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Invention of bicycle credited to ancient India based on misleading photos

Jignesh Patel23rd November 2019

A photograph of a wall carving showing a figure riding a bicycle is being shared with the claim that this is at Panchavarnaswamy Temple in Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchirappalli city. The…

Video from West Bengal showing man electrocuted atop train shared as Secunderabad

Arjun Sidharth23rd November 2019

A horrific video showing a young man electrocuted on top of a train, has been circulated on social media. Owing to the nature of the video, Alt News is not…

Video from Pakistan shared as smart attendance system installed in Delhi govt school

Kinjal & Mohammed Zubair23rd November 2019

A video has been posted on Facebook wherein school students can be seen registering attendance on a machine through their identity cards. The video has been shared with the claim…

Media misreport that Aatish Taseer moved Supreme Court to challenge OCI cancellation

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd November 201922nd November 2019

The home ministry had recently revoked the Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card status held by Aatish Taseer, the journalist who had penned a TIME magazine cover story on prime minister Narendra…

Kanhaiya Kumar’s image morphed with map showing Indian states as part of Pakistan

Pooja Chaudhuri22nd November 2019

An image of CPI leader and former president of JNUSU Kanhaiya Kumar has been shared on social media. It shows the politician purportedly giving a speech in front of a…

Old photo of Baba Ramdev with cancer patient shared to portray him as a womaniser

Arjun Sidharth22nd November 2019

A photograph of yoga guru Baba Ramdev with a woman, has been circulated on social media with the words, “रात भर शिष्या के साथ अलोम विलोम करने के बाद” चरम…

Video of BJP critic warning journalist about reporting against govt shared as BJP leader’s threat

Jignesh Patel21st November 201922nd November 2019

An 82-second-clip of a man speaking to a reporter from Times of Today, a digital news portal, is circulating on social media. Facebook user Sukhwinder Singh posted the video with the…

Image of upscale PG accommodation shared as JNU hostel room

Pooja Chaudhuri21st November 201922nd November 2019

An image of a room with twin single beds in circulating on social media with the claim that it’s of a hostel room in Jawaharlal University, Delhi. From a Facebook…

How misinformation is being used to undermine JNU students’ protest: Alt News compilation

Arjun Sidharth21st November 201921st November 2019

Protests by JNU students have been raging in the national capital after the university administration proposed a fee hike in the draft hostel manual. As is the case with every…

Fact check: Is this 45-year-old Congress leader and JNU student Abdul Raza?

Arjun Sidharth & Pratik Sinha20th November 2019

Social media is raging with misinformation relating to the ongoing protest in the national capital by students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU). In yet another instance, a photograph has…

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