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News18, social media users share 2-month old visuals of blast in Iranian city as footage from June conflict with Israel

Oishani Bhattacharya26th June 2025

A 17-second clip showing a cloud of smoke emanating from an explosion in an urban area is viral on social media with claims that it shows Iran being bombarded by…

Viral image does not show 70-year-old Muslim man from Rajasthan married to his teen granddaughter

Ankita Mahalanobish26th June 2025

Images of a young woman with an elderly man are being shared widely with claims that a 70-year-old Muslim man from Churu, Rajasthan, married his 19-year-old granddaughter. On June 18,…

Clip of Air India crash survivor Vishwas Kumar Ramesh going back to look for brother viral with conspiracy theories

Prantik Ali26th June 202526th June 2025

Following the devastating crash of Gatwick-bound Air India flight 171, a new video purportedly of Vishwas Kumar Ramesh, the sole survivor of the tragic accident, is viral on social media….

Language Row: News outlets take down stories, posts on Amit Shah’s controversial English remark

Ankita Mahalanobish25th June 202526th June 2025

Recent remarks by Union home minister Amit Shah on the English language have sparked a controversy. Speaking at a book launch on June 19, Shah said that India is not…

TV9 Kannada amplified AI video as Iranian missile hitting Israeli target

Pawan Kumar25th June 2025

A video of a massive explosion is doing the rounds on social media platforms. The footage shows an explosion causing a huge fireball followed by a thick cloud of fire…

Viral photo of Rahul Gandhi attending George Soros son’s wedding is AI-generated

Kinjal25th June 2025

A photo of Rahul Gandhi is being widely shared on social media. In the picture, he is apparently seen greeting Alexander Soros, son of American investor George Soros, and his…

Viral image does not show Xi Jinping’s daughter; news outlets, photo agencies Getty & Alamy misidentify Xi Mingze

Diti Pujara & Prantik Ali24th June 2025

Between May 30 and June 2, several news outlets published reports on American activists demanding the deportation of Xi Mingze, the daughter of Chinese President Xi Jinping, from the United…

Did Trump make a ‘u-turn’ on his role in the India‑Pakistan ceasefire, as news outlets claimed?

Oishani Bhattacharya24th June 2025

Since June 18, several news outlets in India reported that US President Donald Trump did a ‘u-turn’ on his earlier claims that he stopped the conflict between India and Pakistan….

Video of Iranian women protesting Mahsa Amini’s custodial killing in 2022 linked to June conflict with Israel

Prantik Ali24th June 2025

As the conflict between Iran and Israel rages on, social media users have amplified a 35-second-long video, which appears to show a large gathering of female students taking off their…

Waterlogged Kolkata street did turn red after Eid qurbani: Alt News ground report rebuts police cyber cell’s denial

Ankita Mahalanobish & Shinjinee Majumder23rd June 202524th June 2025

After Bakri Eid was celebrated in India on Saturday, June 7, a video went viral on Facebook claiming to show a blood-filled road in Kolkata following the Qurbani (sacrificial) ritual….

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2021 video from Delhi showing injured Muslim men after brawl with neighbour resurfaces with misleading claims

Digitally manipulated clip of ABP debate shared with claims that Iranian lawmakers burnt Indian flag