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False: The aphelion phenomenon will cause extreme cold weather on Earth till August 22, 2022.
Climate-Events Tech-Social Media

False: The aphelion phenomenon will cause extreme cold weather on Earth till August 22, 2022.
False: The aphelion phenomenon will cause extreme cold weather on Earth till August 22, 2022.
Climate-Events Tech-Social Media

False: The aphelion phenomenon will cause extreme cold weather on Earth till August 22, 2022.
False: This image shows former U.K. Prime Minister contender Penny Mordaunt wearing military medals.
Politics-People Tech-Social Media

False: This image shows former U.K. Prime Minister contender Penny Mordaunt wearing military medals.
False: This image shows Indian television actors worshipping Lord Ganpati at Lulu mall in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
Economics-Business Human Rights-Religion Media-Celebrities

False: This image shows Indian television actors worshipping Lord Ganpati at Lulu mall in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
False: Nikon is stopping the production of SLR cameras to focus on mirrorless models.
Economics-Business Tech-Tech Business

False: Nikon is stopping the production of SLR cameras to focus on mirrorless models.
Misleading: NIA India has released phone number 011-24368800 to report people that use the slogan
Events-Terrorism Human Rights-Religion

Misleading: NIA India has released phone number 011-24368800 to report people that use the slogan "Sir Tan Se Juda."
False: The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has led to a decline in the birth rate in Germany.
Conspiracies-Depopulation Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: The COVID-19 vaccine rollout has led to a decline in the birth rate in Germany.
False: The RBI will replace Mahatma Gandhi's image on Indian currency notes with pictures of Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

False: The RBI will replace Mahatma Gandhi's image on Indian currency notes with pictures of Rabindranath Tagore and APJ Abdul Kalam.
False: A video shows an aerial view of Mount Kailash.
Tech-Social Media

False: A video shows an aerial view of Mount Kailash.
False: The Indian Ministry of Railways runs a subsidy program worth Rs 6000 in exchange for people's details.
Politics-Policy Tech-Social Media

False: The Indian Ministry of Railways runs a subsidy program worth Rs 6000 in exchange for people's details.
False: Former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev is joining the Aam Aadmi Party.
Media-Celebrities Politics-General

False: Former Indian cricketer Kapil Dev is joining the Aam Aadmi Party.
False: A video shows hundreds of Muslims praying on the streets of Paris to celebrate Eid.
Events-General Human Rights-Religion

False: A video shows hundreds of Muslims praying on the streets of Paris to celebrate Eid.
False: A photo shows a Taliban fighter holding a group of women and children against a wall outside Kabul airport.
Events-Terrorism Human Rights-General Tech-Social Media

False: A photo shows a Taliban fighter holding a group of women and children against a wall outside Kabul airport.
False: The flu kills 14 times more people than COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: The flu kills 14 times more people than COVID-19.
False: A video of a boy washing apples in sewage water in India is being shared online during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

False: A video of a boy washing apples in sewage water in India is being shared online during the COVID-19 lockdown.
False: Democrats stole the elections in 2020.
Politics-Elections

False: Democrats stole the elections in 2020.
False: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern supports the farmers' movement in India.
Events-Activism Politics-People

False: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern supports the farmers' movement in India.
Misleading: The CDC acknowledged that vaccinated people carry the same viral load as unvaccinated people.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: The CDC acknowledged that vaccinated people carry the same viral load as unvaccinated people.
False: The Taliban was involved in the twin explosions in Kabul on August 26.
Events-Terrorism Politics-General

False: The Taliban was involved in the twin explosions in Kabul on August 26.
True: Over 100 Black Americans have been killed by the U.S. police since George Floyd's death.
Events-General Human Rights-Race

True: Over 100 Black Americans have been killed by the U.S. police since George Floyd's death.
True: Indian Medical Association has promoted commercial products of private companies in exchange for money.
Economics-Business

True: Indian Medical Association has promoted commercial products of private companies in exchange for money.
Misleading: Viruses become more transmissible and less-lethal after mutation.
Health-General Health-Covid

Misleading: Viruses become more transmissible and less-lethal after mutation.
True: It was forbidden for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members to consume alcohol.
Events-General

True: It was forbidden for the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam members to consume alcohol.
False: Trump reassures struggling farmers he has never seen one of them and cannot be sure they even exist.

False: Trump reassures struggling farmers he has never seen one of them and cannot be sure they even exist.
False: COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility and have been created to depopulate the world.
Conspiracies-General Conspiracies-Depopulation Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Tech-Social Media

False: COVID-19 vaccines cause infertility and have been created to depopulate the world.
Misleading: One-dose COVID-19 vaccines are weaker than two-dose vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: One-dose COVID-19 vaccines are weaker than two-dose vaccines.
Misleading: Saudi Arabia has barred the entry of travelers inoculated against COVID-19 with Chinese vaccines.
Geopolitical-Policy Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

Misleading: Saudi Arabia has barred the entry of travelers inoculated against COVID-19 with Chinese vaccines.
True: The child pictured in Kevin Carter's famous photograph
Events-Humanitarian Media-General

True: The child pictured in Kevin Carter's famous photograph "vulture and the little girl" was sent to a feeding center after the photograph was taken.
Misleading: The second wave of COVID-19 in India began during the farmers' protests.
Events-Activism Health-Covid Politics-Policy

Misleading: The second wave of COVID-19 in India began during the farmers' protests.
True: States in India have reported cases of black fungus among COVID patients.
Health-Covid

True: States in India have reported cases of black fungus among COVID patients.
True: Reliance Industries has purchased a COVID-19 testing system Israeli company Breath of Health (BOH)
Economics-Business Health-Covid

True: Reliance Industries has purchased a COVID-19 testing system Israeli company Breath of Health (BOH)
True: India is facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-General

True: India is facing a shortage of COVID-19 vaccines.
True: Women flouted COVID-19 rules during a religious gathering in Gujarat.
Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

True: Women flouted COVID-19 rules during a religious gathering in Gujarat.
False: COVID-19 vaccines can cause blindness.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: COVID-19 vaccines can cause blindness.
True: A choice of COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to UK adults under 40.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

True: A choice of COVID-19 vaccines will be offered to UK adults under 40.
Misleading: President Joe Biden took office amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
Economics-General Politics-People

Misleading: President Joe Biden took office amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
True: Pule is the world’s most expensive cheese.
Economics-Business

True: Pule is the world’s most expensive cheese.
False: Industrial oxygen cannot be converted and used as medical oxygen.
Health-Covid

False: Industrial oxygen cannot be converted and used as medical oxygen.
True: The Indiana Bell building was moved at a speed of 15 inches per hour while 600 employees remained inside.
Events-General

True: The Indiana Bell building was moved at a speed of 15 inches per hour while 600 employees remained inside.
True: Sand mining is harmful to the environment.
Politics-General Tech-Social Media

True: Sand mining is harmful to the environment.
True: The number of people filing for weekly unemployment insurance has fallen by nearly 100,000.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

True: The number of people filing for weekly unemployment insurance has fallen by nearly 100,000.
True: BJP leader Babul Supriyo shared a meme that stated:
Politics-People

True: BJP leader Babul Supriyo shared a meme that stated: "Betiyan paraya dhan hoti hain!"
True: Donald Trump and Melania Trump received their COVID-19 vaccines in January.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-People

True: Donald Trump and Melania Trump received their COVID-19 vaccines in January.
True: Joe Biden has called on states to prioritize teachers for the vaccination program.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-General

True: Joe Biden has called on states to prioritize teachers for the vaccination program.
False: There are 4,000 variants of the virus that causes Covid-19.
Health-Covid

False: There are 4,000 variants of the virus that causes Covid-19.
False: Indian army demolished all Chinese bunkers in Pangong Tso.
Geopolitical-Conflict

False: Indian army demolished all Chinese bunkers in Pangong Tso.
False: Sebastian Paul said that Narendra Modi has a mental illness.
Politics-People

False: Sebastian Paul said that Narendra Modi has a mental illness.
False: The dates for the West Bengal assembly elections have been announced by the Election Commission of India.
Politics-Elections

False: The dates for the West Bengal assembly elections have been announced by the Election Commission of India.
False: Stone pelting stopped in Kashmir after demonetisation.
Events-General Politics-General

False: Stone pelting stopped in Kashmir after demonetisation.
Misleading: Amazon will make devices locally and cut the Chinese sourcing.
Economics-General Economics-Business

Misleading: Amazon will make devices locally and cut the Chinese sourcing.
Misleading: The House tried to pass a bill to send trillions of dollars to countries like Iran, Russia, and China.
Economics-General Health-Covid

Misleading: The House tried to pass a bill to send trillions of dollars to countries like Iran, Russia, and China.
True: K-Pop fans hijacked the #ImpeachBidenNow hashtag.
Politics-General Tech-Social Media

True: K-Pop fans hijacked the #ImpeachBidenNow hashtag.
Unverifiable: COVID-19 originated in bat caves in China.
Events-General Health-Covid

Unverifiable: COVID-19 originated in bat caves in China.
True: India's CoWIN app is safe.
Health-Covid Tech-General

True: India's CoWIN app is safe.
False: Adani owns the Pune junction railway station.
Economics-Business Tech-Social Media

False: Adani owns the Pune junction railway station.
False: Donald Trump ordered Delta Force to raid a compound in Ukraine belonging to Joe Biden.
Media-General Politics-General

False: Donald Trump ordered Delta Force to raid a compound in Ukraine belonging to Joe Biden.
False: Data from electronic voting company Scytl shows a landslide victory for President Trump.
Economics-Business Politics-Elections Politics-People

False: Data from electronic voting company Scytl shows a landslide victory for President Trump.
Misleading: PM Modi: India’s economic recovery is faster than expected.
Economics-General Politics-General

Misleading: PM Modi: India’s economic recovery is faster than expected.
Partly_True: President Trump admits defeat.
Politics-Elections Politics-People

Partly_True: President Trump admits defeat.
True: Paris city hall has been fined for employing too many senior women.
Human Rights-Gender Politics-Policy

True: Paris city hall has been fined for employing too many senior women.
True: More people died of COVID in the United States on December 02, than have died of COVID-19 in Japan in all of 2020.
Health-Covid

True: More people died of COVID in the United States on December 02, than have died of COVID-19 in Japan in all of 2020.
Misleading: CCIM's 2020 amendment allows Ayurveda postgraduate students to perform surgeries.
Health-General Politics-Policy

Misleading: CCIM's 2020 amendment allows Ayurveda postgraduate students to perform surgeries.
False: Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is participating in the farmers' protest in India.
Events-Activism Politics-People Tech-Social Media

False: Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau is participating in the farmers' protest in India.
True: Trump donated all of his salary during his term.
Events-Humanitarian Politics-People

True: Trump donated all of his salary during his term.
True: Sweden has admitted its coronavirus immunity predictions were wrong.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: Sweden has admitted its coronavirus immunity predictions were wrong.
False: Trump's tax cuts gave the average family $4,000 more.
Economics-General Politics-General

False: Trump's tax cuts gave the average family $4,000 more.
Partly_True: The rate of washing hands is higher in the morning than evenings.
Health-General

Partly_True: The rate of washing hands is higher in the morning than evenings.
Misleading: Cineworld is going out of business.
Media-Entertainment

Misleading: Cineworld is going out of business.
True: Pennsylvania’s voter services website was down after an outage.
Politics-Elections Tech-General

True: Pennsylvania’s voter services website was down after an outage.
False: President Trump was on ventilator support due to COVID-19.
Health-Covid Politics-People

False: President Trump was on ventilator support due to COVID-19.
Misleading: Hunter Biden has links to ‘prostitution or human trafficking ring’.
Economics-Business Politics-General

Misleading: Hunter Biden has links to ‘prostitution or human trafficking ring’.
True: Trump moved $2.3 million of campaign donor money into his private business.
Economics-Business Politics-Elections Politics-People

True: Trump moved $2.3 million of campaign donor money into his private business.
False: Karnataka government to re-impose a lockdown on 25th September.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

False: Karnataka government to re-impose a lockdown on 25th September.
True: Around 900,000 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded worldwide, in which 190,000 are from the United States.
Geopolitical-General Health-Covid

True: Around 900,000 COVID-19 deaths have been recorded worldwide, in which 190,000 are from the United States.
False: Kangana Ranaut’s mother, Asha Ranaut has joined the BJP party.
Media-Celebrities Politics-General

False: Kangana Ranaut’s mother, Asha Ranaut has joined the BJP party.
True: About six in 10 Americans said they would prefer to cast their ballot before Election Day, according to a new poll.
Human Rights-General Politics-Elections

True: About six in 10 Americans said they would prefer to cast their ballot before Election Day, according to a new poll.
Misleading: Home Affairs Officers will visit every house to take personal information for Census under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
Health-General

Misleading: Home Affairs Officers will visit every house to take personal information for Census under the Ayushman Bharat scheme.
True: An intergovernmental panel of scientists concluded that one million species are threatened with extinction, some within decades.
Climate-Events Geopolitical-General

True: An intergovernmental panel of scientists concluded that one million species are threatened with extinction, some within decades.
Misleading: Obama-Biden administration and Kamala Harris intervened against the teachers over union fees.
Politics-General

Misleading: Obama-Biden administration and Kamala Harris intervened against the teachers over union fees.
True: ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ reality show is set to end in 2021.
Events-General Media-Entertainment

True: ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ reality show is set to end in 2021.
False: United Nation's agenda 21/2030, promotes One World Government.
Conspiracies-New World Order Tech-Social Media

False: United Nation's agenda 21/2030, promotes One World Government.
True: COVID-19 human antibody that may limit the spread of the virus has been identified.
Health-Covid

True: COVID-19 human antibody that may limit the spread of the virus has been identified.
True: Trump created the first new branch of space armed forces in 70 years.
Events-General Politics-General

True: Trump created the first new branch of space armed forces in 70 years.
True: Bengaluru Namma Metro to start operations from September 7, 2020.
Economics-Business Events-General

True: Bengaluru Namma Metro to start operations from September 7, 2020.
True: Teenagers find a treasure trove of 1,100-year-old coins in Israel.
Events-General

True: Teenagers find a treasure trove of 1,100-year-old coins in Israel.
True: Federal authorities seized $27 million in undeclared cash aboard a ship bound for the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Economics-General Events-General

True: Federal authorities seized $27 million in undeclared cash aboard a ship bound for the U.S. Virgin Islands.
True: A four-day working week could create 500K new jobs in the UK.
Economics-General Events-General

True: A four-day working week could create 500K new jobs in the UK.
False: Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited his high school maths teacher.
Economics-Business

False: Google CEO Sundar Pichai visited his high school maths teacher.
False: Bahrain king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived at Dubai airport with a robot bodyguard.
Media-Celebrities Tech-Social Media Tech-Tech Business

False: Bahrain king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived at Dubai airport with a robot bodyguard.
False: Bahrain king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived at Dubai airport with a robot bodyguard.
Media-Celebrities Tech-Social Media Tech-Tech Business

False: Bahrain king, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa arrived at Dubai airport with a robot bodyguard.
True: Biden for the first time calls Obama deportation policy a 'big mistake'.
Politics-General Politics-People Politics-Policy

True: Biden for the first time calls Obama deportation policy a 'big mistake'.
True: Wolverhampton Wanderers win over Honved at Molineux in 1954.
Media-Sports

True: Wolverhampton Wanderers win over Honved at Molineux in 1954.
False: An unknown disease deadlier than COVID-19 is spreading in Kazakhstan.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: An unknown disease deadlier than COVID-19 is spreading in Kazakhstan.
False: Aditya Thackeray and Rhea Chakraborty were spotted together in a car.
Media-Celebrities Politics-People Tech-Social Media

False: Aditya Thackeray and Rhea Chakraborty were spotted together in a car.
True: Pedophiles to be sentenced for Life under the new law passed by the Australian parliament.
Politics-Policy

True: Pedophiles to be sentenced for Life under the new law passed by the Australian parliament.
Misleading: India's external debt was $296 billion in 2014.
Economics-General

Misleading: India's external debt was $296 billion in 2014.
False: Bats are the cause of the 2019 coronavirus outbreak.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: Bats are the cause of the 2019 coronavirus outbreak.
False: A baby was born with three eyes in Germany.
Tech-Social Media

False: A baby was born with three eyes in Germany.
False: A baby has born with three eyes in Germany.
Tech-Social Media

False: A baby has born with three eyes in Germany.
True: React JS Core developers are walked out of their jobs at Facebook.
Economics-Business Politics-General

True: React JS Core developers are walked out of their jobs at Facebook.
Reliance Jio credited 2 GB extra data every day for users in April 2020.
Economics-Business

Reliance Jio credited 2 GB extra data every day for users in April 2020.
True: Supreme Court stays HC order on reserved category candidate migrating to general quota.

True: Supreme Court stays HC order on reserved category candidate migrating to general quota.
False: Sending forwarded Good Morning wishes on WhatsApp can lead to theft of data.
Tech-Social Media

False: Sending forwarded Good Morning wishes on WhatsApp can lead to theft of data.
False: Sending forwarded Good Morning wishes on WhatsApp can lead to theft of data.

False: Sending forwarded Good Morning wishes on WhatsApp can lead to theft of data.
False: Sending forwarded Good Morning wishes on WhatsApp can lead to theft of data.
Tech-Social Media

False: Sending forwarded Good Morning wishes on WhatsApp can lead to theft of data.
False: Chitralekha Devi, an Indian spiritual saint has married a Muslim.
Media-Celebrities Tech-Social Media

False: Chitralekha Devi, an Indian spiritual saint has married a Muslim.
True: 17 media outlets in India agreed to push polarising stories for money.
Media-General Politics-General

True: 17 media outlets in India agreed to push polarising stories for money.
False: The coronavirus outbreak is fake and what is happening in Wuhan is a huge mishap that the Chinese government had planned.
Conspiracies-General Geopolitical-General Health-Covid

False: The coronavirus outbreak is fake and what is happening in Wuhan is a huge mishap that the Chinese government had planned.
True: After Cummings' family returned to London on April 13, Dominic Cummings made a second visit to Durham.
Events-General Politics-General

True: After Cummings' family returned to London on April 13, Dominic Cummings made a second visit to Durham.
False: Kirby Jenner is Kendall Jenner's twin brother in real life.
Tech-General

False: Kirby Jenner is Kendall Jenner's twin brother in real life.
Misleading: Aztecs used chocolate as currency.

Misleading: Aztecs used chocolate as currency.
True: India had lifted the ban on exporting hydroxychloroquine even before Trump had threatened as there were requests from many countries.
Geopolitical-General Health-Pharma

True: India had lifted the ban on exporting hydroxychloroquine even before Trump had threatened as there were requests from many countries.
Misleading: With 25,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in India on 24 April 2020, all the shops have been opened for the Ramadan season but previously with relatively fewer cases Holi, Ugadi and Easter festivals were not celebrated.
Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

Misleading: With 25,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases in India on 24 April 2020, all the shops have been opened for the Ramadan season but previously with relatively fewer cases Holi, Ugadi and Easter festivals were not celebrated.
False: Fort Totten in New York will be used as a site for public burials for Coronavirus victims.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: Fort Totten in New York will be used as a site for public burials for Coronavirus victims.
True: Oprah Winfrey has denied the rumours about her arrest for sex trafficking.
Conspiracies-General Media-Celebrities

True: Oprah Winfrey has denied the rumours about her arrest for sex trafficking.
False: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has not been infected with the coronavirus.
Health-Covid Media-General

False: CNN anchor Chris Cuomo has not been infected with the coronavirus.
False: A millionaire man jumped from the hotel top in Italy because his whole family died due to coronavirus.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: A millionaire man jumped from the hotel top in Italy because his whole family died due to coronavirus.
False: An employee of the funeral home in the United States was accidentally cremated while sleeping.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: An employee of the funeral home in the United States was accidentally cremated while sleeping.
False: An image in circulation shows a man lying on a hospital bed, died of coronavirus in Hyderabad's Gandhi Hospital.
Health-Covid

False: An image in circulation shows a man lying on a hospital bed, died of coronavirus in Hyderabad's Gandhi Hospital.
False: The vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All, claims Joe Biden.
Politics-Elections

False: The vast majority of Democrats do not support Medicare for All, claims Joe Biden.
True: Urvashi Rautela copy-pasted PM Modi's tweet for Shabana Azmi.
Media-Celebrities Politics-People Tech-Social Media

True: Urvashi Rautela copy-pasted PM Modi's tweet for Shabana Azmi.
खरे: Prices of petrol and diesel can be increased by Rs 18 and Rs 12 per litre respectively to meet expenses incurred during the coronavirus outbreak.
Economics-General Health-Covid

खरे: Prices of petrol and diesel can be increased by Rs 18 and Rs 12 per litre respectively to meet expenses incurred during the coronavirus outbreak.
False: Indian tea has all the chemicals such as methylxanthines, theobromine and theophylline present in it which can cure COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: Indian tea has all the chemicals such as methylxanthines, theobromine and theophylline present in it which can cure COVID-19.
False: Coronavirus is always fatal.
Health-Covid

False: Coronavirus is always fatal.
False: Hotels, restaurants and resorts all over India will remain closed until 15 October 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

False: Hotels, restaurants and resorts all over India will remain closed until 15 October 2020 due to coronavirus pandemic.
False: A bath using granite rock will kill the coronavirus.
Health-Covid

False: A bath using granite rock will kill the coronavirus.
True: Nai Duniya, an Urdu Weekly Magazine has stopped its publication for the first time since 1973 due to COVID-19 outbreak.
Health-Covid Media-General

True: Nai Duniya, an Urdu Weekly Magazine has stopped its publication for the first time since 1973 due to COVID-19 outbreak.
True: A viral video claims to be of the moment a Ukraine plane erupted into flames after crashing in Iran on 8 January 2020.
Events-General

True: A viral video claims to be of the moment a Ukraine plane erupted into flames after crashing in Iran on 8 January 2020.
True: A tiger named Nadia at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for coronavirus after developing a dry cough.
Health-Covid

True: A tiger named Nadia at the Bronx Zoo has tested positive for coronavirus after developing a dry cough.
False: The new coronavirus can be transmitted through mosquito bites.
Health-Covid

False: The new coronavirus can be transmitted through mosquito bites.
False: DVDs can last for more than 1000 years.
Tech-General

False: DVDs can last for more than 1000 years.
False: Nigerian national football team's captain Ahmed Musa has tested positive for Coronavirus.
Health-Covid Media-Sports

False: Nigerian national football team's captain Ahmed Musa has tested positive for Coronavirus.
False: Reducing our global consumption of fossil fuels will have virtually no impact on global temperatures.
Climate-General

False: Reducing our global consumption of fossil fuels will have virtually no impact on global temperatures.
False: Everyone in Israel drinks a cup of hot water with lemon and a little baking soda at night, as this is proven to kill the COVID-19 virus.
Health-Covid

False: Everyone in Israel drinks a cup of hot water with lemon and a little baking soda at night, as this is proven to kill the COVID-19 virus.
False: Administrators of 52 WhatsApp groups were detained at Dadar cybercrime for spreading fake news about covid-19.
Health-Covid Tech-Social Media

False: Administrators of 52 WhatsApp groups were detained at Dadar cybercrime for spreading fake news about covid-19.
True: Vietnam goes three straight days from 17 to 19 April 2020, without new infection cases of COVID-19.
Health-Covid

True: Vietnam goes three straight days from 17 to 19 April 2020, without new infection cases of COVID-19.
False: Gulf News had added an extra sentence to President Trump's statement about his visit to India in February 2020.
Media-General Politics-General

False: Gulf News had added an extra sentence to President Trump's statement about his visit to India in February 2020.
False: The 9-year-old bullied Australian boy, Quaden Bayles's story is a scam.
Human Rights-Race Media-General

False: The 9-year-old bullied Australian boy, Quaden Bayles's story is a scam.
False: Taking Advil (ibuprofen) can worsen COVID-19 symptoms.
Health-Covid Health-Pharma

False: Taking Advil (ibuprofen) can worsen COVID-19 symptoms.
Partly_True: There are over 2300 registered political parties in India, of which around 500 parties are recognised by the Election Commission, says BJP president JP Nadda.

Partly_True: There are over 2300 registered political parties in India, of which around 500 parties are recognised by the Election Commission, says BJP president JP Nadda.
True: Abdurrahman Goodinabali, a labourer from Karnataka has decided to give up his Haj savings to help those in need as nation battles the COVID-19 crisis.
Events-Humanitarian Health-Covid

True: Abdurrahman Goodinabali, a labourer from Karnataka has decided to give up his Haj savings to help those in need as nation battles the COVID-19 crisis.
True: Arsenal is the only premier league team to go without losing a single game in a full season.
Media-Sports

True: Arsenal is the only premier league team to go without losing a single game in a full season.
True: Indian H-1B visa holders have to leave the United States in 60 days as a result of the workforce layoffs due to the COVID-19.
Geopolitical-Policy Health-Covid

True: Indian H-1B visa holders have to leave the United States in 60 days as a result of the workforce layoffs due to the COVID-19.
True: Iran's burial sites for coronavirus victims is visible from Space.
Health-Covid Tech-General

True: Iran's burial sites for coronavirus victims is visible from Space.
False: To prevent coronavirus avoid any form of cold drinks, ice creams, kulfi or the preserved foods like a milkshake, rough ice, ice colas and milk sweets older than 48 hours for at least 90 days.
Health-Covid

False: To prevent coronavirus avoid any form of cold drinks, ice creams, kulfi or the preserved foods like a milkshake, rough ice, ice colas and milk sweets older than 48 hours for at least 90 days.
Misleading: On 19th December 2019, there is a big protest by Muslims against the Citizenship Amendment Act in August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai.

Misleading: On 19th December 2019, there is a big protest by Muslims against the Citizenship Amendment Act in August Kranti Maidan in Mumbai.
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