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False: Adidas is giving away 3100 free pair of shoes and t-shirts to celebrate its 96th anniversary.
Economics-Business Tech-Social Media

False: Adidas is giving away 3100 free pair of shoes and t-shirts to celebrate its 96th anniversary.
True: Skydiver Luke Aikins jumps from the plane without a parachute.
Events-General

True: Skydiver Luke Aikins jumps from the plane without a parachute.
Misleading: Kamala Harris supports late term abortion.
Human Rights-Gender Politics-People

Misleading: Kamala Harris supports late term abortion.
Misleading: Joe Biden was shot at in Iraq.
Geopolitical-General Politics-Elections

Misleading: Joe Biden was shot at in Iraq.
True: Facebook favors the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India.
Politics-General Tech-Social Media

True: Facebook favors the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India.
True: White House nixed the plan to distribute 650 million face masks through USPS.
Health-Covid Politics-General

True: White House nixed the plan to distribute 650 million face masks through USPS.
True: Trump asked voters to mail their ballots twice in North Carolina
Politics-Elections

True: Trump asked voters to mail their ballots twice in North Carolina
Misleading: Kangana Ranaut called farmers as terrorists.
Media-Celebrities

Misleading: Kangana Ranaut called farmers as terrorists.
Misleading: The Indian government is planning to reimpose lockdown in some parts of India.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

Misleading: The Indian government is planning to reimpose lockdown in some parts of India.
Misleading: Hawk Newsome said they were ready to burn down the government
Human Rights-Race

Misleading: Hawk Newsome said they were ready to burn down the government
False: New COVID-19 restrictions have been imposed in Mumbai.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

False: New COVID-19 restrictions have been imposed in Mumbai.
False: Russia's Covid19 vaccine to be sold for $3.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Russia's Covid19 vaccine to be sold for $3.
Partly_True: IBM is going to buy Cloudera.
Economics-Business Tech-Tech Business

Partly_True: IBM is going to buy Cloudera.
Misleading: Aindrita Ray is arrested over drugs scandal.
Events-General Media-Celebrities

Misleading: Aindrita Ray is arrested over drugs scandal.
True: If turnover exceeds ten crores, the seller is eligible for Tax Collected at Source.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

True: If turnover exceeds ten crores, the seller is eligible for Tax Collected at Source.
False: Joe Biden is President of the United States.
Politics-Elections Politics-People

False: Joe Biden is President of the United States.
The Gujarat government will pay Rs 1,10,000 to girls' families for their education.
Human Rights-Gender Politics-Policy

The Gujarat government will pay Rs 1,10,000 to girls' families for their education.
True: China has extended anti-dumping tariffs on Indian optical fiber.
Economics-Business Politics-Policy

True: China has extended anti-dumping tariffs on Indian optical fiber.
False: Organs were found missing from the dead body of a COVID-19 patient in Gorai in Mumbai.
Health-Covid

False: Organs were found missing from the dead body of a COVID-19 patient in Gorai in Mumbai.
True: TDS will not be deducted on the income up to Rs 50,000 from the interest received on deposits for senior citizens.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

True: TDS will not be deducted on the income up to Rs 50,000 from the interest received on deposits for senior citizens.
Partly_True: Over 80% of junior doctors on COVID-19 duty quit jobs after salary cut by the Kerala government.
Health-Covid Human Rights-General

Partly_True: Over 80% of junior doctors on COVID-19 duty quit jobs after salary cut by the Kerala government.
False: Chinese soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley faceoff were buried in Kangsiwa Martyrs Cemetery.
Events-General

False: Chinese soldiers killed in the Galwan Valley faceoff were buried in Kangsiwa Martyrs Cemetery.
False: Voting by mail is grossly irresponsible.
Politics-Elections

False: Voting by mail is grossly irresponsible.
True: Gold prices fall for the third day in a row from August 31, 2020.
Economics-General Geopolitical-General

True: Gold prices fall for the third day in a row from August 31, 2020.
True: Fourteen people are on trial in France over the deadly attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015.
Events-General

True: Fourteen people are on trial in France over the deadly attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015.
True: Six million furloughed workers broke the rules by doing their jobs from home during the lockdown.
Economics-General

True: Six million furloughed workers broke the rules by doing their jobs from home during the lockdown.
True: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is going to resign over his worsening health condition.
Health-General Politics-People

True: Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is going to resign over his worsening health condition.
Students who get 60% marks in 12th will be given Rs.5000 per year under Rajasthan's Chief Minister Higher Education Scholarship Scheme 2020.
Politics-Policy

Students who get 60% marks in 12th will be given Rs.5000 per year under Rajasthan's Chief Minister Higher Education Scholarship Scheme 2020.
False: IIT Varanasi University students discarded black gowns and wore Indian attire for Convocation ceremony.
Events-General Tech-Social Media

False: IIT Varanasi University students discarded black gowns and wore Indian attire for Convocation ceremony.
False: A man from Himachal Pradesh sold his cow to buy a smartphone for his children's education.
Events-General

False: A man from Himachal Pradesh sold his cow to buy a smartphone for his children's education.
Dr. Kafeel Khan has been released from jail.

Dr. Kafeel Khan has been released from jail.
Misleading: Joe Biden said that he wishes schools in the U.S. taught more about the Islamic faith.
Human Rights-Religion Politics-Elections

Misleading: Joe Biden said that he wishes schools in the U.S. taught more about the Islamic faith.
False: There was no leopard stuck inside a well in HD Kote.
Events-General

False: There was no leopard stuck inside a well in HD Kote.
False: Amitabh Bachchan's family is doing fine.
Health-Covid Media-Celebrities

False: Amitabh Bachchan's family is doing fine.
True: Supreme Court allows the service of summons by WhatsApp, Email, and Fax.
Tech-General

True: Supreme Court allows the service of summons by WhatsApp, Email, and Fax.
True: Veerappan's daughter Vidya Rani joined BJP.
Politics-General

True: Veerappan's daughter Vidya Rani joined BJP.
True: A bus ride from London to Kolkata in the 1950s.
Events-General Geopolitical-General

True: A bus ride from London to Kolkata in the 1950s.
False: Tamil Nadu has extended the lockdown till September 15, 2020.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

False: Tamil Nadu has extended the lockdown till September 15, 2020.
False: An IAS topper pulled a hand rickshaw introducing her father to the world.
Media-General

False: An IAS topper pulled a hand rickshaw introducing her father to the world.
True: Shyam Rao Shirke a man who makes tea from a nullah-emitted gas stove.
Tech-General

True: Shyam Rao Shirke a man who makes tea from a nullah-emitted gas stove.
Partly_True: 350 terrorists were killed in the Balakote airstrike.
Events-Terrorism

Partly_True: 350 terrorists were killed in the Balakote airstrike.
Partly_True: FRDI bill 2017 allows a government entity to use depositor's money to save a bank on the verge of bankruptcy.
Politics-Policy

Partly_True: FRDI bill 2017 allows a government entity to use depositor's money to save a bank on the verge of bankruptcy.
Patanjali never claimed to have made any medicine that cures COVID-19.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

Patanjali never claimed to have made any medicine that cures COVID-19.
True: Beijing raises the COVID-19 emergency response level to II from III.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: Beijing raises the COVID-19 emergency response level to II from III.
True: An FIR was registered against Baba Ramdev and four others.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

True: An FIR was registered against Baba Ramdev and four others.
True: A Chinese company has bid 1,126 crores for the Delhi-Meerut project.
Economics-Business

True: A Chinese company has bid 1,126 crores for the Delhi-Meerut project.
True: Supreme court stayed the Rath Yatra on 18 June 2020 but reversed its decision later.
Events-General Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

True: Supreme court stayed the Rath Yatra on 18 June 2020 but reversed its decision later.
True: A fire broke out at Mumbai's Crawford Market.
Events-General

True: A fire broke out at Mumbai's Crawford Market.
True: A fire broke out at Crawford Market.

True: A fire broke out at Crawford Market.
True: A fire broke out at the Crawford market.

True: A fire broke out at the Crawford market.
True: A fire broke out at Crawford Market in Mumbai.
Events-General

True: A fire broke out at Crawford Market in Mumbai.
True: Britain breaks record for coal-free power generation.
Climate-General

True: Britain breaks record for coal-free power generation.
False: According to Donald Trump, people should go to work if they only have mild coronavirus symptoms.
Health-Covid Politics-General

False: According to Donald Trump, people should go to work if they only have mild coronavirus symptoms.
False: World Health Organisation supported false Chinese government propaganda that the coronavirus was not contagious among humans.
Geopolitical-Humanitarian Health-Covid

False: World Health Organisation supported false Chinese government propaganda that the coronavirus was not contagious among humans.
Misleading: Schools in Mumbai will stay closed till 29 March 2020.
Events-General Health-Covid

Misleading: Schools in Mumbai will stay closed till 29 March 2020.
False: A video is widely shared on social media claiming that a temple in Andhra Pradesh has been turned into a quarantine facility for Muslims.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

False: A video is widely shared on social media claiming that a temple in Andhra Pradesh has been turned into a quarantine facility for Muslims.
True: The Virginia Beach municipal centre shooting was the 150th mass shooting in the United States in 2019.
Events-General

True: The Virginia Beach municipal centre shooting was the 150th mass shooting in the United States in 2019.
False: India won the 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup.
Media-Sports

False: India won the 2019 International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup.
Partly_True: Plasma from newly recovered COVID-19 patients can be used to treat others infected by it.

Partly_True: Plasma from newly recovered COVID-19 patients can be used to treat others infected by it.
True: Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) announced a hike for all categories of consumers by 2.14 percent.

True: Punjab State Electricity Regulatory Commission (PSERC) announced a hike for all categories of consumers by 2.14 percent.
True: The 2019 Mount Everest climbing season has eight Nepalese climbing guides.

True: The 2019 Mount Everest climbing season has eight Nepalese climbing guides.
True: Almost 5,000 climbers have scaled the world's highest peak since 1953.
Events-General

True: Almost 5,000 climbers have scaled the world's highest peak since 1953.
True: National Population Register data is not protected by confidentiality clauses like the census data.
Politics-Policy

True: National Population Register data is not protected by confidentiality clauses like the census data.
Partly_True: The CDC is going to issue new guidance which will make it possible for people who have been exposed to the coronavirus to return to work more quickly by wearing a mask for a certain period of time, said Vice President Mike Pence.
Health-Covid

Partly_True: The CDC is going to issue new guidance which will make it possible for people who have been exposed to the coronavirus to return to work more quickly by wearing a mask for a certain period of time, said Vice President Mike Pence.
False: A video claims to show double-decker metro train manufactured by ICF Coach Factory, Chennai, India for Sydney metro and made operational on 5 Nov 2019.
Economics-Business Tech-Social Media

False: A video claims to show double-decker metro train manufactured by ICF Coach Factory, Chennai, India for Sydney metro and made operational on 5 Nov 2019.
Misleading: Jay Sekulow said,
Media-General Politics-General

Misleading: Jay Sekulow said, "Quid Pro Quo is not a part of the impeachment charges facing Donald Trump."
True: Albert Einstein was a genius.

True: Albert Einstein was a genius.
Partly_True: The number of captive tigers in Europe and the United States is more than double the number left in the wild.
Events-Activism

Partly_True: The number of captive tigers in Europe and the United States is more than double the number left in the wild.
Misleading: Barack Obama is responsible for the N95 mask shortage in the U.S.
Health-General Politics-People

Misleading: Barack Obama is responsible for the N95 mask shortage in the U.S.
Misleading: A viral video claims that people in the U.S. flouting social distancing to grab essentials.
Events-General Health-Covid

Misleading: A viral video claims that people in the U.S. flouting social distancing to grab essentials.
False: Director of Medanta Hospital Dr Naresh Trehan had put a request to the government for a national emergency.
Health-Covid Tech-Social Media

False: Director of Medanta Hospital Dr Naresh Trehan had put a request to the government for a national emergency.
True: Saudi Aramco becomes first $2 trillion company, worth same as entire Indian stock market.

True: Saudi Aramco becomes first $2 trillion company, worth same as entire Indian stock market.
True: Europe has recorded the highest number of fatalities with 1,24,525 people dying due to coronavirus across the continent.
Health-Covid

True: Europe has recorded the highest number of fatalities with 1,24,525 people dying due to coronavirus across the continent.
False: A video circulated on WhatsApp shows that the Government of China has started eliminating coronavirus infected people either by poison injection or by shooting them to death.

False: A video circulated on WhatsApp shows that the Government of China has started eliminating coronavirus infected people either by poison injection or by shooting them to death.
True: One in every fifty people is homeless in London.

True: One in every fifty people is homeless in London.
Partly_True: Florida and Pakistan have exempted religious services from lockdown orders due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Geopolitical-General Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

Partly_True: Florida and Pakistan have exempted religious services from lockdown orders due to the coronavirus pandemic.
False: COVID-19 can be cured within 2 hours by drinking bitter gourd juice.
Health-Covid

False: COVID-19 can be cured within 2 hours by drinking bitter gourd juice.
False: Ozone sterilization can be used as a protection against the COVID-19 infection.
Health-Covid

False: Ozone sterilization can be used as a protection against the COVID-19 infection.
True: Chitals are being killed by stray dogs and people in Karnataka for food amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
Events-General Health-Covid

True: Chitals are being killed by stray dogs and people in Karnataka for food amid the COVID-19 lockdown.
Partly_True: Disney to stop paying 100,000 workers but is still on track to give shareholders $1.5 billion dividends.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

Partly_True: Disney to stop paying 100,000 workers but is still on track to give shareholders $1.5 billion dividends.
False: Testing ground for a new coronavirus vaccine will be Africa.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Human Rights-Race

False: Testing ground for a new coronavirus vaccine will be Africa.
Partly_True: The Indian government announced it won't release the findings of the Consumer Expenditure Survey 2017-18 in November 2019 because of data quality issues, amid reports that consumer spending in rural areas has dropped for the first time in more than four decades.

Partly_True: The Indian government announced it won't release the findings of the Consumer Expenditure Survey 2017-18 in November 2019 because of data quality issues, amid reports that consumer spending in rural areas has dropped for the first time in more than four decades.
True: KSrelief to distribute food and shelter materials in Saada Governorate, Yemen.

True: KSrelief to distribute food and shelter materials in Saada Governorate, Yemen.
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