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War of words erupt between Union Minister Scindia, Cong leader Chidambaram
Updated : 2 years, 7 months ago IST
Taking a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government over new airports constructed since they came to power, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that "to boast and exaggerate are its hallmarks" while Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotira
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Fact check: Union Health Ministry debunks fake documents on nursing candid
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Debunking the fake news alert it said, "The above document is being seen on various social media platforms. It is FAKE," a statement from the Union Health Ministry clarified on Thursday.
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Representative viral pictures of necrophilia story by Pakistan's Daily Tim
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
The editorial of Daily Times has not been taken down or debunked at the time of publishing this update, however, videos and pictures have fact-checked the representative picture of the locked grave used in the story, as that of being from Hyderabad and not Pakistan. It is also pertinent t
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"Now govt to decide what is fake": Kapil Sibal Centre's notification
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal on Saturday slammed the Centre amid the controversy over its notification on Thursday to appoint a fact-checker to track fake news and have them taken down.
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"No mention of PIB Fact Check..." Union Min Rajeev Chandrashekhar clears a
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
"The rules do not at all suggest that it's going to be PIB Fact Check. I think some of the grey area, or indeed the misapprehension, comes from the fact that the original draft of the rule that went for consultation talked about PIB Fact check. The rules that were notified yesterday do no
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MeITY consultation with stakeholders on draft IT Rules rescheduled to next
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The interaction and consultation with various stakeholders on the draft IT Rules by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeITY) initially scheduled for today has now been rescheduled for the coming week, sources told ANI.
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MIB agrees with proposed amendments to IT Rules, says will allow action ag
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Ministry for Information and Broadcasting has proposed to ask social media platforms to take down any such content that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit has labelled as "false" or "fake"
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I-B Ministry exposes six YouTube channels for monetizing fake news; garner
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The PIB's Fact Check Unit pointed to six channels on YouTube -- Nation TV, Samvaad TV, Sarokar Bharat, Nation 24, Swarnim Bharat and Samvaad Samachar -- - which were using fake, clickbait and sensational thumbnails and images of television news anchors to mislead viewers into believing that
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PIB pulls up YouTube channel for spreading fake news against PM Modi, CJI
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
YouTube channel 'News Headlines' with 10L subscribers and 32cr views, is accused of spreading fake news against PM Narendra Modi, the Supreme Court of India, the Chief Justice of India, and the Election Commission.
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MP's claim that 3,000 political leaders have been raided is erroneous: Piy
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
He added, "They are not even backed by RTI (Right to Information). They are a lot of cases when you go for fact-checking and it would come out with fake claims. There is a senior member in the House in the front."
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Accuracy is more important than speed in news communication says Union Min
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"While the speed with which the information is transmitted is important, accuracy is even more important, and should be primary in the minds of communicators," the minister said while speaking at the opening ceremony of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) General Assembly-2022. The M
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Chandrasekhar rebuts Sibal's "capture of media" remark on IT rules, says C
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Hitting out at Sibal's remarks, Chandrasekhar said that the UPA government wanted to work with China and have the governments of the world "control the internet by taking it to an organisation".
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