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False: People can receive Rs 50,000 as a COVID-19 subsidy in India.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy Tech-Social-Media

False: People can receive Rs 50,000 as a COVID-19 subsidy in India.

True: West Virginia is offering free guns to those who get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-Policy

True: West Virginia is offering free guns to those who get vaccinated against COVID-19.

True: The Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) left behind a debt burden of Rs 1.3 lakh crore in oil bonds for the Modi government.
Economics-General Politics-General

True: The Manmohan Singh-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) left behind a debt burden of Rs 1.3 lakh crore in oil bonds for the Modi government.

Misleading: The Delhi administration is stockpiling vaccines by administering fewer doses despite vaccines being available.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-General

Misleading: The Delhi administration is stockpiling vaccines by administering fewer doses despite vaccines being available.

False: A viral image shows a 29-year-old man from Lucknow who failed the UPSC exams due to the reservation system.
Events-Activism Politics-Policy

False: A viral image shows a 29-year-old man from Lucknow who failed the UPSC exams due to the reservation system.

False: Kamala Harris has not visited the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the U.S. Vice President.
Geopolitical-General Politics-General Politics-People

False: Kamala Harris has not visited the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the U.S. Vice President.

True: BJP has not furnished the primary document of the alleged COVID-19 toolkit.
Health-Covid Politics-General

True: BJP has not furnished the primary document of the alleged COVID-19 toolkit.

Unverifiable: The New Central Vista project will save Rs 1,000 crore spent annually on rent expenditure.
Economics-Business Politics-General

Unverifiable: The New Central Vista project will save Rs 1,000 crore spent annually on rent expenditure.

True: Indian state governments’ global tenders for vaccines find no bids.
Health-Covid Health-Vaccines Politics-General

True: Indian state governments’ global tenders for vaccines find no bids.

False: Applying cow dung all over the body can prevent one from contracting COVID-19.
Health-Covid Media-General Politics-General

False: Applying cow dung all over the body can prevent one from contracting COVID-19.

False: The UPA government first initiated the new parliament building project in 2012 with an estimated cost of ₹3,000 crores.
Economics-General Politics-Policy Tech-Social-Media

False: The UPA government first initiated the new parliament building project in 2012 with an estimated cost of ₹3,000 crores.

True: Passengers from red list countries are mixing with those from green list countries at Heathrow airport in the U.K.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: Passengers from red list countries are mixing with those from green list countries at Heathrow airport in the U.K.

False: The U.S. is facing a shortage of oxygen required to treat patients.
Health-General Health-Covid Politics-General

False: The U.S. is facing a shortage of oxygen required to treat patients.

True: Argentina imposed a nine-day lockdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Health-Covid Politics-Policy

True: Argentina imposed a nine-day lockdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases.

True: Several dead bodies were recovered from the river Ganga in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
Health-Covid Politics-General

True: Several dead bodies were recovered from the river Ganga in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.

True: Some directions in the alleged COVID toolkit refer to events that have taken place in April 2021.
Health-Covid Politics-General

True: Some directions in the alleged COVID toolkit refer to events that have taken place in April 2021.

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