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.

2015 Incident Of Lucknow Cop Breaking An Old Man
Fake News

2015 Incident Of Lucknow Cop Breaking An Old Man's Typewriter Shared...

BOOM found that the images were from a September 2015 incident.

21 Oct 2019 11:40 AM GMT
Emergency Road Constructed In Japan Within 24 Hours? A FactCheck
Fake News

Emergency Road Constructed In Japan Within 24 Hours? A FactCheck

BOOM found the temporary road was opened for traffic after four months, and not 24 hours as claimed in the viral

17 Oct 2019 10:25 AM GMT
New Rs 1000 Note Released By RBI? Not Quite
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New Rs 1000 Note Released By RBI? Not Quite

The viral images show the thousand rupee note as 'imagined by artists'.

16 Oct 2019 3:20 PM GMT
Fake Account Impersonating Nobel Laureate In Economics Abhijit Banerjee Crops Up
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Fake Account Impersonating Nobel Laureate In Economics Abhijit...

CNBC-TV18 fell for the fake Abhijit Banerjee Twitter account tagging it in a now deleted tweet.

14 Oct 2019 3:12 PM GMT
No, Maharashtra Congress MLA Naseem Khan Did Not Say
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No, Maharashtra Congress MLA Naseem Khan Did Not Say 'Pakistan...

BOOM found that Congress MLA Naseem Khan was referring to a statement made by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

14 Oct 2019 12:52 PM GMT
Did Rahul Gandhi Say He Would Move To London? A FactCheck
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Did Rahul Gandhi Say He Would Move To London? A FactCheck

BOOM found that Rahul Gandhi was referring to Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi.

14 Oct 2019 7:14 AM GMT
Video Of PM Greeting Crowds In Gujarat Shared As
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Video Of PM Greeting Crowds In Gujarat Shared As 'Modi Magic' In Tamil ...

BOOM found that the video was from 2017 when PM Modi had gone to cast his vote during the 2017 Gujarat elections.

12 Oct 2019 1:44 PM GMT
No, This Video Of A Drunk Man Dancing Is Not BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi
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No, This Video Of A Drunk Man Dancing Is Not BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi

BOOM found that the man dancing in the viral video is not BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi.

11 Oct 2019 11:51 AM GMT
No, WikiLeaks Has Not Issued Names Of Indians With Black Money In Swiss Bank
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No, WikiLeaks Has Not Issued Names Of Indians With Black Money In...

BOOM found that the list of Indian black money holders is fake and Wikileaks has not released any such list.

10 Oct 2019 10:52 AM GMT
Fake News Gives You Wings: Movie Clip Shared As
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Fake News Gives You Wings: Movie Clip Shared As 'Boy Who Can Fly'

BOOM found that the viral video was picked up from a 2009 French fantasy movie named Ricky.

7 Oct 2019 1:29 PM GMT
Fake Quote Claiming Kangana Ranaut Slammed Shabana Azmi Revived
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Fake Quote Claiming Kangana Ranaut Slammed Shabana Azmi Revived

The fake quote attributed to Kangana Ranaut is strikingly similar to replies on Shabana Azmi’s tweet about Durga Ashtami

7 Oct 2019 9:34 AM GMT
Photograph Of PM Modi With Underworld Don Chhota Rajan? A FactCheck
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Photograph Of PM Modi With Underworld Don Chhota Rajan? A FactCheck

The original image has been photoshopped to claim that PM Modi was pictured with Chhota Rajan.

4 Oct 2019 9:33 AM GMT