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FALSE"₹15 lakh in every Indian's bank account" — Amit Shah called it a jumla, on record0.0/10
FALSE"2 crore jobs every year" — CMIE: net loss of ~70 lakh jobs 2016-17 → 2022-230.8/10
FALSE"Farmers' income doubled by 2022" — ICRIER analysis: well under 50% of the target met2.0/10
FALSE"Manufacturing share will reach 25% of GDP" — actually fell to a ~20-year low near 14%1.8/10
MOSTLY FALSE"100 Smart Cities delivered" — only 18 of 100 cities finished all their projects1.8/10
MIXED"Tap water to every home by 2024" — ~98% taps installed, ~75% deliver reliably; deadline → 20286.0/10
MISLEADING"India is the fastest-growing major economy" — headline GDP rate true; median income stagnant 3+ years (NSO, CMIE, World Bank)4.5/10
FALSE"Youth unemployment at historic lows" — CMIE shows ~45% urban youth unemployment; govt uses redefined categories1.5/10
MIXED"Clean Ganga delivered" (Namami Gange) — real progress on STPs, but repeatedly delayed; water quality still off-target5.5/10
FALSE"Demonetisation will end black money" — 99.3% of demonetised currency returned to the banking system (RBI 2018)1.0/10
MISLEADING"India is 100% open-defecation-free" — NSO, NFHS-5 and a CAG report found large gaps in "ODF" states3.5/10
MIXED"Clean cooking gas for every poor home" — connections delivered, but CAG found refills unaffordable for many (1.67cr took none in 2025-26)5.5/10
TRUE"Every village in India is electrified" — largely TRUE: all inhabited census villages electrified by Apr 2018 (PIB, IEA)8.5/10
TRUE"India runs the world's largest real-time payments system" — TRUE: UPI ≈ half of global real-time transactions (IMF, 2025)9.5/10
FALSE"₹15 lakh in every Indian's bank account" — Amit Shah called it a jumla, on record0.0/10
FALSE"2 crore jobs every year" — CMIE: net loss of ~70 lakh jobs 2016-17 → 2022-230.8/10
FALSE"Farmers' income doubled by 2022" — ICRIER analysis: well under 50% of the target met2.0/10
FALSE"Manufacturing share will reach 25% of GDP" — actually fell to a ~20-year low near 14%1.8/10
MOSTLY FALSE"100 Smart Cities delivered" — only 18 of 100 cities finished all their projects1.8/10
MIXED"Tap water to every home by 2024" — ~98% taps installed, ~75% deliver reliably; deadline → 20286.0/10
MISLEADING"India is the fastest-growing major economy" — headline GDP rate true; median income stagnant 3+ years (NSO, CMIE, World Bank)4.5/10
FALSE"Youth unemployment at historic lows" — CMIE shows ~45% urban youth unemployment; govt uses redefined categories1.5/10
MIXED"Clean Ganga delivered" (Namami Gange) — real progress on STPs, but repeatedly delayed; water quality still off-target5.5/10
FALSE"Demonetisation will end black money" — 99.3% of demonetised currency returned to the banking system (RBI 2018)1.0/10
MISLEADING"India is 100% open-defecation-free" — NSO, NFHS-5 and a CAG report found large gaps in "ODF" states3.5/10
MIXED"Clean cooking gas for every poor home" — connections delivered, but CAG found refills unaffordable for many (1.67cr took none in 2025-26)5.5/10
TRUE"Every village in India is electrified" — largely TRUE: all inhabited census villages electrified by Apr 2018 (PIB, IEA)8.5/10
TRUE"India runs the world's largest real-time payments system" — TRUE: UPI ≈ half of global real-time transactions (IMF, 2025)9.5/10

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Did a Christian nurse in Navi Mumbai desecrate Hindu idols?

10 June 2026

ABP Live reports a Christian nurse in Navi Mumbai was booked for allegedly desecrating Hindu idols. Independent corroboration from police, courts or wire services could not be located.

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Neeraj Sharma denaturalisation: What the DOJ filing actually says

10 June 2026

ABP Live's account checks out: the US Justice Department has filed a civil denaturalisation case against Indian-origin staffing executive Neeraj Sharma over an H-1B visa fraud scheme.

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Did Trump vow retaliation after Iran 'downed' a US Apache?

10 June 2026

Trump did blame Iran for downing a US Apache near the Strait of Hormuz and ordered retaliatory strikes — though Iran has not claimed responsibility and CENTCOM initially called the cause 'under investigation'.

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Bharathiraja, Tamil cinema's 'Iyakkunar Sigaram,' dies at 84

10 June 2026

Veteran filmmaker P. Bharathiraja, who reshaped Tamil cinema with rural realism in '16 Vayathinile,' died in Chennai on June 10, 2026, aged 84. Multiple outlets confirm the news.

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Did Modi really surpass Nehru as longest-serving elected PM?

10 June 2026

Modi has overtaken Nehru on one specific yardstick — continuous days after a first general election win — but Nehru remains India's longest-serving PM overall by a wide margin.

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US strikes Iran after Apache downed over Hormuz: what we know

10 June 2026

Multiple wire services and US Central Command confirm the United States launched retaliatory strikes on Iranian targets after a US Army AH-64 Apache went down in the Strait of Hormuz.

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Did Iran claim a drone strike on US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain?

10 June 2026

Iran's IRGC did claim drone attacks on the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain after Washington's retaliatory strikes over the downing of a US Army Apache near the Strait of Hormuz.

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