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Fact Check: Banner thanking PM Modi at Mirabai's felicitation ceremony for her silver medal is morphed
India Today
A morphed image of a banner thanking PM Modi at the felicitation ceremony of Manipur's Mirabai Chanu, who won a silver medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, is doing the rounds on social media.
Manipur's Mirabai Chanu won a silver medal in the 49kg weightlifting category at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 24. She is the first Indian weightlifter to win the silver medal at the Olympic Games. A historic decision taken to establish National Sports University in Manipur was another big achievement for the northeast region.I congratulate @mirabai_chanu on behalf of 135 crore Indians and the Parliament, for her achievement - Union Minister @ianuragthakur pic.twitter.com/r8fGNbheE5 After she returned to India to a grand welcome and was felicitated by union ministers, an image from the ceremony is viral on social media. The viral post shows a banner, purportedly thanking PM Narendra Modi for awarding an Olympic medal to Mirabai. We can also see the images of PM Modi and Mirabai on the banner.More Related News