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 misinformation.
Qualification:Urvashi is a postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication and a post graduate in Commerce. Urvashi has also completed a program 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
•Fellowshop on cross-border peace journalism by East-West Center, United States
•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
• Data Journalism from East-West Center
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.
https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/health/fact-check-no-who-didnt-warn-against-consuming-cabbage-to-prevent-covid-19/
https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/health/fact-check-no-mustard-oil-cannot-cure-coronavirus-however-it-has-certain-health-benefits/
https://www.vishvasnews.com/english/health/fact-check-who-didnt-issue-proposal-for-extending-lockdowns-to-control-covid-19-fake-post-getting-viral-2/
Fact Check Stories By : Urvashi Kapoor
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Safer Internet Day: How To Secure Your Online Identity In The Digital Age
Urvashi Kapoor February 2, 2023New Delhi Vishvas News The internet has become an indispensable aspect of modern life offering a plethora of opportunities for communication entertainment shopping and banking However as our...
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Anchoring a Fact Checking Fellowship for 10 major news organisations, international grants and media literacy for the masses; 2022 was an incredible year for us
Urvashi Kapoor January 3, 2023New Delhi Vishvas News Misinformation runs the gamut from discrediting vaccines with conspiracy theories to undermining the threat of the novel coronavirus Vishvas News has embraced fighting...
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Fact Check: No medical evidence that AirPods cause brain tumours, as viral post claims
Urvashi Kapoor December 6, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A Facebook post has claimed using Apple’s earphones can cause brain damage AirPods direct radiation and Bluetooth signals directly to the brain it has claimed warning...
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Fact Check: Viral post advocating for young children to drink soda is fake
Urvashi Kapoor July 26, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A post shared on Facebook shows an advertisement attributed to the Soda Pop Board of America claiming that the board in the 1950s advocated for children to start drinking...
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Fact Check: Fabricated advisory on monkeypox outbreak attributed to WHO
Urvashi Kapoor July 14, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News An advisory attributed to the World Health Organization WHO on monkeypox outbreak is going viral on social media As per the advisory WHO recommends a ban on second hand...
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Fact Check: Viral post claiming Tata Motors offering Tata safari in contest by clicking on a link is a scam
Urvashi Kapoor June 14, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News A post doing rounds on social media claims that Tata Motors is hosting a best brand sharing event award and offering a chance to win Tata Safari Along with the post a link...
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Fact Check: Misused photo in viral post doesn’t prove that monkeypox is a hoax; viral post is misleading
Urvashi Kapoor May 30, 2022New Delhi Vishvas News The increasing cases of Monkeypox in the world has led to a host of misinformation emerging on social media around the disease A viral post on Facebook is leading some...
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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...
