Since December 15, peaceful protests led by women against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act have been taking place at Shaheen Bagh, New Delhi.. A few days ago, a picture of used…
Photo of wall painted ahead of Trump’s Ahmedabad visit morphed and shared online
A photo supposedly of a man urinating in front of a wall painted with murals of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been shared on social…
Jamia violence: Student from video of police lathi-charge not the man seen in arson video
A CCTV footage of police brutality inside Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus has continued to top social media discourse since it was made public on February 16. In the latest…
Image from 2017 viral as Aamir Khan recently met Turkish President Erdogan
An image of Bollywood actor Amir Khan with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is being circulated on social media with the claim that the duo met recently. On February 18, …
India Today and its botched up ‘exclusive’ on Jamia police violence – Alt News investigation
On the intervening night of February 15-16, Jamia Coordination Committee released a 44-second CCTV footage of police excess inside a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university. The footage…
Jamia violence: Media misreport wallet as ‘stone’ in student’s hand
On February 16, India Today ran ‘exclusive’ footage on the events of December 15, 2019, in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI). This was after a CCTV video of police charging students with lathis…
Jamia violence: Student beaten in police lathicharge is not the one who torched bike
A video depicting police lathi-charge on unarmed students inside Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university began circulating on social media since February 15. The lathi-charge took place on December 15 –…
Jamia violence: Student in the CCTV footage is not the one injured in Jamia shooting
On February 15, CCTV videos showing students blocking the door of a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was aired by mainstream media and widely shared on social media….
False claim suggests 40 out of 62 AAP MLAs are accused of rape
On February 13, JDU leader Dr Ajay Alok tweeted (archive link) that 40 out of 62 AAP MLAs are accused of rape. His complete tweet reads: “62 में 40 रेप…
Is classification as ‘developed nation’ by US good news for India? – A fact-check
On February 12, National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ram Madhav tweeted in celebration – “US classifies India as developed nation” – drawing close to 13,000 likes….