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As there is a considerable surge in the deaths of birds due to the recent bird flu outbreak in India, social media is equally abuzz with claims stating that the strange phenomenon is related to the testing of 5G spectrum by telecom major Reliance Jio. The claim has garnered support among political leaders as Chunni Lal Sahu, Vice President of ...

An image of a Platform Ticket Of Pune Railway Junction purportedly owned by Adani group is making rounds. It has ben shared by users on twitter and WhatsApp with a message: “Adani Railway, Railway Ab Hamari Niji Sampati Hai” [Now Railways are the property of Adani group.] It may be recalled that the context of the message relates to the ...

Several social media posts citing that NASA has confirmed that the Earth will be in complete darkness for six days in December, a frequently surfacing claim on the social media . These social media claims give a hyperlink to an article stating the same. Videos are also in circulation on the same topic. Fact Check:  The article which is embedded ...

With a few countries already administering the COVID-19 vaccines to their citizens, vaccine talk has increased the momentum. News about the vaccine distribution mechanism are of utmost importance and many countries, including India, have decided to give the first dosages to frontline workers and then the others. DigitEye Team received a fact check query on its WhatsApp number. The claim ...

A picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi standing in a hospital cabin with Mukesh Ambani and Nita Ambani is going viral. The picture has been shared widely and forwarded many times. It was shared to coincide with the news of Mukesh Ambani’s photos with his grandson being shared widely on news and social media. In one of the shared messages ...

A social media post claims that the ration cards issued to families in Andhra Pradesh have the picture of Jesus Christ printed on them. The post also included a picture of a ration card with the photo of Christ printed on it. The viral post states “यह आंध्रप्रदेश का राशन कार्ड है, जिस पर देवी-देवता का फोटो होता तो देश ...

  DigitEye India team received a fact-checking request on the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana  (PMJJBY) scheme. The message reads “P.M Bima Yojana (PMMLI)| First you will get 70 lakhs and then every month you will get 30 thousand monthly pension”. A perusal of social media platforms showed that a huge number of people have also posted about it. ...

A video is making rounds on WhatsApp warning people in Chennai that dog meat is being shipped into the city for restaurants. It said similar supplies are made to Mumbai, Hyderabad, Cochin and other areas. The video accompanying it depicted how the Railway officials at Egmore Station in Chennai confiscated the boxes containing the meat. The message read: “1000 kg ...

As the Unlock process in full swing in various Indian states owing to the coronavirus pandemic, many train routes are slowly opening up. Train routes across various states were diverted or closed off previously due to travel restrictions in certain states. New guidelines have been put in place along with revised fares. Digiteye India team received a message on its ...

Users on Twitter are sharing a picture of an apparently sick looking Mukesh Ambani stating that he has undergone a liver transplant which has not been reported by the media. Almost all the posts have the same picture and a similar caption. In one of the posts, the caption reads “He has lost 30 kgs according to the claim and ...