A two-minute video is viral where a woman is probing a purported staff member of a school about the institution’s policy on transportation charges, tuition fees and annual fees amidst…
WhatsApp will be “off” between 11:30 pm-6am? False claim viral using India TV fact-check
Alt News has received multiple requests to fact-check a one-minute video on WhatsApp (+917600011160) and on our official Android application. The video is part of an India TV broadcast where…
Fact-check: Did PM Modi induct Prathap who claims to make drones from e-wastes into DRDO?
A claim massively viral on social media suggests that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “inducted” 22-year-old Prathap NM from Karnataka, who builds drones from e-wastes, into the Defence Research and…
Old video from Syria viral as Indian helicopter shot down by Nepal
A social media claim has surfaced that an Indian Air Force helicopter Rudra was shot down by Nepal and a pilot was captured. This has been promoted using a 30-second…
IANS, media outlets fall for fake Twitter account of Sushant Singh Rajput’s father
News agency IANS tweeted on July 4 that a Twitter account of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s father has surfaced through which he is demanding an inquiry of the Central…
PM Modi’s visit to Leh Army Hospital wasn’t a manufactured photo-op
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Leh, the capital of the union territory of Ladakh, in the morning of July 3 to interact with the army, air force and the…
Viral photo does not show Bharat Biotech’s VP taking first dose of COVID vaccine ‘Covaxin’
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has written to Bharat Biotech India Ltd (BBIL) to step up the clinical trials for their jointly-developed COVID-19 vaccine (BBV152 COVID vaccine) or…
No, BJP leader Vikas Dubey is not the same ‘Vikas Dubey’ accused of killing 8 UP cops
A photograph of a man with Uttar Pardesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was shared by Jan Adhikar Party leader Rajesh Ranjan, popularly known as Pappu Yadav. He claimed that the…
Old photos of girl murdered in Rajasthan shared with false Muslim angle
Photographs of the dead body of a girl hanging from a tree have been shared on social media with the claim that Naseer Khan raped and murdered the girl in…
Murder of RSS worker by alleged BJP member in Tamil Nadu shared with false claims
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…