In July 2018, Alt News had reported how social media has become a playground for vested interests seeking to foment communal prejudice and hate. Disinformation has been weaponized to create…
“Friends, today I will tell you a way to get Muslims out of India…Play ‘Vande Mataram’ in the entire nation and all Muslims will leave.” This was a post circulated by Facebook…
At 1:25 PM on October 28, ANI tweeted a part of Shashi Tharoor’s speech at the Bangalore Literature Festival where the Congress MP quoted an unidentified RSS leader who had metaphorically termed…
In the wake of the Sabarimala row, Union Textiles Minister Smriti Irani stirred up a controversy with her remark on menstruating women entering temples. “I am nobody to speak on…
In a tragic accident, a train mowed down Dussehra revellers gathered close to railway tracks near Amritsar. At least 60 people were feared dead. Soon after, videos of the disaster shot…
The 2018 Global Hunger Index (GHI) was released on October 11, positioning India at 103 among 119 nations. India’s ranking has been much talked about, with several media outlets and members…
The month of September saw a flurry of political activity which triggered a wave of misinformation. From Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s Kailash Mansarovar yatra to PM Narendra Modi’s outreach to…
A Chinese looking Sardar Patel? If social media is to be believed, the first pictures of the Statue of Unity have revealed that Sardar Patel’s face has very strong Chinese…
“गुजरात से भागते बिहार और यूपी के लोग भारत पाकिस्तान विभाजन 1947 याद आ गया (People from UP and Bihar feeling Gujarat. A reminder of India Pakistan separation in 1947).” An…
Attacks on migrants from the Hindi speaking belt have been a cause for concern in several districts of Gujarat in recent days, following the arrest of a Bihar native for…
