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False: DVDs can last for more than 1000 years.
Tech-General

False: DVDs can last for more than 1000 years.

False: Director of Medanta Hospital Dr Naresh Trehan had put a request to the government for a national emergency.
Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

False: Director of Medanta Hospital Dr Naresh Trehan had put a request to the government for a national emergency.

False: Thermal scanners are effective in detecting people infected with the novel coronavirus.
Health-Covid Tech-General

False: Thermal scanners are effective in detecting people infected with the novel coronavirus.

False: Facebook took down several posts related to the coronavirus.
Economics-Business Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

False: Facebook took down several posts related to the coronavirus.

False: Former Indian cricket player Irfan Pathan visits anti-citizenship law protest site at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi.
Media-Celebrities Politics-Policy Tech-Social-Media

False: Former Indian cricket player Irfan Pathan visits anti-citizenship law protest site at Shaheen Bagh in Delhi.

False: Video shows Hindu women dressed as Muslims to disrupt anti-Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 protests.
Events-Activism Tech-Social-Media

False: Video shows Hindu women dressed as Muslims to disrupt anti-Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 protests.

False: A Telegraph newspaper cutting mentions that the current chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal was accused of rape in 1987.
Media-General Politics-People Tech-Social-Media

False: A Telegraph newspaper cutting mentions that the current chief minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal was accused of rape in 1987.

False: A Twitter user said that Nirmala Sitharaman misquoted from Katha Upanishad & Swamiji’s adoption of the saying “Arise Awake” in one of her tweets.
Politics-People Tech-Social-Media Politics-People Tech-Social-Media

False: A Twitter user said that Nirmala Sitharaman misquoted from Katha Upanishad & Swamiji’s adoption of the saying “Arise Awake” in one of her tweets.

False: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised 2 crore jobs for the Indian youths during the 2014 Election Campaigns.
Politics-Elections Politics-People Tech-Social-Media

False: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had promised 2 crore jobs for the Indian youths during the 2014 Election Campaigns.

False: Nancy Pelosi moved billions from the Social Security Administration to cover impeachment costs.
Politics-General Politics-People Tech-Social-Media

False: Nancy Pelosi moved billions from the Social Security Administration to cover impeachment costs.

Misleading: A Facebook post claims that a mother and a baby koala in the image were rescued in the Australian wildfires.
Events-Natural Disasters Tech-Social-Media

Misleading: A Facebook post claims that a mother and a baby koala in the image were rescued in the Australian wildfires.

False: A video claims to show double-decker metro train manufactured by ICF Coach Factory, Chennai, India for Sydney metro and made operational on 5 Nov 2019.
Economics-Business Tech-Social-Media

False: A video claims to show double-decker metro train manufactured by ICF Coach Factory, Chennai, India for Sydney metro and made operational on 5 Nov 2019.

False: Coronavirus source found as bat infestation under roofs in Hubei, China.
Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

False: Coronavirus source found as bat infestation under roofs in Hubei, China.

False: A Facebook user claims that Rahul Gandhi was intoxicated as he stumbles over his words during a speech at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
Politics-People Tech-Social-Media

False: A Facebook user claims that Rahul Gandhi was intoxicated as he stumbles over his words during a speech at Jaipur, Rajasthan.

True: Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020.
Tech-Business Tech-Business

True: Microsoft ends support for Windows 7 on January 14, 2020.

False: A viral video shows that the Indian Police evicted a family that has not been listed on the National Register of Citizens in Assam.
Events-General Politics-Policy Tech-Social-Media

False: A viral video shows that the Indian Police evicted a family that has not been listed on the National Register of Citizens in Assam.

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