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Passengers to be charged for rescue ops? ANI misreports Uttarakhand Govt notification

Pooja Chaudhuri17th July 2018

On July 14, ANI published a report titled, “Uttarakhand: Passengers to be charged during rescue operations.” Affixed with the article was a notification issued by the state Civil Aviation Development…

Contrasting claims: Who supplied weapons and money to this alleged terrorist? RSS or Congress?

Priyanka Jha16th July 2018

“पकड़े गए जिंदा कश्मीरी आतंकी ने पूछताछ के दौरान कहा कि आरएसएस हमें हथियार और पैसा मुहैया कराती है और हिन्दुओं को मारने के लिए कहती है ताकि हिन्दुओं के…

Image of Nanpu Bridge from Shanghai posted as Varanasi roads on social media

Pooja Chaudhuri14th July 201814th July 2018

A photograph circulating on social media, accompanied with an elaborate caption, claims that the Modi government kept its promise of transforming “Benaras into Kyoto, Japan and built such a magnificent…

“280 orphan minor girls made pregnant in Teresa missionary”: Prashant Patel Umrao falsely claims

Pooja Chaudhuri14th July 201814th July 2018

Last week, the Missionaries of Charity (MoC), Ranchi was under fire for allegedly selling 280 babies to childless couples. Media reports said that the alleged scam came to light after…

Times of India publishes old video as Nagpur airport flooded due to recent rains

Arjun Sidharth12th July 201812th July 2018

With the entire country under the spell of monsoon, social media has been inundated with photographs and videos of the mayhem caused by the rains. One such video is being…

Video of Jharkhand police mock drill shared as MP police firing at farmers in Mandsaur

Jignesh Patel11th July 201814th July 2018

“पहली बार मध्य प्रदेश के मंदसौर शेहर का गोली कांड video वायरल. देखिए किस तरहा मध्य प्रदेश की bjp सरकार ने मासूम किसानो पर अपनी क्रूरता का परिचय दिया था….

Neither Mumbai nor Hyderabad airport – Old video of flooded Mexico airport viral

Alt News Desk11th July 201815th October 2020

As Hyderabad is reeling under heaviest October downpour in a century, a video of a flooded airport has been shared with claims suggesting its Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Shamshabad,…

Now a Facebook page dedicated to morphed tweets – How low will they stoop?

Alt News Desk10th July 201811th July 2018

“Wow! This is a new low! These jerks have gotten smart enough to write “fictional tweet” at the bottom to avoid legal trouble! #Trolls i obviously didn’t tweet this” Faye…

New set of videos viral in Gujarat, child abduction rumours continue unabated

Jignesh Patel29th June 20189th July 2018

A WhatsApp message is being circulated with four horrifying videos of a mob beating up four alleged women child abductors who are stranded in a rickshaw. As the text claims,…

The Economic Times falls for parody Twitter account of Warren Buffett

Arjun Sidharth26th June 20189th July 2018

“Don’t worry…the herd will soon realise #Bitcoin isn’s dropping below the 5th Feb low and will start the buying frenzy once again”. According to The Economic Times, this is the sage advice…

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AI video of COAS Upendra Dwivedi saying Indian Army to reduce non-Hindu soldiers by 50% goes viral

Faridabad attacker who stalked and shot a minor in broad daylight is Hindu; viral claims that he is Muslim baseless