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Video from 2017 of eviction from forest area in Assam viral in the context of NRC

Archit19th December 201919th December 2019

A video where the police are seen thrashing civilians was shared with the claim that the National Register of Citizens (NRC) is being exercised in Assam. The clip has gone…

No, girl with Rahul Gandhi is not Jamia student who opposed police lathi-charge

Jignesh Patel19th December 2019

A photograph of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accompanied with a burqa-clad woman is doing the rounds on social media. Along with this, two more images of a woman who saved…

No, RBI is not scrapping Rs 2000 notes; News18 fact-check viral with false claim

Priyanka Jha19th December 201931st December 2019

A screengrab of an alleged News18 broadcast is viral on social media. Alt News has received multiple requests on its official mobile application to fact-check the image. The text on…

Old photos from Pakistan shared as weapons seized from Jamia Milia campus

Jignesh Patel19th December 2019

“ജാമിയ മിലിയ യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റി ക്യാമ്പസിൽ നിന്നും പോലീസ് പിടിച്ചെടുത്ത ആയുധശേഖരം (Arms recovered by the police from Jamia Millia University campus -translated)”, reads a message by a Facebook user on December 16, 2019….

Was AAP MLA Amanatullah Khan part of a mob that torched buses on December 15? – A fact-check

Archit19th December 201920th December 2019

On December 15, the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) took a violent turn in New Delhi when at least six buses were set ablaze and many private vehicles…

Images of detention centres in the US shared as Assam

Pooja Chaudhuri18th December 2019

In the view of the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, a set of images are being circulated with the claim that they represent detention centres in Assam for illegal…

Did ABVP member ‘Bharat Sharma’ pose as Delhi cop during clashes in CAA protests? – A fact-check

Jignesh Patel18th December 201918th December 2019

A screenshot of a Facebook profile of one ‘Bharat Sharma’ juxtaposed with a photo of a man sporting a red t-shirt and riot gear is being widely shared on social…

Photo from 2016 viral as toddler injured by Muslim protesters during CAA agitation in West Bengal

Pooja Chaudhuri17th December 2019

An image of a toddler grievously injured is massively circulating on social media with the claim that s/he was hurt during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill in West Bengal….

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