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Watch: Hantavirus: Andes strain much less transmissible than Covid-19: Soumya Swaminathan More Shorts PM Modi greets supporters at Brigade Parade Ground before Suvendu Adhikari takes oath By The Hindu Bureau Watch: Suvendu Adhikari meets Governor; set to form…

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Watch: Hantavirus: Andes strain much less transmissible than Covid-19: Soumya Swaminathan More Shorts PM Modi greets supporters at Brigade Parade Ground before Suvendu Adhikari takes oath By The Hindu Bureau Watch: Suvendu Adhikari meets Governor; set to form…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Hantavirus: Andes strain much less transmissible than Covid-19: Soumya Swaminathan”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for a documentary about Don Rickles, which are completely irrelevant to Hantavirus or Soumya Swaminathan. No relevant evidence was found to support or refute the claim.
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web search NEUTRAL — Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project: Directed by John Landis. With Harry Dean Stanton, John Landis, Don Rickles, Clint Eastwood. This terrific feature film comedy reveals the background of one of the …
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0949815/
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web search NEUTRAL — How to watch "Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project" on Netflix and other services – including free options.
https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/mr-warmth-the-don-rickles…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project is a 2007 documentary film about stand-up comedian Don Rickles, which was first screened at the 2007 New York Film Festival and then shown on HBO. [2] The documenta…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Warmth:_The_Don_Rickles_Pr…
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Claim 2: “PM Modi greets supporters at Brigade Parade Ground before Suvendu Adhikari takes oath”
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Multiple independent news sources (The Hindu, Outlook India, and another news report) confirm that PM Modi arrived at the Brigade Parade Grounds and greeted supporters prior to the swearing-in ceremony of the BJP government in West Bengal involving Suvendu Adhikari.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as Prime Minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Netanyahu
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Delhi Republic Day parade is the largest and most important of the parades marking the Republic Day celebrations in India. The parade takes place every year on 26 January at Kartavya Path, New Del…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delhi_Republic_Day_parade
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mamata Banerjee (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈmɔmot̪aˑ ˈbɔnd̪ːoˌpad̪ːʱae̯] ; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 8th chief minister of West Bengal from 2011 to 2026. …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee
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Claim 3: “Marco Rubio defends US strikes, warns Iran over Hormuz tensions”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia entries on the '2026 Iran war' and '2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis' as well as reports from Politico and other web results, confirm that Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended US strikes and warned Iran regarding the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On April 12, 2025, Iran and the United States began a series of negotiations aimed at reaching a nuclear peace agreement, following a letter from US president Donald Trump to Iranian supreme leader Al…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–2026_Iran–United_States_n…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel have been engaged in a war with Iran and its regional allies. The conflict began when the US and Israel launched airstrikes on Iran, targeting mili…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Shipping traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for world energy trade, has been largely blocked by Iran since 28 February 2026, when the United States and Israel launched …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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Claim 4: “Suvendu Adhikari meets Governor; set to form first BJP government in Bengal”
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Wikipedia explicitly states that Suvendu Adhikari is serving as the 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal since May 2026. Web search results further corroborate that he met the Governor and took the oath as the first BJP Chief Minister of West Bengal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Legislative Assembly elections were held in West Bengal, to elect all 294 members of West Bengal Legislative Assembly. This electoral process of 292 seats unfolded between 27 March to 29 April 2021, t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_West_Bengal_Legislative_A…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chief Minister of West Bengal (ISO: Paścimavaṅgera Mukhyamantrī) is the de facto head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal, the subnational authority of the Indian state of Wes…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Minister_of_West_Bengal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Suvendu Adhikari (Śubhēndu Adhikārī, Bengali pronunciation: [ʃubʱend̪u od̪ʱikaɾi]; born 15 December 1970) is an Indian politician who is serving as the 9th Chief Minister of West Bengal since May 202…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suvendu_Adhikari
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