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அகமதாபாத்தில் விமான விபத்தின் கடைசி தருணத்தின் படம்...
Publisher’s rating: fake
జూన్ 2025లో చైనాలో వచ్చిన వరదలకు సంబంధించిన వీడియోలు.
Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING
रुद्रप्रयाग बस हादसे के दौरान की तस्वीरें
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक
क्रैश लैंडिंग का वीडियो: पायलट की सूझबूझ से विमान में बैठे कई लोगों की जान बची
Publisher’s rating: झूठ
大地震の前にトカラ地方で群発地震が発生する「トカラの法則」?
Publisher’s rating: 誤り
The Japan Fact-Check Center examined claims circulating alongside a swarm of earthquakes near the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture in June and July 2025. The claims described a “Tokara law”: that swarms there are followed by major earthquakes elsewhere in Japan, and cited the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and other major earthquakes as examples. The review assessed whether the pattern was supported by scientific evidence, rather than whether earthquakes could ever happen after a Tokara swarm. [S1: 「検証対象2025年6月∼7月、トカラ列島付近で地震が群発していることに関連して『トカラ列島の地震には「トカラの法則」というものがある』『トカラ列島で群発地震があった後、日本で巨大地震が起きる』という情報が複数のプラットフォームで大量に拡散している」] The review reports that, from June 21 through July 1, more than 700 earthquakes of seismic intensity 1 or greater occurred in a swarm near the islands. It also describes the check it used: JFC interviewed Junichi Nakajima, an earthquake scientist and professor at the Institute of Science Tokyo, about whether the proposed connection had a scientific basis. Nakajima said it did not, and said the Tokara earthquakes were too small to affect a wide area or trigger earthquakes across Japan. [S1: 「鹿児島県のトカラ列島では、2025年6月21日から7月1日までに700回を超える震度1以上の地震が群発的に続いている。」] [S1: 「日本ファクトチェックセンター(JFC)は、地震学を専門とする東京科学大学の中島淳一教授に取材した。『トカラの法則』に関して、中島氏は『科学的根拠はありません』と明言」] [S1: 「トカラの地震は規模が小さく、広い範囲に影響を及ぼすことはない。つまり、トカラの地震が日本列島の地震を誘発しているとする科学的根拠はない」] The review gives a numerical comparison for 2000 onward: 29 earthquakes of magnitude 7 or greater around Japan and 18 Tokara earthquakes of magnitude 4 or greater, excluding earthquakes occurring in sequences within 10 days. It says the timing coincided in two cases, about 11 percent. Because Japan experiences a magnitude-7-or-greater earthquake about once a year, the review argues that apparent coincidences do not establish a predictive relationship; in the cited comparison, the timing did not coincide in the other 89 percent of cases. This supports rejecting the claimed rule as a scientifically established precursor, while not claiming that a major earthquake on any particular date is impossible. [S1: 「2000年以降に日本周辺で発生したマグニチュード7以上の地震は29回、同時期にトカラ列島で起きたM4以上の地震は18回(10日以内に連続して発生した地震を除く)。うち、地震発生の時期が一致したのは2回(約11%)だ。」] [S1: 「日本ではもともと年に1回程度M7以上の地震が起きている。時期が一致するのが11%で、逆に89%は何も起きていないことから、『トカラの法則は都合のいい解釈』に過ぎないという。」]
The stunt performer featured in the viral video accidentally lost her life while performing the act.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review identifies the performer as skydiver Luiza Ferrari and says that in full-length versions of the clips she releases herself from the rope and deploys her parachute. It concludes that the fall shown was part of a planned stunt, not an accident.
அமைதி மார்க்கத்தின் அட்டுழியம். தெலங்கானா. ஷங்கர்பள்ளி அருகே தண்டவாளத்தில் கார் வேகமாக சென்றது. ஊழியர்கள் உடனடியாக அவரை நிறுத்துமாறு சைகை காட்டினர். ஆனால், அந்த முஸ்லீம் பெண் காரை தண்டவாளத்திலேயே தொடர்ந்து ஓட்டினார். கட்டுப்பாட்டு அறைக்கு ரயில்வே ஊழியர்கள் தகவல் தெரிவித்தனர்.
Publisher’s rating: false
தெரு நாய் தொல்லைக்கே இன்னும் தீர்வை காணோம். போதாக்குறைக்கு, இப்போது பசுமாட்டுத் தொல்லை வேறு. பாவம் வெகுஜன மக்கள்! திருப்பத்தூர் பேருந்து நிலையம் எதிரில், நிகழ்ந்த விபத்துக் காணொளி இது.
Publisher’s rating: false
une image prétendant montrer une inondation dans la ville de Touba, au Sénégal
Publisher’s rating: False
दिल्ली मेट्रो में एक्सीडेंट से 5000 लोगों की मौत
Publisher’s rating: झूठ
posts on X (formerly Twitter) (here and here) with an image claiming to show a fire in Tel Aviv, Israel
Publisher’s rating: False
Train Accident
Publisher’s rating: fake
An audio clip of a Mayday call was recovered from the black box of the crashed Air India Flight AI 171 in Ahmedabad in June 2025.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The review says the viral Mayday audio is from a different flight, N9851L, and was available online in 2009. It reports that no audio from AI 171’s recovered black boxes had been released by authorities.
A Qatar Airways flight made an emergency water landing.
Publisher’s rating: Misleading
Video shows a report on a helicopter crash that killed Iran's president amid the Israel-Iran conflict in June 2025.
Publisher’s rating: Needs Context
The sole survivor of the Air India Flight AI-171 crash, Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, was arrested for fabricating his presence on the flight.
Publisher’s rating: False
The review reports that Ramesh was a passenger and the sole survivor, and that his seat and flight details were corroborated by his boarding pass and official records. It says there were no reports or official records indicating he was arrested or under investigation.
Video shows passengers arguing over seat 11A in a flight, which is reportedly occupied by the sole survivor of the recent Air India flight crash in Ahmedabad.
Publisher’s rating: FALSE
The video was originally uploaded on 16 June 2025 by Fly-High Institute, Nagpur, with content creator Rutu Ranteke. The review says it was a scripted training simulation, and its original caption described the scene as a mock scenario.
Argentinian media reported that the plane was unable to brake after landing, causing it to veer off the runway and smash through a perimeter fence, hitting a line of houses.
Publisher’s rating: False
an image claiming to show an explosion at an oil refinery in Iran in 2025
Publisher’s rating: Missing Context
कल्लू- मंडी में बादल फटने के कारण कई गाड़िया पानी बह गईं
Publisher’s rating: भ्रामक