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    Oishani Bhattacharya

    From self-identification to state control: Trans voices raise alarm over new law

    8th April 20269th April 2026
    The Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill, 2026, was passed in the Lok Sabha on March 24 and in the Rajya Sabha on March 25. Five days later, on...
    From self-identification to state control: Trans voices raise alarm over new law
    Anindya Hazra & Ankita Mahalanobish

    Red carpet for Laura Loomer, deportation for critics: A tale of two Indias

    31st March 20263rd April 2026
    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,...
    Red carpet for Laura Loomer, deportation for critics: A tale of two Indias

    No, Kangana Ranaut didn’t pass off Google image as her fruit smoothie preparation

    Pooja Chaudhuri4th March 20214th March 2021

    Actor Kangana Ranaut posted a picture of a fruit smoothie bowl that soon became a topic of ridicule on Twitter. There is nothing I appreciate more than self made food,…

    Video of web series shoot viral as terrorists caught in Mumbai’s Pydhonie

    Archit19th February 2021

    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…

    Old hoax claiming Greta Thunberg asked China to ban chopsticks to save trees revived

    Archit17th February 202117th February 2021

    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….

    Widowed teacher holding baby in class? No, Mexican news from 2016 viral with false claim

    Archit5th February 20216th February 2021

    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…

    Video of Mumbai Kisan rally falsely shared as farmers’ protest ‘hijacked’ by Muslims

    Archit22nd January 2021

    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…

    Old hoax message that WhatsApp will be chargeable revived with Hindi audio clip

    Archit20th January 2021

    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…

    Video of man hacked to death on busy road in Hyderabad shared as Delhi’s Karol Bagh

    Archit19th January 202120th January 2021

    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…

    Unrelated photos, videos revived with false child-kidnapping rumours

    Archit19th January 202120th January 2021

    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…

    Video of minor’s murder in Rajasthan shared with false child-kidnapping rumours

    Archit19th January 202119th January 2021

    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…

    Audio clip discrediting CAA protestors falsely attributed to Supreme Court advocate Harish Salve

    Archit9th January 20219th January 2021

    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…

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