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4 people detained for circulating fake tweet regarding Amit Shah's health
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], May 9 (ANI): Four people have been detained for spreading a fake tweet regarding the health of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, police said on Saturday.
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Plaint lodged against men who spread fake news about U'khand CM's death
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], May 6 (ANI): BJP's Dehradun City President Sita Ram Bhatt on Wednesday filed a complaint against a few individuals for spreading fake news on social media about Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat's death.
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PM Modi makes veiled attack on Pakistan, says some people busy spreading o
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): In a veiled attack on Pakistan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said at the virtual Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit that while the world is fighting the novel coronavirus, some people are busy spreading other deadly viruses such as terrorism and fa
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'Mat Kar Forward: Ayushmann, Kriti, Sara and Virat join initiative to tack
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 4 (ANI): In an attempt to stop the spread of fake news and misinformation, actors Ayushmann Khurrana, Kriti Sanon, Sara Ali Khan, and cricketer Virat Kohli have joined hands for a new initiative called 'Mat Kar Forward.'
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Retired Army Major booked for posting fake news
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], April 29 (ANI): A retired Army Major was booked for morphing a news article and circulating fake news over social media in Hyderabad on Tuesday, Cyberabad Police said.
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Corona pandemic: European Commission should question China over spreading
Updated : 5 years, 10 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 28 (ANI): The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Party have issued an open letter calling on the European Commission (EC) to investigate and explain the allegations that a recent report documenting how governments push disinformation about the coronavirus p
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Udit Raj's tweet on price of coronavirus test kits is fake news: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Monday rejected a tweet by Congress leader Udit Raj that coronavirus test kits are being sold at Rs 4,500 and shared the duly prescribed prices for the kits.
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Treat COVID-19 frontline responders with respect, stop spread of fake news
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 27 (ANI): In the light of the recent attacks on doctors and medical practitioners during the coronavirus crisis, actor Shilpa Shetty on Monday urged people to acknowledge the contribution of medical staff and requested everyone not to encourage the spread of false ne
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People say I'm hardest working US President in history: Trump renews attac
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 27 (ANI): Continuing his tirade against American media over his work habits, US President Donald Trump on Sunday (local time) described himself as the "hardest working president", claiming that he has possibly done more work in his first tenure than any other pr
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White House pressers not worth time: Trump after uproar over 'sarcastic' d
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 26 (ANI): As Donald Trump cancelled the regular coronavirus task force briefing on Saturday (local time), the US President said he sees no point of having press conferences as he is mostly asked "hostile questions" by a section of American media, which he claimed g
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Punjab Police give lyrical push to its campaign against fake news amid cor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], April 22 (ANI): The Punjab Police have come up with a novel way to create awareness about fake news on social media. The police released a song on Tuesday titled, 'Fake Di Khair Nahi' (fake will not be spared) alerting people to refrain from spreading incorrect i
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Maharashtra police lodge 230 cases against fake news, hate speech regardin
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 18 (ANI): Maharashtra cyber police on Saturday said a total of 230 cases have been registered regarding fake news, rumours and hate speech on social media in the state during the lockdown.
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