Red carpet for Laura Loomer, deportation for critics: A tale of two Indias
Earlier this month, India witnessed a striking contrast in how it treats those who enter its borders. While several academics, writers and critics of the government have, in recent years,...
Varanasi Iftar-on-boat arrests: Complainant’s shifting claims mirror gaps in case against 14 Muslim men
In a conversation with Alt News on March 23, the complainant in the Varanasi Iftar-on-boat case offered a series of shifting and evasive responses, mirroring the inconsistencies that now surround...
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…
[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…
A report by World News Daily Report claiming, “thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes inoculated with Viagra have potentially escaped from a high-security laboratory in Wuhan, China,” is widely circulating on…
As IMD forecasted heavy rainfall in parts of India, including Maharashtra, a video of a man purportedly disappearing after falling into a puddle of water has been shared on social…
A video of a man presenting himself as a telecom engineer and showing equipment labelled ‘COV-19’ to be installed in 5G towers is doing the rounds on WhatsApp. The man…
A photograph of a policeman carrying a corpse on his shoulders has been shared by Congress MLA Aradhana Misra-Mona with the claim, “Family abandons the dead and a Badayun cop…
In the backdrop of India’s west coast region witnessing the devastation of Cyclone Tauktae, several social media users have posted a clip of concrete falling on parked cars during a…
A 90-second video of mobile tower in flames has been shared on social media with the claim that it is from Gujarat. Some Twitter users have shared a 40-second clip…
The second wave of COVID-19 in India has taken a heavy toll on healthcare infrastructure, with 4,12,262 new coronavirus cases reported on May 6, 2021. Citizens are overwhelmed, with many…
The second wave of COVID-19 in India has taken a heavy toll on health care infrastructure. In response, several countries have committed to supply raw materials required for vaccines, oxygen…