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No, Arvind Kejriwal Did Not Get Into IIT Through Quota; He Ranked 563 In JEE

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Published by BOOM Live By Archis Chowdhury Social media is rife with claims suggesting Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal did not clear the competitive Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for his admission into the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), and was admitted through corporate quota. Many of the posts made the claim based on a response […]

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Fake Claim About VC Who Signed PM Modi’s Degree Certificate Goes Viral

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Published by BOOM Live By BOOM FACT Check Team Social media posts claiming former Gujarat University Vice-Chancellor Professor KS Shastri, whose signature is seen on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Masters’s degree, passed away in 1981, two years before the certificate was issued, is false. BOOM found that the claim is entirely false. The screenshot used

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RBI Keeps Repo Rate At 6.5%, Pausing After Six Consecutive Hikes

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Published by BOOM Live By Mohammed Kudrati The Reserve Bank of India [RBI] today kept its benchmark policy repo range unchanged at 6.5% for the first time after six bi-monthly rate hikes since 2022. This move was voted on unanimously at the bi-monthly meeting its six-member Monetary Policy Committee. In his address, Governor Shaktikanta Das,

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Mufti misused my generosity to become CM in 2002: Azad

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The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Apr 6: Former Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad has claimed that late. Mufti Muhammad Sayeed misused his “generosity”  to become chief minister of Jammu & Kashmir in 2002. As per news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), in his book, Azad, An Autobiography, the former CM  said that he offered Mufti Muhammad Sayeed to

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National Security Concerns Cannot Be Made Out Of Thin Air: SC Reverses MediaOne Ban

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Published by BOOM Live By Ritika Jain Supreme Court on Wednesday said the Centre could not use the bogey of national security to curtail someone’s rights while reversing the telecast ban on MediaOne, a Malayalam news channel. “National security claims cannot be made out of thin air. There must be material facts backing it,” the

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No, Photo Does Not Show Rs 500 Notes Served With Dessert At Ambani Event

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Published by BOOM Live By Srijit Das A screenshot of an Instagram story by celebrity photographer German Larkin showing an image of a dessert with fake 500 rupee notes is viral with false claims that real currency notes were served at the recently held inauguration ceremony of Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre (NMACC) in Mumbai.

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Traffic to remain closed on Srinagar-Jammu highway on 7 April due to repair work

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The Newscraving Desk Srinagar, Apr 4: The authorities on Tuesday said that Srinagar-Jammu national highway will remain closed for traffic on 7 April as traffic dry day. In a statement, Senior superintendent of Police Traffic Ramban, Mohita Sharma said that the highway will remain closed for repair and maintenance work from 7 April till 8

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Viral Post Claiming DPS Goa Allows Girls To Wear Bikini In School Is Satire

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Published by BOOM Live By Hazel Gandhi A viral post claiming that the Delhi Public School in Goa recently gave permission to its female students to wear bikinis to school amid rising temperatures is satire. BOOM found that the viral image and claim is from an Instagram account that regularly posts satirical news which are

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