Claim that India has invented a ‘self-sustaining’ generator that runs for 700 years without power/ fuel is fabricated
On social media as well as messaging platform WhatsApp, many shared a video of a ‘self-sustaining’ magnetic power generator with claims that it can run for 700 years without any...
Viral video of Israeli soldier pleading Iran for mercy is AI-generated
With tensions escalating in the Iran-Israel conflict, which has claimed many civilian lives since it began on June 13, a video of an Israeli soldier in tears, begging for mercy,...
Recently, fake ads misusing the identities of Indian celebrities have proliferated on social media. Well-known personalities such as singer Shreya Ghoshal and actress Rashmika Mandanna have been targeted in these…
Assembly elections are scheduled in Maharashtra for this year, with polling set to take place in a single phase on November 20, followed by vote counting on November 23. However,…
With the 2024 Lok Sabha elections barely a few weeks away, political campaigns have reached a fever pitch both on the ground and virtually. With India ranking very high on…
[Trigger Warning: Violent and graphic content] As India gears up for the general elections 2024, the polling for which is to be held in seven phases from April 19 to…
On August 23, India made history as Chandrayaan-3 successfully landed near the south pole of the moon. Soon after this, as the mainstream and social media saw a deluge of…
In a historic first, India’s Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft’s Vikram lander touched down near the moon’s little-explored south pole at 6.04 pm on August 23. Following the incident, a clip from a…
‘BeerBiceps’ is a YouTube channel with more than 58 lakh subscribers. The founder of this channel is Ranveer Allahabadia, who was in the headlines recently for his video interviews with…
In April 2022, Twitter announced that it had accepted tech mogul Elon Musk’s offer to acquire the company at a whopping $44 billion, following which it would become a privately…
A public interest announcement apparently made by the Indian Oil Corporation is viral in different languages on various social media platforms. The said announcement warns vehicle owners and users against…
In an in-depth report published on April 3, Alt News exposed how 23 websites hosted on a single IP address (13.232.63.153) spent crores of rupees creating ‘disclaimers’ to run political…