Fact check: Did a Harvard study really praise Adityanath’s handling of the migrant crisis in UP?

Media outlets misled readers into believing that a report prepared by a Gurgaon-based institute was a study conducted by the prestigious US-based university.

Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in

, 

Archis Chowdhury, Boomlive.in

 & 

Mohammed Kudrati, BoomLive.in

· Apr 18, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Fact-checking Congress’ claim that rape cases rose by 25% in Kerala in two years

Statistics from the National Crime Records Bureau and the Kerala Police peg the rise at 0.9%.

Anuprova Ghose, Factchecker.in

· Apr 05, 2021 · 07:30 pm

Fact check: Were the men who waved the Indian flag at the Capitol supporters of the Congress party?

It turns out that they are actually inclined towards the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mohammed Zubair, Alt News

· Jan 09, 2021 · 10:27 pm

Fact check: Did Telangana CM release ₹27,718 crore towards farm loan waiver in six years?

The claim is misleading as this is the amount budgeted rather than amount released, according to the Reserve Bank of India.

Ayswarya Murthy, Factchecker.in

· Nov 10, 2020 · 09:30 pm

BJP tweets old IMF data to make false claim that India will be world’s fastest-growing economy

In its latest June report, the fund revised its April estimates and projected a contraction of -4.5% for India in 2020.

Archit Mehta, Alt News

· Aug 29, 2020 · 06:59 pm

Palghar lynching: Prominent social media users falsely gave the crime a communal angle

The accused people and victims are both from the same faith, the officer said.

Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in

· Apr 21, 2020 · 10:50 am

Why you shouldn’t follow JK Rowling’s advice on beating coronavirus

The writer said a breathing technique helped her ‘fully recover’ from Covid-19-like symptoms.

Brian Oliver, The Conversation

· Apr 10, 2020 · 11:30 pm

BJP IT Cell shares clipped video to claim activist Harsh Mander instigated violence in speech

The Supreme Court refused to hear a petition filed by the social activist, claiming that he made derogatory comments about it.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Mar 05, 2020 · 09:30 am

Delhi violence: Shooter misidentified as part of mob supporting CAA

And are those saffron flags in the background?

Jignesh Patel, AltNews.in

 & 

Pratik Sinha, AltNews.in

· Feb 25, 2020 · 09:57 am

How much of the Indian media misreported that 3,350 tonnes of gold had been found in a UP mine

Several outlets, including Scroll.in, got the story wrong.

Sam Jawed, Altnews.in

· Feb 23, 2020 · 07:30 pm

Jamia video controversy: Student had wallet in his hand, not stone as media reported

A frame-by-fame analysis of the footage aired by India Today.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Feb 18, 2020 · 09:28 am

20 times Pakistani-Canadian writer Tarek Fatah has tweeted fake news – often with a communal bite

He has often failed to delete misleading tweets, even after errors were pointed out.

Pooja Chaudhuri, AltNews.in

· Jan 27, 2020 · 07:33 pm