3+ hour, 26+ min ago  (150+ words) BOOM found that the woman in the photo is Nivedita Ekbote, the Principal of Modern College, Pune. The NEET entrance examination held on May 3, 2026, was cancelled on May 12 following allegations of paper leak. CBI has so far arrested Manisha Mandhare…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (290+ words) India's debate on children's online safety is often framed as a simple question: should social media for minors be banned? A recent roundtable organised by BOOM and Decode called 'Should We Log Out Our Children?', bringing together teenagers, digital rights…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (280+ words) News outlets are misreporting a remark by Bihar Education Minister Mithilesh Tiwari to falsely claim that he said girls do not need education. BOOM found that Tiwari used the word "agitation" while arguing that female students do not need to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (284+ words) The Jamia administration called the "nikah" notice fake and clarified that the university has not issued any such notification. A fake notification that appears to be from Delhi-based Jamia Millia Islamia University is circulating with claims that the university ordered…...

3+ mon, 1+ day ago  (740+ words) Public debate about artificial intelligence in higher education has largely orbited a familiar worry: cheating. Will students use chatbots to write essays? Can instructors tell? Should universities ban the tech? Embrace it? These concerns are understandable. But focusing so much…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (377+ words) Amidst the ongoing national agitations and the recent Supreme Court stay on the University Grants Commission's (UGC) new equity regulations, a video showing police lathi-charging protesters on a street in Kolkata is being widely circulated. The footage is being shared…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (338+ words) A notice claiming that Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand University (DBUU) would award 50 marks to students attending Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rally, is fake. BOOM found that the notice is fabricated, as it carries no date, signature, or official stamp. PM Modi…...

6+ mon, 3+ week ago  (267+ words) A video of male and female students seated in a classroom in Maharashtra with a makeshift partition in between, is being falsely shared as Kerala. The Claim: Video shows Muslim male and female students separated by a partition in a…...

7+ mon, 5+ day ago  (691+ words) A total of 10 people, including one actual candidate, were arrested, while appearing for the Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) Clerk 2025 exam in Lucknow's Bijnaur area. Several others were absconding. "This way, even the invigilators at the gate could not…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1691+ words) JHARKHAND " Every few months since 2017, Tarannum Khatun makes the same pilgrimage: An hour-long ride to Ranchi, a queue at an Aadhaar kiosk, the same bureaucratic choreography of forms, fingerprints and the polite refusal to help. Her daughter Sana was born…...