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.

Viral Photo Of A Healthcare Worker Gesturing At PM Modi Is Morphed
Politics

Viral Photo Of A Healthcare Worker Gesturing At PM Modi Is Morphed

BOOM found that the crude gesture has been edited into the original photo

23 Oct 2021 8:21 AM GMT
Prakash Javadekar Tweets Old Video As Govt Supplying Coal To Tackle Shortage
Politics

Prakash Javadekar Tweets Old Video As Govt Supplying Coal To Tackle...

BOOM found that the video tweeted by Prakash Javadekar is from January 2021 and not recent

22 Oct 2021 11:48 AM GMT
Photo Of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra With A Trishul In Her Hands Is Morphed
Politics

Photo Of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra With A Trishul In Her Hands Is Morphed

BOOM found that the viral photo has been digitally altered to show the Congress leader holding a trishul.

20 Oct 2021 9:22 AM GMT
No, PM Modi Did Not Call Himself A Pathans Child
Politics

No, PM Modi Did Not Call Himself A Pathan's Child

BOOM found that the viral video was clipped from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 2019 Tonk rally where he was quoting...

19 Oct 2021 8:19 AM GMT
Muslim Woman In Video Mocking Opposition Leaders Is A BJP Panelist
Politics

Muslim Woman In Video Mocking Opposition Leaders Is A BJP Panelist

BOOM found that the woman in the viral video raising slogans against Rahul Gandhi and other opposition leaders is BJP...

18 Oct 2021 10:52 AM GMT
No, 40,000 US Soldiers Who Fought In Iraq, Afghanistan Did Not Resign
Politics

No, 40,000 US Soldiers Who Fought In Iraq, Afghanistan Did Not Resign

BOOM found that the viral video is from 2012 when nearly 50 US veterans discarded their war medals by hurling them down...

13 Oct 2021 11:37 AM GMT
2017 Video From France Of Muslims Praying On A Street Peddled As UK
Fast Check

2017 Video From France Of Muslims Praying On A Street Peddled As UK

BOOM found that the video is from Clichy, Paris where prayers were offered on the street as a mark of protest against...

13 Oct 2021 8:03 AM GMT
Video Of Pro-Khalistan Group Tearing Indian Flag In US Viral As Farmers Protest
Politics

Video Of Pro-Khalistan Group Tearing Indian Flag In US Viral As...

The viral video is from protests by Khalistan supporters outside the United Nations building in New York during PM...

6 Oct 2021 12:00 PM GMT
Edited Image Of Mahatma Gandhi Laughing With A Woman Revived
Politics

Edited Image Of Mahatma Gandhi Laughing With A Woman Revived

BOOM found that the original photo was taken by Associated Press in 1946 in which Mahatma Gandhi is seen laughing with...

2 Oct 2021 10:42 AM GMT
Photo Of Arvind Kejriwal Overshadowing Mahatma Gandhi In Ad Is Fake
Politics

Photo Of Arvind Kejriwal Overshadowing Mahatma Gandhi In Ad Is Fake

BOOM found that in the original newspaper ad in Dainik Jagran, Mahatma Gandhi's photo is larger than Delhi Chief...

2 Oct 2021 10:14 AM GMT
Edited Video Claims Kanhaiya Kumar Converted To Islam
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Edited Video Claims Kanhaiya Kumar Converted To Islam

BOOM found that Kanhaiya Kumar was not talking about Islam as his faith, but loosely quoting Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's...

1 Oct 2021 2:00 PM GMT
News Outlets Falsely Claim Amarinder Singh Removed Congress From Twitter Bio
Politics

News Outlets Falsely Claim Amarinder Singh Removed 'Congress' From...

BOOM found that Amarinder Singh did not have Congress mentioned in his Twitter bio even before resigning as the Punjab...

1 Oct 2021 8:48 AM GMT