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...
A video that shows a team of police officers barging inside a building and arresting some people is widespread on social media with the claim that terrorists were arrested in…
Around February 16 several Twitter and Facebook users copy-pasted a text that alleged Swedish climate change activist Greta Thunberg advised the Chinese government to stop using chopsticks to save trees….
Several Twitter and Facebook users have posted an image of a teacher along with an infant in a baby wrap. The image is viral with the text, “His wife passed…
On January 21, farmer unions rejected the Centre’s proposal to keep the farm bills in abeyance for 18 months and reiterated their demand for the repeal of farm laws. The…
As WhatsApp’s privacy policy receives immense backlash, a viral text circulating on the messaging application claims that its services are ending tomorrow at 6 pm. The message warns that those…
A 22-second clip of three men hacking another to death with sticks and a huge stone in public has gone viral. It’s being shared with a Hindi text that claims…
A set of videos and images is circulating on WhatsApp with child-lifting rumours. Over the past three years, Alt News has debunked multiple false social media rumours related to child…
On January 18, Alt News received several requests to verify a video of a man sliting a minor’s throat, shared on social media with child-lifting rumours. This is the third…
An audio clip gone viral on WhatsApp is attributed to senior supreme court lawyer Harish Salve. The five-minute audio discredits the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) held across…
A video of Sikh man criticising Prime Minister Narendra Modi on how Sikh men have been branded ‘Khalistanis’ for participating in the farmers’ protest has created quite a stir online….