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Akshita Kumari
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Freelance Journalist, Freelance
New Delhi
Beats
Biography
I am currently working as a Digital Verification Journalist at Agence France Presse (AFP) with the South Asia Team in New Delhi. Here, I work towards fact-checking, i.e., verifying sources, cross-referencing data, and identifying misinformation. My experience spans across various beats, including politics, religion, gender, climate, and human interest stories. I’ve previously worked with organizations like HT, The Quint, The Mooknayak, GroundReport, and more as a freelance contributor.
Content
By Akshita Kumari Verified|YahooVerifiedProtests erupted across India after the parliament passed a bill that seeks to change how properties donated by Muslims are governed, but a video shared in multiple posts does not depict one of them. The clip first circulated in news reports about a demonstration held by lawyers against the revision of a law that can potentially ban them from holding strikes.
By Akshita Kumari Verified|YahooVerified"Sree Rama sethu inside the sea," reads the caption to a video shared on Facebook on April 3. The series of clips appears to show scuba divers navigating underwater rock structures with inscriptions on them, some free floating in the water while others resemble temples. Text overlaid on the video reads, "POV: You are a scuba diver exploring Ramasetu".
By Akshita Kumari Verified|YahooVerifiedIndian media reported in late March that the government in the southern Hyderabad city began clearing an urban forest, sparking protests from students in an adjacent university. But a widely shared visual purportedly depicting animals running away from bulldozers at the site bears errors that indicate it is made with AI. "This picture has broken my heart. This is my Alma mater HCU (University of Hyderabad) where deforestation is going on.
Company Info
Freelance
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