Anmol Alphonso

Anmol Alphonso

Anmol Alphonso is a fact-checker with BOOM. He has previously interned at IndiaSpend as a fact-checker and was a reporting intern at Times of India, Indian Express, and Mid-Day. He is a post-graduate diploma holder in journalism from St Paul’s Institute of Communication Education, Mumbai.

No, Amazon Prime Did Not Drop Sushant Singh Rajput
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No, Amazon Prime Did Not Drop Sushant Singh Rajput's Film On MS Dhoni

A spokesperson confirmed that the movie 'MS Dhoni - The Untold Story' has never been a part of its online catalogue.

4 July 2020 5:46 AM GMT
CNN News18 Runs 2016 Flogging Video With China-Pakistan Spin
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CNN News18 Runs 2016 Flogging Video With China-Pakistan Spin

BOOM found that the video can be traced online to November 2016 with several news articles indicating it could be from...

29 Jun 2020 12:58 PM GMT
Video Shows Hospital Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Cases In Pakistan? Not Quite
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Video Shows Hospital Overwhelmed By COVID-19 Cases In Pakistan? Not...

BOOM found that the incident is from a hospital in Lahore, Pakistan, when patients were evacuated after a fire broke out ...

26 Jun 2020 10:56 AM GMT
2018 Photos Of Rats Destroying Notes In An ATM Revived
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2018 Photos Of Rats Destroying Notes In An ATM Revived

BOOM had previously debunked the same set of images in June 2018, when it was falsely claimed to be an HDFC Bank ATM.

25 Jun 2020 1:54 PM GMT
Photo Of James Bond Movie Actress Passed Off As Sonia Gandhi
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Photo Of James Bond Movie Actress Passed Off As Sonia Gandhi

A reverse image search showed that the photo shows actress Ursula Andress on the sets of the 1962 James Bond movie Dr....

25 Jun 2020 7:53 AM GMT
No, Photo Does Not Show Indian Soldier Injured In India-China Clash
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No, Photo Does Not Show Indian Soldier Injured In India-China Clash

BOOM found that the image is atleast four years old, and has appeared on several Thai, Malaysian, and Indonesian sites.

20 Jun 2020 2:01 PM GMT
No, Video Does Not Show Col. Santosh Babu Arguing With Chinese Soldiers At Galwan
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No, Video Does Not Show Col. Santosh Babu Arguing With Chinese...

BOOM found that the videos are old and don't show Colonel Santosh Babu.

20 Jun 2020 10:42 AM GMT
BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya Peddles 2017 Pic As Gandhis
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BJP IT Cell Head Amit Malviya Peddles 2017 Pic As Gandhis' 2008 China...

BOOM found that the photograph shared was from a food festival organised by the Chinese Embassy in New Delhi in 2017.

19 Jun 2020 10:06 AM GMT
Message Claiming Global Times Reported 30 Chinese Soldiers Dead Is Fake
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Message Claiming Global Times Reported 30 Chinese Soldiers Dead Is

BOOM did not find any article by Global Times that revealed the number of Chinese soldiers killed or injured in the...

18 Jun 2020 11:26 AM GMT
India-China Clash: Fake Tweet Screenshot On Ladakh Goes Viral
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India-China Clash: Fake Tweet Screenshot On Ladakh Goes Viral

BOOM found several anomalies with the viral tweet screenshot which showed that it is morphed.

17 Jun 2020 4:41 PM GMT
AajTak, India.Com Run Fake Tweets As Sushant Singh Rajput
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AajTak, India.Com Run Fake Tweets As Sushant Singh Rajput's Last Words

BOOM found that the viral screenshots had several discrepancies that showed that the tweets were fake.

17 Jun 2020 8:24 AM GMT
No, Rahul Gandhi Did Not Call Sushant Singh Rajput A Cricketer
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No, Rahul Gandhi Did Not Call Sushant Singh Rajput A Cricketer

BOOM found that the viral screenshot is fake and that Gandhi had correctly addressed Rajput as an actor in his...

15 Jun 2020 10:42 AM GMT