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Indian Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth stated that Major Rajendra Pratap drank cow urine for 40 days to quench his thirst during the 1965 India-Pakistan war and urged modern soldiers to continue the practice.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that the viral video was digitally altered: its original footage shows General Dhiraj Seth at a cataract surgery camp in Tangdhar, interacting with patients and army veterans. The cow-urine audio was not part of the original video and was falsely attributed to him.

චන්ද්‍රයාගේ පෘථිවියට නොපෙනන පැත්තේ අභිරහස් කුළුණක් ඇති බවත් ඒ බව පෙන්වන ඡායාරූපයක් නිකුත් වූ බවත් පවසන සටහන

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says the circulating image was not an LRO photograph and that no official or reliable source reported the alleged tower or the release and removal of a photograph. It concludes that the post is false; the Zond 3 image mentioned in a comment does not provide evidence of a tower.

මහරගම අපේක්ෂා රෝහලේ බලධාරීන් ඖෂධ හිඟයක් ඇති බව පවසමින් පරිත්‍යාගශීලීන්ගෙන් ප්‍රසිද්ධ ආයාචනයක් කර ඇත.

Publisher’s rating: Missing Context

The review found that Apeksha Hospital’s director said neither the hospital nor its authorities had issued a public appeal for donations. The director acknowledged that medicine availability can vary, but said donation inquiries are handled individually rather than through a public request. ([S1](https://srilanka.factcrescendo.com/2026/10/05/claims-of-maharagama-apeksha-hospital-requesting-public-medicine-donations-are-misleading/))

Two luxury train sets have recently been imported to Sri Lanka from Japan.

Publisher’s rating: Missing Context

Fact Crescendo found that the viral photo showed Class S5 No. 718, imported from Japan in 1970, not a recent arrival. It reports that railway and transport ministry officials confirmed that no train sets had recently been imported from Japan.

பாதுகாப்பாகத் தரையிறங்கியதை அடுத்து Flydubai பயணிகள் கொண்டாடியது எனப் பகிரப்படும் காணொளி

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says the video was posted in 2025 and showed Israeli basketball player Yam Madar celebrating with fellow passengers—not Flydubai passengers celebrating after landing. It concludes that the video was misrepresented as showing the claimed event.

Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke was attacked during a protest at Mumbai’s Shivaji Park on 02 October 2026.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

ادعای کشته شدن دومین خواهر عباس عراقچی

Publisher’s rating: نادرست

The videos show the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) protest at Shivaji Park in Mumbai on 02 October 2026.

Publisher’s rating: MISLEADING

نشرت حسابات وصفحات على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي مقطع فيديو، ادّعى ناشروه أنه يُظهر دخول مروحية قتالية "أباتشي" على خط المواجهات بين قوات الحكومة اليمنية ومسلحي جماعة الحوثيين.

Publisher’s rating: مضلل

The review says no combat helicopters had recently intervened in clashes with the Houthis, and identifies the video as an excerpt from a documentary about Apache strikes in Afghanistan during Operation Anaconda in 2002. It also says the footage had been posted on YouTube since 2013. [S1]

نشرت حسابات وصفحات على منصة التواصل الاجتماعي، "فيسبوك"، مقطع فيديو ادّعى ناشروه أنه يوثق لحظة استهداف كمين لطقم تابع لمسلحي جماعة الحوثيين بمنطقة المركز

Publisher’s rating: مضلل

'Walk for Peace' சமாதான நடைப்பயணத்தில் அனைவரது அன்பையும் பெற்ற 'ஆலோகா' உயிரிழந்துவிட்டதா

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says the claim that Aloka had died is false, noting that it found no such announcement on the march’s or Aloka’s official accounts and that recent photos of Aloka had been posted. It concludes that the circulating photos were of So, a different dog that died in 2023.

Vaccines a 'misfortunate,' tied to medical conditions

Publisher’s rating: MISSING CONTEXT

සති අන්තයේ පෞද්ගලික ගමන් සඳහා මෙට්‍රෝ බස් රථ කුලියට ලබා ගත හැකිය

Publisher’s rating: False

The review reports that Lanka Metro Transit and the Ministry of Transport denied any plan to make Metro buses available for private trips. It says the buses are reserved for public transport and that the circulating claim is not true.

ශ්‍රී ලාංකික ක්ෂුද්‍රජීව විද්‍යාඥයෙකු ප්ලාස්ටික් වලින් පිළියෙල කළ බිස්කට් නිපදවා ඇති බවට පැතිරෙන කතාව

Publisher’s rating: Missing Context

ශ්‍රී ලංකා දෙමළ ගුවන්විදුලි සේවාව තමිල්නාඩු ජනතාව වෙනුවෙන් නැවතත් ගුවන්විදුලි තරංග ඔස්සේ විකාශය කිරීමට සූදානම් බවට පැතිරෙන සටහන්

Publisher’s rating: False

வார இறுதி நாட்களில் தனிப்பட்ட பயணங்களுக்காக Metro பேருந்துகளை வாடகைக்கு எடுக்கலாம்

Publisher’s rating: False

The review says Lanka Metro Transit’s chairman denied that Metro buses could be hired for private trips, or that such a service was planned. It also reports that the transport ministry’s spokesperson said no such arrangement had been made.

ஈரான் தலைநகரம் டெஹ்ரானில் உள்ள ராணுவ தலைமையகத்தின் மீது அமெரிக்கா தாக்குதல் நடத்தியதாகப் பகிரப்படும் காணொளி

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

The review says the video shared as showing a U.S. attack on Tehran’s military headquarters actually shows a fire at a building in China. It identifies the footage as being from a September 16, 2022 fire at a 42-story building housing China Telecom offices.

Aloka, the dog who walked with Bhikkhu Pannakara on the Walk for Peace, has died.

Publisher’s rating: False

Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka found no announcement of Aloka’s death on the official Walk for Peace or Aloka the Peace Dog accounts and said those posts were false. It identified the dog shown in the viral burial photographs as Sổ, who died in 2023.

ویدیو با ادعای حملات موشکی جدید آمریکا به بندرعباس در نهم مهر ماه

Publisher’s rating: نادرست

نشرت حسابات وصفحات على منصات التواصل الاجتماعي مقطع فيديو، زعمت أنه يظهر دخول قوات تابعة لجماعة الحوثيين إلى منطقة الصافية في مدينة تعز.

Publisher’s rating: مضلل