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Indian media’s attempts to cover up the faux pas in PM Modi’s speech at Davos

Sam Jawed24th January 2018

Prime Minister Modi made a faux pas while addressing the plenary session of the World Economic Forum at Davos. For some reason he wanted to inform his international audience about…

India Today uses 2-year old YouTube video to report Pakistani mortar fire

Arjun Sidharth23rd January 2018

‘Pak stands exposed’. ‘Pak army fires mortar’. ‘Pak Army targets civilians. Here’s the proof’. These were the titles used by India Today when it reported on the evening of January 22…

Fact Check: PM Modi’s claim about improved strength of Indian passport

Sam Jawed22nd January 20182nd August 2019

“Maybe the people who live abroad and those people who keep travelling abroad, they will know the respect that the Indian passport carries today. I don’t think earlier anybody experienced the…

Viral: Fake quote about ‘mothers and teachers’ attributed to Arundhati Roy

Arjun Sidharth22nd January 2018

A quote attributed to writer and activist Arundhati Roy is currently circulating on social media. According to this quote allegedly given by Roy, she is drawing parallels between Islamic terrorism,…

The sham of Republic TV’s Twitter Polls

Sam Jawed22nd January 2018

Republic TV frequently asks its viewers to participate in online polls. One would think that a national TV channel would use this as an opportunity to highlight the critical issues…

Who is ‘orchestrating’ public opinion on Aadhaar?

Arjun Sidharth17th January 201817th January 2018

The Supreme Court has commenced final hearing on the Aadhaar case on January 17. The UID project, which has been at the centre of controversy since its inception has seen…

Social media claims Amit Shah arranged Judge Loya’s son’s press conference, what’s the truth?

Alt News Desk15th January 201816th January 2018

Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory. The press conference of late Justice BH Loya’s son, Anuj Loya presented a ripe ground for many such theories. The conference was arranged at…

Journalists allegedly heckled at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad

Arjun Sidharth11th January 2018

A scuffle broke out at the Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad on January 6 in which two reporters were allegedly heckled and pushed around by a group of men. Damayanti Dhar,…

Fake quote claiming BJP hacked EVMs attributed to ex-CEC T S Krishnamurthy

Arjun Sidharth10th January 20183rd April 2021

“गुजरात और हिमाचल प्रदेश का चुनाव बीजेपी ने ईवीएम हेकिंग से जीता है” (BJP won the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly election by hacking EVMs). This is what former Chief…

TOI Fake News: “Roommate of AMU PhD student who joined Hizbul also missing”

Alt News Desk10th January 2018

Imagine waking up to the news in a national newspaper that you are missing and this could somehow be linked to another person who has joined a terrorist group. A…