Fact Check: Has PM Modi announced that Lockdown will be extended up till May 4?

Claim: PM Modi's announcement that the lockdown had been extended till May 4.

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What is the rumour about?

• The rumour includes a screengrab which has been doing rounds on social media allegedly from a news channel's broadcast on PM Modi's address to the nation.
• The screengrab from the news channel reads 'All India lockdown increased till 0.4th May' as one of its main headlines. 
• It also reads that PM Modi has announced that everything will remain shut till May 4. 

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Who started the rumour?

• Social media forwards
• People have been circulating these messages all over WhatsApp, Facebook and Twitter.

After an analysis of the Google Trends with respect to the "Lockdown extended in India", the trends reflect a sharp rise in the term being searched on Google seeing a peak between the period of March 29-April 4.

Image courtesy: Google Trends 

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Rating: False

Republic World did a fact check

• Republic World did a fact check on various message forwards related to PM Modi's announcement of a lockdown extension and found them to be False. 
• No such announcement was made by PM Modi during his address to the nation.
• The only announcement made by PM Modi was to light a 'Diya', candle or torch or mobiles on April 5, at 9 pm for 9 minutes from the balconies or corridors of their homes.
• There has been no announcement made by the government to extend the lockdown period till May 4. 
• Any other images about all services being shut and the lockdown being extended till May 4 are fabricated.

Even PIB did a fact check on this and found the image to be fabricated