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Centre factchecks "microphone muted" claim by Mamata Banerjee; Nirmala Sit
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Meanwhile, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told ANI that it is "completely false" of Mamata Banerjee to claim that her microphone was switched off and claimed that every chief minister at the meeting was "allotted their due time to speak."
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FSSAI-marked cow urine circulated on social media platforms is fake: PIB F
Updated : 1 year, 9 months ago IST
An image circulating on WhatsApp that claimed that India's food safety regulator Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) marked cow urine is being bottled and sold in the market is fake, PIB Fact Check has clarified in a post on X.
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Elon Musk says Canada law to stop online hate "Sounds insane"
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
On Tuesday, Elon Musk retweeted a news article about the bill. "This sounds insane if accurate! @CommunityNotes, please check" said Musk on the social media platform X, tagging X's crowdsourced fact checking service, Community Notes.
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"We love our Indian brothers and sisters": Israeli Embassy on claims of In
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
"In times when social media is flooded with fake news, we urge people to fact-check. Youtuber Shubham Kumar was exploring Israel and enjoying the nightlife, as evident in the video he uploaded. Some bars were full or had reserved spaces," the embassy stated on X.
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SC stays Centre's Fact Check Unit notification
Updated : 1 year, 11 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the March 20 notification of Fact Check Unit by the Centre government under the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules 2023 (IT Amendment Rules 2023).
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Centre notifies PIB Fact Check Unit under IT Rules 2021
Updated : 1 year, 12 months ago IST
The Union government notified the Fact Check Unit (FCU) under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MIB) as the fact check unit of the Centre on Wednesday.
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USIBC President criticises uninformed media reports on US-India drone deal
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"What I find interesting is there's a lot of absolutely uninformed, erroneous gossip being spread in media organs that, frankly, have a track record of not checking their facts and stories are completely at variance with the actual facts...but people ought to do the bare minimum of fact c
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Taiwan vigilantly counters China's disinformation onslaught ahead of cruci
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
As Covid-19 misinformation circulated, Taiwanese fact-checking applications, including Auntie Meiyu, gained prominence. These apps, crucial for debunking rumours, are particularly significant as the island braces for a pivotal election.
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RBI cautions on fake press release on Abhyudaya co-operative bank's licens
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
PIB Fact Check has posted on X, "A Press Release, dated 25 October 2023, being shared online, alleges that @RBI has cancelled the license of Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank Ltd. This Press Release is fake. RBI has not issued any such Press release. For more info visit: http://rbi.org.in. This is
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Advertisement claiming around 29,000 vacancies are being offered by India
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) fack check unit on Friday busted the misinformation of an advertisement, allegedly shared by Indian Railways, about the vacancies being offered for the posts of Assistant Loco Pilot and Technicians, saying that no such notification has been issued by the ra
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Currency conversion fee receipt issued by RBI doing rounds is fake: PIB Fa
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
PIB Fact Check, the government arm that busts fake news and misinformation related to the government, categorically said, “This receipt is fake. RBI does not issue any such receipts."
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No business leaders invited for G20 dinner, PIB terms news reports “mislea
Updated : 2 years, 6 months ago IST
Media reports claiming that prominent business leaders have been invited for the G20 ‘Special Dinner’ being hosted at the main venue Bharat Mandapam were “misleading”.
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