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).
Union ministry of external affairs (MEA) spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal recently claimed at a press conference that the social media page of the news outlet ‘The Australia Today’ had been blocked…
A poster was recently spotted on a mosque in the Kagdipura area of Indore, Madhya Pradesh, featuring an image of a woman in a burqa holding a green flag. The…
BJP leaders recently circulated a picture on social media showing two auto-rickshaws parked on a road with the following written on them: “Kejriwal ko Delhi se bhagayenge.” (Will drive away…
Right-wing propaganda website OpIndia published an article on October 23, 2024, written by its editor-in-chief Nupur Jhunjhunwala Sharma. It alleged that legal news website Live Law had spread fake news…
Assembly elections are scheduled in Maharashtra for this year, with polling set to take place in a single phase on November 20, followed by vote counting on November 23. However,…
A video from Hyderabad’s Charminar area has gone viral on social media. The footage shows a chaos with police resorting to lathi-charge on a group of people and setting up…
A day after Alt News had written to Meta about a pro-BJP proxy page named ‘Unfiltered Jammu Kashmir’ running political ads without adhering to relevant disclaimer policies, Meta took down…
A newspaper clipping has gone viral on social media, which carries a report on Congress general secretary K C Venugopal’s ‘statement’ that Congress’s biggest target was to abolish reservations in…
Recently, several agreements have been signed between India’s Adani Group and the Kenyan government, including one on the leasing of Kenya’s main international airport to the Adani Group and constructing…
Violence between various ethnic groups in Manipur has persisted for months, leading to significant loss of life in the northeastern state. Recently, there have been reports of rocket attacks by…
