{"id":63660,"date":"2020-04-09T14:27:03","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T08:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=63660"},"modified":"2020-04-09T14:27:03","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T08:57:03","slug":"fact-check-did-people-of-brazil-and-switzerland-follow-pm-modi-lights-out-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/fact-check-did-people-of-brazil-and-switzerland-follow-pm-modi-lights-out-call\/","title":{"rendered":"No, this video doesn’t show people in Brazil and Switzerland following PM Modi’s ‘9pm-9min’ appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

On April 3, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation and requested citizens to turn off all lights for nine minutes at 9 pm on April 5 and light a candle\/ diya or use the flashlight of their phones to mark the country’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

A 40-second video which shows people flashing their mobile phones has gone viral with multiple claims. Some Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter<\/a> users have shared the video suggesting, “Brazilian television channels showed Prime Minister Modi’s speech in his country, and Brasilians did it last night itself. (Translated from \u092c\u094d\u0930\u093e\u095b\u0940\u0932 \u0915\u0947 \u091f\u0947\u0932\u0940\u0935\u093f\u095b\u0928 \u091a\u0948\u0928\u0932\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u0915\u0947 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0927\u093e\u0928\u092e\u0902\u0924\u094d\u0930\u0940 \u092e\u094b\u0926\u0940 \u0915\u093e \u092d\u093e\u0937\u0923 \u0905\u092a\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u092f\u093e \u0914\u0930 \u0915\u0932 \u0930\u093e\u0924 \u0915\u094b \u0939\u0940 \u092c\u094d\u0930\u093e\u095b\u0940\u0932\u093f\u0913 \u0928\u0947 \u092f\u0947 \u0915\u0930 \u0926\u093f\u0916\u093e\u092f\u093e\u0964).”<\/p>\n

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\u2014 Arghya Jadav (@ArghyaJadav) April 6, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Other social media users<\/a> shared the video and claimed, “Look at this! In Switzerland and several other countries, similar things are happening. In India, just saying light lamps has lead to jealously among some people. (translated from \u092f\u0939 \u0926\u0947\u0916\u093f\u090f \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093f\u091f\u094d\u091c\u0930\u0932\u0948\u0902\u0921 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0913\u0930 \u0907\u0938\u0940 \u0924\u0930\u0939 \u0905\u0928\u094d\u092f \u0926\u0947\u0936\u094b\u0902 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u092d\u0940 \u0939\u094b \u0930\u0939\u093e \u0939\u0948\u0902\u0964 \u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924 \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0926\u0940\u092f\u093e \u091c\u0932\u093e\u0928\u0947 \u092d\u0930 \u0915\u0939\u0928\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0932\u094b\u0917\u094b\u0902 \u0915\u0947 \u0926\u093f\u0932 \u091c\u0932\u0928\u0947 \u0926\u094b \u0926\u093f\u0928 \u092a\u0939\u0932\u0947 \u0938\u0947 \u0939\u0940 \u0936\u0941\u0930\u0942 \u0939\u094b \u0917\u092f\u093e \u0925\u093e)”<\/p>\n

Alt News also received several requests to fact-check this on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Video shot before PM Modi’s speech<\/h4>\n

Alt News analysed the viral video using InVid, online video verification tool, and performed a\u00a0 reverse image search. Doing so we found that the viral video was posted on Facebook page Name Above All Names<\/a> on 28 March 2020. As per the description, the video shows people praying to Jesus in Brazil.<\/p>\n

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LOOK IN THE STREETS OF BRAZIL!<\/a><\/p>\n

LOOK IN THE STREETS OF BRAZIL! THE PEOPLE ARE TURNING TO JESUS IN PRAYER & WORSHIP! CAN I GET AN AMEN?!<\/p>\n

Posted by NAME above all names<\/a> on Friday, March 27, 2020<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

Facebook page Brazil Pera Christ<\/a> also posted this video on March 27. Since PM Modi had made the ‘9PM-9minute’ announcement on April 3, the video cannot represent an event that took place as a reaction to his speech. Therefore, while Alt News was unable to independently verify where the video was shot, it certainly does not show Brazilians joining India using the flashlights of their cellphones as per PM Modi’s appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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