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Video of assault from Pakistan falsely shared as Hindu girl beaten up

Arjun Sidharth12th December 20199th July 2021

A disturbing video of a young woman being pushed and kicked has been posted on social media with the claim that the video is from Pakistan and the woman is…

OpIndia misreports Kapil Sibal’s speech in Parliament on Citizenship Amendment Bill

Arjun Sidharth11th December 201912th December 2019

On December 9, 2019, the Lok Sabha passed the contentious Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2019. Two days later, the bill tabled in the Rajya Sabha resulted in a heated debate on…

Crazy sex run by Irish sheep after consuming Viagra? Indian media falls for satire

Pooja Chaudhuri11th December 201912th December 2019

If an IANS ‘news’ feed republished by multiple media outlets was to be believed, hundreds of sheep in Ireland went on a “week-long uncontrollable sex drive” after they drank water from…

CCTV video of suicide from Cairo Tower, Egypt viral as Burj Khalifa, Dubai

Archit11th December 2019

Since December 9, several people have uploaded a CCTV footage of a man committing suicide by jumping from a building as “Dubai Burj Khalifa live suicide ….” on Twitter and…

No, man criticizing judicial system in viral video after Hyderabad rape is not Justice Srikrishna

Arjun Sidharth11th December 2019

“This is Justice SriKrishna. A very upright judge from Mumbai High Court,who was also elevated to the Supreme Court. Please listen to what he says about the Hyderabad encounter and…

Israeli policeman strangling Palestinian child to death? Old video, false claim

Archit10th December 2019

Recently, several accounts on Twitter posted a video of a policeman pinning down a young boy. It was shared with the text, “An Israeli policeman strangles a Palestinian child to…

No, this is not Amit Shah touching the feet of Nithyananda

Arjun Sidharth10th December 2019

A photograph has been shared widely by social media users with the clam that it shows Union Home Minister Amit Shah touching the feet of self-proclaimed spiritual guru Nithyananda. Amit…

Trucks loaded with onions blocked by Mamata Banerjee govt to keep prices inflated? – Alt News fact-check

Pooja Chaudhuri10th December 201910th December 2019

A video showing several cargo trucks loaded with sacks of onions has been massively shared on social media with the claim that the vegetable is being hoarded by the Mamata…

Image of boy with acid burns viral as child punished for wearing Ayyappa necklace in Tamil Nadu school

Pooja Chaudhuri10th December 201910th December 2019

An image of a boy with burn injuries is viral with the claim that a student wearing an Ayyappa necklace was made to wash the bathroom with acid at a…

No, this is not an image of the juvenile convict of the Nirbhaya rape case