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Murder of RSS worker by alleged BJP member in Tamil Nadu shared with false claims

Archit2nd July 2020

Indu Makkal Katchi, a Tamil Nadu-based right-wing political party, tweeted a picture (disturbing imagery, viewer discretion is advised) of a brutally injured man lying dead. As per their claim, a…

Fact-check: Did Japan deploy missiles to counter Chinese threat after India-China conflict?

Archit1st July 20202nd July 2020

On June 20, a Thailand-based news website Asia News published an article with the headline ‘Japan deployed ballistic missiles at China border after its conflict with India’. The article claimed…

Video of Apache helicopters flying over Lake Havasu in Arizona, US viral as Pangong, Ladakh

Archit & Pratik Sinha30th June 20203rd July 2020

On June 19, several media outlets reported that the Indian Air Force (IAF) deployed Apache helicopters in Ladakh in the wake of the border dispute with China. Soon after, a…

Old video shared as custodial torture of Jeyaraj and Bennix in Tamil Nadu’s Tuticorin

Kinjal29th June 202029th June 2020

A father-son duo was arrested on June 19 in Sathankulam town near Thoothukudi in Tamil Nadu. Four days later, 62-year-old P Jeyaraj and his 32-year-old son J Bennix died in…

Video from Pakistan shared as patients lying in beds outside hospital in Hyderabad and Mumbai

Archit29th June 2020

A one-minute video that shows several patients lying on hospital beds apparently placed outside hospital premises is being shared on social media. Several people have reached out to Alt News…

Social media fires fictional “Dr Mujahid Hussain” from AYUSH Ministry over Coronil controversy

Pooja Chaudhuri25th June 2020

On June 23, Patanjali Ayurved announced the launch of coronavirus medicine ‘Coronil’ and hailed it as an “Ayurvedic cure” for coronavirus. The company’s face Ram Kisan Yadav, popularly known as…

Two-year-old video falsely shared as Amit Shah’s convoy attacked in Bihar during campaigning

Kinjal24th June 202024th June 2020

A video of people pelting stones and bricks at cars passing by a road is viral on social media with the claim that they attacked Home Minister Amit Shah’s convoy…

Old images, fake lists and accounts falsely portray Chinese soldiers ‘killed’ in clashes with India

Archit24th June 2020

A set of six images — three photos of Chinese military carrying coffins wrapped in the country’s national flag, a screenshot of tweets by one ‘Wang Chung 又是这个武汉妹子’ that claim…

Fake tweet: Sitaram Yechury referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as his “boss”

Priyanka Jha24th June 2020

A purported tweet of Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury is doing the rounds on social media. It shows Yechury referring to Communist-ruled China’s president Xi Jinping…

Pakistani FB pages share old, manufactured video as plight of Indian soldiers in dispute with China

Archit23rd June 202024th June 2020

The India-China border dispute which caused the death of 20 Indian army soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese casualties has sparked a visible disinformation campaign on social media. A…

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‘Azadi’ slogans in Uttarakhand not a call for ‘Ghazwa-E-Hind’ but protests over paper leak for state recruitment exam

Sonam Wangchuk’s 2020 photo with Muhammad Yunus viral after Ladakh violence with misleading claims