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Urfi Javed is not related to Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi; false claim viral

Priyanka Jha7th September 20217th September 2021

A video of a woman sporting a cropped and ripped denim jacket is making the rounds on social media. Users are identifying her as Urfi Javed, granddaughter of Shabana Azmi…

Haryana youth denies Bajrang Dal behind mob attack; false communal spin added online

Archit26th August 2021

A set of three videos, in which a group of men assault a man with rods, is widely circulating on WhatsApp. The accompanying message reads, “This is the incident of…

Viral video of children playing music out of empty tin cans and flutes is from Pakistan

Mohammed Zubair & Pooja Chaudhuri18th August 202126th August 2021

A video of a band of children making music out of empty tin cans and self-made flutes has been shared on Indian social media. People have assumed that the video…

Video of sadhus mistaken for child kidnappers beaten in MP viral as Delhi

Pooja Chaudhuri12th August 2021

A video of two sadhus in a car apprehended by a mob has been shared on social media with the claim that they are child kidnappers. “They look like sadhus…

Video of crocodile carrying woman’s body in its mouth is not from India

Pooja Chaudhuri5th August 2021

A video of a crocodile carrying a dead woman in its mouth has been shared with the claim that this incident took place in Tonk, Rajasthan. It says that the…

Video of girl performing somersaults is not from India

Pooja Chaudhuri5th August 2021

A video of a girl doing somersaults has been shared on social media with the claim that she is a 6-year-old girl named Jaspreet Sandhu who did 53 somersaults in…

Video from Pakistan shared as traffic jam in Himachal due to tourists

Kinjal27th July 2021

A photo of vehicles deadlocked in traffic on a hilly road is viral on social media. It has been claimed these are tourists who had come to visit Himachal Pradesh…

Surya Namaskar at Tokyo Olympics? No, 2015 video from Mongolia viral

Archit26th July 202126th July 2021

Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 was flagged off on July 23 after a year’s delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Shortly after, several social media users posted a video of people…

Unrelated images falsely viral as deaths due to soft drinks contaminated with Ebola virus

Anuradha Prasad24th June 2021

Alt News has received images on its WhatsApp helpline number (+91 76000 11160) with an accompanying claim that alleges employees of a soft drink company contaminated its products with Ebola…

Werewolf sculpture shared with unrelated video from Pak believed to be an incident from MP

Kalim Ahmed23rd June 20216th December 2021

[Warning: Visuals may be distressing for some. Reader discretion is advised.] A series of photos and videos are circulating on Whatsapp with different claims. In one of the videos, a…

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The dark underbelly of YouTube ‘news’ channels: Staged vox pop, planted debates, recurring faces & BJP links

Viral video of woman claiming she married her father-in-law is scripted