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    Priyanka Jha

    About the Author

    Priyanka Jha specialises in monitoring and researching mis/disinformation at Alt News. She also manages the Alt News Hindi portal.

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    Society

    Yet another scripted video viral with claims of burqa being used for child kidnapping

    Priyanka Jha20th March 202320th March 2023

    By the end of 2022, rumours of child kidnapping had become so widespread that state authorities had to intervene and issue warnings to the common people. Innumerable unrelated and scripted…

    Religion

    ‘When will you kill Muslims & Christians?’: At Jantar Mantar, Hindutva leaders call for massacre of minorities

    Priyanka Jha13th February 202313th February 2023

    On February 5, 2023, speakers at two events held at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar openly called for the slaughter of Muslims and Christians. The first programme, the ‘Sanatan Dharma Sansad’, was…

    Compilation

    Roundup 2022: How parties, leaders, media & influencers amplified misinfo this year

    Kinjal & Priyanka Jha3rd January 2023

    Looking through the prism of news headlines, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and elections in several Indian states were the two major events of 2022. These incidents found wide coverage in mainstream…

    Religion

    No, Hindu boys did not dance in burqa in Mangalore college; false claim viral on social media

    Priyanka Jha12th December 2022

    Twitter user @CrimeReportInd1 claimed in a recent tweet that Hindu students at St. Joseph’s Engineering College in Mangalore mocked Muslims by dancing to Bollywood item song ‘Fevicol Se’ while wearing…

    CompilationPolitics

    Nation TV: A misinformation factory on YouTube targeting BJP with false and outrageous claims

    Priyanka Jha2nd December 20222nd December 2022

    There are several channels on YouTube known to peddle political propaganda, whether in support of the government or against it. In the past, Alt News has intimated the video platform…

    Religion

    Fact-check: Police action against illegal construction in Kanpur falsely given communal twist

    Priyanka Jha1st November 2022

    Twitter user @IRONMONK002 recently shared a purported video from Kanpur of a group of policemen beating two people with sticks and lathis on the terrace of a building. Two bulldozers…

    Politics

    Did Gehlot drink charanamrit with mask on? No, BJP leaders shared clipped video

    Priyanka Jha8th September 20228th September 2022

    A number of BJP functionaries are criticizing Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot while sharing a 5-second video in which Gehlot is being offered charanamrit by a temple priest and the…

    Media analysisNewsReligion

    Sudarshan News falsely accuses Pawan Hans of discriminating against Hindu students

    Priyanka Jha & Mohammed Zubair19th April 202225th April 2022

    On April 14, Sudarshan News claimed during a broadcast that Pawan Hans Limited is indulging in “job jihad”. The channel’s editor-in-chief Suresh Chavhanke asserted that the government-owned company was only…

    NewsReligion

    Old video of farmers in MP attacked over child kidnapping rumours viral with false claims

    Priyanka Jha23rd March 202213th June 2022

    [Warning: This video depicts videos. Readers are advised to watch at their own discretion.] Pakistani journalist Asad Kharal shared a video of mob violence with the claim that “Hindu terrorists”…

    Politics

    Did Lal Krishna Advani get emotional after watching ‘The Kashmir Files’? No, old video

    Priyanka Jha15th March 2022

    Ashwini Mahajan, co-convenor of the RSS-affiliated Swadeshi Jagran Manch, recently shared a video claiming it shows Lal Krishna Advani seated inside a movie theatre to watch ‘The Kashmir Files’. (Archive…

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