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By Srijit Das An old video from Pakistan of a crowded market with several Muslim women in burqas is being shared on social media falsely claiming that it is from Bradford, United Kingdom. The video is being shared on X with an anti-immigration and communal spin claiming that Bradford has transformed and become over crowded after mass immigration by Muslim migrants in Europe. Several verified X users posted the 22 seconds video with a caption, "UK Migration Crisis The British city of Bradford is completely unrecognizable due to mass immigration. The picture is the same in many other European ci...
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By Mohammed Kudrati False claims have gone viral on social media questioning the absoluteness of India's independence from the United Kingdom (UK) citing a 'Transfer of Power Agreement, 1947'. This law, the claim says, inhibited India's institutions even after independence and was allegedly kept secret by the Congress party. These series of claims are arbitrary and unrelated to each other. BOOM did not find evidence for any agreement between India and United Kingdom, termed as a 'Transfer of Power Agreement'. India gained independence through the Indian Independence Act, 1947, the details of w...
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By Anmol Alphonso A synthetic image created using Artificial intelligence (AI) showing Wikileaks founder Julian Assange with his eyes closed looking physically weak is being shared on social media falsely claiming that it is a real photo of him in prison in the United Kingdom. Assange (51) faces charges in the United States for having published confidential documents about the US Army regarding their actions in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2010. Assange was arrested in London in 2019 after spending seven years in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. He has since been in a prison in Belmarsh, London. T...
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By Anmol Alphonso An old photo of Rishi Sunak lighting diyas outside 11 Downing Street in November 2020 when he was the UK Chancellor of Exchequer was tweeted by News 24 with the misleading claim that it is recent showing the new UK PM celebrating Diwali. Sunak, 42, formally took charge as Britain's first Indian-origin prime minister after an audience with King Charles III on October 25, 2022, a day after he was elected the new leader of the Conservative Party. Also Read:Rishi Sunak's India Connection, Wife Akshata's Tax Row Explained While 10 Downing Street is the locale of British prime mini...
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By BOOM Team Rishi Sunak scripted history by becoming Britain's first Indian-origin Prime Minister, and with that made it to the front pages of most Indian newspapers. Him, alongside the Indian cricket team's win over arch-rivals Pakistan in a T20 World Cup match added to the Diwali celebrations back in India. Indians had been waiting for this news for a while. Sunak was, in fact, set to take the top job after his rivals Boris Johnson and Penny Mordaunt withdrew from the race to replace Liz Truss as leader of the Conservative Party. Truss quit and Sunak formally took over. But while the celebr...
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By Rohini Chatterji Rishi Sunak made history on Diwali day as he was appointed the first non-white prime minister of the United Kingdom in the aftermath of Liz Truss's resignation. Sunak appointed a new cabinet on Tuesday that includes Dominic Raab as Deputy Prime Minister, Jeremy Hunt as the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Simon Hart as parliamentary secretary to the treasury. "I will place economic stability and confidence at the heart of this government's agenda," Sunak said during his first speech as prime minister. Sunak took over as prime minister as Truss resigned from the post after a ...
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By Anmol Alphonso A video showing United Kingdom Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visiting the Bhaktivedanta Manor, the UK headquarters of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), in August this year, is being shared with the misleading claim that it is after he became prime minister . In the video, Sunak and his wife Akshata Murty can be seen at the temple being greeted by Visakha Dasi, the temple president, and other monks. The manor was also the residence of ISKCON founder Srila Prabhupada who lived there in the 1970s. Sunak, 42, formally took charge as Britain's first Indian...
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By Mohammed Kudrati In a swan song to a tumultuous tenure British Prime Minister Liz Truss announced that she is resigning after holding office for just 45 days as the United Kingdom's shortest serving prime minister. She made the announcement for the same outside her office at 10 Downing Street. Her short-lived premiership also presided over a generational shift in the British monarchy after Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8. She will continue to be in office for another week as her party dashes to find her successor. The method for this is yet to be spelt out on how they will fin...
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By Sourit Sanyal The Leicester police in England arrested fifteen people during an operation in the eastern part of the city on Monday amid clashes between the Hindu and Muslim communities in the city. The police made two arrests after chaos was triggered by what the police called unplanned protests on the night of Saturday, September 17 and the morning of Sunday, September 18. The city reportedly saw several clashes between the two communities after an India-Pakistan match of the Asia Cup on August 28. The disorder broke out between the Hindu and Muslim communities living in Leicester. The po...
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By Sourit Sanyal Queen Elizabeth II was not just a monarch, she represented a global brand. And for the past seven decades, this brand has to some extent defined and promoted the British nation around the world. Brands are important corporate (or in this case national) assets that can burnish a company's profile and meaningfully differentiate it from other businesses. And while royal court officials and family members may not describe it as such, scrutinising the British monarchy through a branding lens can add meaningful perspective to why it has endured and remains meaningful and important t...
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