Rahul Upadhyay
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Facebook Removes Fake News Page Postcard For Copyright Violations. One Killed, Three Injured In Karnataka In Latest Lynching Sparked By Child Kidnapping Rumours. No, This Video Does Not Show How Artificial Colour Is Added To Peas. How Vande Mataram Became So Controversial: All You Need To Know. India Most Dangerous Country For Women: 7 Things You Need To Know. RSS Vs Pakistan: 2016 Video of Indian Wrestlers Kavita Devi & Bull Bull Goes Viral. 'Rahul Gandhi Not A Hindu': Did Mahatma Gandhi's Great Grandson Say This?
Times Of India Shares Fake Cropped Bungee Jump Fail Video. The Times Of India on June 15 posted a video which claimed to show that a woman unwittingly bungee jumped off a platform as her instructor forgot to attach the safety harness.
The video stated that her trainer realised that he “forgot to hook the string” but only after the girl leapt off the platform. The body language of the instructor whose back is turned to the camera appears to make him seem suddenly startled, which is what makes the claim believable. The newspaper even published it to its Facebook page where it has received over 1,400 shares and over 2,000 comments mostly from people who called it fake. It is not clear why the newspaper published the video since it had been viral on social media several days earlier. A simple Google search of the sentence “woman bungee jumps without a rope” shows that the video was debunked as early as June 5. Fake News Websites Active During Karnataka Polls Vanish.
The slew of websites that cropped up during the Karnataka election have either gone offline or changed course to show non-political content.
These websites that peddled political propaganda had come into existence around March 2018, posting inflammatory content, with most of them mocking Congress party and Rahul Gandhi. One of these websites, Bengaluru times which earlier looked like this – is now a website listing paying guest accomodations in the city called MIA Rooms and looks like this – We called the contact number given for Mia Rooms and spoke to Rajesh Reddy, one of the partners in the firm.
Reddy said that his partner Nagaraj G bought the domain from GoDaddy about a week ago and they are unaware of the earlier existence of the website. Several other websites like Bengaluru Mirror (www.bengalurumirror.in), Express Bangalore ( and Voice of Bengaluru ( now have dead urls. Rahul Gandhi's Fuzzy History Of Coca-Cola's Origin & Founder. Rahul Gandhi & John Pemberton, founder, Coca-Cola In a fresh attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that people who have skills are not rewarded in India.
Gandhi was addressing party workers belonging to the Other Backward Class or the OBC community during a public meeting at Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium. 'Absolutely Rubbish': Pranab Mukherjee's Office On Fake Quote On Manmohan Singh. Pranab Mukherjee & Manmohan Singh.
Video Of Restaurant Staff Washing Dishes With Pothole Water Is Not From India. Toxic Plastic Eggs From China? No, Those Are Prank Toys. CLAIM: This is a video showing how plastic eggs are made in China.
RATING: False FACT: A video on WhatsApp and social media claims to show fake eggs are made in China to dupe unsuspecting consumers. However, a fact-check revealed that the video actually shows a prank slime toy being made. A video showing two people assemble fake eggs is being shared on social media in India with the claim that it shows how plastic eggs are made in China. No, A BJP Member Did Not Hit A Christian Priest In Bangalore. J&K Police Slams Madhu Kishwar, Calls Her Tweet On Burhan Wani 'Concocted' On Monday, writer and academic Madhu Purnima Kishwar tweeted as part of a thread claiming that the SP who killed terrorist Burhan Wani in 2016 was later suspended.
She slammed the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Director General SP Vaid for “playing doormat to jihadi politicians.” The tweet also alleges that Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was upset with the encounter that resulted in the SP’s suspension who was not named by her. 7. Did PM Narendra Modi Ignore His Security Guard Dying Of Heart Attack? An old video from 2013 has gone viral on social media claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi ignored his ‘security guard’ who collapsed on stage and died.
The post compares his attitude with another video of Pope Francis who can be seen interrupting his motorcade and rushing back to help a police officer who was thrown off her horse. The two videos shared next to each other by a Facebook user Nachiketa Desai, consulting political editor of news agency United News of India is being shared widely with the post getting over 23,000 shares at the time of writing this story. In the Narendra Modi video of around 45-seconds, a man can be seen fainting on the stage. While Modi looked back, he continued delivering his speech even as others rushed towards the man and helped him to stand on his feet. The video camera also followed the activity on the stage till the man in police uniform and his helpers went off the stage. Old DK Shivakumar Video Being Shared As Congress-JDS Public Spat. The twist and turns in Karnataka’s political landscape have made it ripe for the fake news brigade to strike.
This time the disinformation army has revived an old video of senior Congress leader DK Shivakumar having a verbal altercation with Deve Gowda’s elder son HD Revanna, a member of the Janata Dal (Secular). The video, which went viral on WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter ahead of Saturday’s floor test in Karnataka, shows Shivakumar and Revanna in a heated exchange in the presence of other Congress and JDS leaders. The video was shared by BJP Karnataka IT Cell, an unverified Twitter account, incidentally followed by many senior leaders of the BJP including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Twitter account posted nine videos of fights between various JDS and Congress members ridiculing each other, all from incidents in the past. A fact-check revealed that the video dates back to 2016 and was reported on by BTV Kannada. "This Election About Hindus & Muslims": Karnataka BJP MLA Defends Hate Speech.
Sanjay Patil, BJP MLA from Belgavi Rural in Karnataka has said that while he stands by his statement of India being a Hindu Rashtra and that they will build a Ram Temple, his quotes have been misquoted and taken out of context.
A video of Patil addressing villagers at Sulebhavi in Belgavi went viral where he can be seen saying that the upcoming election is not about development but about ‘Hindus and Muslims’. Speaking to BOOM, Patil said, “I was talking about how Congress has divided people on the basis of caste, divided Lingayats only to be able to win the election. And why can’t we also declare that this is a Hindu nation and demand for the same?” "This Election About Hindus & Muslims": Karnataka BJP MLA Defends Hate Speech.
Did Modi Govt Pass A Law Which Gives A Woman The Right To Kill The Rapist? CLAIM: Modi government passed Indian Penal Code 233 which says that a woman won’t be punished if she kills the man who raped her.
FACT: False. No such law has been passed by the Modi government. This message has been circulating on WhatsApp in the aftermath of Kathua and Unnao rape cases. The same message of IPC 233 protecting women for killing the rapist had taken rounds after the Delhi rape case in 2012. Did Modi Govt Pass A Law Which Gives A Woman The Right To Kill The Rapist? No, Girl In Viral Video is Not Kathua Rape Victim. A video of a girl reciting a poem ‘Suna tha ke behad sunehri hai Delhi…’ has resurfaced as that of the eight-year old Kathua rape victim. People are also sharing it as the deceased’s last song.
But it is not her. Imran Pratapgarhi, the poet of the nazm / poem himself has dispelled the rumour. India Rape Crisis: 4 in 10 Victims Were Minors, Conviction Rate Below 30% Hyderabad: People participate in a candle light vigil organised to express solidarity with Kathua rape and murder victim, in Hyderabad on April 13, 2018. (Photo: IANS) The Kathua and Unnao rapes have once against brought into focus the safety of women, particularly children, in the country. Both Jammu’s Kathua, where an 8-year old was allegedly gang-raped and murdered, and Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, where according to media reports the victim was below 18 years of age when the alleged rape happened, call for a look at how safe are Indian children from sexual violence.
BOOM looks at data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), last available for 2016. India Rape Crisis: 4 in 10 Victims Were Minors, Conviction Rate Below 30% Cambridge Analytica's Facebook Targeting Model: How It Really Worked. The researcher whose work is at the center of the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data analysis and political advertising uproar has revealed that his method worked much like the one Netflix uses to recommend movies.
In an email to me, Cambridge University scholar Aleksandr Kogan explained how his statistical model processed Facebook data for Cambridge Analytica. The accuracy he claims suggests it works about as well as established voter-targeting methods based on demographics like race, age and gender. If confirmed, Kogan’s account would mean the digital modeling Cambridge Analytica used was hardly the virtual crystal ball a few have claimed. Yet the numbers Kogan provides also show what is – and isn’t – actually possible by combining personal data with machine learning for political ends. Regarding one key public concern, though, Kogan’s numbers suggest that information on users’ personalities or “psychographics” was just a modest part of how the model targeted citizens.
Cambridge Analytica's Facebook Targeting Model: How It Really Worked. Bihar Built 8.5 Lakh Toilets In One Week, Says PM Modi: Is It True? Bihar Built 8.5 Lakh Toilets In One Week, Says PM Modi: Is It True? The state of Bihar built 8.5 lakh toilets in a week, claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Motihari, Bihar. He was addressing a Swachhata Sammelan on Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at the concluding ceremony of the year long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Champaran Satyagraha. Congratulating cleanliness ambassadors or ‘Swachhagrahis’ for their work, the prime minister said, पिछले एक हफ्ते में बिहार में 8 लाख 50 हजार से ज्यादा शौचालयों का निर्माण किया गया है।
ये गति और प्रगति कम नहीं है। मैं बिहार के लोगों को, प्रत्येक स्वच्छाग्रही को और राज्य सरकार को इसके लिए बहुत-बहुत बधाई देता हूं: PM— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 10, 2018 In the last one week, more than 8,50,000 toilets have been constructed in Bihar. BOOM listened to the original speech to verify the quote. “Saathiyon, desh me Bihar hi ek matra aisa rajya tha jaha swachhata ka dayara 50% se bhi kam tha. Bihar Built 8.5 Lakh Toilets In One Week, Says PM Modi: Is It True? Did TMC Workers Create A Ruckus After Mamata Banerjee Barred Them From Singing ‘Vande Mataram’?:...
Did TMC Workers Create A Ruckus After Mamata Banerjee Barred Them From Singing 'Vande Mataram'?: A FactCheck. Did TMC Workers Create A Ruckus After Mamata Banerjee Barred Them From Singing 'Vande Mataram'?: A FactCheck. Untitled — Several old photographs on social media are being... Old Photos Being Shared As Photos Of Cop Who Died During Bharat Bandh Protests. Several old photographs on social media are being projected as those of a police officer who died during the recent Bharat Bandh clashes this week.
Old Photos Being Shared As Photos Of Cop Who Died During Bharat Bandh Protests. Untitled — Who Runs The Website 'The True Picture' Who Runs The Website 'The True Picture' - BOOM. While the “fake news” debate rages in India another battle is being fought between a behemoth of print media The Indian Express and a relatively new website The True Picture. Although the battle seems like the cliched David versus Goliath, in this case it may just be Goliath versus Goliath. The True Picture shot to prominence on social media after several functionaries of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) including high-ranking ministers tweeted its story over the weekend about four “fake news stories” the site had busted.
Who Runs The Website 'The True Picture' - BOOM. Untitled — Arnab Goswami-led Republic TV’s official Twitter... Republic TV Misreports Arrested Postcard News Founder Mahesh Hegde's Tweet. Republic TV Misreports Arrested Postcard News Founder Mahesh Hegde's Tweet. Untitled — Here we go again: another Facebook controversy,... Why It’s So Hard To #DeleteFacebook: Constant Psychological Boosts Keep You Hooked - BOOM. Here we go again: another Facebook controversy, yet again violating our sense of privacy by letting others harvest our personal information. This flareup is a big one to be sure, leading some people to consider leaving Facebook altogether, but the company and most of its over 2 billion users will reconcile. The Countries That Trust Facebook The Most Are Also The Most Vulnerable To Its Mistakes - JustPaste.it. The Countries That Trust Facebook The Most Are Also The Most Vulnerable To Its Mistakes - BOOM.
Swaraj Vs Opposition: Questions Remain When Did The 39 Indians At Mosul Die? - JustPaste.it. Swaraj Vs Opposition: Questions Remain When Did The 39 Indians At Mosul Die? Sushma Swaraj, Union Minister for External Affairs After years of mystery if the 39 Indians abducted by the ISIS in Mosul, Iraq were safe or not, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has finally set the matter to rest. Speaking in Parliament Swaraj said that the government can finally confirm that all the 39 Indians were killed and their bodies had been recovered.
The minister informed Parliament that Minister of State for External Affairs VK Singh will be flying to Iraq to bring back their mortal remains to India on a special flight. But this admission by the External Affairs Minister has sparked a fresh controversy on whether the government intentionally hid the facts despite several reports by the media based on statements by the lone survivor Harjit Masih. Swaraj Vs Opposition: Questions Remain When Did The 39 Indians At Mosul Die? Plastic In Aashirvaad Atta? No, It's Gluten: A FactCheck. Plastic In Aashirvaad Atta? No, It's Gluten: A FactCheck. Mission Sisters Of Ajmer Debunk Old Viral Video Showing Mob Assault - JustPaste.it. Mission Sisters Of Ajmer Debunk Old Viral Video Showing Mob Assault. Mission Sisters Of Ajmer Debunk Old Viral Video Showing Mob Assault. Untitled — India ranked 133 out of 156 countries...
'Happiness’ In Crisis? India’s Score Shows A Declining Trend: Report. India ranked 133 out of 156 countries in The World Happiness Report (WHR) 2018, a decline of 11 spots from 122 in 2017. India has also shown the least progress in happiness level since 2008-10 (base period), among neighbouring countries. In contrast, Pakistan tops with the highest score and the most improvement in the region. 'Happiness’ In Crisis? India’s Score Shows A Declining Trend: Report. Untitled — CLAIM: Christian Pastor and his wife being... Old Video Of Nude Protest In UP Resurfaces As Christian Persecution On Social Media. Maharastra Government accepts all demand from Framers. - JustPaste.it. Maharashtra Govt Accepts All Major Demands, After Farmers Flood Mumbai.
Untitled — Two unrelated Videos showing separate incidents... Two Unrelated Videos Were Shared Together To Falsely Claim Muslims Attacked A Hindu Temple In Rajasthan. Tomato Spinach Dhokla Sandwich. Untitled — Cadbury Chocolates Contaminated With HIV?: We Tell... Cadbury Chocolates Contaminated With HIV?: We Tell You Why It's Fake. Untitled — The Official Twitter handel of the Chief Minister... Karnataka CM's Twitter Handle Tweeted A Photo Of A German Solar Park As The 'Shakti Sthala' Project. Are Indian Airports safe for Nursing Womens? - JustPaste.it.
Are Indian Airports Unfriendly To Nursing Mothers? A FactCheck. BJP's H Raja Tweets Moral Policing Protest Photo From Delhi As IIT Madras - JustPaste.it. BJP's H Raja Tweets Moral Policing Protest Photo From Delhi As IIT Madras. Indian Media using Sridevi's death as spicy news. 'Maut Ka Bathtub': TV Channels' Insensitive And Deplorable Coverage Of Sridevi's Death. India to hit 650 Million Internet users in 2020.
India To Hit 650 Million Internet Users By 2020, Says Google's Rajan Anandan. Burning Lay's Potato Chip: Proof Of Plastic Or Bad Science?: A FactCheck. Untitled — Do not fall for the fake news that your 10 digit... Will Your Mobile Number Be 13 Digits From July 2018? Lilavati Hospital denies rumours about Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar's health. Lilavati Hospital Denies Rumours Surrounding Manohar Parrikar's Health; Says Goa CM Responding To Treatment. Untitled — PNB’s Confidential Letter To 30 Banks Reveals How... PNB’s Confidential Letter To 30 Banks Reveals How Funds Were Swindled. Untitled — Punjab National Bank jolted markets when it... Rs 11,300 Cr Fraud At Punjab National Bank: What We Know. Mumbai Finally Sees Blue Skies But 2018 Pollution Data Shows No Room For Complacency.
Audio: What Did Goa CM Manohar Parrikar Say About Girls Drinking Beer? 8 Of Every 10 Indian Cities Breathe Toxic Air. Facebook page Hindutva Vatra - justpaste.it. Inside The Twisted Mind Of The Man Behind 'Hindutva Varta' Facebook Page.