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‘Revathi from Karnataka’ is NOT IAS topper; recurring misinformation viral again

Pooja Chaudhuri & Mohammed Zubair27th June 2020

Two photographs are viral on social media with the claim that a woman named Revathi who hails from a poor family of daily wage earners in Karnataka was placed third…

Photos from 2002 of cow and leopard in Gujarat revived as recent incident in Assam

Pooja Chaudhuri12th June 202011th July 2020

Photographs of a leopard and a cow are viral on social media. A Twitter user Janmajit Shankar Sinha (@janmajit007) shared the pictures and wrote a heartwarming story. The story shared with…

Video from Gujarat shared as upper caste men in UP assault Dalit woman for drawing water from well

Priyanka Jha9th June 20206th October 2020

A disturbing video of three men brutally assaulting a woman with sticks and pulling her by her hair was shared on social media. A message in Tamil claims that upper-castes…

Porn clip shared on social media falsely associating it with JMI activist Safoora Zargar

Pooja Chaudhuri7th May 20208th May 2020

JMI scholar Safoora Zargar, who is three months pregnant, was imprisoned by the Delhi police under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. Her pregnancy, instead of attracting sympathies, has given…

Videos viral with false claim of poor slum dwellers and Muslims hoarding food in Meerut

Archit & Kinjal20th April 202021st April 2020

Two videos have gone viral with the claim that people from the Muslim community are hoarding food supplies and wasting food amidst the lockdown imposed to tackle coronavirus. Video 1:…

No, Delhi Health Minister did not say no one from Nizamuddin Markaz tested positive for COVID-19

Archit15th April 202015th April 2020

A 16-second clip of Delhi’s Health Minister Satyendra Jain has gone viral on social media. On April 14, Facebook page ‘Mohsin Rfi Khan sp’ posted the viral video along with…

Video of fruit vendors in Indore shared with false anti-Muslim angle

Archit15th April 202015th April 2020

Since April 6, Alt News has received several requests to fact-check a 30-second video on WhatsApp (+91 76000 11160) and on our official Android application. In the video, we can…

Old video from Ahmedabad shared as birds flocking in Chandigarh amidst lockdown

Jignesh Patel11th April 202011th April 2020

A video of a flock of birds flying through a city is viral with the claim that it was shot at Chandigarh’s Kalka road during the nationwide lockdown to tackle…

Video of man selling relief material at grocery shop is from Pakistan

Mohammed Zubair10th April 202010th April 2020

A video is viral with a claim in Hindi – “परोपकार करें तो ध्यान से, क्योंकि ऐसे गरीब भी भरे पड़े हैं. (Be careful when you’re generous because there are…

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Pahalgam and after: Tracking ‘retributive’ hate crimes against minorities across India

To fellow Indians, with love: How little, nameless acts of kindness & mutual respect defeated hate this Eid