BOOM Fact Check: Debunking Misinformation and Fake news
BOOM Fact Check: A premier destination for factchecking and debunking fake news and misinformation in India. As a trusted authority, BOOM specializes in debunking fake news and viral falsehoods found in photos and videos on social media, ensuring information integrity through rigorous verification processes.
What Data Says About How Middle Class Is Defined In India
Jan 21, 2023 · Middle-class households earn from ₹5 lakhs to ₹30 lakhs a year. Aspiring households earn from ₹1.25 lakhs to ₹5 lakhs annually. Destitute households earn below ₹1.25 lakhs annually. Their survey had an average household of 4.6 persons. The middle-class forms 55% in metros, 52% in boom towns and 43% in niche cities, with India's 63 ...
Fact-Checking 'Sir' Origins: Debunking 'Slave I Remain' Myth
May 7, 2017 · However, a blog by freelance journalist and writer Udaylal Pai, makes that claim. Pai says sir means 'slave I remain', in French. (Some sites state that 'sir' is derived from the Middle French honorific title 'sire') But etymonline shows that sire in its noun form has always meant some variation of feudal lord. sire (n.)
Graphic Images of Kolkata Doctor’s Rape, Murder On X: What Do …
Aug 16, 2024 · Graphic Images of Kolkata Doctor’s Rape, Murder Circulate on X. A post-graduate trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered while on duty at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Disturbing images of the doctor's body have been circulated on social media platform X, showing her mutilated face and intensifying public outrage.
CSAM Investigation: Instagram To Telegram: Predators Are Selling …
Jul 10, 2024 · Instagram accounts that post sexualised images of Indian children lead viewers to Telegram channels, where people sell child sex abuse content for anywhere between Rs 40 to- Rs 5,000. In the last month, Decode investigated a sample of these Telegram channels, connected to Instagram accounts, that share child sex abuse videos.
Explained: Why Are Indians Getting Shorter? | BOOM
Oct 4, 2021 · Barring the heights of women between the ages of 26-50, which increased by 0.13 cm, the average height of Indians declined. The height of women between 15-25 decreased by 0.12 cm, and heights of men between 15-25 and 26-50 decreased by 1.10 cm and 0.86 cm respectively. In the same period, the average heights across the world have been higher ...
Pew Survey Finds Religious Conversion In India Is Rare | BOOM
Sep 22, 2021 · Low Conversion. Pew's survey of 30,000 Indians further revealed that religious conversion in the country was rare. 99% of those who were raised as Hindu were still found to be Hindu. As for Muslims, 97 per cent of those raised in Islam were still Muslims. Meanwhile, 94 per cent of those raised as Christians were still Christians.
Viral Video Claiming Narayana Murthy Has Launched A Trading …
Sep 22, 2023 · A video claiming Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy launched an AI-based trading platform to "help Indians have a stable passive income" is fake and part of a phishing scam. The video shows Murthy talking to press persons with an overlaid audio claiming he has launched a new trading platform. The post hyperlinks to a webpage, which is designed ...
Deepfake Video Of Biden Cursing After Dropping Out Of Race …
Jul 22, 2024 · FACT CHECK The video is a deepfake, created by synthesising Biden's voice and manipulating his lip movements to match the fake audio. The original video was an address given by Biden on July 15, 2024, after an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. PBS News, whose logo appears in the altered video, confirmed the video is fake and condemned its unauthorized use.
Video Of Kamala Harris Saying "Tomorrow Will Be Today" Is A …
May 2, 2023 · A doctored video showing United States Vice President Kamala Harris is being shared on social media where she is heard making a faux pas and being incoherent while elaborating on "yesterday is today" during her speech at a rally for abortion rights at Howard University in Washington D.C. on April 25, 2023. BOOM found that it was a deepfake and ...