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By Hazel Gandhi An image showing Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud joining hands while Amit Shah looks away is viral online with the false claim that the Home Minister intentionally ignored the CJI. BOOM found that the claims are false and a longer video of the event shows that Amit Shah and DY Chandrachud greeted each other by folding and shaking hands before Shah turned away. Chandrachud kept his hands folded to greet Amit Shah's wife, Sonal Shah, who was standing behind him. Home Minister Amit Shah and CJI DY Chandrachud were present at the Independence Day Celebrations held at th...
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By Hazel Gandhi A video showing a social media content creator celebrating India's Independence Day in Dubai along with Dubai Police personnel is viral online misidentifying the former as the prince of Dubai. BOOM found that the video shows a social media creator who hails from Kerala and not Dubai's Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan. The video shows a man dressed in Arabic attire getting out of a car painted in UAE and Indian flags, following which some people dressed as policemen are seen stepping out from a Dubai Police car. They even celebrate by cutting a cake and waving the Indian flag. These p...
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By Mohammed Kudrati Prime Minister Narendra Modi today announced a new scheme in the agritech sector for women and one called 'Vishwakarma Yojana', which would be for traditional workers as part of his Independence Day address. He further outlined his vision for the future, where he called for India to strive to be categorised as a developed country by 2047 as well as India being in the top three economies in the next five years. This address is the last one in his second tenure as prime minister. The next general election is expected to take place in March to April next year. At the onset of ...
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By BOOM Team The Indian Business Association in New Jersey has issued an apology after it was criticised for bringing a bulldozer to the Indian Independence Day celebrations in Edison. The group in its letter said that it offered sincere apologies because certain "aspects of the parade reflected poorly" on the organisation and "offended" the Indian minority groups, especially Muslims. Controversial bulldozer The presence of the bulldozer with photos of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh chief minister during the 'India Day' parade in New Jersey's Edison had become a widely d...
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By Rohini Chatterji A bulldozer present during the celebration of India's Independence Day in New Jersey's Edison in the United States was discussed during a "tense" council meeting earlier this week, with some members of the community calling it a "serious incident of hate," while others claimed it was a "symbol of law and order". The event called India Day parade was celebrated by Indian-Americans in the community in New Jersey. Edison mayor Samip Joshi criticised the presence of the bulldozer during the rally saying, "Although the India Day parade is independently run and not a Township spo...
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By Sk Badiruddin A collage of five images showing a youth burning a tricolour is circulating on social media with claims that the incident is recent and the person seen in the photographs should be arrested soon. BOOM found the claim to be misleading as the images are old. The man in the photograph, identified as Dileepan Mahendran is a 25-year old from Nagapattinam in Tamil Nadu. According to reports Mahendran was taken into remand by the police in 2016 for burning the tricolour. India is celebrating 75 years of Independence dubbed as Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Besides educational institutions,...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video showing a group of people creating a 'tricolour' effect on a waterfall with saffron and green colours, is being shared on social media with the claim that it shows recent celebrations ahead of India's 75th Independence Day on August 15, 2022. Among the many accounts to share this video with the viral claim was the verified Facebook and Twitter handles of mainstream news channel India TV. BOOM found these posts to be misleading and shared out of context; our fact-check reveals that the video in question has been shared on the internet two years ago, and does not show...
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