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Anurag Thakur warns of stern action against online channels spreading misi
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur on Tuesday warned of stern action against online channels found spreading misinformation and fake news as India blocked YouTube channels, Twitter accounts and Facebook accounts indulging in such ac
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Eat Your Cake Lose Your Weight by Azhar Ali Sayed aims to impact 1 million
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 28 (ANI/BusinessWire India): Eat your Cake Lose your Weight by Azhar Ali Sayed helps declutter all the misinformation regarding diets so that readers can get started with their Fat Loss and Health Journey in the right way. This book is Azhar's dream projec
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Oppn was spreading misinformation instead of helping families of those str
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): Heaping praises on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "successful" Operation Ganga, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday accused Congress and other Opposition parties of spreading "misinformation and misleading" people instead of helping families of t
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Uphaar fire tragedy: Court issues show cause notice to Delhi Police for 'm
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 21 (ANI): A Delhi court on Monday issued showcause notice to Delhi Police crime branch for "misinforming the court" regarding sanction to prosecute businessman Sushil Ansal, convicted in the 1997 Uphaar cinema fire tragedy over purported fraud while getting his pa
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Study says social media echo chambers spread misinformation about vaccines
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kongens Lyngby [Denmark], February 21 (ANI): With the pandemic increasing people's dependence on their phones for information, one major backlash has been the spread of misinformation regarding vaccines. WHO has named vaccine hesitancy one of the greatest threats to global health. Nonetheles
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Bangladeshi players are prepped up for Season 2 of the Road Safety World S
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 19 (ANI/PNN): According to the news articles, there was misinformation circulating on the internet about Bangladeshi legend players' complaints to the media over unpaid salaries for the "Road Safety World Series Edition."
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Congress worked to fuel controversy over hijab row, started campaign to sp
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 18 (ANI): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, said that it has worked to fuel the controversy over the hijab row and also started a campaign to spread misinformation on the uniform.
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Study finds cancer patients undergoing treatment are susceptible to COVID-
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): Researchers have found that cancer patients undergoing treatment are more likely to believe COVID-19 related misinformation than those without a history of cancer.
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Cancer patients undergoing treatment are more susceptible to COVID-19 misi
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 11 (ANI): According to a new study, cancer patients undergoing treatment are more likely to believe misinformation related to COVID-19 than those without a history of cancer.
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Some people indulging in communal, criminal competition to spread misinfor
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 10 (ANI): In a veiled attack at Congress amid the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Wednesday said some people have decided in indulge in "communal and criminal competition" to misinform people on the uniform.
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Researchers identify new way to amplify trustworthy news on social media w
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Tampa (Florida) [US], February 6 (ANI): It is a known fact that news, be it real or fake, spreads like wildfire on social media. Social media sites amplify misinformation and conspiracy theories. To address this concern, an interdisciplinary team of computer scientists, physicists and social
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Taylor Swift fans urge her to pull music from Spotify amid Joe Rogan's mis
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): American singer-songwriter Taylor Swifts' fans have called on the star to pull her music from Spotify in solidarity with other artists protesting the music streamer's handling of the Joe Rogan and Neil Young feud.
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