Pakistan-flagged oil tanker destroyed in Hormuz? Unrelated video falsely shared
Amid the escalating conflict in West Asia, a video showing a vessel engulfed in flames and billowing smoke is being widely shared across social media platforms with claims that Iranian...
Nagpur factory blast killed 20 on March 1: How did five leading English news channels respond?
On March 1, 2026, a massive blast at an industrial explosives factory owned by SBL Energy Limited in Maharashtra’s Nagpur district left at least 20 people dead and 23 injured,...
On March 19, Alt News received several requests to fact-check a 45-second video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application. This was shared with the text,…
A notice attributed to dairy company Amul is doing the rounds on social media in the wake of COVID-19 outbreak. It claims that all chilling stations of the company will…
Several social media users have shared a 90-second video on Facebook. The clip shows policemen, their mouths covered with masks, apprehending a man walking down a street. A medical officer…
On March 16, Dr Devi Shetty, chairman and founder of Narayana Health, wrote an article titled ‘Save lives with Social Distancing: How to protect your family from coronavirus, primed to…
A video massively viral across social media platforms has been shared with the claim that the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has affected goats in Ajmer’s bakra market, Rajathan. जितना जल्दी हो…
A widely reported news of March 18 claimed that Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan got a self-quarantine stamp on his hand. Below is a tweet by Delhi Times which says that Bachchan…
A two-dimensional image of the globe has gone viral on social media. It shows nine cities highlighted in Chinese text. Along with the viral image, users have claimed, “Strange eerie…
“Is Coranavirus a biological Weapon developed by the Chinese called Wuhan -400? This book was published in 1981. Do read the excerpt,” reads a tweet by Congress MP Manish Tiwari….
Several users have shared a PDF file or its screenshot which appears to be a notice from the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. The subject line…
Several Facebook and Twitter users have uploaded an image of a girl surrounded by police officers. It is claimed that she is the “first Muslim woman SP (superintendent of police)…