Pooja Chaudhuri is a researcher and trainer at Bellingcat with a focus on human rights and conflict. She has a Master's in Data Journalism from Columbia University and previously worked at Alt News.
In an alleged case of fake encounters, the Uttar Pradesh police on September 21 shot dead two purported criminals – Mustaqeem and Naushad – in Aligarh’s Harduaganj, and ‘invited’ media…
BJP Chhattisgarh on September 30 tweeted images of three expressways and captioned them as – “विश्वास से विकास का सफर। #BadhtaChhattisgarh (The journey from trust to development #BadhtaChhattisgarh),” obliquely accrediting itself with the…
A purported news clipping floating across social media platforms claims that Congress president Sonia Gandhi is the 12th richest politician in the world. Recurring claim The same clipping was…
Senior journalist Ravish Kumar had made a speech last year at Press Club, Delhi on the murder of veteran journalist Gauri Lankesh. Soon after, his 10-minute speech was truncated to…
A Facebook page that goes by the name योगी आदित्यनाथ की सेना (Yogi Adityanath ki Sena) posted an image which looked like a cropped article from a Hindi e-paper clip. The article’s title…
Recently, an image of Jawaharlal Nehru was shared by a few users on social media, suggesting that the first Prime Minister of India was thrashed by a mob after “failure…
“Every party informed that petrol-diesel prices have risen. But why is it that only the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) informed that the population of Rohingyas and Bangladeshis in India has…
A Facebook user Hindu Akhilesh Gupta, on August 31, shared an image of a woman stripped naked, chased down the street and beaten by a group of men. The narrative used…
A resident of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, “Dr” Gaurav Pradhan describes himself as a data scientist, advisor, digital strategist and professional speaker. He has his own blog where he has delved into…
“केरल में संघ लगभग 3800 राहत शिविर का संचालन कर 700000 बाढ़ पीड़ितों को प्रतिदिन मदद दे रहा है। बड़े खरनाक हैं ये भगवा आतंकी !!! (In Kerala, Sangh is operating…
