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Q&A on the End of th...: Q&A on the End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency May 11 will mark the end of the federal public health emergency for COVID-19, bringing changes to health care and public benefits.  “Many Americans won’t feel a difference immediately at the end of the public health emergency,” Anne Sosin, a policy fellow studying rural health eq (Source: FactCheck.org)

False: Says U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi “is guilty of treason.” U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi wasn’t found guilty of treason. (Source: PolitiFact)

False: MAllikarjun Kharge waited for Sonia Gandhi's permission to sit An 18-second clip from an election rally in Hubbali, Karnataka, is viral with the claim that Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge waited for Sonia Gandhi's approval to take a seat on the dais. The viral clip does not have an audio.In-charge of BJP's national information & techno (Source: Alt News)

False: Video shows cash stuffed inside spare tyre recovered ahead in Kanataka Assembly polls A four-year-old video showing stacks of cash recovered from a spare tyre in Bengaluru is circulating on social media with claims falsely linking it to the upcoming Karnataka Assembly elections.BOOM found that the video shows cash recovery from a vehicle en route to Shivamogga fro (Source: BOOM Live)

False: Photo shows the wrestlers' leaving and that the protest at Jantar Mantar has ended. Two pictures from the ongoing wrestlers' protest, one showing Vinesh Phogat, Sangeeta Phogat, and Bajrang Punia, and another showing a slightly empty protest site at Jantar Mantar, are being shared to claim that the protest has come to an end.BOOM visited Jantar Mantar, where the (Source: BOOM Live)

False: Photo shows Muslim youths in Kerala wearing T-shirts in support of the terror outfit ISIS. An old photo of a group of youngsters sporting terror organisation Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) T-shirts in Tamil Nadu has been revived as Kerala, amidst the ongoing controversy surrounding the film The Kerala Story.Directed by Sudipto Sen, 'The Kerala Story' makers had (Source: BOOM Live)

Missing Context: Despite being the Congress’ Chief, Mallikarjun Kharge was seen waiting for Sonia Gandhi’s approval to take his seat. Authors Vasudha Beri Vasudha noticed the growing problem of mis/disinformation online after studying New Media at ACJ in Chennai and became interested in separating facts from fiction. She is interested in learning how global issues affect individuals on a micro level. Before joi (Source: Newschecker)

False: This image shows Muslim men from Kerala supporting ISIS after the release of The Kerala Story. A screenshot of a tweet attributed to author and right-wing commentator Shefali Vaidya is going viral on social media which shows a picture of group of Muslim men wearing t-shirts with 'ISIS' written over them.The claim: The tweet claims that these people are from Kerala who are  (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)

False: These images of burning vehicles in from the recent Manipur protests of 2023. Three photos showing vehicles on fire are being shared on social media, where users are linking it to the violence between the Kuki and Meitei communities in Manipur.The Leaflet, a news outlet also shared the photo linking it to the recent protests. (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)

False: The pictures show the recent Aurora Borealis that was sighted in Ladakh, India. (More archives to similar claims can be found here and here.)What is the truth?: We found that all the images seen in the viral claim are old stock photos which were not taken in India. (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)