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“Yohani de Silve, SriLankan singer has been appointed as the cultural ambassador between Sri Lanka and India”
Social media posts Claim dated 22 Sep 2021.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

SriLankan singer, Yohani de Silva is not appointed as the cultural ambassador between Indian and Sri Lanka. Indian High Commission in Colombo’s congratulatory message praising Yohani as cultural ambassador is misconstrued as if she is officially appointed as one

Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.

In short

This claim spread on social media around 22 September 2021. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 1 October 2021, 9 days later. Its rating was “FALSE”.

Where the claim appeared

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