Sista Mukherjee

Social Media Manager & Fact Checker @boomlive_in

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#GroudReport | The Calcutta High Court has stayed the ongoing hawker eviction drive across Kolkata's railway stations and public spaces until the end of this month.

While authorities state the anti-encroachment drive is aimed at clearing public spaces, local vendors report significant disruptions to their daily income and livelihoods.

BOOM's Srijit Das (@srijitofficial) spoke to affected hawkers on the ground to look at the financial impact of the displacement and how vendors are navigating the current situation.

Produced by: Sista Mukherjee (@Sistacharr)

Watch the full ground report.

#Kolkata #Sealdah #HawkerEviction

[Adrija Bose @adrijabose]

Five years ago, Decode started as a small idea inside @boomlive_in: cover technology through the lives it impacts.

Looking back at what we've published since, I'm struck by how wide that question turned out to be.

The stories now have a new home: https://t.co/rDRzWS4bUj

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#DECODE | She had 1.4 million followers, a reported net worth of ₹40 lakhs, and a viral international "modelling" profile.

She was never real. "Babydoll Archi" was built from one woman's stolen face by her college ex.

Adrija Bose (@adrijabose) & Tarunima Prabhakar (@Lyciast) investigated the economy behind it. LINK BELOW ⬇️

Supported by the @pulitzercenter

#Deepfake #AI

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A viral video claims to show illegal immigrants fleeing West Bengal after the recent elections. But is it real? We tracked down the original footage and found it wasn't shot after the elections—it's from way back in January 2026. Find out the full context in this video. ⬇️

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#FactCheck #WestBengal #Bangladesh

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From fake-follower allegations to the theory that the party took down its own website, a wave of claims has targeted the Cockroach Janta Party (@Cockroachisback) since it went viral. A technical examination finds little evidence behind any of them.

Read our latest report by @HeraRizwan1

#CockroachJantaParty

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Read the fact check here

https://t.co/zM1J3eylyV

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❌ Claim: Recent police crackdown on TMC workers in West Bengal.
✅ Fact: This video is from the 2023 Panchayat election in Basanti, South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal.

Don't let a three-year-old footage mislead you. For the latest verified election updates, follow BOOM.

@AnmolAlphonso

#FactCheck #WestBengalelections

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Is PM Modi’s jhalmuri vendor actually an undercover SPG officer? 🕵️‍♂️❌

A viral photo from West Bengal's Jhargram sparked a massive conspiracy theory, with even CM Mamata Banerjee weighing in on the "staged" incident.

BOOM team hit the ground to find the truth behind the viral claim. Watch to see what we found!

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#FactCheck #Jhargram #WestBengal

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The phrase "Corporate Jihad" surfaced on X with news of arrests in the Nashik TCS case-not from any chargesheet or court filing, but from a social media narrative that reframed a workplace harassment complaint into a conspiracy alleging religious targeting.

@AnmolAlphonso reports

Follow this thread ⬇️(1/n)

#TCS #NashikCase

[Srijit @srijitofficial]

The X handle @InsiderWB has long pushed such videos, and we at @boomlive_in keep debunking them. With VPN access, blocking in India is not enough.

Hoping the @HMOIndia and @MEAIndia are taking note.

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#Watch | “My region has 830 people. We had 52 children enrolled. Now it’s down to 24,” says Shyamla Devi, an Anganwadi worker of over a decade.

Since facial recognition was introduced to access entitlements under the Integrated Child Development Services, enrolment is falling as women and children are being excluded due to failed authentication, missing Aadhaar, or mismatched records. On the ground, Anganwadi workers are left navigating glitchy systems they don’t control.

Decode reported this from the ground across Bihar, Jharkhand and Karnataka.

The story has been supported by the @pulitzercenter.
Report by @HeraRizwan1,
Video Producer Tej Bahadur Singh (@TejBahadur7077)

#Anganwadi #AI #Biometric #FacialRecognition

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#DECODE | Facial recognition is now being extended to children aged 3–6, with growing pressure across Anganwadi centres to enrol them with Aadhaar.

For those without Aadhaar, the system relies on a parent’s identity but if that face match fails too, children can be excluded from food and preschool education.

As documentation gaps and algorithmic failures collide, access to welfare under India’s 50-year-old nutrition programme is increasingly being tied to fragile tech.

Read our new Decode investigation by @HeraRizwan1, supported by the @pulitzercenter.

#Anganwadi #FacialRecognition #ChildSafety
https://t.co/QlRbvuxtHo

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#DECODE | Across India, pregnant women are being turned away from nutrition centres because AI-powered facial recognition cannot match their current faces to years-old identity photographs.

Some haven't received ration in months. Their crime? Looking different from their Aadhaar photos.

Our latest Decode investigation by @HeraRizwan1, supported by the @pulitzercenter.

https://t.co/8MjNS78I2s

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#TrailerOut | Pregnancy, ageing and years of labour can change a face.

But when an AI system at an Anganwadi centre fails to register that change, women can lose access to nutrition support, while Anganwadi workers are left under pressure to make it work.

What this system looks like from the ground. Reporting by @HeraRizwan1

Full video out soon.

#Anganwadi #AI #Biometric #FacialRecognition #Exclusion #ICDS

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📲 Send suspicious messages, images or call recordings to BOOM's Tipline: [phone]. We will verify it for you.

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Feeling overwhelmed by the constant flood of online information, especially after the Pahalgam attack and #OperationSindoor? Too much info, too little clarity.

That's where BOOM comes in. We dig deep, fact-check everything, and give you the real story – no hype.

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#BOOMFactCheck 🚨 Social media is rife with false claims and unrelated videos after India's retaliatory military action #OperationSindoor, on #Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack. BOOM has debunked several such pieces of misinformation. (1/n)

Follow this #thread to read the fact checks ⬇️

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#Breaking | In a blow to the actor, @KanganaTeam-starrer #EmergencyMovie will not release this Friday as CBFC has not yet cleared it, even as the #MadhyaPradesh HC directed the censor board to consider objections raised against the movie before certifying it. @boomlive_in

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Place HAS to be pet friendly! @fmrbangalore @peakbengaluru