{"id":92886,"date":"2021-05-10T21:45:18","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=92886"},"modified":"2021-05-10T21:45:18","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T16:15:18","slug":"misleading-video-portrays-eam-jaishankar-meeting-g7-delegates-after-covid-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/misleading-video-portrays-eam-jaishankar-meeting-g7-delegates-after-covid-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Misleading video portrays EAM Jaishankar meeting G7 delegates after COVID scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Group of Seven (G7) meeting in London on May 5 was hit by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uk\/covid-scare-g7-meeting-after-indian-delegates-test-positive-sky-2021-05-05\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">COVID-19 scare<\/a> after India&#8217;s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his entire team said they were self-isolating after two delegation members tested positive. Indian delegates joined the meeting virtually the next day.<\/p>\n<p>Sikh Federation UK <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/OIoyT\">tweeted<\/a> a two-minute video on May 9 that comprises a Sky News broadcast in the first 52 seconds, followed by a bite by the UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab till the 1:02 mark. Hereon, the video shows multiple images of Jaishankar while the narrator criticises Indian delegates for not following COVID-19 protocols despite two of them testing positive. The final segment of the video again shows a Sky News broadcast.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Photos show an unmasked <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSJaishankar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrSJaishankar<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HCI_London?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@HCI_London<\/a> flouting self-isolation rules that require you to stay in one room &amp; avoid face to face contact with others. Indian delegation shown have no respect for rules &amp; law. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BorisJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BorisJohnson<\/a> should tell <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PMOIndia<\/a> to stay away from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G7?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@G7<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KIsT5am9FS\">pic.twitter.com\/KIsT5am9FS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sikh Federation UK (@SikhFedUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SikhFedUK\/status\/1391105566278291457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 8, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The video was tweeted by Congress leader <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/CVjZw\">Alka Lamba<\/a>, Congress supporter Faiz INC, and Twitter user <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/nOBb6\">@iraniShenaz1958<\/a> whose video gained over 65,000 views.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-92886 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/misleading-video-portrays-eam-jaishankar-meeting-g7-delegates-after-covid-scare\/screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3-41-57-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.41.57-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.41.57-PM.jpg 594w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.41.57-PM-268x300.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/misleading-video-portrays-eam-jaishankar-meeting-g7-delegates-after-covid-scare\/screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3-53-58-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"324\" height=\"578\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.53.58-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.53.58-PM.png 324w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.53.58-PM-168x300.png 168w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 324px) 100vw, 324px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/misleading-video-portrays-eam-jaishankar-meeting-g7-delegates-after-covid-scare\/screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3-42-07-pm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.42.07-PM.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.42.07-PM.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.42.07-PM-257x300.jpg 257w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 597px) 100vw, 597px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Founding vice-chancellor of HJ State University of Journalism and Mass Communications Om Thanvi <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/LR4dM\">tweeted<\/a> the video and wrote that Sky News reported, &#8220;The experience with the Indian G7 delegation shows they have no respect for rules in the law&#8230; Given the rising number of cases in India, Boris Johnson should tell Narendra Modi and his delegation to stay away from the G7 main summit next month.&#8221; Thanvi later deleted his tweet.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92896 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.52.00-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.52.00-PM.jpg 478w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-3.52.00-PM-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 478px) 100vw, 478px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>FACT-CHECK<\/h4>\n<p>Alt News found that the Indian External Affairs Minister&#8217;s (EAM) pictures at the G7 summit were doctored into the Sky News broadcast. The photographs do show Jaishankar meeting delegates in the UK but they were shot prior to the two Indian delegates reportedly testing positive. In another image, Jaishankar can be seen without a mask while attending the G7 meeting virtually with his team.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Sky News broadcast (till 52-second mark)<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The first 52 seconds of the video is identical to the May 6 Sky News broadcast about Indian delegates testing positive prior to the G7 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>[embedyt] https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m9Wc9gBIl1s[\/embedyt]<\/p>\n<h5><strong>British politician Dominic Raab&#8217;s bite<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The next segment shows UK&#8217;s First Secretary of State and Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab saying, &#8220;They [Indian delegates] didn&#8217;t have in-person meetings&#8230; with me. They were immediately (someone interrupts) we saw those tests. They were sent to self-isolation.&#8221; This video was uploaded by Reuters on May 6.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92902 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-4.32.19-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1425\" height=\"820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-4.32.19-PM.jpg 1425w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-4.32.19-PM-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-4.32.19-PM-1024x589.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-4.32.19-PM-768x442.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1425px) 100vw, 1425px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Images of Jaishankar uploaded with a voice-over criticising the EAM<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>We subsequently hear a man say, &#8220;[Image 1] After two of the Indian G7 delegation tested positive on Wednesday (May 5) morning, the Indian Foreign Minister did not immediately go into isolation. [Image 2] Despite what Dominic Raab states, [Image 3] many have seen photographs showing the Indian foreign minister met Priti Patel, the Home Secretary and [Image 4] the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, later the same day. [Image 5] Photographs have emerged from Thursday (May 6) showing an unmasked Indian Foreign Minister with an unmasked Indian High Commissioner flouting self-isolation rules. By definition, self-isolation requires you to stay in one room and avoid face-to-face contact with others. The experience with the Indian G7 delegation shows, they have no respect for rules and the law. Given the rising number of cases in India, [Image 6] Boris Johnson should tell Narendra Modi, and the Indian delegation to stay away from the G7 summit in Cornwall next month when heads of state from the democratic world will be gathering.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Image 1: <\/strong>This image was tweeted by UK Home Secretary Priti Patel on May 4, a day prior to the media reporting that Indian delegates tested positive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A pleasure to welcome <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSJaishankar?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DrSJaishankar<\/a> to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ukhomeoffice?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@UKHomeOffice<\/a> today as we signed the landmark Migration &amp; Mobility deal as part of our New Plan for Immigration, providing new opportunities for our young people to live and work here and in India as we recover from the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AWWorBRDze\">pic.twitter.com\/AWWorBRDze<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Priti Patel (@pritipatel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pritipatel\/status\/1389620774948978691?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Image 2: <\/strong>This image too shows Jaishankar meeting Patel on May 4. It <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSJaishankar\/status\/1389535622356946948?s=20\">tweeted<\/a> by the EAM.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.41.59-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1332\" height=\"758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.41.59-PM.jpg 1332w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.41.59-PM-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.41.59-PM-1024x583.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.41.59-PM-768x437.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1332px) 100vw, 1332px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image 3: <\/strong>The following image was shot by Tim Hammond at Downing Street on May 4. It was published by <a href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/two-covid-cases-among-indian-delegation-at-london-g7-meeting-sky-news-understands-12297266\">Sky News<\/a> on May 5. The caption reads, &#8220;Home Secretary Priti Patel met with India&#8217;s foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Tuesday [May 4].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92909 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.29.43-PM.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.29.43-PM.jpg 905w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.29.43-PM-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/Screenshot-2021-05-10-at-5.29.43-PM-768x473.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 905px) 100vw, 905px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Image 4: <\/strong>The image below was taken by Ben Stansall and is uploaded on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gettyimages.in\/detail\/news-photo\/secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-attends-a-press-news-photo\/1232671507?irgwc=1&amp;esource=AFF_GI_IR_TinEye_77643&amp;asid=TinEye&amp;cid=GI&amp;utm_medium=affiliate&amp;utm_source=TinEye&amp;utm_content=77643\">Getty Images<\/a>. The image caption reads, &#8220;US Secretary of State Antony Blinken attends a press conference with India&#8217;s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar following a bilateral meeting in London on May 3, 2021, during the G7 foreign ministers meeting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92907\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92907\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92907\" src=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-1232671507-2048x2048-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-1232671507-2048x2048-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-1232671507-2048x2048-1-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-1232671507-2048x2048-1-1024x746.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-1232671507-2048x2048-1-768x560.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2021\/05\/gettyimages-1232671507-2048x2048-1-1536x1119.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by BEN STANSALL\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Image 5 and 6:\u00a0<\/strong>These were tweeted by Jaishankar on May 6 where the foreign minister and another delegate are not wearing masks in the company of the other Indian officials. The photographs were taken after two delegates tested positive and the Indian team was supposed to be in self-isolation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Just concluded the bilateral Foreign Ministers\u2019 Meeting with British counterpart <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DominicRaab?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DominicRaab<\/a>. Focussed on our responsibility for implementing the 2030 Roadmap. Confident that we will see early progress on many fronts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LvBxDNkDFn\">pic.twitter.com\/LvBxDNkDFn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSJaishankar\/status\/1390295756653879298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h5><strong>Final 20 seconds of the video<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>The final 20-seconds of the viral video are also from the Sky News broadcast. It starts from the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/m9Wc9gBIl1s?t=108\">1:48 mark<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=m9Wc9gBIl1s?start=108]<\/p>\n<p>A part of the viral video was not aired by Sky News. Sikh Federation&#8217;s commentary was added to produce misinformation. EAM and the Indian team have now returned to New Delhi. Jaishankar claimed that all of them have tested negative for the virus. &#8220;False alarms do happen,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrSJaishankar\/status\/1390766383600869377\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> however there has been no statement from the British authorities regarding this. Alt News cannot independently verify the statement, but the Indian delegation did not meet heads of other states after the coronavirus scare. There are images of Jaishankar meeting them before the positive results were out. However, two among the Indian team, including the EAM, were photographed without a mask while attending the meeting virtually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Group of Seven (G7) meeting in London on May 5 was hit by a COVID-19 scare after India&#8217;s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his entire team said they were self-isolating after two delegation members tested positive. Indian delegates joined the meeting virtually the next day. Sikh Federation UK tweeted a two-minute video on May [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":92941,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[693],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-92886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-featured","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-videos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Misleading video portrays EAM Jaishankar meeting G7 delegates after COVID scare - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Misleading video portrays EAM Jaishankar meeting G7 delegates after COVID scare - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Group of Seven (G7) meeting in London on May 5 was hit by a COVID-19 scare after India&#8217;s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his entire team said they were self-isolating after two delegation members tested positive. 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