Arjun Sidharth, Author at Alt News

Twitter users foxed by multiple accounts impersonating Mahua Moitra

Arjun Sidharth4th July 2019

Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has been a prominent newsmaker over the past week with her speech in the Lok Sabha, followed by false claims that it was plagiarised from…

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Media misreports: Nirmala Sitharaman claimed demonetisation had no impact on economy

Arjun Sidharth4th July 2019

On July 2, multiple news organisations reported that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on the floor of the Rajya Sabha, had said that demonetisation had no impact on the Indian economy….

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False claim: Muslim woman masquerades as Hindu at protest over mob lynching

Arjun Sidharth & Priyanka Jha3rd July 20193rd July 2019

अल तकिया से सावधान..ये तो सबीहा खान निकली, और खुद को हिन्दू लिखकर तब प्रोपेगेंडा रचा था, इस लडकी ने (She turned out to be Sabiha Khan, and was conducting…

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Viral on WhatsApp: Child beating video falsely claimed to be of school in Valsad

Arjun Sidharth3rd July 20191st August 2019

आप के whatsapp पे जितने भी नंबर एवं ग्रुप हैं एक भी छूटने नही चाहिए, ये वीडियो सबको भेजिए ये वलसाड के DPS SCHOOL Rajbag का टीचर है इसको इतना…

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2018 video from Bihar falsely shared as Bajrang Dal members assaulting a woman

Arjun Sidharth3rd July 2019

बिहार में बजरंग दल के गुंडों ने एक क्रिस्चियन महिला के कपडे उतारकर बीच बाजार में सरेआम पिटाई की इसको इतना सेर करो के वर्ल्ड ह्यूमन राइट्स और वुमन राइट्स…

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Hindustan misreports, no ISIS flags waved at protest rally in Meerut

Arjun Sidharth1st July 2019

On June 30, a protest rally was taken out in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh over the recent incident of lynching of Tabrez Ansari in Jharkhand. The next day i.e. on July…

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2017 video from Rajasthan viral in the backdrop of Delhi police’s recent clash with Sikh driver

Arjun Sidharth29th June 201929th June 2019

“राजिस्थान मे सिखों को गाड़ियो मे से उत्तार उतार कर मार रहे हैं #Rajasthan“( Sikhs in Rajasthan are being forced out of their vehicles and beaten up- translation). The above…

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False claim: Rain cloud generating machine developed by NASA

Arjun Sidharth27th June 2019

Has the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) developed a ‘rain cloud generating machine’, which will create artificial clouds that lead to precipitation? A message which has been circulated on…

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False claim: Saudi Arabian Govt releases Arabic version of the Bhagavad Gita

Arjun Sidharth27th June 201927th June 2019

“सऊदी अरब सरकार ने अरबी में “भगवद्गीता” रिलीज की। यहाँ तो “भारत माता की जय” बोलने से इस्लाम खतरे में आ जाता हैं।” (Saudi Arabian govt released ‘Bhagvad Gita’ in…

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UP: Video of injured, pleading man and woman shared with false, communal claim

Arjun Sidharth26th June 2019

#लखनऊ यह घटना #इंटोजा थाना क्षेत्र की कल की है, #शांतिप्रीय_कोम के #इस्लाम,और चार पांच लोग और, इसकी बहन का रेप करने आए इसने रेप नही करने दिया तो इसकी…