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Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has launched an official “fact check” portal to curb fake news propagated on online platforms. Reddy launched a website http://factcheck.ap.gov.in and a Twitter handle for the…

New Delhi: The government’s Press Information Bureau (PIB) has disclaimed media reports that CBSE Board examinees will have to register their attendance by the biometric system. The reports claimed that the decision was taken to check…

New Delhi: The protesting farmers believe that there is a ‘concerted effort’ to ‘malign’ their movement and show it in bad light. To counter misinformation about their ongoing protest, farmer organizations have launched an IT cell. The…

New Delhi: The Union government dismissed media reports of Serum Institute India (SII) and Bharat Biotech’s emergency use authorisation of COVID-19 vaccine being rejected and called it “fake.” According to a report earlier in the day, SII…

New Delhi: Former president of India Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit clarified that his father is stable and still alive. His reaction came after journalist Rajdeep Sardesai tweeted the news of former president’s death. “My Father Shri…

New Delhi: Islamophobia has risen after the Tablighi Jamaat congregation held in Delhi's Nizamuddin turned out to be India's biggest coronavirus hotspot. Much of this is being fueled by fake news circulating of social media along with…

Congress MP Digvijaya Singh on Tuesday demanded the framing of a law to regulate fake news and indecent language on social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook. Raising the issue during Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, the Congress…