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False: Covishield vaccine is likely to produce more antibodies than Covaxin.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Covishield vaccine is likely to produce more antibodies than Covaxin.
True: The Bhopal gas tragedy victims are being used as test subjects for Covaxin trials without being properly informed.
Health-Pharma Human Rights-General Politics-General

True: The Bhopal gas tragedy victims are being used as test subjects for Covaxin trials without being properly informed.
Remdesivir is likely to be used to treat the Nipah virus infection in humans.
Health-General

Remdesivir is likely to be used to treat the Nipah virus infection in humans.
True: Senate Republicans have used the filibuster twice as often as Democrats.
Politics-General Politics-Policy

True: Senate Republicans have used the filibuster twice as often as Democrats.
False: Dr. Fauci gains profits from pharmaceutical companies.
Health-General Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: Dr. Fauci gains profits from pharmaceutical companies.
True: The overall number of people dying in care homes in the U.K. is three times higher than it was before the pandemic started.
Health-Covid

True: The overall number of people dying in care homes in the U.K. is three times higher than it was before the pandemic started.
False: A CNN video shows the Chinese police abducting an Uyghur girl in Xinjiang.
Events-General Tech-Social Media

False: A CNN video shows the Chinese police abducting an Uyghur girl in Xinjiang.
Misleading: The University of Delhi will provide full scholarships to students whose parents have passed away.
Events-General

Misleading: The University of Delhi will provide full scholarships to students whose parents have passed away.
False: A proposed bill will allow the French government to seize one's property if one is not vaccinated against COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-Policy

False: A proposed bill will allow the French government to seize one's property if one is not vaccinated against COVID-19.
False: Bill Gates has called for the withdrawal of COVID-19 vaccines.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: Bill Gates has called for the withdrawal of COVID-19 vaccines.
False: The Taliban has banned feminine hygiene products in Afghanistan.
Human Rights-Gender

False: The Taliban has banned feminine hygiene products in Afghanistan.
True: Central government employees in India will likely get a salary increment.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

True: Central government employees in India will likely get a salary increment.
Misleading: Indian government increased the time gap between two Covishield vaccine doses due to a shortage.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-Policy

Misleading: Indian government increased the time gap between two Covishield vaccine doses due to a shortage.
False: Administering pseudo vaccines are a method of controlling the world.
Conspiracies-General Health-Vaccines

False: Administering pseudo vaccines are a method of controlling the world.
False: President Biden is in cognitive decline.
Health-General Politics-People

False: President Biden is in cognitive decline.
The central government levies only 5 percent tax on LPG cylinders, whereas the state governments levy a tax of 55 percent.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

The central government levies only 5 percent tax on LPG cylinders, whereas the state governments levy a tax of 55 percent.
False: WhatsApp has been tricking its Indian users into consenting to its updated privacy policy.
Politics-Policy Tech-Social Media

False: WhatsApp has been tricking its Indian users into consenting to its updated privacy policy.
True: The Washington D.C. Memorial Day veterans' motorcycle ride is not permitted in 2021.
Events-General Events-Activism

True: The Washington D.C. Memorial Day veterans' motorcycle ride is not permitted in 2021.
False: Inhaling camphor and other natural ingredients will help to increase oxygen levels.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Inhaling camphor and other natural ingredients will help to increase oxygen levels.
True: A GoFundMe page was launched for Meghan and Harry's mortgage.
Events-General Media-General Politics-General

True: A GoFundMe page was launched for Meghan and Harry's mortgage.
False: It is illegal to chant Jai Shree Ram in Bengal.
Human Rights-Religion Politics-General

False: It is illegal to chant Jai Shree Ram in Bengal.
Biden is a communist.
Politics-People Politics-Policy

Biden is a communist.
False: Rihanna was posing with the Pakistani national flag and is a Pakistan supporter.
Conspiracies-General Media-Celebrities Tech-Social Media

False: Rihanna was posing with the Pakistani national flag and is a Pakistan supporter.
Partly_True: A nominee has a right to property.
Human Rights-General Politics-Policy

Partly_True: A nominee has a right to property.
False: Tim Berners-Lee is creating a new internet.
Tech-Tech Business

False: Tim Berners-Lee is creating a new internet.
True: Messaging app Signal is more secure than WhatsApp.
Tech-General Tech-Social Media Tech-Tech Business

True: Messaging app Signal is more secure than WhatsApp.
False: Joe Biden blocked Narendra Modi's visa in 2005.
Politics-People

False: Joe Biden blocked Narendra Modi's visa in 2005.
False: A vaccine for the novel coronavirus is ready.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines

False: A vaccine for the novel coronavirus is ready.
True: The Government of India has asked state governments to enforce work-from-home for private-sector employees except those working in emergency/essential services.
Events-Humanitarian Health-Covid

True: The Government of India has asked state governments to enforce work-from-home for private-sector employees except those working in emergency/essential services.
True: Dogs are being trained to detect if individuals have COVID-19.
Events-General Health-Covid

True: Dogs are being trained to detect if individuals have COVID-19.
Partly_True: Maharashtra and Gujarat remain on top in COVID-19 deaths even though they are not related to the Tablighi Jamat.
Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

Partly_True: Maharashtra and Gujarat remain on top in COVID-19 deaths even though they are not related to the Tablighi Jamat.
False: Kalonji seeds can cure COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Kalonji seeds can cure COVID-19.
False: Donald Trump is the 54th President of The United States of America.
Politics-General

False: Donald Trump is the 54th President of The United States of America.
True: Oxfam aid workers used prostitutes in Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010 and in Chad in 2006.
Events-General

True: Oxfam aid workers used prostitutes in Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010 and in Chad in 2006.
False: The coronavirus has been spreading because of non-vegetarian food.
Health-Covid

False: The coronavirus has been spreading because of non-vegetarian food.
True: COVID-19 survivors test positive again in South Korea.
Health-Covid

True: COVID-19 survivors test positive again in South Korea.
True: The coronavirus advisory heard at the beginning of phone calls can be avoided by pressing '1'.
Health-Covid Tech-General

True: The coronavirus advisory heard at the beginning of phone calls can be avoided by pressing '1'.
True: The demand for cold-pressed juice market in North America has been on the rise in recent years.

True: The demand for cold-pressed juice market in North America has been on the rise in recent years.
False: A video shows an hospital in the U.S is being flooded with bodies due to coronavirus.
Health-Covid

False: A video shows an hospital in the U.S is being flooded with bodies due to coronavirus.
False: Janata curfew was requested by PM Modi as the Government of India intended to spray medicines by aeroplanes from the sky to control the spreading of COVID-19.
Conspiracies-General Health-Covid

False: Janata curfew was requested by PM Modi as the Government of India intended to spray medicines by aeroplanes from the sky to control the spreading of COVID-19.
True: Speedy scientific analysis of the novel coronavirus carries risks of misinformation.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: Speedy scientific analysis of the novel coronavirus carries risks of misinformation.
Misleading: President Trump suggested drinking and injecting disinfectant to kill the coronavirus.
Health-Covid

Misleading: President Trump suggested drinking and injecting disinfectant to kill the coronavirus.
Misleading: Xhedran Shaqiri and Granit Xakha made a double eagle gesture after scoring goals against Serbia in the FIFA world cup, which is considered as derogatory in political terms as an insult to the Albanian national flag made by men of Kosovan origin.
Media-Sports

Misleading: Xhedran Shaqiri and Granit Xakha made a double eagle gesture after scoring goals against Serbia in the FIFA world cup, which is considered as derogatory in political terms as an insult to the Albanian national flag made by men of Kosovan origin.
False: Running was invented by running shoe companies to sell more running shoes.
Economics-Business

False: Running was invented by running shoe companies to sell more running shoes.
False: A viral image claims to be of a doctor couple who died after contracting COVID-19.
Health-Covid

False: A viral image claims to be of a doctor couple who died after contracting COVID-19.
Partly_True: 50-80% of COVID-19 news stories on social media are fake.
Health-Covid Tech-Social Media

Partly_True: 50-80% of COVID-19 news stories on social media are fake.
Misleading: Trump had suggested that Ultraviolet light, humidity and disinfectants could be used to treat the virus.
Health-Covid

Misleading: Trump had suggested that Ultraviolet light, humidity and disinfectants could be used to treat the virus.
False: The pH level of coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5 and we need to take more of alkaline foods that are above the above pH level of the virus.
Health-Covid

False: The pH level of coronavirus varies from 5.5 to 8.5 and we need to take more of alkaline foods that are above the above pH level of the virus.
True: Azim Premji donated over 50,000 crores to charity in 2019.
Economics-Business

True: Azim Premji donated over 50,000 crores to charity in 2019.
False: KFC is giving away 3 free meals to everyone on its 68th Anniversary.
Economics-Business

False: KFC is giving away 3 free meals to everyone on its 68th Anniversary.
False: A viral video shows Tamil actor Ajith’s recent accident on the sets of his film Valimai.
Events-General Media-Celebrities

False: A viral video shows Tamil actor Ajith’s recent accident on the sets of his film Valimai.
False: GoAir India is charging passengers hefty fees for re-scheduling their tickets for flights that have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Health-Covid

False: GoAir India is charging passengers hefty fees for re-scheduling their tickets for flights that have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
True: Two doctors of Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19.
Health-Covid

True: Two doctors of Safdarjung Hospital in Delhi have tested positive for COVID-19.
True: At Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi, people can get a free platform ticket if they do 30 situps.
Health-General

True: At Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi, people can get a free platform ticket if they do 30 situps.
True: A total of 31 deaths within the Hywel Dda health board area in west Wales were not included in Public Health Wales statistics.
Health-Covid

True: A total of 31 deaths within the Hywel Dda health board area in west Wales were not included in Public Health Wales statistics.
False: 5G networks could spread Novel Coronavirus.
Conspiracies-5G Health-Covid

False: 5G networks could spread Novel Coronavirus.
False: A massive lasagna will be cooked at Wembley stadium in London.
Health-Covid Media-Sports

False: A massive lasagna will be cooked at Wembley stadium in London.
Every election year in the U.S. has a major disease outbreak which includes SARS in 2004, Avian flu in 2008, Swine flu in 2010, MERS in 2012, Ebola in 2014, Zika in 2016 and Coronavirus in 2020.
Health-General Politics-Elections

Every election year in the U.S. has a major disease outbreak which includes SARS in 2004, Avian flu in 2008, Swine flu in 2010, MERS in 2012, Ebola in 2014, Zika in 2016 and Coronavirus in 2020.
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