Month: March 2023

Sea Level Rise A Myth? No, Viral Photos Of Statue Of Liberty Misleading – Newschecker

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ClaimTwo photos of Statue Of Liberty, taken in 1898 and 2017, disprove sea level rise FactViral images do not account for tidal fluctuations, while New York’s sea level rise has been documented Two photos of the Statue of the Liberty, purportedly taken more than 100 years apart, are circulating with social media users claiming that …

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Google AI-based tiny syringe to inject gene therapy, tumour-killing drugs-thip

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New York, March 31 (IANS) A team of researchers has harnessed Google’s AI venture DeepMind to develop a bacterial injection system which can inject proteins, including cancer-killing drugs and gene therapies, directly into human cells. Using the Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool AlphaFold the team including from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Harvard University …

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Rampyari Gurjar led 40,000 soldiers to defeat Timur? No credible evidence to back such claim – Alt News

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Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on March 11 unveiled a statue of Kotwal Dhan Singh Gurjar at a police training school in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. During his speech at the programme, he said, among other things, that there were several instances of history not having any record of individuals who had valiantly fought against invaders. The official …

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The viral image does not show Bangladesh freedom fighters recreate 1971 moment – FactCrescendo

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None of the women in the photographs were part of the Bangladesh Liberation War. A series of two images depicting four women sitting in a jeep over the course of several years has gone viral on social media. The images are claim that the four women are freedom fighters from the Bangladesh Liberation War of …

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Did Victim’s Father Vow To Fight ‘Trans Evil’? – Newschecker

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ClaimTweet by news outlet WSMV 4 quoting the father of one of the Nashville shooting victims, vowing to fight “with every fiber” of his being “for the end of the trans evil.” FactNews outlet clarified that the viral image is fake, and that it did not tweet any such comment by victim’s father.  The mass shooting …

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Fact-Check: Old video of Bhojpuri actor Akanksha Dubey getting viral with misleading claim -Vishvas News

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Vishvas News investigation found the viral post to be misleading. The video which is being made viral is a year-old video. New Delhi (Vishvas News): Since the death of Bhojpuri actress Akanksha Dubey who was found dead in a hotel in Varanasi, many of her videos are going viral on social media. Now, an old …

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School-goers clash with knives in Delhi, videos viral with false communal claim – Alt News

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A number of videos featuring school-going children are being shared on social media. In the first clip, a group of boys dressed in school uniform are seen fighting near an auto parked in the middle of the road. In some other videos, an injured boy is lying on a stretcher and the person recording the …

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Consumers Won’t Be Taxed For UPI Payments, Here’s The NPCI Guidelines Simplified – Newschecker

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ClaimConsumers will be taxed 1.1% surcharge for UPI Payments from April 1. FactThe Claim is Misleading. The general public will not have to pay any additional charges on UPI transactions. Social media is abuzz with a viral claim alleging that starting April 1, users will be charged 1.1% for UPI payments exceeding ₹2000, using digital …

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Old Meme Template Recycled To Accuse ‘Samantha Hyde’ Of Nashville School Shooting – Newschecker

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Photograph of one Samantha Hyde who opened fire at a school in the US’ Nashville killing six people. Screengrab from tweet by @TheSourceStars A keyword search for “Nashville school shooter” on Google yielded multiple reports identifying the accused as one “Audrey Hale,” and not “Samantha Hyde” as widely claimed. Such reports can be seen here, …

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