The Group of Seven (G7) meeting in London on May 5 was hit by a COVID-19 scare after India’s Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and his entire team said they were…
UP states all residents to be vaccinated after govt fact-check declares TOI report ‘false’
The fact-checking wing of the Uttar Pradesh government’s Information and Public Relations Department (IPRD) declared a report by The Times of India (TOI) on access to COVID vaccines in the…
Postcard News makes false allegation to target Muslim volunteers performing last rites in Karnataka
Karnataka witnessed close to 600 deaths due to COVID on May 8, its highest since the start of the pandemic. The infection shows no signs of decelerating as the state…
Punjab: Drug Control Officer says Remdesivir vials found in Bhakra canal are fake
A video of medicines and vials of injections floating in Punjab’s Bhakra canal is doing the rounds on social media. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra tweeted the video and rebuked the…
Old video from Venezuela shared as BJP worker lynched by TMC in West Bengal
[Warning: This report may be distressing for some. Reader discretion is advised.] A disturbing clip of a group of people slitting a young boy’s throat has gone viral on social…
Arrest of two men in Mumbai for possessing 7kg uranium communalised online
In a recent tweet, BJP Yuva National Convenor Devang Dave claimed that the Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) arrested two people, including a man named Abu Tahir, for illegal possession of 7…
How BJP MP Tejasvi Surya communalised BBMP bed scam with misinformation
On May 4, BJP MP from South Bangalore constituency Tejasvi Surya entered the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) South zone COVID war room during work hours (around 3 pm) and…
PMJJBY offers coverage against COVID-19 deaths, not PMSBY
A WhatsApp text claims families of those who succumbed to COVID-19 are eligible for Rs 2 lakh insurance under the Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri…
Video from Brazil shared as BJP worker Uttam Ghosh lynched by TMC goons in West Bengal
A gruesome video of a group of men hacking a man to death with axes has been linked to the post-poll violence in West Bengal. Alt News has not attached…
Photo of man transporting dead body on rickshaw is from 2017
The second wave of COVID-19 in India has taken a heavy toll on healthcare infrastructure, with 4,12,262 new coronavirus cases reported on May 6, 2021. Citizens are overwhelmed, with many…