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True: Ayn Rand benefited from social security and Medicare as a direct result of FDRs New Deal.
Health-General Politics-Policy

True: Ayn Rand benefited from social security and Medicare as a direct result of FDRs New Deal.

True: 10th and 12th grade ICSE board students can choose to appear or skip their examinations.
Events-General Health-Covid

True: 10th and 12th grade ICSE board students can choose to appear or skip their examinations.

True: An FIR was registered against Baba Ramdev and four others.
Economics-Business Health-Covid

True: An FIR was registered against Baba Ramdev and four others.

False: JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 exams will get postponed.
Events-General Health-Covid

False: JEE Main 2020 and NEET 2020 exams will get postponed.

True: Delhi Public School is not selling masks to students.
Health-Covid

True: Delhi Public School is not selling masks to students.

False: A swallowed chewing gum stays in the stomach for seven years.
Health-General

False: A swallowed chewing gum stays in the stomach for seven years.

False: Patanjali Ayurveda has launched a medicine that can cure COVID-19.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Patanjali Ayurveda has launched a medicine that can cure COVID-19.

False: Garlic will prevent COVID-19 infection.
Health-General Health-Covid

False: Garlic will prevent COVID-19 infection.

True: A doctor on board the Ruby Princess took swabs and 'cleared' a passenger who later tested positive for Covid-19.
Health-Covid

True: A doctor on board the Ruby Princess took swabs and 'cleared' a passenger who later tested positive for Covid-19.

False: Italian doctors claim that COVID-19 can be cured by administering Aspirin.
Health-Covid Tech-Social-Media

False: Italian doctors claim that COVID-19 can be cured by administering Aspirin.

True: Supreme court stayed the Rath Yatra on 18 June 2020 but reversed its decision later.
Events-General Health-Covid Human Rights-Religion

True: Supreme court stayed the Rath Yatra on 18 June 2020 but reversed its decision later.

True: China is collecting DNA samples for surveillance.
Health-General Events-General Politics-Policy

True: China is collecting DNA samples for surveillance.

False: Delhi and the Uttar Pradesh governments arranged 100 and 200 buses, respectively, to ferry migrants during the COVID-19 lockdown.
Events-Activism Health-Covid Human Rights-General

False: Delhi and the Uttar Pradesh governments arranged 100 and 200 buses, respectively, to ferry migrants during the COVID-19 lockdown.

True: Mysuru reported the first death due to COVID-19 on June 24, 2020.
Events-General Health-Covid

True: Mysuru reported the first death due to COVID-19 on June 24, 2020.

False: Coronavirus is spread by fish.
Health-Covid

False: Coronavirus is spread by fish.

False: Bengaluru has extended its COVID-19 lockdown.
Events-General Health-Covid Human Rights-General

False: Bengaluru has extended its COVID-19 lockdown.

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