Md Mahfooz Alam

Md Mahfooz Alam works as a Fact-Check journalist at the NewsMeter. A news buff with a keen interest in politics and history. He enjoys working on investigative stories and debunking mis/disinformation. He learned Fact-Checking skills at The Quint and has been monitoring and busting fake news/claims for the last two years.

    Md Mahfooz Alam

    Fact Check: Viral image of modified tractors is AI-generated, not from farmersā€™ protest in Delhi
    Fact Check: Viral image of modified tractors is AI-generated, not from farmersā€™ protest in Delhi

    NewsMeter found that the vehicles in the viral image are AI-generated.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 13 Feb 2024 8:03 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral video of Rahul Gandhi inaccurately adding 50 and 15 to 73 is edited
    Fact Check: Viral video of Rahul Gandhi inaccurately adding 50 and 15 to 73 is edited

    NewsMeter found that the viral video was edited to make it look like Rahul Gandhi made a wrong calculation.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 12 Feb 2024 4:01 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral video of Narayana Murthy announcing project ā€˜Quantum AIā€™ with Elon Musk is a deepfake
    Fact Check: Viral video of Narayana Murthy announcing project ā€˜Quantum AIā€™ with Elon Musk is a deepfake

    The video is a deepfake. The audio was inserted into the video using voice cloning technology.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 3 Feb 2024 6:57 PM IST


    Fact Check: Video of Nirmala Sitharaman speaking to media is from 2023 post-budget press conference, not 2024
    Fact Check: Video of Nirmala Sitharaman speaking to media is from 2023 post-budget press conference, not 2024

    The video is from a 2023 press conference after the budget was presented.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 2 Feb 2024 5:18 PM IST


    Fact Check: News about Indian cricketer Virat Kohliā€™s mother being seriously ill is fake
    Fact Check: News about Indian cricketer Virat Kohliā€™s mother being seriously ill is fake

    NewsMeter found that the claim of Kohliā€™s mother being ill is false.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 1 Feb 2024 5:16 PM IST


    Was Netajiā€™s ā€˜Subh Sukh Chainā€™ the old National Anthem of India? Read the fact-check
    Was Netajiā€™s ā€˜Subh Sukh Chainā€™ the old National Anthem of India? Read the fact-check

    The song, ā€œSubh Sukh Chainā€ is the Hindustani translation of Rabindranath Tagoreā€™s ā€œBharoto Bhagyo Bidhataā€ written in Bangla.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 31 Jan 2024 9:01 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral video does not show Maldivian president Mohamed Muizzu being thrashed in Parliament
    Fact Check: Viral video does not show Maldivian president Mohamed Muizzu being thrashed in Parliament

    The video shows the clash between two Maldivian Members of Parliament.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 30 Jan 2024 6:48 PM IST


    Fact Check: BJP did not launch phone number to ask support for UCC through missed calls
    Fact Check: BJP did not launch phone number to ask support for UCC through missed calls

    The number was launched by the BJP in 2023 for people to join the partyā€™s ā€˜Jan Sampark Se Jan Samarthanā€™ campaign.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 29 Jan 2024 6:56 PM IST


    Fact Check: TDP leader Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar calling for demolition of Ambedkar statue in Vijayawada is fake news
    Fact Check: TDP leader Dhulipalla Narendra Kumar calling for demolition of Ambedkar statue in Vijayawada is fake news

    Narendra Kumar took to X to inform that he filed a complaint with the Guntur SP regarding the fake news.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 27 Jan 2024 6:54 PM IST


    Fact Check: Viral video of temple donations is from Sanwaliya Seth Mandir in Rajasthan, not Ayodhyaā€™s Ram Temple
    Fact Check: Viral video of temple donations is from Sanwaliya Seth Mandir in Rajasthan, not Ayodhyaā€™s Ram Temple

    NewsMeter found that the video shows donations received in Sanwaliya Seth Mandir in Rajasthan.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 25 Jan 2024 7:31 PM IST


    Fact Check: Video of cops detaining protestors is from Hyderabad, not Mumbaiā€™s Mira road
    Fact Check: Video of cops detaining protestors is from Hyderabad, not Mumbaiā€™s Mira road

    The video shows Hyderabad police detaining youths from the Zohra colony in Hyderabadā€™s Shalibanda area in 2022.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 24 Jan 2024 6:52 PM IST


    Fact Check: Old video of Sikh prayers falsely linked to inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya
    Fact Check: Old video of Sikh prayers falsely linked to inauguration of Ram Temple in Ayodhya

    The video is at least five years old and is being falsely linked to Ram Templeā€™s inauguration.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 23 Jan 2024 5:28 PM IST


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