Owing to India lighting diyas on April 5, a satellite captured India as illuminated while the world was in darkness.
"The viral graphic is being shared in the backdrop of many Indians lighting up their homes with diyas (oil lamps) and candles on April 5, 2020 in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modis appeal.", The illustration is being shared with a Hindi caption which says, "When the world was wavering! Hindustan was shining !! Today\s picture is telling this.", Click here to view, and here for an archive., (In Hindi- विश्व जब डगमगा रहा था ! हिंदुस्तान जगमगा रहा था !! आज की तस्वीर यही बयां कर रही है.), Viral on Twitter, The same graphic is viral on Twitter with the misleading caption, विश्व जब डगमगा रहा था ! हिंदुस्तान जगमगा रहा था !! आज की तस्वीर यही बयां कर रही है.🇮🇳🙏🇮🇳@yadavtejashwi @TajinderBagga pic.twitter.com/HvWyFj0XqZ, Click here to view, and here for an archive., विश्व जब डगमगा रहा था ! हिंदुस्तान जगमगा रहा था !! आज की तस्वीर यही बयां कर रही है.🇮🇳🙏🇮🇳@narendramodi @VasundharaBJP pic.twitter.com/jYNUedlu4W, Click here to view, and here for an archive., The same viral graphic was also quote tweeted by Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan, The World sees us .. we are ONE .. https://t.co/68k9NagfkI, Click here to view, and here for an archive., Also Read: Video Of Birds Flocking In Ahmedabad Not Linked To COVID-19 Lockdown, BOOM found that the viral graphic is an illustration and not an actual image that was taken during the nine-minute-lights-off event., On observing the graphic, the light is only emitting from India and is uniformly distributed across the country which would not be the case if it was an actual image., Additionally, we found the viral graphic was being shared prior to 9 pm on April 5, 2020, as a sarcastic joke that the image would go viral soon., "The graphic is a play on all the images that went viral in the past falsely claiming that they show Indias night sky during Diwali taken by the United States space agency NASA.", "That beautiful image of nighttime Diwali lights in India? Its a really old fake https://t.co/u3wtMAYxyO pic.twitter.com/ByrR4sxJWz", , "Follow BOOMs LIVE blog for recent updates: Coronavirus LIVE Update: India Reports 4067 Cases, 109 Deaths", , , , BOOM’s WhatsApp Helpline, Need Help To Verify An Image Or A Video? Send It To Us On +91 77009 06588, Boom is now available on Telegram, Click here to read our latest fact check stories and other updates.
False: Photo Shows India Illuminated During PM Modi's 9 PM, 9 Minutes Appeal