Abhishek is a senior fact-checking journalist and researcher at Alt News. He has a keen interest in information verification and technology. He is always eager to learn new skills, explore new OSINT tools and techniques. Prior to joining Alt News, he worked in the field of content development and analysis with a major focus on Search Engine Optimization (SEO).
During a search in Uttar Pradesh’s Mainpuri, a 315 bore pistol was found in the possession of a woman. The search was recorded on camera and was carried out by…
Several students were wounded in a clash allegedly over non-veg food being served at Kaveri Hostel of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on the day of Ram Navami. Visuals of students…
A video of Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly candidate from Katra constituency Rajesh Yadav is circulating widely on social media. It has been claimed that Yadav can be heard saying in…
As per a viral claim making the rounds on social media, Rituraj Chaudhary, a student living in Bihar’s Begusarai purportedly hacked Google for 51 seconds, after which the tech giant…
On January 16, news agency ANI UP/Uttarakhand posted a tweet about migrant workers facing distress due to COVID-19. It quoted one worker as saying, “We don’t have any work as…
A video of a man coming up on stage to whisper something into Yogi Adityanath’s ear is making the rounds online. The video shows the UP chief minister promptly scolding…
On October 28, Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company’s name has been changed to Meta. Since then, a post has been circulating widely on Facebook about certain changes…
The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) released the results for the 2020 Civil Services Examination on September 24. Shubham Kumar from Bihar’s Katihar district secured the first rank. He was…
On September 16, 19 people, including five refinery workers and 14 contract workers, were injured when a furnace in the AVU-1 unit exploded at the Barauni Refinery in Begusarai. Following…