Alt News received a request on its WhatsApp helpline number and official mobile application to verify a video where Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath talks about imposing a strict lockdown…
Photos of BJP West Bengal workers clashing with each other is from 2016
Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP have been campaigning ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal. On March 19, Newslaundry reported that BJP workers in West Bengal were dissatisfied…
Women’s day event at National Health Mission, MP viral as COVID meeting
A video of a woman dancing to the Hindi song ‘Hawa Hawai’ in the presence of other women is widespread online. Madhya Pradesh Youth Congress shared the video on Facebook…
Led by ANI, news outlets publish 7-yo report on Saudi marriage laws as recent
On March 19, news agency Asian News International (ANI) published a report headlined, “Saudi Arabia prohibits men from marrying women from Pakistan, 3 other nations: Report”. Nineteen hours later, the…
No, The Wire didn’t ‘apologise’ in the Jay Shah defamation case
A widespread message, shared by several prominent handles on Twitter, claims that The Wire offered an apology in the Supreme Court after losing the defamation suit filed by Home Minister…
Congress posts misleading comparison on COVID-19 vaccine price
Several Congress social media accounts have shared a graphic that claims that the former UPA government offered ‘free of cost vaccines for 12 preventable diseases’ while the Bharatiya Janata Party…
Canada thanked PM Modi for COVID vaccines? Misleading news run by Indian media
On March 11, ANI reported that a billboard was put up in Greater Toronto, Canada to thank Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing COVID-19 vaccines to the country. Billboards…
Video of Karnataka CM announcing COVID-19 restrictions is from 2020
Since last month, there has been a gradual spike in COVID-19 cases in India. On March 15 Times Now reported that Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa met with experts to…
No, PM Modi isn’t visiting a camp housing displaced Hindus from Pakistan in this photo
Actor and former FTII chairman Gajendra Chauhan shared a black and white photograph on March 2 with the claim, “This is a rare 31-year-old picture when Narendra Modi met Hindus…
ABP News broadcast on trains cancelled due to COVID in 2020 viral as recent
A 5:58 minutes long video of an ABP News broadcast has gone viral on social media. The clip relays a news update on the government cancelling all passenger trains until…