BOOM FactCheck

3 weeks ago | boomlive.in | Umesh Kumar Ray

Educators like Khan Sir turned to YouTube during the pandemic, gaining millions of followers and transforming the coaching industry. Coaching teachers have faced FIRs for allegedly instigating protests over exam irregularities, putting them at odds with authorities. With their ability to mobilise thousands of aspirants, Bihar’s digital teachers have become key figures in student activism and exam-related controversies.

1 month ago | boomlive.in | Anmol Alphonso

Video shows US astronaut Sunita Williams's recent press conference talking about the Bhagavad Gita and crediting it for her safe return back to Earth BOOM found that the viral video of US astronaut Sunita Williams talking about the Bhagavad Gita is from a 2013 press conference in Delhi, India A 2013 video of US astronaut Sunita Williams at a press conference talking about her Indian heritage, taking a Ganesha idol, Bhagavad Gita with her on space missions, is viral linking it to her recent...

1 month ago | boomlive.in | Anmol Alphonso

Video shows people in Nagpur announcing a boycott of Muslims in Nagpur, MaharashtraBOOM found that the claim is false. The viral video is from Ghazipur, East Delhi, where family members were protesting the killing of a 32-year-old. A video of a group of people calling for a social boycott of Muslims after the killing of a man in Delhi’s Ghazipur is viral with a false claim that it shows a demand from Hindus in Nagpur, Maharashtra following the recent violence.

1 month ago | boomlive.in | Anmol Alphonso

Video shows RSS leader Indresh Kumar attending an Iftar party on the night of the Nagpur violenceBOOM found that the viral video is from March 15, 2025, and not from the night of March 17, 2025 when communal violence broke out in Nagpur, Maharashtra. A video of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader Indresh Kumar attending an Iftar party in Delhi on March 15, 2025, is viral with a false claim that he attended it hours after communal violence broke out in Nagpur, Maharashtra on March 17, 2025.

1 month ago | boomlive.in | Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

Targeted Smear Campaign: Jadavpur University students face repeated vilification, with right-wing groups and media branding them as ‘Maoists,’ ‘ISI agents,’ and ‘drug addicts’ every time protests erupt. Right-Wing & Media Playbook: BJP, ABVP, and pro-TMC media amplified claims of Jadavpur being an ‘anti-national hub,’ linking protests to urban Naxalism and calling for a crackdown.