About: Urvashi Kapoor is working as an Associate Editor with Jagran New Media and is associated with Vishvas News as a fact checker. Urvashi is a seasoned digital media professional with over a decade of experience. Urvashi believes in the power of digital media, honest journalism and wishes to live in a world free of fake news.
Qualification: Urvashi is a postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, post graduate in Commerce, and is now pursuing LLB. Urvashi has also done a professional study in ‘strategies for increasing reach & engagement of journalism’ from The Knight Center for Journalism from the University of Texas.
Certification: • Certified Google News Initiative fact-checking and news verification trainer
• Fact Checking from Poynter University, Google Analytics and Digital Marketing from Google
• Data Journalism from East-West Center
• Countering State-based Covid-19 disinformation by CRDF-Global, Digital Journalism from Reuters
• GDPR from Udemy
• Content discovery from Crowdtangle
• storytelling and consumer engagement from Facebook Blueprint
Correction:
1: May 31
The story done by a team member (Employee ID PN0059) was updated on May 31 to remove an unnecessary paragraph which was not required in the story.
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Fact Check Stories By : Urvashi Kapoor
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Fact Check: Color from photo of the shoe doesn’t reveal you’re right or left-brain dominant
Urvashi Kapoor May 12, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A debate on the color of the shoe is doing rounds on social media in which people purportedly see a combination of pink and white color on the shoe or gray and green color...
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Fact Check: Viral post claiming to show ancient Egyptian dental work from 2000 BC is misleading
Urvashi Kapoor April 27, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A post going viral on social media shows photos of teeth held together with gold wire The claim alongside the post states that the pictures show ancient Egyptian dental...
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Fact Check: Image purporting to show a real two-legged camel is altered
Urvashi Kapoor April 21, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A post doing rounds on social media claims to show a two legged camel that survived a land mine accident in Saudi Arabia The image was accompanied by a back story about the...
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Fact Check: Post claiming almonds work better than aspirin for headaches is misleading
Urvashi Kapoor March 28, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that almonds work better than aspirin The post suggests eating 10 12 almonds if you have a headache The post further claims that 10 12...
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Fact Check: Post claiming garlic is remedy for ear infections, headache is misleading; experts dismissed the viral claim
Urvashi Kapoor January 31, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Netizens on Facebook are sharing a post which claims that treating an ear problem is as simple as putting garlic in your ear Did you know Garlic helps remove pain in ears...
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Fact Check: Over-the-counter self-medications not recommended by doctors to treat COVID-19; viral post is misleading
Urvashi Kapoor January 14, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News Amidst increasing cases of coronavirus across the nation various posts claiming to be the curetreatments are going viral on social media One such post Vishvas News...
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Fact Check: Post claiming Amazon has begun presale of its own tokens is fake
Urvashi Kapoor January 10, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A post going viral on social media claims that the online retail giant Amazon has begun a presale of its own tokens The screenshot of the creative also has a link Vishvas...
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Fact Check: Viral post shows fraudulent site and fake offer misusing Phonepe’s name; its a scam
Urvashi Kapoor January 3, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims to offer unlimited cashback by clicking on a link The creative shared on social media shows a scratchcard and scratching it prompts to...
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Misinformation 2021 Report Card By Vishvas News: 40% Fact-Checked Stories On Covid-19 Misinfodemic, 40% On Falsehood Around trending events, 20% On Fake Quotes, Edited Images, Videos
Urvashi Kapoor December 31, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News Many people might have spent most of 2020 21 working from their homes but that didn’t stop falsehoods to spread on chat groups social media or even through word of mouth...
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Fact Check: Post claiming Chikoo can cure coronavirus is fake
Urvashi Kapoor November 30, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A post doing rounds on social media shows a Times of India newspaper cutting with the article titled Chikoo The Covid Killer The article claims that the fruit Chikoo can...
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Fact Check: Post claiming cupping can remove COVID-19 Vaccine content from the body is fake
Urvashi Kapoor November 9, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A video going viral on Instagram claims that cupping therapy can remove vaccine content from the body after it is being administered In the video a man can be seen making...
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Fact Check: Inhaling vinegar isn’t a recommended treatment to treat Covid-19 symptoms as per experts; viral post is fake
Urvashi Kapoor October 18, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A viral post on social media claims that inhaling vinegar can be a solution to treat Covid 19 symptoms by clearing sputum from the airways of the patient Vishvas News...
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Fact Check: NASA didn’t make this statement on human-made climate change, viral post is a fake
Urvashi Kapoor October 14, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News An image doing rounds on Instagram asserts that NASA admits that man made climate change is a hoax The post further claims that In 1958 NASA first observed that changes...
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Fact Check: Amul 75th Anniversary viral survey link is fake, Cyber Security specialist advises against clicking on suspicious links
Urvashi Kapoor October 12, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A post going viral on Whatsapp claims in its 75th Anniversary Amul has rolled out an offer in which the user is asked to tap on a link that claims to offer them Rs 6 000...
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Fact Check: No scientific evidence support consuming pineapple juice before wisdom tooth surgery alleviates pain; viral post is fake
Urvashi Kapoor October 7, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A post doing rounds on social media claims that drinking pineapple juice before wisdom tooth surgery is an effective way to reduce inflammation and could result in a pain...
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Fact Check: The oldest living woman in the world isn’t from Pakistan, but Japan
Urvashi Kapoor October 4, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News A post is going viral on social media in which three photographs of an old woman can be seen As per the claim the woman shown in the photos is the oldest living woman in...
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Fact Check: Medical professionals warn against inhaling hydrogen peroxide for treatment of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses; viral post is fake
Urvashi Kapoor October 1, 2021New Delhi Vishvas News COVID 19 is spread all across the world and so is fake news around coronavirus and other related illnesses A video shared on social media claims that inhaling a mixture of...
