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Married At First Sight star Jacqui Burfoot reveals her savvy real estate secrets after Homestay Week Airbnb controversy
15 hours, 20 minutes ago

Married At First Sight star Jacqui Burfoot reveals her savvy real estate secrets after Homestay Week Airbnb controversy

Daily Mail  

Controversial Married at First Sight bride Jacqui Burfoot has revealed the truth about her status as a homeowner. The 29-year-old created confusion during Homestays Week after it was revealed her Manly flat was, in fact, a $200-a-night Airbnb rented especially for the experiment. The 29-year-old created confusion during Homestays Week after it was revealed that her Manly flat was, in …

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Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show Bihar cops and Buddhist monks scuffling
1 day, 14 hours ago

Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show Bihar cops and Buddhist monks scuffling

India Today  

Buddhist monks are protesting in Bihar’s Bodh Gaya, seeking complete control of the Mahabodhi temple and demanding the repeal of the Bodh Gaya Temple Act 1949. Shame on the Bihar government and the central government.” India Today Fact Check found that this was a demonstration outside the Chief Minister’s residence in Rajasthan on December 21, 2024. OUR PROBE Reverse-searching the …

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Fact Check: No, video doesn't show riots in France against Bollywood film ‘Chhava’
2 days, 22 hours ago

Fact Check: No, video doesn't show riots in France against Bollywood film ‘Chhava’

Deccan Chronicle  

The Verdict: False The video is from January 2021 and shows youths attacking a police vehicle during a video shoot in Pantin, France—it is not linked to the film Chhava. A video showing people throwing stones and attacking a police vehicle is circulating widely on social media, with claims that it depicts Muslims in Paris protesting the release of 'Chhava'—a …

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Fact Check: This Viral Image Of 'Gazan Woman Golding Child's Remains' Is Fake
3 days, 5 hours ago

Fact Check: This Viral Image Of 'Gazan Woman Golding Child's Remains' Is Fake

ABP News  

The Verdict The viral image of a woman seemingly holding the skeletal remains of a child has been digitally generated by an Instagram user. An AI-generated image has gone viral on social media with claims it shows a woman from Gaza who discovered the remains of her child while searching through the rubble of her home after a year. A …

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Fact Check: Staged Video Of Muslim Man 'Threatening To Suspend Cop' Is Viral
3 days, 6 hours ago

Fact Check: Staged Video Of Muslim Man 'Threatening To Suspend Cop' Is Viral

ABP News  

The Verdict The video is scripted and uploaded by Deepak Sharma, a digital creator known for his scripted content. A video showing a man wearing a skullcap arguing with a police officer has gone viral on social media, accompanied by claims that a man named Salim threatened the officer. A reverse image search of the viral video led to an …

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Fact Check: CSK fan holds anti-Aurangzeb poster at IPL? No, this photo is edited
3 days, 14 hours ago

Fact Check: CSK fan holds anti-Aurangzeb poster at IPL? No, this photo is edited

India Today  

Amid the ongoing controversy over Aurangzeb's grave in Maharashtra, a photo of a man at an Indian Premier League match holding a poster featuring offensive language directed at the Mughal emperor is making rounds on social media. The photo shows a Chennai Super Kings fan in a yellow jersey holding an anti-Aurangzeb poster. The original photo shows film director Rathna …

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Netflix's Adolescence is being attacked for race-swapping. Here's the fact
3 days, 14 hours ago

Netflix's Adolescence is being attacked for race-swapping. Here's the fact

India Today  

Adolescence is powerful, it is simply brilliant. "Jack Thorne created and wrote Adolescence on Netflix, where the murderer was race-swapped from a black migrant teen to a young conservative English boy," wrote an X user who identified as a Catholic, MAGA-Hulk and attorney at law. "Adolescence just came out and a real-life black murderer is portrayed as an innocent white …

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Fact Check: Video claiming fire incident happened at Mumbai Airport was AI-generated; details inside
3 days, 22 hours ago

Fact Check: Video claiming fire incident happened at Mumbai Airport was AI-generated; details inside

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: A video showing thick smoke billowing from inside an airport was recently shared on social media with the claim that it was from Mumbai Airport, where a fire erupted on March 18, killing at least 1,300 people and causing property damage worth Rs 47,000 crores. Claim An Instagram user with the handle 'life_is_very_important001' shared a video on March …

Social Media Fact Check Mumbai Video Airport Property Damage Mumbai Airport
FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim federal judiciary members are in secret club, undermining Trump
6 days, 16 hours ago

FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim federal judiciary members are in secret club, undermining Trump

Associated Press  

After Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked calls this week by the Trump administration to impeach judges, social media users falsely claimed that he and other high-level legal professionals are part of a “secretive, invite only club.” Many questioned the motives of members, hinting at coordinated efforts to oppose President Donald Trump. Many current and former Supreme Court justices have been …

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Fact Check: Don't Fall For This Image! The Beautiful 'Brazil' Landscape Next To Amazon Rainforest Is Not Real
1 week ago

Fact Check: Don't Fall For This Image! The Beautiful 'Brazil' Landscape Next To Amazon Rainforest Is Not Real

ABP News  

A post circulating on social media features a photo showing a sharp divide between a city and a lush forest. It is being shared with claims that the image depicts the Brazilian city of Manaus meeting the Amazon rainforest, with the caption: “This is the city of Manaus, Brazil. The website’s “About this image” feature indicated that the image was …

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Why Trump wants to shut down US Department of Education 'as soon as possible'
1 week ago

Why Trump wants to shut down US Department of Education 'as soon as possible'

India Today  

On Thursday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to shut down the Department of Education. The Executive order directs the Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return education and return education authority to the states." Thursday's order was a first step "to eliminate" the department …

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Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show open cheating at IAS exam centres
1 week ago

Fact Check: This video DOES NOT show open cheating at IAS exam centres

India Today  

A shocking video making the rounds online purports to show the scale of cheating for Union Public Service Commission exams in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand. One person wrote: “As an educationist, it's heartbreaking to see the state of IAS exam centres in UP, Bihar, and Jharkhand. Shame on you government.” India Today Fact Check found that this video from …

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Happy Face true story: Fact vs. fiction on Paramount+ show about Keith Jesperson.
1 week ago

Happy Face true story: Fact vs. fiction on Paramount+ show about Keith Jesperson.

Slate  

This article contains spoilers for Happy Face. The series is based on a memoir and spinoff podcast by Melissa G. Moore, and explores her coming to terms with learning Keith Jesperson, the father she loved and adored as a child, led a double life as the notorious “Happy Face” serial killer. One day, Melissa’s estranged father, the convicted serial killer …

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Fact Check: Old clip from Russia shared as 'Indian-origin student Sudiksha Konanki drowning'
1 week ago

Fact Check: Old clip from Russia shared as 'Indian-origin student Sudiksha Konanki drowning'

Deccan Chronicle  

Fact-Check The Verdict: False The viral video is from June 2024 and shows a woman being swept away by strong waves during a storm on Riviera Beach in Sochi, Russia. It is being shared with the claim that it shows Indian-origin U.S. student Sudiksha Konanki, who went missing on March 6, 2025, while vacationing in the Dominican Republic. An X …

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Fact Check: Pre-Holi Mob Violence In Ahmedabad Over Personal Dispute Given Communal Spin
1 week, 1 day ago

Fact Check: Pre-Holi Mob Violence In Ahmedabad Over Personal Dispute Given Communal Spin

ABP News  

A video circulating on social media claims to show Muslim miscreants in Ahmedabad armed with swords and iron rods vandalising public property and attacking people a day before Holi. Claim: The video shows Gujarat Police detaining, parading, and beating Muslim youth in Ahmedabad for vandalising property and attacking people. Fact: The viral video shows the police arresting and punishing those …

Ahmedabad Video Gujarat Incident Holi Muslims Accused
Fact Check: Anant Ambani Shown Promoting ‘Ambani Gaming App’ In Deepfake Video
1 week, 1 day ago

Fact Check: Anant Ambani Shown Promoting ‘Ambani Gaming App’ In Deepfake Video

ABP News  

Claim: The video shows Anant Ambani announcing a gaming app to help Indians increase their income. Hyderabad: A video circulating on social media allegedly shows businessman Anant Ambani, the youngest son of Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani, promoting a gaming app by the Ambani Group that has the ‘potential to boost the income of middle-class Indians.’ In the video, he …

India Fact Check Rescue Video Gaming App Indians
Fact Check: Did the UK Parliament Honor Chiranjeevi with a Lifetime Achievement Award?
1 week, 1 day ago

Fact Check: Did the UK Parliament Honor Chiranjeevi with a Lifetime Achievement Award?

Deccan Chronicle  

Instead, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Public Service through Cultural Leadership was presented by Bridge India, an UK-based public policy organization. Meanwhile, Chiranjeevi shared his heartfelt gratitude for the Life Time Achievement Award presented to him by Team Bridge India at the House of Commons, UK Parliament. "I am deeply honored and humbled to receive this prestigious award …

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Fact Check: Donald Trump Has Not Replaced Lincoln Portrait In Oval Office, Viral Image Is Edited
1 week, 1 day ago

Fact Check: Donald Trump Has Not Replaced Lincoln Portrait In Oval Office, Viral Image Is Edited

ABP News  

The Verdict A Wall Street Journal photograph is digitally altered to superimpose a Jewish leader’s face onto Lincoln’s portrait. Social media users have circulated an image from the Oval Office, claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump has replaced Abraham Lincoln's portrait with that of Jewish leader Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson. The viral image shows Schneerson's portrait on the wall accompanied …

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Trump’s driving goal of destruction: A Nobel Peace Prize
1 week, 1 day ago

Trump’s driving goal of destruction: A Nobel Peace Prize

Salon  

Donald Trump wants one thing to solidify his legacy: A Nobel Peace Prize. This is a fact Trump conveniently fails to mention as he and his Presidential Pep Secretary Karoline Leavitt spout slogans like, “Biden’s pathetic weakness” caused the war and, if Trump had been in office it never would have happened. While Trump was busy preaching fiction, “we’ve got …

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Fact check: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says?
1 week, 1 day ago

Fact check: Is Tren de Aragua invading the US, as Trump says?

Al Jazeera  

President Donald Trump cites the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport a Venezuelan gang, calling it an invasion, but legal experts disagree. The proclamation says Tren de Aragua “is a hybrid criminal state that is perpetrating an invasion of and predatory incursion into the United States”, and so any person 14 years or older who is a Tren de Aragua …

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Fact Check: Did Meira Paibis Block Army Convoy From Entering Village After Manipur Came Under President’s Rule?
1 week, 2 days ago

Fact Check: Did Meira Paibis Block Army Convoy From Entering Village After Manipur Came Under President’s Rule?

ABP News  

Since May 2023, Manipur has been witnessing clashes between the Kuki and Meitei communities, leading to significant loss of life and large-scale displacement. Claim: The video shows a few women blocking an army convoy from entering a village after President’s Rule was imposed in Manipur in February 2025. Fact: The video dates back to 30 April 2024 and is unrelated …

Army Video Incident 2024 Rule Meitei Manipur
Fact Check: Photo Showing NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams With Musk & Trump After Return To Earth Is AI-Generated
1 week, 2 days ago

Fact Check: Photo Showing NASA Astronaut Sunita Williams With Musk & Trump After Return To Earth Is AI-Generated

ABP News  

Claim: The image shows astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore meeting Donald Trump and Elon Musk after returning to Earth after their extended space mission. Hyderabad: NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore returned to Earth on March 18 after an extended mission that lasted 286 days aboard the International Space Station. An X user shared the image with the …

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Fact Check: RSS leader attended Iftar party — but before Nagpur violence broke out
1 week, 2 days ago

Fact Check: RSS leader attended Iftar party — but before Nagpur violence broke out

India Today  

Communal violence rocked Maharashtra’s Nagpur on March 17. Amid this, a video allegedly showed Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Indresh Kumar attending an Iftar party on the night of the Nagpur violence. Sharing the clip on Facebook, one person wrote in Hindi, “The night when Hindu houses and vehicles were identified and burnt in Nagpur, RSS leader Indresh Kumar was having …

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Fact Check: Video Showing Demolition Of A TVK Office Not Linked To Vijay’s Controversial Iftar Party
1 week, 3 days ago

Fact Check: Video Showing Demolition Of A TVK Office Not Linked To Vijay’s Controversial Iftar Party

ABP News  

Claim: Vijay’s party office in Tamil Nadu was demolished after hosting an Iftar party. Referring to Thalapathy Vijay as Annan, the video was shared on Facebook with the caption, “I remember Annan went somewhere to pray…” Fact Check NewsMeter found that the claim is misleading. The video of the demolition of the wall with Vijay’s image on it is unrelated …

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