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Fake Post: Lady Gaga Did Endorse Trump For President In 2024 Fake PostDoes a photo circulating on social media show pop star Lady Gaga endorsing Donald Trump's 2024 presidential campaign on his social media application Truth Social? No, that's not true: The image has been digitally altered. The original photo does not come from a real post (Source: Lead Stories)
False: Interview shows a US delegate speaking about getting his Indian visa rejected. The interview of a US delegate speaking about how India rejected his visa to the country has been taken out of context and made viral online. BOOM found that the interview is from March 2016 and has been shared as recent to claim that the Modi government denied visas to delegates (Source: BOOM Live)
False: Interview shows a US delegate speaking about getting his Indian visa rejected. The interview of a US delegate speaking about how India rejected his visa to the country has been taken out of context and made viral online. BOOM found that the interview is from March 2016 and has been shared as recent to claim that the Modi government denied visas to delegates (Source: BOOM Live)
Fake: An image shared online in June 2023 authentically showed a lion-faced tree covered in snow. About this rating In June 2023 an image went viral that appeared to show a real tree with its leaves and branches configured such that they formed the face of a lion. The image was, in fact, digitally altered. The manipulated image was firstpostedin 2020 byMartijn Schrijver, an a (Source: Snopes)
False: The video is recent and shows a man falling into an open drain in Borivali East in Mumbai, Maharashtra. (Archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.)What is the truth?: Neither is this video recent nor is it from Maharashtra. The incident dates back to August 2022 and is from Tamil Nadu's Hosur. (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)
False: The video shows police beating protestors in France after a week of rioting. A video which shows police personnel brutally dragging and beating up protestors is going viral with users linking it to the recent violence that broke out in France.What are users claiming?: Social media users shared the video claiming that it shows the police cracking down on p (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)
Mostly False: Bill Gates’ GMO mosquitoes causing malaria in the USA Is Bill Gates responsible for malaria cases in the US?Not really. The claim seems a conspiracy theory as there is no credible evidence. On the contrary, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is providing financial support for research and efforts aimed at addressing the problem o (Source: Thip Media)