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140,000 children wen...: 140,000 children went missing from education during the pandemic and have not returned to school. We already have a reported 140,000 "ghost children"­—youngsters who went missing during the pandemic home-schooling regime and never came back. Baroness Karren Brady, 29 April 2023 . In a recent column for the Sun , the businesswoman and Conservative peer Karren Brady claimed tha (Source: Full Fact)

Monzo is closing dow...: Monzo is closing down "everyone's" accounts and keeping the money. A Facebook post which wrongly claimed that the online bank Monzo was closing all its customers' accounts was shared over 1,500 times before being deleted. The post said: "Everyone thst is using monzo bank get your money out your account cos there closing every ones account down a (Source: Full Fact)

False: Chelsea Clinton did not say ‘It’s time to force-jab every unvaccinated child in America’ Chelsea Clinton did not say that it is time to “force-jab” every unvaccinated child in the U.S., contrary to claims being shared online. The posts misrepresent Clinton’s comments about the “Big Catch-Up,” an authentic initiative to increase childhood vaccinations that were reduce (Source: Reuters)

No Evidence: No evidence Biden administration advisor Neera Tanden tweeted in support of Hitler U.S. President Joe Biden’s domestic policy adviser Neera Tanden did not post a tweet crediting Hitler for fighting communism. A screenshot carrying the purported tweet, which reads “Hitler was certainly controversial, but nobody gives him proper credit for fighting to the death a (Source: Reuters)

Mostly False: groom got beaten up with sandal by bride's father for demanding motorbike in dowry A video has gone viral on social media, in which a man dressed as a groom is being beaten up with a sandal by an elderly man who is supposedly the bride's father. The video has been shared with a caption in Hindi that says, "Groom asked for a motorcycle in dowry, father-in-law be (Source: Alt News)

False: Video shows a protest outside Nawaz Sharif's house in London after Imran Khan's arrest An old video from April 2022 showing protesters gathered in London near former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's residence to show support for former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan after his government lost the trust vote then is being shared with the false claim that it (Source: BOOM Live)

False: Video shows Arvind Kejriwal is seeking votes in favour of the Congress An old, clipped video of Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal has recently been shared on social media falsely claiming that it shows Kejriwal has publicly appealed to vote for the Congress party in Jalandhar bypoll during a recent inte (Source: BOOM Live)

False: Karnataka citizens destroy EVMs after finding them in a BJP leader’s car Authors Shubham Singh An enthusiastic journalist, researcher and fact-checker, Shubham believes in maintaining the sanctity of facts and wants to create awareness about misinformation and its perils. Shubham has studied Mathematics at the Banaras Hindu University and holds a dipl (Source: Newschecker)

False: The video shows a man 'flying in the air' after performing yoga in Tamil Nadu. A video showing a man getting down on the ground from top of a building by 'flying in the air' and leaving his audiences surprised is going viral on social media.The claim states that this man was able to 'fly' because of the 'power of yoga'. (Source: WebQoof - The Quint)

Mostly False: comfrey and clove can heal teeth and gum problems Can herbs heal teeth and gum problems?Can kitchen-based remedies cure teeth and gum problems?Not really. There is a lack of scientific evidence to prove that using clove or comfrey can cure teeth and gum problems. Clove may help alleviate tooth pain and inflammation but won't cur (Source: Thip Media)

Mostly False: Mercury in vaccines is killing humans Can mercury-based preservatives in vaccine kill humans?Can thimerosal in vaccines kill you?Not really. In context with thimerosal, there is insufficient evidence to confirm whether thimerosal-containing mercury can cause harm to humans. However, the potential negative effects of  (Source: Thip Media)

False: Russian forces destroyed an underground hidden bunker in Ukraine that belongs to the NATO, killing hundreds of military officials A Tiktok video shared on Facebook (FB) is erroneously claiming that Russian forces destroyed an underground hidden bunker in Ukraine that belongs to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), allegedly killing hundreds of military officials. This is not true.One of the video  (Source: Vera Files)