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Photo of wall painted ahead of Trump’s Ahmedabad visit morphed and shared online

Jignesh Patel20th February 202021st February 2020

A photo supposedly of a man urinating in front of a wall painted with murals of US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been shared on social…

Jamia violence: Student from video of police lathi-charge not the man seen in arson video

Pooja Chaudhuri19th February 202020th February 2020

A CCTV footage of police brutality inside Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) campus has continued to top social media discourse since it was made public on February 16. In the latest…

Image from 2017 viral as Aamir Khan recently met Turkish President Erdogan

Archit19th February 2020

An image of Bollywood actor Amir Khan with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is being circulated on social media with the claim that the duo met recently. On February 18, …

India Today and its botched up ‘exclusive’ on Jamia police violence – Alt News investigation

Jignesh Patel & Priyanka Jha18th February 2020

On the intervening night of February 15-16, Jamia Coordination Committee released a 44-second CCTV footage of police excess inside a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university. The footage…

Jamia violence: Media misreport wallet as ‘stone’ in student’s hand

Pooja Chaudhuri18th February 202018th February 2020

On February 16, India Today ran ‘exclusive’ footage on the events of December 15, 2019, in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI). This was after a CCTV video of police charging students with lathis…

Jamia violence: Student in the CCTV footage is not the one injured in Jamia shooting

Archit17th February 202018th February 2020

On February 15, CCTV videos showing students blocking the door of a reading room in Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) was aired by mainstream media and widely shared on social media….

Is classification as ‘developed nation’ by US good news for India? – A fact-check

Pooja Chaudhuri15th February 202015th February 2020

On February 12, National General Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Ram Madhav tweeted in celebration – “US classifies India as developed nation” – drawing close to 13,000 likes….

Amit Shah makes false claim that no BJP leader said protestors in Shaheen Bagh will rape women

Ketan14th February 2020

On February 13, Home Minister Amit Shah was interviewed by journalist Navika Kumar in the Times Now Summit. Kumar pointed out the provocative slogans raised by BJP leaders during pro-CAA…

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Sonam Wangchuk urged protesters to wear masks & caps? Amit Malviya shares clipped video out of context

‘Azadi’ slogans in Uttarakhand not a call for ‘Ghazwa-E-Hind’ but protests over paper leak for state recruitment exam