ayodhya
By Nidhi Jacob In January, BOOM published 98 fact-checks in English, Hindi and Bangla. Of these, majority of the claims were about the Ram Mandir inauguration in Ayodhya with 17 fact-checks. The Maldives government and its citizens were the next targets with 10 fact-checks, followed by the Muslim community with 8, among others. 36 of 98 fact-checks were centered around religious topics, primarily focusing on the opening ceremony of the Ram Mandir. Following this, there were 16 fact-checks related to international events, mainly concerning the Maldives-India row. Additionally, 12 fact-checks we...
BOOM Live
By Hazel Gandhi A video showing police officers thrashing a group of men in a lockup is viral online with the false claim that the men are the accused detained for the recent riots in Mira Road related to the Ram Temple inauguration. BOOM found that the claims are false, the video is from Uttar Pradesh in June 2022 and is not related to the Mira Road violence. The consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya led to at least six instances of violence and vandalism across India, including Maharashtra's Mira Road where 13 people were arrested. The first part of the video shows a group of me...
BOOM Live
By Swasti Chatterjee An AI generated image of Virat Kohli is circulating on social media with misleading claims that the photo shows the Indian cricketer at the consecration ceremony of the Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22. The image shows Kohli interacting with a Hindu seer in what appears to be a temple. The photograph is circulating amidst speculation online about Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma's reported absence at the 'pran pratishtha' or consecration ceremony of the Hindu deity Ram at Ram Mandir in Ayodhya on January 22, 2024. According to reports, Kohli and Sharma were exten...
BOOM Live
By Shrey Banerjee
BOOM Live
By Hazel Gandhi A mistranslated video of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is viral online with a false claim that she recently congratulated Indian Hindus for the consecration of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh. BOOM found that the claims are false and an accurate translation of the video shows Meloni thanking people for wishing her on her birthday. The Ram Temple in Ayodhya was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on January 22, 2024 in the presence of Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh's Chief Mohan Bhagwat. While the event...
BOOM Live
By Hazel Gandhi A video showing Lord Ram's hologram on a clock tower is viral online with the false claim that the video is from Lal Chowk, Srinagar. BOOM found that the video is from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and not Jammu and Kashmir. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate the Ram Temple in Ayodhya on January 22. As devotees across the country look forward to the opening of the temple, opposition leaders including Sonia Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge and the four main religious heads or Shankaracharyas have refused to attend the event. While the opposition claims that the inauguration...
BOOM Live
By Hazel Gandhi Posts on social media claiming that Israel has declared a public holiday or national festival in the country on January 22 in lieu of the Ram temple inauguration in Ayodhya are false. BOOM found that the claims are false; we did not find any credible news reports or announcements from official sources that confirmed this. The long-awaited Ram temple is set to be inaugurated on January 22 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Modi was one of the first world leaders to speak in support of Israel when its war with Palestine first broke out on October 7, 2023, making it clear that India...
BOOM Live
By Archis Chowdhury Viral social media posts claiming the new Ram Janmabhoomi Temple in Ayodhya is being built 3 km away from the location of the Babri Masjid, are false. Due to the controversy surrounding the destruction of the mosque to build the temple, the claim caused an uproar among online users. BOOM spoke to reporters who had recently visited the temple complex being constructed, who confirmed to us that the temple is being built directly above the ruins. We also spoke to a local resident Nand Kumar, who heads the Ayodhya Beopar Mandal, who also rubbished the claim of the temple being ...
BOOM Live
By Hazel Gandhi A video of a large religious procession in Greater Noida is being shared with a misleading claim that it shows a pilgrimage from Nepal's Janakpur to Ayodhya ahead of the inauguration ceremony of Ram Mandir slated for later this month. BOOM found that the claims are misleading; while there is a pilgrimage organised from Nepal to Ayodhya, this particular video is old and shows a 3-km Kalash Yatra held in Greater Noida ahead of self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri's sermon. The Ram temple in Ayodhya is set to be inaugurated on January 22, 2024, amid much anticipation and its own s...
BOOM Live
By Anmol Alphonso A video of makeshift toilets being setup at the Swarved Mahamandir in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, is being shared on social media falsely claiming it shows sanitary arrangements being made at the complex of the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya before the consecration ceremony slated later this month. The Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust has formally invited several prominent personalities for the event including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, and including the trust presid...
BOOM Live
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら