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Fact-checking media reports about surge in UP’s Gross State Domestic Product

Archit10th March 202111th March 2021

On February 26, Uttar-Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tweeted in Hindi, “Despite the global economic recession due to the pandemic, Uttar Pradesh has become the second-largest state in India in…

Fact-check: Did LPG cost more during UPA than under BJP government?

Archit2nd March 20212nd July 2021

After the fifth increase in LPG refill prices since December 2020, except for a meagre cut of Rs 10 on March 31, 14.2 kg LPG refill will now cost Rs…

BJP shares old IMF data to make misleading claim about Indian GDP growth projection

Archit28th August 2020

On August 22, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) tweeted an infographic listing the projected Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth percentages in 2020 of nine countries—India, China, United States, Germany, France,…

Congress tweets misinformation about Modi govt secretly transferring 200 tonnes of gold out of India

Arjun Sidharth4th May 20196th May 2019

Did the Modi government clandestinely transfer over 200 tonnes of gold overseas, from the Reserve Bank of India’s gold reserves? The issue of the nation’s bullion holdings has come to…

Fact check: Has the rupee-dollar exchange rate slipped by only one rupee since 2014?

Jignesh Patel30th June 20189th July 2018

“Under gold medalist Havard economist 1 Dollar – Rs 39(2008) 1 Dollar – Rs 68 (2014) Under Chaiwala 1 Dollar – Rs 68(2014) 1 Dollar – Rs 69(2018) What this…

Did India take no loans from World Bank between 2015 and 2017 as claimed on social media?

Pooja Chaudhuri7th June 20189th July 2018

“70 साल के इतिहास में केवल 3 साल ऐसे हैं जब भारत ने वर्ल्ड बैंक से कर्ज नहीं लिया 2015, 2016, 2017 ये मोदी की विफलता है या सफलता। नमो…

Paytm support caught bluffing, misleads users on account deletion process

Arjun Sidharth28th May 20189th July 2018

In a recent exposé by The Cobrapost, a senior Vice-President of Paytm is seen acknowledging on camera that the firm was asked to share details of its customers with the…

Ministry of Finance misleads – Equates decrease in inflation to decrease in prices

Sam Jawed6th December 2017

The Ministry of Finance would like us to believe that Inflation Data shows a steady decline in general prices. To do so, they have tweeted a chart that shows consumer…

Was it really CPM cyber warriors who trolled Australian cricketer Tom Moody after an upgrade in Moody’s India ratings?

Alt News Desk22nd November 2017

Australian cricketer Tom Moody was trending on twitter this Sunday. Reason was articles by Times of India and The News Minute saying that CPM comrades started bombarding former Australian cricketer’s…