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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…

Video of man falling into puddle of water is digitally altered

Kalim Ahmed10th June 2021

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…

Fact-check: Are circuit boards with ‘COV 19’ engraving being installed on 5G towers?

Jignesh Patel3rd June 20213rd June 2021

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…

Old image from Agra shared as Budaun cop carrying dead body on shoulders

Kinjal19th May 2021

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…

Old video from Saudi Arabia shared as Cyclone Tauktae’s devastation in Mumbai

Archit19th May 2021

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…

Video from 2018 falsely shared as ‘5G tower’ caught fire in Gujarat

Archit13th May 202113th May 2021

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…

Photo of man transporting dead body on rickshaw is from 2017

Kalim Ahmed7th May 20217th May 2021

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…