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

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: Photo of Virat Kohli flaunting tattoo of ICC trophies on his arm is edited
    Fact Check: Photo of Virat Kohli flaunting tattoo of ICC trophies on his arm is edited

    NewsMeter found the claim is false. The viral photo has been edited. The original photo shows Kohli posing for a portrait before the T20 World Cup...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 10 July 2024 8:36 PM IST

    Fact Check: Putin did not receive both Xi Jinping and PM Modi at Moscow airport; claim is false
    Fact Check: Putin did not receive both Xi Jinping and PM Modi at Moscow airport; claim is false

    NewsMeter found that the claim is false. Just like PM Modi, Xi Jinping, during his last visit to Russia in 2023, was not received by Putin at the...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 9 July 2024 5:55 PM IST

    Fact Check: Viral video of PM Modi saying government will fight against poor is clipped
    Fact Check: Viral video of PM Modi saying government will fight against poor is clipped

    In the extended version, PM Modi corrects himself, emphasising that the upcoming five years would be a fight against poverty.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 8 July 2024 3:59 PM IST

    Fact Check: ā€˜Italianā€™ remark on Rahul Gandhi made by BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma, not MP CM
    Fact Check: ā€˜Italianā€™ remark on Rahul Gandhi made by BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma, not MP CM

    The claim is false as the video does not show MP CM Mohan Yadav but BJP MLA Rameshwar Sharma from the Huzur Assembly Constituency of Bhopal, Madhya...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 6 July 2024 3:46 PM IST

    Fact Check: Claim that only Muslims were arrested in NEET (UG) 2024 paper leak case is misleading
    Fact Check: Claim that only Muslims were arrested in NEET (UG) 2024 paper leak case is misleading

    The claim is misleading as there have been arrests of Hindu individuals also.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 5 July 2024 8:13 PM IST

    Fact Check: Naresh Agarwal linked Hindu deities with alcohol in 2017 Rajya Sabha as SP member, not BJP
    Fact Check: Naresh Agarwal linked Hindu deities with alcohol in 2017 Rajya Sabha as SP member, not BJP

    The claim is misleading as Agarwal recited the poem in Raj Sabha as a Samajwadi Party MP in 2017.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 4 July 2024 5:52 PM IST

    Fact Check: Clipped video of PM Modi speaking in Lok Sabha shared with misleading context
    Fact Check: Clipped video of PM Modi speaking in Lok Sabha shared with misleading context

    NewsMeter found the claim misleading as the video is clipped and does not show the PM correcting his pronunciation for ā€˜Muqablaā€™ (competition).

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 3 July 2024 7:38 PM IST

    Fact Check: 2007 World Cup winning team met both PM and Sonia Gandhi; viral claim is misleading
    Fact Check: 2007 World Cup winning team met both PM and Sonia Gandhi; viral claim is misleading

    Along with Sonia Gandhi, former PM Manmohan Singh, his wife Gursharan Kaur, and other Congress leaders were also photographed with the 2007 T20 World...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 1 July 2024 6:00 PM IST

    Fact Check: Deaths of five Indian soldiers in recent accident falsely shared as killings by Kashmiri militants
    Fact Check: Deaths of five Indian soldiers in recent accident falsely shared as killings by Kashmiri militants

    The deaths of the five Indian Army soldiers were not from a militant attack but due to an accident during a river-crossing exercise.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 29 Jun 2024 6:51 PM IST

    Fact Check: Image of TMC MPs Mahua Moitra, Sayani Ghosh ā€˜sleepingā€™ in Parliament is misleading
    Fact Check: Image of TMC MPs Mahua Moitra, Sayani Ghosh ā€˜sleepingā€™ in Parliament is misleading

    The viral image is a screengrab from a specific moment in a video, and the video does not show them sleeping.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 28 Jun 2024 8:59 PM IST

    Fact Check: Video of Afghanistan players chanting Vande Mataram is edited
    Fact Check: Video of Afghanistan players chanting Vande Mataram is edited

    The original footage shows Afghan players chanting 'Allah-hu Akbar.'

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 28 Jun 2024 10:07 AM IST

    Fact Check: Image of Hindu Sadhvi ā€˜marriedā€™ to a Muslim man is edited
    Fact Check: Image of Hindu Sadhvi ā€˜marriedā€™ to a Muslim man is edited

    The original photo shows BJP MLA from Jaipur, Balmukund Acharya instead of the ā€˜womanā€™.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 26 Jun 2024 7:48 PM IST

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