BOOM Fact Check: Debunking Misinformation and Fake news
WEBBOOM 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
WEBJan 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
WEBMay 7, 2017 — Debunking the Myth: 'Slave I Remain' Is Not the True Meaning of 'Sir'. BOOM found no credible source that links the word sir to 'slave I remain'. 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 ...
Graphic Images of Kolkata Doctor’s Rape, Murder On X: What Do …
WEBAug 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 …
Explained: Why Are Indians Getting Shorter? | BOOM
WEBOct 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 …
Instagram To Telegram: Predators Are Selling Child Sex Abuse …
WEBJul 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.
Pew Survey Finds Religious Conversion In India Is Rare | BOOM
WEBSep 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.
How Fake Recruiters Are Trying To Scam India’s Job Seekers
WEBJun 20, 2023 — One such rampant scam is that of online jobs. On a LinkedIn post, when a user wrote about one such scam they encountered on Naukri.com, several people responded to it with their similar experiences.Anjali Pandey, a B.Tech student, wrote an elaborate LinkedIn post about how she was issued a fake chalan for not having a job ID.. Intimidating about “potential harm to family reputation and the ...
Viral Video Claiming Narayana Murthy Has Launched A Trading …
WEBSep 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 …
FactCheck: Comparisons Of LPG At ₹410 In 2014 And ₹1103 Today ...
WEBSep 5, 2023 — Several viral tweets, showing that a cylinder of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) costed ₹410 in 2014 and ₹1103 today is misleading. The comparison is an apple to oranges comparison as the 2014 figure represents what consumers paid after a receiving a subsidy compared to the 2023 figure, which represents what consumers paid at the market price.