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Fact-check: Were Mysore cops beaten for fining people for not wearing masks?

Kinjal27th March 2021

India is witnessing a steep rise in coronavirus cases and the government has instructed citizens to follow COVID norms. A video has been shared against the backdrop of guidelines reinstated…

Old video of UP CM Adityanath announcing lockdown shared as recent

Anuradha Prasad22nd March 202122nd March 2021

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…

Video of Karnataka CM announcing COVID-19 restrictions is from 2020

Archit Mehta19th March 202119th March 2021

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…

ABP News broadcast on trains cancelled due to COVID in 2020 viral as recent

Kinjal18th March 2021

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…

Is India supplying free COVID vaccines to Pakistan?

Pooja Chaudhuri17th March 2021

After reports emerged that Pakistan will receive made-in-India coronavirus vaccines, multiple claims were made regarding its supply. BJP member Surendra Poonia tweeted that Pakistan “requested” for made-in-India COVID vaccine under…

Photos from Yemen viral as injuries of Muslim boy beaten for entering temple to drink water

Archit Mehta15th March 202115th March 2021

[Warning: Distressing visuals.] A man identified as Shringi Yadav was arrested from Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh after a video of him mercilessly beating a Muslim boy for drinking water from a…

Old photos of aftermath of communal riots shared as recent Bhainsa violence

Archit Mehta15th March 2021

A communal clash had broken out in Bhainsa, Nirmal District, Telangana on March 7. “The police said that the violence broke out after an argument over a bike accident between…

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

Archit Mehta10th 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…

Mehtab wasn’t the kidnapper, Agra girl’s disappearance with friends communalised

Priyanka Jha8th March 20219th March 2021

On March 2, the Uttar Pradesh Police issued a press release stating that the woman abducted from Agra on February 23 was recovered safely from New Delhi’s Tilak Nagar. “The…

Video from South America shared as people falling off balcony during vaccination in Mumbai

Pooja Chaudhuri5th March 2021

A video of a massive crowd of people pushing and shoving on the fourth floor of a building is circulating on WhatsApp. The video shows the floor railing giving away…