Archit Mehta, Author at Alt News

CT scan of lungs of COVID patient viral with misleading vaccine claim

Archit Mehta24th May 2021

Several people have shared juxtaposed images of 3D CT scans of the lungs and claimed that the image on the right shows the lungs of a COVID positive patient who…

Politics

Video of Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singh’s meeting with Sri Lankan PM is from 2017

Archit Mehta22nd May 202122nd May 2021

A video of Indian National Congress (INC) President Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh meeting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been shared suggesting that she sidelined…

News

Singapore, India refute Delhi CM’s claim of new COVID variant detected in Singapore

Archit Mehta21st May 202121st May 2021

On May 18, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that a new COVID variant originating from Singapore could prove fatal for children and the central government should ban flights from…

News

Video from South Africa shared as pride of lions spotted at Gir after Cyclone Taukte

Archit Mehta21st May 202121st May 2021

Cyclone Tauktae made landfall along Gujarat’s coastal region including Saurashtra on May 17 around 20 km northeast of Diu (66 km away from Gir Forest), reported Down to Earth. It…

Politics

Video game clips viral as Israel shooting down Iran, Turkey fighter jets

Archit Mehta20th May 202120th May 2021

A video of shots fired at fighter jets has gone viral on social media with the claim that Turkish and Iranian aircraft were shot by Israel. Turkey and Iran supported…

Society

Old video from Saudi Arabia shared as Cyclone Tauktae’s devastation in Mumbai

Archit Mehta19th May 2021

In the backdrop of India’s west coast region witnessing the devastation of Cyclone Tauktae, several social media users have posted a clip of concrete falling on parked cars during a…

Politics

Israel didn’t name its fighter jet ‘Soumya’ after Kerala woman who died in Hamas attack

Archit Mehta17th May 202117th May 2021

The mortal remains of 30-year-old Kerala woman Soumya Santhosh arrived from Israel to New Delhi on May 15. Santhosh was working as a caregiver in Ashkelon, near the Gaza strip…

Society

Video from 2018 falsely shared as ‘5G tower’ caught fire in Gujarat

Archit Mehta13th May 202113th May 2021

A 90-second video of mobile tower in flames has been shared on social media with the claim that it is from Gujarat. Some Twitter users have shared a 40-second clip…

Politics

Old fake funeral video from Jordan viral to discredit reports of Palestinian casualties

Archit Mehta12th May 202113th May 2021

The recent escalation of the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict began on May 6 after Israeli forces tried to evict eight Palestinian families and settle Jews in Sheikh Jarrah, a neighbourhood of…

Politics

Fact-check: Did Reliance pass off liquid oxygen imported from Saudi Arabia as its own?

Archit Mehta12th May 202112th May 2021

A video from Delhi where two men riding a motorcycle parallel to a Reliance oxygen tanker claim that the company is passing off oxygen supplied by Saudi Arabia as its…