Nivedita Niranjankumar
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Fact Checker | News Editor @boomlive_in | Law grad | Bombay Girl | Panipuri makes bad days better!
Bangalore, Karnataka
Joined April 2014
8 people were killed in a car explosion near Delhi's Red Fort on Monday. In breaking news situations like this, remember: It's better to be right than to be first. Use these 5 essential verification tips to break the misinformation chain. #BreakingNews #RedFort #DelhiNews
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Shailender Dhawan: A Gentleman-Editor ✍️@fpjbala
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#Mumbai #news #currentaffairs #CurrentNews #India
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A narrative war on #Ladakh is playing out on social media. Ladakh’s GenZ on one side -constrained by internet connectivity and social media algorithms & on the other side slickly produced videos by youth linked to BJP. @BombayBombil & @Karen_Rebelo report https://t.co/JfnbF8eEpR
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A narrative war on Ladakh is playing out on social media. Ladakh’s Gen Z on one side - constrained by internet connectivity and social media algorithms and on the other side slickly produced videos...
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🚨 Nikki Bhati’s death shocked Instagram — reels went viral, timelines were picked apart, and social media ran its own trial. But the truth remains murky. The only thing certain is that Nikki Bhati is dead. @BombayBombil reports #NikkiBhati
https://t.co/Jy9EAo21GY
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Instagram reels have turned the death of a 28-year-old into a viral investigation. Evidence is surfacing online before it reaches court, and police are scrambling to separate fact from fiction.
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Why is this not a front-page story in TOI? Found this on page 13 🤦
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At least 11 feared dead in stampede like situation during RCB welcome in Bengaluru https://t.co/yf4ddaprO7
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For all updates on the situation on ground in Bengaluru, follow TNM's WhatsApp Channel now. At least ten people who had come to view their Royal Challengers Ben
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Reports of more fans being injured due to over-crowding outside Chinnaswamy stadium. Stampede-like situation as police struggle to control crowds
A Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) fan fell unconscious in front of Vidhana Soudha and rushed to the Bowring Hospital The incident reportedly occurred due to a stampede-like situation amid heavy crowding. Thousands of fans had gathered outside the state legislature to catch a
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A parl panel discusses blatant violation of Land Acquisition Act, 2013: fake gram sabhas, forged signatures, no consent at all. In Odisha's Rairangpur, President's home, 43 ST families bulldozed for an airstrip expansion, no gram sabha. Story link--->> https://t.co/Yj35owY1cL
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A viral write up purportedly by the #TheTelegraph, is viral with a false claim that it is an original piece written by the British newspaper on the current military tensions between India and Pakistan. #FactCheck #IndiaPakistanConflict
https://t.co/EbKvjIGQRY
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BOOM found that the forward has been entirely altered from the original article, which cites official sources
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U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory, according to a medical device company. https://t.co/TfvsPaGpOX
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FDA-approved Teal Wand allows women to self-collect cervical cancer samples at home, improving screening accessibility and convenience.
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.@aajtak @Indiatoday even in an apology, you have carried wrong gfx which has been subsequently updated by the researchers. Kindly contact your fact check team who are aware about it and should have ensured this correction. Refer to this link -
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A count of IFCN websites linked in Community Notes
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Follow this thread. Fact checkers who have to publish stories don’t have the luxury of tweeting without evidence. Every story has to follow a process and we have to get it right everytime as this work is done by reporters, not seeking glory. Follow fact checkers & learn with them
#BOOMFactCheck 🚨 Social media is rife with false claims and unrelated videos after India's retaliatory military action #OperationSindoor, on #Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. BOOM has debunked several such pieces of misinformation. (1/n) Follow this #thread
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In March 2025, BOOM published 89 fact-checks in English, Hindi, Bangla and Tamil. Communal violence in Nagpur triggered a surge of misinformation across social media platforms, making it the most fact-checked topic in March. #BOOMMonthlyReport #FactCheck
https://t.co/ONI3YfxM8D
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In March, 2025, BOOM published 89 original fact-checks in English, Hindi, Bangla and Tamil
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शिंदे सैनिक: तूने CM साहब के बारे में क्या बोला? कुणाल: वो CM नहीं डिप्टी CM हैं शिंदे सैनिक: किधर रहता है तू? कुणाल: तमिलनाडु शिंदे सैनिक: किधर आने का? कुणाल: तमिलनाडु शिवसैनिक: अभी तमिलनाडु कैसे पहुंचेगा भाई? ग़ज़ब कॉमेडी चल रही है भाई 🤣😂🤣
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Media outlets reported a false claim a wedding was held at the #RashtrapatiBhavan in New Delhi for the first time in history. BOOM was able to confirm that the Rashtrapati Bhavan has been the venue for several weddings over many years. #FactCheck
https://t.co/nerv9og6Tc
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BOOM found that the Rashtrapati Bhavan has been the venue for many weddings in the past.
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Tickets were issued at the counter by your Ministry at the same railway station. Didn’t they know how many tickets were issued ? Didn’t your Ministry estimate the crowd based on the tickets issued ? What measures were put in place to manage the crowd ? As per Delhi Police,
4 special trains to evacuate this unprecedented sudden rush at NDLS. The rush has now reduced.
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