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Fact Check: The Kupwara 'earthquake disaster' pic on social media is actually from Turkey

March 27, 2023 8:57 pm

Since the recent earthquake, an image showing a damaged building has been shared on various social media websites, along with the claim that three people have been killed in Jammu and Kashmir.

Will a recession hit India this June, as Union Minister Narayan Rane appears to be predicting?

January 18, 2023 9:00 am

Union Minister Narayan Rane has said a recession is expected to hit India after June. What is a recession, and where do things stand?

Something wasn't right with Dylan's signature on a new $600 limited-edition book. The publisher has said sorry

November 26, 2022 7:22 am

The Philosophy of Modern Song is Dylan’s first book after receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016. Published on November 1, 2022, this book contains Dylan’s commentary on 66 songs by a wide range of artists.

Explained: Why being on a plane with an infected person cannot usually give you monkeypox

August 03, 2022 9:05 am

The infection spreads mainly through skin-to-skin, mouth-to-mouth, or sexual contact with someone who has the monkeypox rashes. People can also contract the infection from direct contact with the lesions or the fluid in it, or indirect contact with contaminated material such as linens.

Explained: The 22 locked 'rooms' at the Taj Mahal, and a mystery that isn't

May 14, 2022 9:52 am

The Allahabad HC has dismissed a petition seeking a "facts finding committee to study and publish the real History of Taj Mahal" and a "direction...to open the sealed doors inside the Taj Mahal to rest to the controversy".

BJP vs SP over Purvanchal e-way, explained: Idea, construction, competing claims

November 18, 2021 8:55 am

The ambitious Purvanchal Expressway connects the capital Lucknow to Ghazipur on the Ganga at the eastern end of the state.

Fact Check: How does the US media call a presidential election?

November 12, 2020 10:11 am

The AP, for many decades the gold standard for calling US election races, says unequivocally that it “declares winners” — it “does not make projections or name apparent or likely winners”.

Fact Check: Who asks for Question Hour depends on who is in Opposition

September 13, 2020 11:29 am

From Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal to Congress-ruled Punjab and Rajasthan, BJP-ruled Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, and Shiv Sena-ruled Maharashtra, Assembly sessions have done away with Question Hour.

Fact Check: A look at how the Idukki landslide occurred

August 15, 2020 11:14 pm

A massive landslide last week crushed a settlement of 83 tea estate workers in Munnar in Idukki, Kerala. So far, 49 bodies have been recovered, 12 persons have been rescued and many are still missing. The Indian Express looks at what happened, and why the area is prone to landslides

Fact Check: Why the Russian Covid-19 vaccine could still be far from ready

August 12, 2020 1:11 pm

A report by the TASS news agency of Russia on July 10 said the phase I clinical trials would end on July 15, while the second phase would begin on July 13.

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