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A viral claim says the World Health Organization warned that 87% of Indians will develop cancer because of adulterated milk. WHO has directly denied issuing any such advisory — and this isn't even a new claim. It traces back to a 2018 newspaper article, was already debunked by the Indian government in 2023, and is now
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Al Jazeera English posted that Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi appeared to suggest paper leaks can't be prevented. PIB Fact Check says that's fake — Joshi was quoting Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi's own remarks about paper leaks in Congress-era Rajasthan, not stating his own position. Here's the claim, the evi
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A US judge dismissed three of the indictment’s five counts with prejudice on August 10, 2026, but reserved two because dismissal formalities were incomplete. The ruling was not an acquittal or a finding that the allegations were false.
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Gene Sharp, Otpor, CANVAS and HRF have documented connections. But no evidence reviewed links CANVAS or a foreign funder to training, directing or financing the Cockroach Janta Party.
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A video is circulating claiming an Indian Air Force aircraft crashed in Pune. PIB Fact Check confirmed it's false — the real footage shows a private training aircraft's runway mishap at Baramati, with zero Air Force involvement. What makes this worth understanding is why the false claim was so easy to believe.
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Fake delivery messages, cloned shopping sites and payment-request scams are documented threats in India. But there is no official evidence that they reliably spike during Independence Day sales. Here is the accurate verdict and the fastest reporting route.
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The Government of India has not announced the viral “Students Laptop Scheme 2026.” Here is what the official warning establishes, what remains unproven about the link, and how students can verify benefits safely.
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A message claiming the government will switch off Instagram nationwide on August 25 has been doing the rounds, urging readers to share it widely. PIB has already called it fake, flat out. The more interesting question is why this exact kind of lie keeps working, year after year, platform after platform.
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Amit Shah's April 2026 seat illustration was internally consistent: five southern states would rise from 129 to 195 seats in an 816-seat Lok Sabha. But the draft did not guarantee a uniform 50% increase—and the package was defeated and withdrawn.
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Kerala still has 20 Lok Sabha seats. The government illustrated 30 under its defeated 2026 package, while independent population-based models produce 14 or other totals. No future allocation is law. Here is what each number actually means.
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A video claims the June 21 NEET UG 2026 re-examination paper leaked on Telegram before the test. PIB and NTA have confirmed the claim is fake — here is exactly what the video shows, where it came from, and why the real evidence does not hold up.
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The CBI cites 360 witnesses, 422 documents and 43 material objects against 13 accused—but a chargesheet is not a conviction. Here is the evidence and its limits.
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Telegram and WhatsApp channels keep selling a NEET question paper that does not exist, charging ₹5,000 to ₹10 lakh. NTA and PIB have repeatedly confirmed the claims are fake — here is exactly how the scam works and how it differs from the real 2026 leak.
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A viral “Project Anchor” post says Earth will lose gravity for seven seconds during the August 12, 2026 eclipse. The eclipse is real; the gravity claim is physically impossible and unsupported by any official NASA source reviewed.
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The June re-exam followed concerns about the integrity of the May 3 paper—not an OMR dispute. We separate the cancellation evidence from claims made after the July result.
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Road damage appeared less than two weeks after NE-6 opened, but NHAI disputes claims of a structural cave-in. We verify the cost, timeline, tolling technology and the allegations that remain unsupported.
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