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Stancu Print

Stancu Print

Publisher’s rating: Google, Bing

First CheckHealth & medicine

Papaya seeds can act as a natural contraceptive if swallowed whole, without chewing

Publisher’s rating: While consuming unripe or semi-ripe papaya, which contains latex with papain, may pose risks during pregnancy, including uterine contractions and miscarriage, but their use for birth control remains unsubstantiated

Related research on popular contraception content online identifies papaya seeds among unproven methods promoted as natural spermicides. The excerpt does not specifically assess whether swallowing the seeds whole has a contraceptive effect.

youturnReligion & belief

7800 கிலோ தூய தங்கம், 780,000 வைரங்கள் மற்றும் 780 காரட்களால் வைரத்தால் செய்யப்பட்ட சுமார் 3000 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு மேல் பழமையான அனந்த பத்மநாபசுவாமி சிலை. இதன் இன்றய மதிப்பு பல ஆயிரம் லட்சம் கோடிகள் எனவும் இதனை விலை மதிப்பீடு செய்ய முடியலை என ஸதபதிகள் மற்றும் வல்லுனர்கள் சொன்னார்கள்

Publisher’s rating: false

youturn

பிரியங்கா வயநாடு ஓடுனது இதுக்குதான் எப்போதும் முஸ்லிம்கள் மேல் தான் அதிக அக்கறை பங்களாதேஷில் இருக்கும் இந்துக்கள் மீது பயங்கரவாதம் கட்டவிழ்த்துவிட்டு தொடர்ந்து படுகொலைகளும் கற்பழிப்புகளும் நடந்து கொண்டுள்ளன. ஆனால் அதற்கு கொஞ்சம் கூட ஒரு கருணை, இறக்கம் காட்ட மாட்டார்கள்,,

Publisher’s rating: false

PA MediaElections & voting

Claims have circulated online that Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will scrap next year’s local elections. One of the claims said this was the first time this has happened since the Second World War.

Publisher’s rating: A new Government white paper includes plans to restructure some local government in England. To aid in this process it is possible that local elections could be postponed. The reforms will likely merge some councils into larger bodies, which will lead to fewer separate elections. Such mergers have happened many times in the past and elections have been postponed as a result.

Fact Crescendo

এখন মাদ্ৰাছাৰ বাৰ্ষিক প্ৰতিযোগিতাৰ নাটকৰ দৃশ্যকে বাংলাদেশত আইছিছ, আল-কাইডাৰ কাৰ্যকলাপ বুলি প্ৰচাৰ কৰা হৈছে।

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review identifies the video as a scene from a drama performed during the annual competition at Jessore Jamia Islamia madrasa, not footage of ISIS or al-Qaeda activity. It reports that students staged the drama about the Palestinian struggle and used imitation weapons made from wood and straw. [S1]

FACTLY

Video of a mosque in India that was set on fire recently.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The video shows a fire at Luwuk Central Market in Banggai Regency, Indonesia, on 8 December 2024—not a fire in India. The mosque in the video was identified as Masjid Al-Ikssan, located in Indonesia.

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