Viral Message: Certificate of Declaration, after by poll results of March 2018, UNESCO declares Gorakhpur as first smart city of India
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Certificate of Declaration, after by poll results of March 2018, UNESCO declares Gorakhpur as first smart city of India
Smartest. pic.twitter.com/1ape4cC0a1
— Shobhaa De (@DeShobhaa) March 15, 2018
Viral Message Verification:- A fake certificate from UNESCO declaring Gorakhpur as Indias first smart city is going viral over the social media. It is a fake message being sent just after the Gorakhpur and being shared by Shobhaa de, a renounced Journalist, columnist, social commentator, opinion-shaper and author of 18 books.
A twitter handle with the name Twitter India requested UNESCO tagging it
@irinabokova Can you please confirm if you have signed below Certificate of Declaration? @UNESCO @HighBPNews https://twitter.com/DeShobhaa/status/974294500003659777 …
@irinabokova Can you please confirm if you have signed below Certificate of Declaration? @UNESCO @HighBPNews https://t.co/D3NBC4Iqzo
— Twittter India ® (@iborntowin) March 16, 2018
To which the UNESCO replied back, quickly
@DeShobhaa Dear All, we would just like to inform you that this certificate is fake. There has not been such declaration at all from @UNESCO. Thank you for taking this into consideration. Best regards,
@DeShobhaa Dear All, we would just like to inform you that this certificate is fake. There has not been such declaration at all from @UNESCO. Thank you for taking this into consideration. Best regards,
— UNESCO (@UNESCO) March 16, 2018
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