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

    Photos of religious gathering shared as crowd at Congress Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan
    Photos of religious gathering shared as crowd at Congress' Bharat Jodo Yatra in Rajasthan

    Social media users are sharing two photos of huge gatherings with the claim that they show the crowd at the Congress party’s Bharat Jodo Yatra in...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 9 Dec 2022 5:03 PM IST


    Photos of womans dead body in freezer are not from Assam
    Photos of woman's dead body in freezer are not from Assam

    Disturbing images of a dead woman inside a freezer are widely circulating on social media. It is being claimed that a girl was raped and murdered by...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 9 Dec 2022 4:37 PM IST


    Photo of Thailand highway falsely shared as newly-built Mumbai-Nagpur expressway
    Photo of Thailand highway falsely shared as newly-built Mumbai-Nagpur expressway

    A graphic featuring a photo of a highway is being shared with the claim that it shows the newly built Mumbai-Nagpur Samruddhi Expressway.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 8 Dec 2022 7:18 PM IST


    NASA did not say the Hindu calendar gives accurate information on solar eclipse
    NASA did not say the Hindu calendar gives accurate information on solar eclipse

    A message is doing the rounds of social media claiming that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has finally accepted that only...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 8 Dec 2022 4:58 PM IST


    Morphed photo shows PM Modi with estranged wife Jashodaben
    Morphed photo shows PM Modi with estranged wife Jashodaben

    A photo of Prime Minster Narendra Modi sitting with his mother and his estranged wife Jashodaben has been doing the rounds on social media.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 7 Dec 2022 6:30 PM IST


    No, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate did not call Rahul Gandhi a Dhongee Hindu
    No, Congress leader Supriya Shrinate did not call Rahul Gandhi a 'Dhongee Hindu'

    A video containing two clips is circulating on social media with the claim that the chairperson of Congress party’s social media and digital...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 6 Dec 2022 5:48 PM IST


    Man wearing saree has nothing to do with anti-Brahmin graffiti in JNU
    Man wearing saree has nothing to do with anti-Brahmin graffiti in JNU

    Social Media users are sharing photos of a man wearing sarees and accusing him of being the face of the anti-Brahmin protest at Jawahar Lal Nehru...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 6 Dec 2022 12:00 PM IST


    Video of police hitting a rickshaw driver in Bihar went viral as from Gujarat
    Video of police hitting a rickshaw driver in Bihar went viral as from Gujarat

    A video of a policeman hitting a rickshaw driver while he was pulling his loaded cart is being shared with the claim of police atrocity in Gujarat.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 5 Dec 2022 6:56 PM IST


    Video of man creating ruckus on plane, punching window is not from India
    Video of man creating ruckus on plane, punching window is not from India

    A video of a man creating a ruckus in a flight by prostrating on the aisle is doing the rounds on social media.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 3 Dec 2022 4:47 PM IST


    Andhra government has not barred medical students from wearing jeans, t-shirts
    Andhra government has not barred medical students from wearing jeans, t-shirts

    Several Telugu media outlets reported that the Directorate of Medical Education (DME) in Andhra Pradesh announced a new dress code for medical...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 3 Dec 2022 1:01 PM IST


    Doctored video shows crowd chanting Kejriwal at Modis Surat roadshow
    Doctored video shows crowd chanting 'Kejriwal' at Modi's Surat roadshow

    Social media users are sharing a video claiming that slogans in favour of Delhi’s Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was raised during Prime Minister...

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 2 Dec 2022 4:57 PM IST


    Old video from West Bengal passed off as vote rigging in Gujarat poll
    Old video from West Bengal passed off as vote rigging in Gujarat poll

    Social Media users are sharing a video claiming that vote rigging was committed in Gujarat.

    By Md Mahfooz Alam  Published on 2 Dec 2022 12:33 PM IST


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