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Video from Pakistan shared as patients lying in beds outside hospital in Hyderabad and Mumbai

Archit29th June 2020

A one-minute video that shows several patients lying on hospital beds apparently placed outside hospital premises is being shared on social media. Several people have reached out to Alt News…

Social media fires fictional “Dr Mujahid Hussain” from AYUSH Ministry over Coronil controversy

Pooja Chaudhuri25th June 2020

On June 23, Patanjali Ayurved announced the launch of coronavirus medicine ‘Coronil’ and hailed it as an “Ayurvedic cure” for coronavirus. The company’s face Ram Kisan Yadav, popularly known as…

Two-year-old video falsely shared as Amit Shah’s convoy attacked in Bihar during campaigning

Kinjal24th June 202024th June 2020

A video of people pelting stones and bricks at cars passing by a road is viral on social media with the claim that they attacked Home Minister Amit Shah’s convoy…

Old images, fake lists and accounts falsely portray Chinese soldiers ‘killed’ in clashes with India

Archit24th June 2020

A set of six images — three photos of Chinese military carrying coffins wrapped in the country’s national flag, a screenshot of tweets by one ‘Wang Chung 又是这个武汉妹子’ that claim…

Fake tweet: Sitaram Yechury referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping as his “boss”

Priyanka Jha24th June 2020

A purported tweet of Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury is doing the rounds on social media. It shows Yechury referring to Communist-ruled China’s president Xi Jinping…

Pakistani FB pages share old, manufactured video as plight of Indian soldiers in dispute with China

Archit23rd June 202024th June 2020

The India-China border dispute which caused the death of 20 Indian army soldiers and an unknown number of Chinese casualties has sparked a visible disinformation campaign on social media. A…

Photos of CPI(M) leaders morphed to portray them holding placards in support of China

Kinjal23rd June 2020

Photograph of CPI(M) leaders Sitaram Yechury and Brinda Karat holding placards which allegedly carry slogans against the Indian army are circulating on social media. The placards read, “Indian Army Down..Down,…

Congress handles share photo of Indira Gandhi addressing jawans in Leh as Galwan valley

Archit23rd June 202023rd June 2020

On June 21, several social media accounts of the Indian National Congress shared an image of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi addressing a crowd of army men. As per the…

Morphed: Image of PM Modi bowing to Chinese President Xi Jinping

Kinjal23rd June 202023rd June 2020

Indian National Congress member Devashish Jarariya, who was also a party candidate from Bhind constituency in the 2019 general elections, tweeted an image of Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime…

Old video shared as scores of Indians running to block illegal Chinese construction along LAC

Priyanka Jha23rd June 2020

A video of scores of people running down elevated land has been shared claiming that these are hundreds of Indians rushing to block “illegal” Chinese construction along the border with…

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Pakistan skipper’s insecticide-spray video from CWC match vs India viral with bizarre claims

Rajasthan video falsely shared as UP youth rally in support of police action in ‘I love Muhammad’ cases