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These photos are shared online claiming to be the dead bodies of COVID-19 victims, but actually it show victims of a deadly heatwave that killed hundreds of in Pakistan in 2015.

Fact check: Are these the dead bodies of COVID-19 victims in Pakistan? Find the truth

Three photos claiming to be that of the bodies of COVID-19 victims in Pakistan are going viral on social media

Apr 30, 2020

By Anu James

Can green papaya salad prevent Coronavirus? Here's the truth behind viral claim in Thailand

Ever since the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus, netizens have been suggesting many homemade techniques to kill the deadly COVID-19 and the latest one to join the list is papaya

Apr 30, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus Fake news

ABC reporter Will Reeve appears on television without wearing pants,

Quarantine exposure? When news reporter Will Reeve presented a live TV show without wearing pants

Will Reeve, a reporter at ABC News, has now become the butt of all jokes following his appearance on a live television show, all thanks to his attire.

Apr 29, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

Bored due to Coronavirus lockdown? Maybe you can entertain neighbours with THIS 'silly walks' idea

Multiple videos of people walking unusually through pavements have been doing the rounds on social media

Apr 28, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

Twitch streamer Alinity suspended after suffering wardrobe malfunction online [VIDEO]

Twitch streamer Natalia 'Alinity' Mogollon was suspended by the platform after she accidentally revealed her bare breast to viewers during a live stream.

Apr 27, 2020

By Manthan C.

Horses become intimate while nursery teacher records a video of her reading stories

Caught on camera: THESE horses screw up nursery teacher's story reading session by getting intimate

The incident happened when a nursery teacher thought of capturing a video of her story reading session for her students with horses behind rather than her usual boring background.

Apr 24, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

UK couple Ryan Osborne and Elena Manighetti.

25 days at sea: THIS couple sailing across Atlantic was unaware about the magnitude of Coronavirus pandemic

Ryan Osborne and Elena Manighetti, who started sailing across the Atlantic Ocean in February 2020, was unaware of the magnitude of the Coronavirus pandemic

Apr 23, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

Coronavirus pandemic leads to massive subscription drive for Netflix; here is why the streamer is unhappy

Huge increase in Netflix subscribers in the first quarter of this year has made the streamer worried

Apr 22, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca

Netflix

Two Italian girls play rooftop tennis amid Coronavirus lockdown.

Rooftop tennis of two Italian girls amid Coronavirus lockdown goes viral; but is it really safe?

A recent video that is doing the rounds on social media shows two junior girls playing rooftop tennis with them maintaining social distancing in Italy

Apr 22, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

THIS Indian doctor treating Coronavirus patients in the US gets a unique 'drive of honour' [VIDEO]

Dr Uma Rani Madhusudana, an Indian-origin physician practising in Connecticut, US, has been treating many COVID-19 patients

Apr 22, 2020

By Anu James

Coronavirus

One in four 'most-viewed' YouTube videos on Coronavirus contain misinformation, says study

One-fourth of YouTube videos on COVID-19 had misinformation, while Govt. and professional videos were clean, they accounted for only 10% of the overall views

Apr 21, 2020

By Vinay B.S.

Coronavirus

Lee Min Ho starrer The King: Eternal Monarch in controversy, producers apologize for 'mistake'

Netizens after admiring The King: Eternal Monarch opening episodes have now claimed that design of pagodas used in the Korean Empire and the seal resemble Japanese architecture

Apr 21, 2020

By Suman Priya Mendonca