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Claim: Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grab during his tenure at visva-Bharati university in West Bengal (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-24)
Evidence (2023-05-08): A post is being widely shared on social media, claiming that Nobel laureate Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grabbing during his tenure at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal. Let’s verify the claim made in the post. [...] According to media reports, the land dispute between Amartya Sen and Visva-Bharati University centres around a plot of land on the university campus in Santiniketan. In December 2020, the university included Sen in a list of illegal occupants on its campus. The university alleges that Sen possesses 1.38 acres of land, which exceeds his legal entitlement of 1.25 acres. They claim that only 1.25 acres of land were leased to Sen’s father, Ashutosh Sen, a professor at Visva-Bharati University in 1940. In response to the university’s January 2023 letters demanding the return of excess land, Sen stated that his father had purchased the freehold land from the market, not from Visva-Bharati, and they have been paying taxes for it. He argued that the university’s allegations were an attempt at harassment. [...] Following this, the university had recently ordered Sen to vacate the 13 decimals of land allegedly occupied by him in Santiniketan by 06 May 2023. Amartya Sen approached a court against this eviction order. The case has now been filed on behalf of the Nobel laureate in West Bengal’s Suri district court, with a hearing scheduled for 15 May 2023. Over 120 left-leaning intellectuals and prominent figures have written an open letter, urging Visva-Bharati University not to "harass" Nobel laureate Amartya Sen over the land issue.
Claim: Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grab during his tenure at visva-Bharati university in West Bengal (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-24)
Evidence (2021-03-21): Visva-Bharati combined education of children in a free and natureloving environment, the use of music and arts as instruments for emotional development, social work to help neighbouring villages, the promotion of rural development and higher research in philosophy, cultures and so on. The key elements in the structure were the school Patha Bhavana, the centre for fine arts Kala Bhavana and the centre for music Sangeet Bhavana. Besides these, he also established a department of Chinese language and culture called Cheena Bhavana in April 1937. In 1951, the Government of India declared Visva-Bharati a centre of national importance and passed the Visva-Bharati Act of 1951, thereby declaring it as a central university. As warned by several eminent parliamentarians who took part in the debate that followed the introduction of the Bill in Parliament, this governmental move has changed the original character of the institution because the question of equivalence of degrees across India came up, and the Academic Council of the new university decided to conform to the standards prevailing in the country. The very character of the institution that Rabindranath compared to ‘a vessel that carries the best cargo of my life’ was eventually sacrificed. [...] Thus, the word Visva-Bharati has come to acquire the connotation of a centre of alternative education to promote peace, conservation of nature and propagating universal humanism based on ancient Eastern wisdom informed by Western values, with music, dance and seasonal festivals playing a central role. [...] See also Vishwa Bharati (viśva-bhāratī)
Claim: Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grab during his tenure at visva-Bharati university in West Bengal (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-24)
Evidence (2020-02-12): He was arrested by the CBI amid highdrama from his home in Delhi's Jor Bagh on August 21, 2019. [...] 'Jai Shri Ram' again in Kolkata, 'Political', poster engaged in the statement of Amartya Sen MMNN:12 July 2019 Kolkata. In West Bengal, once again, there is a political hotness in the name of 'Jai Shri Ram'. This time the controversial statement given by Amartya Sen, honored with Nobel Prize, is causing it to be seen. The posters of the statement given by Amartya Sen on the streets of Kolkata have taken place last days. Although any political party has refused to put up these posters, in spite of this, politics can again be warmed up in this case. In fact, on July 5, Amartya Sen had said that 'I have not heard Jai Shri Ram before. It is now being used to beat people. I think that there is no association with Bengal culture. Nowadays, Ramnavmi is celebrated much in Kolkata. Never heard this before. In the posters on the streets, it has been written that Amartya Sen is asking her four-year-old granddaughter about her favorite god, she is telling the name of Durga. So far none of the posters have been found. [...] Lakhs of students had held a week-long protest across the country in February, till the government ordered a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Claim: Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grab during his tenure at visva-Bharati university in West Bengal (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-24)
Evidence (2023-08-25): DR. ANGIRA SEN SARMA
Claim: Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grab during his tenure at visva-Bharati university in West Bengal (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-24)
Evidence (2023-11-13): • The Congress party accused the Modi government of targeting Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen following an eviction notice from Visva Bharati University, which demands that he vacate 13 decimals of land on the campus that is allegedly "illegally occupied". The eviction order is, however, not a demolition order.
Claim: Amartya Sen was involved in gross irregularities and land grab during his tenure at visva-Bharati university in West Bengal (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-04-24)
Evidence (2016-10-23): Dictionary of National Biography [...] West Bengal Archives (Calcutta) [...] 7 J. C. Bagal, Jattiya Bangla Nari (Calcutta, Vishva-Bharati, Bhadra 1361 [1954]), p. 15.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-07-05): Neither the Hyderabad police nor the Government of India has issued any such advisory alerting about the contamination of cool drinks with Ebola virus. This has been confirmed by clarifications from both the Hyderabad police and PIB. Additionally, there are no reports suggesting such contamination. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2021-06-18): Fact Check: Old post claiming Ebola virus mixed in cold drinks goes viral again [...] By Tejal Sinha Published on 18 Jun 2021 2:17 PM GMTHyderabad: A post warning people against consuming any kind of cold drinks in the upcoming days has gone viral on social media. According to the post, the Hyderabad police put out the warning after a worker mixed "the blood of a dangerous virus called Ebola" in the drinks. It also claimed that the news was aired by NDTV. [...] Therefore, the claim that the Ebola virus has been mixed in cold drinks is false. Neither was the message circulated by the Hyderabad police nor was it aired on NDTV. CDCP had also said that the Ebola virus cannot be transmitted through food. False news related to the Ebola virus has been doing the rounds since 2014 when there was an Ebola virus outbreak in India.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
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 warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-06-30): A message has been doing rounds on social media for past some days, 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. PIB has now debunked the fake news, clearing up that GOI has issued no such advisory. Government of India Offering Free Laptops to Youth Under Prime Minister Free Laptop Scheme 2023? PIB Debunks Fake News Going Viral on Social Media. [...] 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 warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2021-06-15): A post along with a couple of images is being shared on social media claiming that Hyderabad Police has warned people against consuming any soft drink. The post claims that an employee working in one of the soft drink manufacturing units had added his blood, contaminated by the Ebola virus, to the product. The post is being shared on Facebook with a caption in Hindi that translates to, "Please forward all you friends. Hyderabad Police has warned India. For the next few days, don’t drink any cold drink like Mazza, Fanta, 7 up, coca-cola, mountain dew, Pepsi, etc. because the worker of one of these companies has mixed the contaminated blood of a dangerous virus called Ebola in it. This news was told yesterday by NDTV." [...] 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. pic.twitter.com/cCy32Vh7fN — హైదరాబాద్ సిటీ పోలీస్ Hyderabad City Police (@hydcitypolice) July 13, 2019
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-07-07): A viral message on social media claims that Hyderabad Police alerted the public against consuming soft drinks like Maaza, Fanta, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, etc. as an employee from one of these companies allegedly mixed his blood, contaminated with the Ebola virus, into the product. Through this article let’s fact-check the claim made in the post. [...] Fact: Neither the Hyderabad police nor the Government of India has issued any such advisory alerting about the contamination of cool drinks with Ebola virus. This has been confirmed by clarifications from both the Hyderabad police and PIB. Additionally, there are no reports suggesting such contamination. Hence, the claim made in the post is FALSE. [...] To sum it up, a fake Alert Message alleging contamination of cool drinks with Ebola virus is falsely attributed to Hyderabad police.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2019-07-14): The Hyderabad City Police have put out a statement refuting a fake message attributed to them. The message falsely claims that the Hyderabad police have instructed people across India not to consume cold drinks for the coming few days, as the drinks have been 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. It also says that the news has been reported by NDTV. [...] Sharing the message and the images, the Hyderabad Police wrote, "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 (sic)."
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-07-10): Fact Check: Hyderabad police warning on ebola-contaminated cold drinks is fake [...] The viral advisory reads, "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, 7up, Coca-Cola, Mountain dew Pepsi etc. For next few days because one of the companies worker has mixed the contaminated blood of a dangerous virus named ebola in it. This news was told in NDTV channel yesterday. Please help by forwarding this message as soon as possible. Forward this message to your family. Share this as much as you can 07:12 Thank you. (sic)" [...] We started the investigation by searching for relevant news articles on NDTV, as said in the post, but could not find any such report on the contamination of cold drinks with the Ebola virus. Moreover, on analysing the social media handles of Hyderabad city police we could not find any relevant advisory on any of their handles.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2024-02-13): Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation has warned the public against drinking cool drinks contaminated with Ebola virusFact : [...] An image with text in Telugu looking like a statement from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, Hyderabad, Telangana is in wide circulation claiming that the corporation issued an advisory to the public to avoid consuming cool drinks/ soft drinks as they have been contaminated. The company workers mixed blood containing the dangerous Ebola virus in these beverages. NDTV has reported this incident. [...] Therefore, the image resembling an advisory issued by GHMC is a hoax. GHMC did not issue any advisory about the contamination of cool drinks with blood containing Ebola virus. No such incident occurred in India. The claim is False.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2019-06-04): CLAIM A viral message on WhatsApp claims that Hyderabad Police warned the public against consuming any "soft drink" because an employee working for one of these companies added his blood contaminated by [...] Besides this, no other credible news report about a factory worker adding Ebola-contaminated blood in soft drinks could be found. VERDICTTimes Fact Check has found the claims of Hyderabad Police warning against consumption of cold-drinks to avoid the spread of ebola virus to be false.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2024-01-12): Hyderabad Police did not issue a warning against soft drinks containing the Ebola virus! [...] A message claiming to be purportedly written by the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation warns people not to 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 recently reported by NDTV. [...] Title:Hyderabad Police did not issue warning against soft drinks containing Ebola virus
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2019-07-16): Recently, the Hyderabad Police clarified on a piece of fake news which is being circulated on WhatsApp. The message says that Hyderabad Police has announced that worker working in cold drink factory has mixed blood infected with Ebola virus. A WhatsApp forward purportedly written by the Hyderabad Police warns people against consuming any soft-drink. The reason used from people to drink the soft drink was that an employee working in one of the soft drink manufacturing companies had added his blood contaminated by the Ebola virus to the product. The message urges people throughout India not to consume soft drinks such as Maaza, Fanta, 7Up, Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc. The forward also mentions that the news have been covered by one of the reputed news channel – NDTV. The message concludes by asking people to share the message with all the friends and family member. [...] The Hyderabad Police took to Twitter and Facebook to say that they have issued no such advisory. The post, carrying a screenshot of the WhatsApp forward said, "Fake news spreading on social media about cool drinks and warning from Hyderabad city police is a fake one and Hyderabad city police never released any message regarding this."
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
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 warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2024-08-24): Government Warns Against Fake WhatsApp Message Claiming Cold Drinks Contaminated With Ebola Virus [...] The Indian government has issued a warning against a fake message circulating on WhatsApp that falsely claims to be from the Government of India. The message urges users to avoid drinking cold drinks like Maza, Coca-Cola, 7Up, Thums Up, Pepsi, and Sprite, alleging that they have been contaminated with the Ebola virus. This alarming claim has been debunked by the PIB Fact Check unit, which has confirmed that the message is entirely false. PIB Fact Check, a government initiative to combat misinformation and fake news, took to X (formerly known as Twitter) to clarify that the message is a hoax. The unit emphasized that the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has not issued any such advisory regarding cold drinks being contaminated with the Ebola virus. The post reads, "Did you also receive a #WhatsApp forward claiming that the Government of India has advised citizens to avoid cold drinks as they are contaminated with the Ebola virus #PIBFactCheck Beware! This message is #fake @MoHFW_INDIA has issued no such advisory!"
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-04-21): A post is being widely circulated on social media, claiming that Hyderabad Police have warned people against consuming any soft drink. It claims that an employee working in one of the soft drink manufacturing units had added his blood, contaminated by the Ebola virus, to the product. The post is being shared on Facebook with a caption in Hindi: हैदराबाद पुलिस ने पूरे भारत में सूचना दी है। कृपया अगले कुछ दिनों तक माज़ा, फैंटा, 7 अप, कोका कोला, माउंटेन ड्यू, पेप्सी आदि कोई भी कोल्ड ड्रिंक न लें क्योंकि कंपनी के एक कर्मचारी ने इसे खतरनाक इबोला वायरस से दूषित रक्त में मिला दिया है। यह खबर कल NDTV चैनल में रिपोर्ट की गई थी। कृपया इस संदेश को जल्द से जल्द शेयर कर इस्लाम के लोगों की मदद करें। इस मैसेज को अपने परिवार को जरूर बताएं। अल्लाह आपको अच्छा इनाम दे अल-दाई अल-खैर:- हुजूर मुहद्दिस कबीर नेटवर्क (English translation: Hyderabad Police have given information all over India. Please do not take any cold drinks like Maaza, Fanta, 7 Up, Coca-Cola, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, etc., for the next few days as one of the company’s employees mixed it with blood contaminated with the dreaded Ebola virus. This news was reported yesterday by the NDTV channel. Please help the people of Islam by sharing this message as soon as possible. Do tell this message to your family.)
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2023-07-15): A viral message on WhatsApp claims that the Hyderabad police have warned the citizens on the ill-effects of consumption of ‘soft drinks’ as an employee working at a bottling unit has mixed blood infected with a dangerous virus called Ebola to the beverages. [...] The message reads, "Please forward this information Hyderabad police all over India. Please do not drink soft drinks like Maja, CoCo Cola, 7up, Thumsup, Pepsi, Sprite etc because one of the company’s workers mixed the contaminated blood of the dangerous virus called Ebola in it. (sic)" [...] We checked the official website of Hyderabad police but did not find any press release related to consumption of soft drinks. No notice was issued on any of its social media platforms either. Neither was there any news being broadcast by NDTV about soft drinks laced with Ebola-infected blood. Moreover, there is no credible news report of an employee mixing blood contaminated with Ebola to the drinks.
Claim: Hyderabad Police warned the public against contamination of cool drinks with the Ebola virus (SOCIAL MEDIA POST, 2023-07-05)
Evidence (2024-08-25): PIB FACT CHECK: The Government of India (GoI) has once warned the general public against a fake message being widely circulated on the popular WhatsApp messaging platform related to cold drinks. The message circulating on WhatsApp claims that the Indian Government has advised its citizens to avoid cold drinks as they are contaminated with the Ebola Virus. However, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has done a Fact Check on the issue and claimed that the WhatsApp message is FAKE. The WhatsApp message further reads: "Please forward this information to Hyderabad Police all over India." The fake message also mentions a few popular cold drink brands. "Please do not drink soft drinks like Maja, Coco Cola, 7up, Thumsup, 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", it further reads. [...] Did you also receive a #WhatsApp forward claiming that the Government of India has advised citizens to avoid cold drinks as they are contaminated with the Ebola virus ⁉️#PIBFactCheck ---Advertisement---❌Beware! This message is #fake ✅@MoHFW_INDIA has issued no such advisory! pic.twitter.com/EN0Esyq5cP — PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) August 23, 2024