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By Ritika Jain Israel told the International Court of Justice (ICJ) – the United Nations' (UN) top court, that South Africa “grossly distorted” the story of genocide against the Palestinians while defending its military actions in Gaza. “If there were acts of genocide, it has been perpetrated against Israel,” Becker, the legal advisor to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said. The ICJ—the UN's judicial arm—was hearing South Africa’s case against Israeli actions in Gaza. South Africa on January 11 said Israel had “genocidal intent” against the Palestinians living in Gaza. The hearing com...
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By Anmol Alphonso A fake graphic that purports to list a series of "mission goals" by the United Nations is being shared on social media claiming that these objectives are part of a "new world order" to form a "one world government". BOOM found that the viral graphic is fake and no such document or set of mission goals have been published by the UN which have been mentioned in the viral post. The same graphic has been previously debunked back in July 2020 when it was being shared with misleading claims on social media linking it to the COVID-19 pandemic. The graphic was tweeted with the captio...
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By Kaisar Andrabi A photo of a woman in saffron attire, covered in jewellery went viral on social media platforms last week. She called herself the “ambassador” of a country called Kailasa, who was attending a meet by the United Nations. In the meeting that was held at Geneva on February 24, a delegation of women representing the controversial godman Nithyananda's ‘Kailasa’ were present. They participated in discussions on “equal and inclusive representation of women in decision-making systems” organised by the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR). Photos of...
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By Sana Fazili "E is not equal to MC²," Nithyananda said in a video in 2018 which went viral instantly as he contested Einstein's breakthrough equation. He further said how a vegetarian person's brain would understand his concepts more than that of non-veg person's brain. Much of his monolgue was incomprehensible as he gave his own definition of energy and matter. However, the video became a goldmine for memers. While Nithyananda became the butt of all jokes in 2018 because of his theories, there were serious allegations against him. Nithyananda was charged with rape and illegal confinement of...
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By BOOM Team A week after the devastating earthquake, Türkiye is mulling action against the contractors of the collapsed buildings. On Sunday, Vice President Fuat Oktay said that arrest of 113 alleged suspects has been ordered. The police have taken 12 people, including building contractors, into custody over the construction of buildings that were damaged in the earthquake, BBC reported. Over 33,000 people have reportedly died since the catastrophic 7.8 magnitude earthquake that jolted parts of Türkiye and Syria on February 6. The death toll continues to mount as rescuers are looking for surv...
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By Mohammed Kudrati Social media posts comparing India's score and rank drop on the annual Global Hunger Index 2022, and the country's poor performance in the present year of the index, as compared to the previous few years under the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party-led government, are misleading. The posts are viral in the backdrop of this year's GHI released on October 15, where India has ranked 107 out of 121 countries on this year's index (GHI). The posts are directly comparing India's rank this year with that in 2022, when India ranked 55th, stating that the incumbent government has worse...
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By The Conversation In a landmark speech to the United Nations (UN), the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, demanded that Russia and other aggressors should be stripped of their veto power in the UN security council. Echoing his calls for UN reform earlier this year, Zelensky lamented that much talk about UN reform in the past has led nowhere. He called for an expansion of representation to those who remain unheard. Also speaking before the UN general assembly yesterday, the US president, Joe Biden reaffirmed the US commitment to UN reforms. He said: "The time has come for this instituti...
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By Mohammed Kudrati Several users of social media are incorrectly calling out Union Home Minister Amit Shah for referring to the production of milk per capita in grams (a unit to measure weight) instead of litres (to measure liquid). BOOM found that major government and external data sources on the production of milk have referred to it in a unit of weight - grams, kilograms or tons. Shah made these comments at the IDF Dairy Summit in Greater Noida on September 12. He says at the 25 minutes and 10 second mark that per head, India's milk consumption had risen from 40 grams in 1970 to 155 grams ...
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By Rohini Chatterji Trigger warning: This article talks about physical and psychological abuse and torture. The United Nations published a report on Wednesday saying it had found grave human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region against the Uyghur people and other ethnic minorities, allegations that China has denied. The report said that allegations of torture, forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention had been found to be true. It said that this also included "allegations of individual incidents of sexual and gender-based violence". The UN Human Rights Office said that i...
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