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).
An alleged statement attributed to Ratan Tata has been making the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that Tata suggested that the government should stop offering subsidies to…
A name that began dominating news headlines following Indian athlete Neeraj Chopra’s historic gold medal win in javelin throw at Tokyo Olympics was Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem who finished 5th in…
On July 22, the Income Tax Department raided several offices of the Dainik Bhaskar Group, a leading Hindi daily in India. In its response to the raid, the media outlet…
A photograph of a girl in bridal attire is widely circulating on social media with users claiming that she is an 8-year-old who was married off to a 28-year-old man…
On May 18, an Israeli airstrike bombed the high-rise building housing Al Jazeera and The Associated Press’ offices in Gaza City. A screenshot of an article reporting the incident has…
A video showing what looks like several dead bodies covered in shrouds is viral on social media. On X (formerly Twitter), users have shared the video linking it to the…
Amid the ongoing escalation of violence between Israel and Palestine, a video has been shared with the claim that the third-holiest mosque in Islam was bombed down by Israel. मक्का…
A Twitter user has posted a tweet in the name of West Tripura District Magistrate Shailesh Kumar Yadav and has gained likes and retweets in the thousands. Yadav recently made…
BJP supporter Sanjay Dixit (@Sanjay_Dixit) recently tweeted, “Yeti Narasimhananda Saraswati has been arrested by police” while Maulana Saad roams free. The tweet garnered 1,900 retweets and more than 4,000 likes…
