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: Post clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in the #GalwanValley in #Ladakh on June 15-16, BOOM has fact-checked several posts which include images, videos, and msgs that included misinformation and had gone viral. See the thread below 
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: Post clashes between Indian and Chinese troops in the #GalwanValley in #Ladakh on June 15-16, BOOM has fact-checked several posts which include images, videos, and msgs that included misinformation and had gone viral. See the thread below #FakeNews #India #China
Two images of a protest by @cpimspeak members in Delhi against various government policies were shared on #WhatsApp and social media with the false claim that the party protested against the #IndianArmy following the clash. (1/n) #FakeNews #India #China https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/no-these-images-do-not-show-a-cpim-protest-against-the-indian-army-8514
Barely 24 hours after the clash, a fake screenshot of a tweet claiming 50 Indian troops have been killed and 75 taken captive by the Chinese army went viral. BOOM found that the screenshot is doctored and fake. (2/n) #FakeNews #India #China https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/india-china-clash-fake-tweet-screenshot-on-ladakh-goes-viral-8523
BOOM found that a #WhatsApp message claiming state-run news outlet @globaltimesnews reported 30 Chinese soldiers were killed during the clash between Indian and Chinese troops at the #GalwanValleyFaceOff, was fake. (3/n) #FakeNews #India #China https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/message-claiming-global-times-reported-30-chinese-soldiers-dead-is-fake
An undated video showing Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel and Indian Army soldiers at Pangong lake, with a captive Chinese soldier, was shared claiming it was from the recent #GalwanValleyFaceOff on June 15. (4/n) #FakeNews #India #China https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/undated-video-viral-as-recent-india-china-clash-at-galwan-valley-ladakh-8544
A set of tweets by parody accounts of several prominent world leaders, where they are seemingly extending support to India on behalf of their country went viral. (5/n) #FakeNews #India #China #DonaldTrump https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/stand-with-india-tweets-from-fake-netanyahu-trump-handles-go-viral-8545
An old image of an Indian Army banner with the words 'Fight To Win', in #Ladakh's Pangong Lake resurfaced with false claims that it was installed by #China after the standoff in the #GalwanValley. (6/n) #FakeNews #India #China https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/2012-photo-of-indian-army-banner-in-ladakh-peddled-as-threat-by-china-8547
Congress spokesperson @rssurjewala had tweeted a set of old footage of Indian troops clashing with Chinese troops, and passed it off as the recent clash that took place at #GalwanValley. (7/n) #FakeNews #India #China https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/randeep-singh-surjewala-peddles-old-clips-of-india-china-clashes-as-recent-8548
A list of names of 56 individuals was shared on social media with the claim that they are the slain Chinese soldiers from the #GalwanValleyClash. BOOM found the claim to be false. (8/n) #FakeNews #India #China https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/names-of-56-former-pla-generals-viral-as-slain-chinese-soldiers-8550
. @amitmalviya tried to pass off a photo from 2017 taken during a food festival organised by the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi & was attended by politicians including from the #BJP, as a photo showing Sonia & #RahulGandhi's visit to #China in 2008. (9/n) https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/bjp-it-cell-head-amit-malviya-peddles-2017-pic-as-gandhis-2008-china-visit-8551
An image of a young child joining her hands as a gesture of respect to a photo of Colonel Santosh Babu, who was killed in action during the recent India-China border clash, was viral with a false claim that the girl is the slain colonel's daughter. (10/n) https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/no-this-is-not-a-photo-of-late-col-santosh-babus-daughter-8557
An old video of @narendramodi appearing to say soldiers lay down their lives in the battlefield because they receive a salary, has been cropped and revived with the misleading context in the backdrop of the recent #IndiaChinaStandoff. (11/n) #FakeNews https://www.boomlive.in/fake-news/dated-clip-of-pm-modi-talking-about-soldiers-dying-is-cropped-8560
