Archit Mehta, Author at Alt News

Did John Hopkins hail UP among toppers in managing COVID across the world?

Archit Mehta13th April 2021

In the first week of April, media outlets reported that an unnamed study by Johns Hopkins University found that Uttar Pradesh’s management of crisis during the pandemic was among the…

Politics

Congress MLA JS Negi’s speech viral as Nepalese leader criticises PM Modi

Archit Mehta13th April 202113th April 2021

A video of a parliamentary speaker delivering a critical speech on Prime Minister Modi and his policies is being shared on social media with the claim that it is from…

Politics

Old video from Manipur viral as poll violence in West Bengal’s Cooch Behar

Archit Mehta13th April 2021

A two-minute clip of a crowd breaking into a polling booth has been shared by several Twitter users with the claim that it shows an incident from West Bengal’s Cooch…

Politics

Old video shared as vote rigging in ongoing West Bengal elections

Archit Mehta10th April 2021

A video of a woman rigging votes was shared by BJP member Keya Ghosh with the claim that the incident took place during the ongoing elections in West Bengal. The…

Religion

False conspiracy about ‘love jihad’ in Noida spun based on 2017 image from Lucknow

Archit Mehta9th April 2021

Around the first week of April, several social media users posted an image of a policeman interrogating a couple, while passers-by record the incident on phone cameras. The image has…

Society

Filming of Russian music video viral with hoax claim that COVID is a conspiracy

Archit Mehta9th April 2021

As COVID cases surge in several countries, social media users have shared a 10-second TikTok clip that shows a man inside a body bag, placed on a truck filled with…

Media analysis

News Nation misidentifies shop as samadhi in Malanggad, accuses Muslims of trespass

Archit Mehta7th April 20218th April 2021

On March 28, several news outlets including News Nation reported that Muslim men entered a Hindu place of worship and interrupted aarti in Maharasthra’s Malanggad. At 4:13 minutes into a…

Politics

Photo of Delhi CM Kejriwal giving mask to school boy predates COVID-19

Archit Mehta5th April 2021

An image of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal putting on an anti-pollution mask on a school boy has been shared on social media. Deputy CM Manish Sisodia can also be…

Politics

Old images viral to falsely show cash, gold sized from MK Stalin’s son-in-law in IT raid

Archit Mehta3rd April 20213rd April 2021

The sixteenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu is scheduled to be held on April 6, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Madurai on April 2. On the same day,…

News Religion

Fact-check: Did Muslims enter a ‘temple’ in Maharashtra’s Malanggad to disrupt aarti?

Archit Mehta3rd April 20213rd April 2021

Two videos have surfaced on social media that show a heated confrontation between Muslim and Hindu communities at a place of worship. The videos show them arguing near two enshrined…