A Facebook Live posted by Avi Dandiya on March 1, where he claimed that the Pulwama attack was orchestrated by the BJP, has received over a million views in less than 24 hours. During his FB live, Dandiya presented an audio clip of an alleged... Read More
Author - Pooja Chaudhuri
Pooja Chaudhuri began her career working as a market research fellow, however, her deep-seated interests in media and a knack for writing led her to the field of journalism. She works in the capacity of a writer at Alt News, actively pursuing media misreports.
A poem attributed to the sister of wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was captured by the Pakistani army on February 27, is floating across social media platforms. Among those who tweeted it was IAS officer Captain Manivannan. His tweet received... Read More
As wing commander Abhinandan Varthaman is released by the Pakistani army, misinformation seems to follow him home. A video currently viral on social media is being shared with claims suggesting that the Indian pilot was dancing with the soldiers of the... Read More
A video viral on social media is being shared with the claim that it represents the mistreatment of the minority Muslim population in India. This comes in the backdrop of Pakistan’s decision to release Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman as a... Read More
The Pakistani government declared that captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman will be released on March 1 as a “peace gesture”. Soon after, both Pakistani and Indian social media ecosystems were brimming with photographs that claimed to... Read More
The Pakistani government declared that captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman will be released on March 1 as a “peace gesture”. A video doing rounds on social media since before PM Imran Khan’s statement is still being shared,... Read More
On February 27, the Indian air force engaged Pakistani jets after they violated Indian air-space in which one IAF pilot was captured from PoK after his plane was shot down. Soon after, a video began floating in the Pakistani social media ecosystem.... Read More
A bunch of images doing rounds on social media is being circulated with the claims that it depicts the devastation caused by the Indian Air Force in Pakistani territory. The caption used to share the viral images is... Read More
Pakistani fighter jets reportedly violated Indian air space in Jammu and Kashmir on February 27 but were pushed back by IAF. Pakistani media, however, conversely claimed that Indian fighter planes violated the country’s air space and were shot... Read More
A viral message on Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp claims that the pilot of the February 26 IAF airstrike on JeM camps at Pakistan’s Balakot is a girl named Urvisha Jariwala from Bhulka Bhavan school in Surat. A BJP leader from Rajasthan,... Read More