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True: A study by United Nations shows that one in four women do not have the right to sexual consent.
Health-General Human Rights-Gender

True: A study by United Nations shows that one in four women do not have the right to sexual consent.

False: Eating eggs and poultry items are not safe especially when the coronavirus and bird flu are doing rounds.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Eating eggs and poultry items are not safe especially when the coronavirus and bird flu are doing rounds.

False: Belgium bans non-essential sexual activities to combat the spread of Covid-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Belgium bans non-essential sexual activities to combat the spread of Covid-19.

True: Under Joe Biden's vice presidency, there were just under 61 million Americans infected with H1N1 Swine Flu and over 12,000 deaths.
Health-General

True: Under Joe Biden's vice presidency, there were just under 61 million Americans infected with H1N1 Swine Flu and over 12,000 deaths.

True: Toxic water was released into the Periyar river in Kerala after opening the dam shutters in April 2020.
Health-General Health-Covid Health-General Health-Covid

True: Toxic water was released into the Periyar river in Kerala after opening the dam shutters in April 2020.

False: Drinking lemon juice will help to fight the coronavirus.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Drinking lemon juice will help to fight the coronavirus.

False: Applying sesame oil will stop the new coronavirus from entering the human body.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Applying sesame oil will stop the new coronavirus from entering the human body.

False: Cadbury products produced recently have HIV infected blood of an employee.
Economics-Business Health-General Tech-Social-Media

False: Cadbury products produced recently have HIV infected blood of an employee.

True: Speedy scientific analysis of the novel coronavirus carries risks of misinformation.
Health-General Health-Covid

True: Speedy scientific analysis of the novel coronavirus carries risks of misinformation.

False: Home Minister Amit Shah is suffering from bone cancer.
Health-General

False: Home Minister Amit Shah is suffering from bone cancer.

False: Drinking camel urine can cure and protect from COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Drinking camel urine can cure and protect from COVID-19.

False: A news clipping is being shared on social media according to which Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has appealed to its citizens to drink boiled water to avoid getting infected with COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: A news clipping is being shared on social media according to which Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has appealed to its citizens to drink boiled water to avoid getting infected with COVID-19.

Misleading: Barack Obama is responsible for the N95 mask shortage in the U.S.
Health-General Politics-People

Misleading: Barack Obama is responsible for the N95 mask shortage in the U.S.

Misleading: Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is banned in several European countries and the U.S.
Health-General Geopolitical-General

Misleading: Paraphenylenediamine (PPD) is banned in several European countries and the U.S.

True: A single sneeze travels 100 miles per hour and shoots about 100,000 germs into the air.
Health-General

True: A single sneeze travels 100 miles per hour and shoots about 100,000 germs into the air.

True: At Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi, people can get a free platform ticket if they do 30 situps.
Health-General

True: At Anand Vihar railway station in Delhi, people can get a free platform ticket if they do 30 situps.

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