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Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2021-06-25): A set of disturbing images showing dead bodies and cold drink bottles is viral on social media with fake captions claiming that an employee of a soft drink company has contaminated its product with Ebola-infected blood. [...] A set of different pictures of bodies and cold drink bottles are viral from various Facebook pages with the same Hindi claim which translates to 'Please forward to all friends. Hyderabad police has informed all of India. Please don't drink cold drink including maza, fanta, 7 up, coca cola, mountain dew, pepsi etc for the coming few days because an employee of the company has contaminated it with Ebola-virus infected blood. The news was broadcast by NDTV channel yesterday. Please forward and share this message'. [...] We also looked for any news report on Hyderabad police issuing a warning against contaminated Cold Drink but found none. We did find several fact checks and reports rubbishing the claim.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2023-06-30): Cold Drinks Contaminated With Ebola Virus, Indian Government Issues Advisory? Know The Truth Behind This Viral Post [...] New Delhi: A viral message is doing the rounds in social media that states that cold drink brands like Maaza, Coca-Cola, 7UP, Thumbs Up, Pepsi, Sprite etc are contaminated with Ebola virus. [...] A message is doing the rounds on social media claiming that the Government of India has advised citizens to avoid cold drinks for a few days as they are contaminated with the Ebola virus.#PIBFactCheck:
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2023-07-08): The message reads: "Please forward to all your friends. The message is given from Hyderabad police to all over India. Do not drink cold drinks such as Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc. for next few days as a worker from the company has added his blood contaminated with Ebola virus in it. It was shown yesterday on NDTV news…. Please forward this message to other people as well in your family as well. Thank you." [...] However, this sort of message appears frequently on WhatsApp to trigger panic among people. It first appeared in 2016 on Facebook by a user named ManDeep Singh Kamboj and he quoted the police in the Philippines as:"Important message from manila police to all over Philippines and India: for the next few weeks do not drink any product of COOL DRINK as a worker from the company has added his blood contaminated with Ebola virus. It was shown yesterday on NDTV news…. Pls forward this msg urgently to people you care… Take care." However, all the above messages were debunked and proved wrong. Claim: A WhatsApp message advised people not to drink any cold drinks such as Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc. over coming weeks because a worker has contaminated the product with his Ebola-infected blood.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2023-07-07): Hyderabad Police did not issue warning against soft drinks containing Ebola virus. [...] Time and again social media users have revived old claims and circulated then online. This time again, a message claiming to be purportedly written by the National Health of India and Hyderabad Police who warn people to not consume soft drinks such as Maaza, Coca Cola, Thumbs Up, 7-Up, Pepsi, Sprite etc has a company employee has mixed contaminated blood containing the Ebola virus in these drinks. The message further states that this news was reported by NDTV recently. [...] Title:Hyderabad Police did not issue warning against soft drinks containing Ebola virus
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2024-05-08): Did Hyderabad police release a warning about the contamination of soft drinks with Ebola Virus? Know the truth. [...] An old message about the contamination of soft drinks has resurfaced again on various social media platforms. The message says that Hyderabad Police has issued a warning not to consume soft drinks like Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc. for the next few days because one of the company’s workers has mixed the contaminated blood of a dangerous virus named Ebola in it. [...] Fact Crescendo found the claim to be false. Hyderabad police had clarified that they have not released any warning about the soft drinks contaminated with the Ebola virus.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2024-06-07): An old message has resurfaced on social media, warning users not to consume soft drinks such as Fanta and Pepsi and the fruit drink Maaza. It claims the drinks contain Ebola-infected blood. [...] Please forward it to all friends Information has been given by Hyderabad Police all over India. Please do not drink any cold drink like Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca Cola, Mountain Deo, Pepsi, etc. for the next few days because one of the company’s workers has mixed the contaminated blood of dangerous virus named Ebola in it. This news was told in NDTV channel yesterday. Please help by forwarding this message as soon as possible. [...] "Fake news spreading on social media about cool drinks and a warning from Hyderabad city police is fake one and Hyderabad city police never released any message regarding this," they wrote on the social media platform at the time known as Twitter.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2019-07-16): A set of images is circulating on social media with the claim that Hyderabad police has issued a warning to not drink cold drinks like Fanta, Pepsi, Coke, etc in the upcoming days as they are contaminated with the Ebola virus. "Please forward to your friends. Instructions have been issued to all of India on behalf of the Hyderabad police. In the coming few days, please do not drink cold drinks like Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc. A worker in one of these companies has mixed blood infected with a dangerous virus called Ebola," the message reads. [...] The message doing the rounds is fake. The Hyderabad Police also issued a clarification on Saturday, 14 July, stating that the claims made in the viral message are false.
Claim: Hyderabad Police Issued A Warning Against Soft Drinks Containing The Ebola Virus! (Social Media Users, 2024-01-10)
Evidence (2024-08-24): Did You Receive WhatsApp Message Claiming Cold Drinks Are Contaminated With Ebola Virus? Here’s What You Should Know "Please do not drink soft drinks like Maja, Coco Cola, 7up, thumps, Pepsi, sprite etc… because one of the company’s workers mixed the contaminated blood of the dangerous virus called Ebola in it," the message on WhatsAap claims. A "warning" has been circulating on WhatsAap asking people to avoid cold drinks like like Maza, Coca-Cola, 7Up, Thums Up, Pepsi, and Sprite, alleging that they have been contaminated with the Ebola virus. The message further claims that the Hyderabad Police have alerted the public across India about this supposed contamination, and it falsely asserts that this news was reported on NDTV. However, PIB Fact Check, a government initiative to combat misinformation and fake news, has categorically denied these claims, advising the public to disregard the message and not to spread misinformation. [...] What is the fake message claim "Please forward this information Hyderabad Police all over India. Please do not drink soft drinks like Maja, Coco Cola, 7up, thumps, Pepsi, sprite etc… because one of the company’s workers mixed the contaminated blood of the dangerous virus called Ebola in it. This news was reported on NDTV channel yesterday. Please help by forwarding this message to everyone. Thanks."
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2022-05-11): According to our investigation, we were able to find out that the viral messages of a alleged meeting at President House with SJB and JVP where an agreement was made for both parties to form a collation government under the premiership of former speaker Karu Jayasuriya is misleading.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2024-10-08): Colombo [Sri Lanka]: Sri Lanka's two main opposition parties, Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have rejected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's request to form an all-party interim government, said Sajith Premdasa, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Sri Lankan Parliament on Monday adding that the President should resign. While speaking to ANI, Sajith confirmed that the two main opposition parties SJB and JVP refrained from giving their support to the President. He also called for his resignation amid the deepening economic crisis in the island nation. Following the mass resignation of his Cabinet Ministers, President Rajapaksa on Monday named at least four Ministers, to maintain legitimacy and stability of Parliament and other functions of the country until a full Cabinet is appointed, even as he asked opposition members to join a unity government in the face of protests against an economic crisis. [...] The President has already requested all political parties representing in Parliament to contribute to find a solution to the national crisis in the country. A permanent cabinet will be appointed after discussions with the political parties, the Colombo Post added further.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2024-06-25): The main opposition, center-right Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB), is leading in informal opinion polls, with some ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) legislators joining due to SJB leader Sajith Premadasa’s popularity. [...] Premadasa’s inclusion of SLPP parliamentarians has caused discontent among hardcore SJB members. [...] A new movement, Sarva Jana Balaya (SJB), has formed, comprising nationalists advocating for the Sinhala Buddhist majority. While unlikely to win the election, it could influence voters and support another candidate.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2022-04-30): President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has given consent to the SLFP to form an all-party interim government with a new Prime Minister and a new cabinet with a limited number of members with the objective of finding a quick solution to the current economic, political and social problems in the country, SLFP party leader and former President Maithripala Sirisena said yesterday. [...] Constitution of an interim government is not a kind of strengthening of the President or jacking up of the government. The requests have been made by Mahanayakes of the three Nikayas, other religious prelates, trade unions, trade chambers, and many other social and public organisations. The SLFP has led the campaign to replace the incumbent government with an interim government as a temporary solution to the current national issues," Mr. Sirisena stressed. [...] Responding to another query from the Daily Mirror on the refusal by the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and the JVP to join the interim government, Mr. Sirisena said President Rajapaksa would write requesting all political parties to participate in the formation of the interim government. The SLFP will also talk to the SJB and the JVP to get their consent to the new political set up to take the country out of the mess.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2022-07-10): In a series of public rallies and speeches last week, both the JVP and the SJB have been issuing ultimatums, calling upon the Ranil-Rajapaksa government to step down and hand over the government to their respective alliances in parliament. Neither ultimatum is a response to Ranil Wickremesinghe’s hint at being full-term PM, i.e., continuing as PM for the remainder of the term of the current parliament. Rather, the JVP and the SJB seem convinced that nothing much is going to change under Ranil Wickremesinghe, and now is their time to step in and lead an interim government. Neither party has the numbers to do anything in parliament. The JVP has three and the SJB 54, but their unstated logic might be that if Ranil Wickremesinghe could become Prime Minister leading only himself as a nominated MP, why not they? Their stronger argument is the failure of the current interim Prime Minister to show even some results or changes on the ground.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2023-02-16): ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s main opposition party the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has proposed anti-corruption measures, debt management, continued engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on terms favourable to Sri Lanka, revenue consolidation and other measures to improve the island nation’s dire economic situation. [...] Fighting corruption has been a key policy focus of both the SJB and rival opposition group the National People’s Power (NPP), led by the leftist Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), as a solution to Sri Lanka’s crisis, with particular emphasis on recovering stolen assets, though neither party has so far detailed what such a recovery process would look like. [...] Presenting the document at the SJB economic summit on Tuesday, MP Harsha de Silva said that, unlike others (in a clear dig at the anti-IMF JVP), the SJB supports engaging with the IMF. He also defended a controversial remark by party leader Sajith Premadasa recently that a future SJB government under him is not obligated to honour deals made by the incumbent government.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2024-09-18): SJB MP Eran Wickramaratne has revealed that once Sajith Premadasa becomes the President of Sri Lanka on 22 September, the SJB will immediately get into strengthening governance, restructuring of debt, and renegotiating with the IMF after appointing a caretaker Cabinet prior to dissolving Parliament. "Soon after Sajith Premadasa becomes President, the Parliament will be dissolved after appointing a new Cabinet of Ministers. We will not wait till the end of the general election – we will start maintaining macroeconomic fundamentals, which is the main task of a government," emphasised SJB Parliamentarian Wickramaratne, speaking among a representative gathering in Rajagiriya yesterday evening. Wickramaratne, on the need for more professionals coming forward to take the task of governance and administration, said that he and Karu Jayasuriya were the only two corporate sector professionals who came to politics.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2022-01-30): This article is written in the context of the SJB and JVP being considered as credible alternatives to the failed politics and unprincipled conduct of national political parties – UNP, SLFP and the incumbent Rajapaksa family dominated SLPP government. Surprisingly even some ‘elite’ circles rattled by what’s now going on, consider the JVP as an alternative. The SJB has some traction despite being widely considered a clone of the electorally marginalized UNP. By the same token, SJB’s association with the UNP is a huge advantage to the JVP. [...] The ground reality of whether the SJB and JVP could on their own form a government even with the support of smaller parties will not engage the attention of this article. Similarly, the realpolitik enabling collaboration between the SJB and JVP in forming a government let alone its stability will also not engage the attention of this article. What is apparent is that the country is in for a long period of INSTABILITY and some degree of turmoil. [...] The HYPOCRISY of the SJB and to some extent the JVP is stark in the petitions they filed in the Supreme Court through SJB parliamentarian, Eran Wickramaratne and JVP Political Bureau member, Sunil Handunneththi alleging that the SLPP proposed Finance Bill encourages money laundering.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2022-05-12): - SLFP to back Premadasa, but doesn’t insist on Prez leaving - NPP proposes it be allowed to appoint interim govt. through Parliament SJB, NPP both willing to lead interim government if President quits 12 May 2022
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2024-02-23): These are all likely scenarios with certain orders of likelihood, not certainties, but optimisation theory dictates that at every stage we rank likelihoods and proceed to the next stage in decision making according to these results. This approach is called "dynamic-programming" and is commonly used in computational disciplines. To cut a long story short: Is the best way to cut across this haze of uncertainties to elect Karu Jayasuriya as President for one five-year term and give the country time to navigate these choppy waters; a kind of John the Baptist for Anura. This will give time to implement some portions of the Buddhist-Tamil Road Map and to make essential changes to the constitution such as abolishing the executive presidency. I don’t see any easy way of achieving this last matter except by deploying, in the interim, someone like Karu who will not be greedy to hang on in office for multiple terms. I know, I know, some readers will protest that instead of solving a problem I am just kicking the can down the road for five more years. Nevertheless this may be an option worth thinking about. I envisage Karu as a winning candidate for one term sponsored by the NPP to overcome the difficulties discussed in this short essay.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2024-04-17): Early life and education [edit]Karu Jayasuriya was born on 29 September 1940 in Mirigama, Gampaha, to the family of Podi Appuhamy Jayasuriya and Wimalaseeli Jayasiriya. Jayasuriya was educated at Kandangamuwa Vidyalaya, Mirigama and at Ananda College, Colombo. He went on to gain professional membership (AICS) of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers in 1965 and later gained fellowship (FICS). He trained in commodity trading at the Baltic Exchange and went on to receive Advanced Management Training at INSEAD. He later became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport.[4] [...] Cabinet minister [edit]Following the victory of the UNP at the General Elections in 2001, Karu Jayasuriya was appointed Minister of Power and Energy. Having inherited a challenging ministry he ensured a continued power supply and commenced reforms of the heavily indebted Electricity Board. With President Chandrika Kumaratunga's abrupt dissolution of parliament in April 2004, and the UNP's defeat at the ensuing election, he once again returned to the front benches of the Opposition. At the Presidential Elections of 2005, in which Wickremesinghe was the party's candidate, Jayasuriya was named as the nominee for the premiership in the event of the party's success. As an unofficial running mate, he traveled widely, actively campaigning for his leader.[7] [...] - ^ a b c Karu Jayasuriya – Speaker of the 8th Parliament of Sri Lanka - ^ a b c Karu’s gratitude - ^ Dissident Karu Jayasuriya appointed UNP deputy leader. Tamil Net. Retrieved 8 December 2008.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2022-04-04): - SJB calls it ‘nothing but internal party politics’ - JVP claims proposal ‘humorous’ SJB and NPP reject President’s invitation 04 Apr 2022
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2022-04-27): The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) yesterday became the second party in Parliament to announce that it will not be part of an interim Government proposed by a group of dissident Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) [...] The main opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has also rejected the interim Government proposal by the SLPP group. SJB leader Sajith Premadasa who visited the Dalada Maligawa in Kandy before kicking off a protest march from Kandy to Colombo said his party would not take power without a mandate from the people.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2022-05-12): In this regard many are giving their own views and interpretations on formation of an interim government. We notice a viral claim, which stated that the SJB and JVP have agreed to build a new political coalition for an interim government under the premiership of former speaker Karu Jayasuriya. Here are our findings in this regard. [...] First, we checked about media reports what claim that Karu Jayasuriya going to become a prime minister under the support of both SJB and JVP as a result of discussions made at Presidents House. However, we were not able to find any such report in mainstream media. But there were some media reports about a possible appointment of Karu Jayasuriya as a prime minister of an interim government. Such report can be reached from here. Archived. We contacted both SJB and JVP media units over this claim and they strictly refused this social media claim and stressed that there were no such meeting in Presidents House involving both parties as social media reports claim and rejected the views that they going to bring coalition interim government with the premiership of former speaker of the parliament Karu Jayasuriya.
Claim: SJB and JVP to make an interim government under the premiership of Karu Jayasuriya (Social Media Users, 2022-05-11)
Evidence (2024-10-05): Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera tweeted that Rajapaksa's appointment was "unconstitutional and illegal. This is an anti-democratic coup," saying Wickramasinghe remained leader as he could not constitutionally be removed by the president.[42][23][14] While UPFA MP Susil Premajayantha told reporters that a new cabinet would be sworn in soon.[27] Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya said he was to decide on Saturday (27th), after seeking legal advice, whether to recognise Rajapaksa or not. The Parliament was not due to meet until 5 November when the 2019 national budget was to be presented. The Supreme Court, which is empowered to resolve constitutional disputes, was shut for the weekend, to be reopened on Monday.[41] [...] Calls to reconvene Parliament [edit]The Speaker of Parliament, Karu Jayasuriya requested the President to reconvene parliament following consultations with party leaders of the UNP, ITAK, JVP and the SLMC on 30 October.[48] The Attorney General Jayantha Jayasuriya stated that it is inappropriate for him to express an opinion on the matter, in response to a request for comment by the Speaker.[49][50] [...] - Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) – The leader of the JVP Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has stated that the JVP will not support any party to form a government and that the "President should now convene Parliament and added that the premiership was decided on the majority of Parliament".[139]