming pronouns.”
PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True
PolitiFact says: The bill would make it a felony for a teacher to "support" a transgender student’s "social transition." The bill is unclear whether using gender-affirming pronouns for transgender students would constitute "support."
“Posts claiming Northeastern States do not have NEET MDS exam centres are False”
Medical Dialogues rated this: FALSE
“Scientists at Magadha DS University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Chanakya, the author of Arthashastra might have looked.”
Youturn rated this: False
“Candidates are copying en masse in the UPSC exam of UP.”
Fact Crescendo rated this: false
Fact Crescendo says: false. The claim of mass cheating in UPSC exam is fake. The viral video is of mass cheating during law examination in a college located in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh.
“The Karnataka government has changed the timings for all schools during Ramzan to facilitate Muslim students”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“Muslims in Kerala changed the Indian national anthem in their educational institutions from Jai Hai Jai Hai Jai Hai to Nabi Hai Nabi Hai Nabi Hai. But secular pigs do not see any threat to India’s secularism due to this. Imagine if a school had replaced Jai Hey with Jai Shri Ram in the national anthem.”
Youturn rated this: misleading