Priyanka Jha, Author at Alt News

Coronavirus: Old images from Kolkata and Pakistan falsely shared as curfew violation in West Bengal

Priyanka Jha31st March 202031st March 2020

A set of images is going viral on social media with the claim that it depicts the violation of coronavirus lockdown in West Bengal’s Kolkata. A Facebook user posted these…

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Video from 2015 shared as woman commits suicide in US due to coronavirus infection

Priyanka Jha29th March 202029th March 2020

A video of a person committing suicide by jumping from a high rise building is doing the rounds on social media. It is being claimed that the person was infected…

Politics

No, foreign nationals from Italy, Iran weren’t hiding in Patna mosque to avoid coronavirus testing

Priyanka Jha & Mohammed Zubair28th March 202028th March 2020

On March 27, over 900 people died due to novel coronavirus in Italy in a single day. The state’s death toll has now crossed 9,000. Meanwhile, in Iran, the virus…

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Coronavirus: Mock drill video by Punjab police viral as real

Priyanka Jha19th March 202019th March 2020

Several social media users have shared a 90-second video on Facebook. The clip shows policemen, their mouths covered with masks, apprehending a man walking down a street. A medical officer…

Politics

Police action during Hong Kong protest shared as crackdown on coronavirus patients in China

Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha16th March 202016th March 2020

A video of police personnel charging at a group of people at a metro station is being shared by social media users with the claim that it’s from China. The…

Politics

Old video from Pakistan shared as fruit-seller in Lonavla spraying red paint on litchi

Priyanka Jha13th March 202013th March 2020

A 2-minute video is widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that the clip depicts an incident from Maharashtra’s Lonavla, near the Mumbai-Pune highway, where a fruit-seller was…

Politics

Old video of BJP members shared as AAP’s Sanjay Singh thrashed AAP MLA with shoes

Priyanka Jha9th March 202016th June 2021

A video has gone viral with the claim that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjay Singh thrashed an AAP MLA with shoes at a party meeting. Facebook user Lalit Mohan…

Politics

Old video of UP police lathicharge on anti-CAA protesters shared as Delhi police

Priyanka Jha6th March 20206th March 2020

The recent communal violence in northeast Delhi has given rise to a plethora of misinformation circulated via images and videos. A 25-second clip of police lathi-charging a large crowd of…

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Aaj Tak’s fact-check that alcohol, weed don’t cure coronavirus infection viral with misleading claim

Priyanka Jha5th March 20205th March 2020

On March 4, Facebook page ‘Humans of Hindutva’ shared two images (archive link) of a television screen tuned in to Aaj Tak. In the first image, we can see “Alcohol…

Politics

Shaheen Bagh women getting paid? No, this is a video of relief distribution to Delhi riot victims

Pooja Chaudhuri & Priyanka Jha2nd March 20202nd March 2020

A video massively viral across social media channels is being shared with the recurring claim that individuals protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) are being paid to agitate. From…

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