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    Old, unrelated images shared as Hindu women attacked during Delhi riots

    Alt News Desk28th February 202028th February 2020

    A set of images is being shared on social media with the claim that these depict women from the Hindu community attacked during Delhi riots. Facebook user Manju Singh posted…

    Politics

    Journalist Arfa Khanum’s speech on CAA shared with distorted interpretation by BJP office-bearers

    Alt News Desk27th January 20203rd February 2020

    “The Islamists want CAA protests to be ‘inclusive’ only till the time you, the non Muslims, start accepting their religious identity, beliefs and supremacist slogans as gospel,” tweeted BJP IT cell…

    Politics

    Photo of Dalit activist Kancha Ilaiah shared as elderly student at JNU

    Alt News Desk16th January 202016th January 2020

    A post with a photograph of an elderly man is being shared on Facebook with a claim that the man is 47-year-old Moinuddin from Kerala, studying at Jawarharlal Nehru University…

    Politics

    Old video of SP leader Mavia Ali shared as that of Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui

    Alt News Desk2nd January 20202nd January 2020

    In the backdrop of widespread protests opposing the Citizenship Amendment Act, BJP National spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted a video along with a text saying, “Congress leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui is saying…

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    Top sportswomen made to push identical tweets to laud PM Modi on ‘women empowerment’

    Alt News Desk27th October 201927th October 2019

    “I thank @narendramodi for his initiative to honour and empower women this Diwali. Acknowledgement motivates us to work harder and make India proud. #bharatkilaxmi.” From Mary Kom to Pooja Dhanda,…

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    Fake audio claiming to be Lakshmi Mittal’s commentary on Indian politics viral on WhatsApp

    Alt News Desk23rd September 20195th April 2020

    An audio file is circulating on WhatsApp in the name of United Kingdom-based steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal. India-born Mittal is Chairman of ArcelorMittal, world’s largest integrated steel and mining company….

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    Clipped video of Ravish Kumar’s 2013 program circulated with a misleading narrative, journalists join in

    Alt News Desk6th September 20196th September 2019

    On the day Ravish Kumar travelled to Manila to receive the prestigious Ramon Magsaysay award, his critics back at home targetted him using a 35-second video clip. The footage that…

    Politics

    No, this is not the nephew of UP Deputy CM Keshav Maurya assaulting a Sikh driver

    Alt News Desk18th August 2019

    A video of a Sikh truck driver being pulled by his hair and brutally assaulted is viral on social media. It is being claimed that the man assaulting the victim…

    Politics

    Italian Air Force celebrating Italy’s Republic Day viral as Indian Independence Day celebration at Trafalgar Square

    Alt News Desk18th August 20193rd August 2020

    A video claiming that the Indian Independence Day was marked at London’s Trafalgar Square with fighter jets making a tricolour in the sky, is viral on social media. The video…

    Politics

    CNN News18 makes unverified claim about Zakir Naik’s extradition by Malaysia

    Alt News Desk1st August 2019

    On July 30, 2019, a day after India failed to obtain a red corner notice from Interpol for controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik, CNN News18 tweeted a breaking news, “Malaysia…

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