Jignesh is a writer and researcher at Alt News. He has a knack for visual investigation with a major interest in fact-checking videos and images. He has completed his Masters in Journalism from Gujarat University.
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a nationwide lockdown in India for the next three weeks, not extending to essential supplies. This is in light of the coronavirus…
A video where a person lying on a gurney is gasping for breath is doing the rounds on WhatsApp. In the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak in India, the video is…
On March 24, Facebook user Haresh Adhikari posted a video of a person licking his hand and rubbing it over a handrail in a subway train. “See this video and…
A message circulating on WhatsApp claims that US scientists have developed a vaccine for coronavirus. It claims that President Donald Trump has announced that “Roche Medical Company” will launch the…
Amidst the coronavirus pandemic, one Pakistani Twitter user Nasir Chinioti posted two photographs – one of Russian President Vladimir Putin and the other of a lion roaming on streets –…
In the backdrop of the coronavirus outbreak in India, one Daya Ram Meena tweeted a 44-second video clip showing a dead python kept out in the open in unhygienic conditions….
Several messages, videos and audio clips, which turned out to be false, are creating panic on social media in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Now, Alt News has received…
In Surat, a 21-year-old woman, who had returned from London, was tested positive for coronavirus. At the time of writing, the number of COVID-19 positive cases in the state of…
A message is getting circulated on Twitter in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. It urges people not to get out of their houses after 10 PM and stay in…
A video of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is doing the rounds on social media with the claim that the United States had threatened Iraq with coronavirus in 1990. It…
