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WHO denies issuing warning of 50,000 COVID-19 deaths in India by A
Updated : 2 weeks, 2 days ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) has refuted reports claiming that it has issued a warning on 50,000 fatalities due to COVID-19 in India by April 15.
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Twitter promises action against fake news ahead of 2021 assembly e
Updated : 4 weeks, 1 day ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 24 (ANI): As the upcoming assembly elections in India are fast approaching, microblogging platform Twitter announced that it has implemented significant product, policy, and enforcement updates to keep the service safe from attempts to manipulate the platform.
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Reliance Industries Limited refutes reports of Nita Ambani joining
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 17 (ANI): Reliance Industries Limited on Wednesday said that the news on a proposal to make Reliance Industries Executive Director Nita Ambani a visiting professor at Banaras Hindu University is false.
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Election commission files FIR against fake news about EVM hacking
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 11 (ANI): Taking stern action against fake news, the Election Commission (EC) of India on Thursday lodged an FIR against the fake news about EVM hacking attributed to Former Chief Election Commissioner of India TS Krishnamurthy circulated over the internet.
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Centralised data of internet shutdown not maintained by ministry:
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Wednesday replied in Rajya Sabha about the methodology of the Centre to control fake news and misinformation during tensions and riots and internet shutdowns are a prescribed method.
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Woman, allegedly beaten by former Union minister, denies reports
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 9 (ANI): Hemalata, the woman who was allegedly beaten by former Union minister Ashok Gajapati Raju, on Monday denied any such incident having taken place and accused the YSR Congress of twisting the matter and spreading fake news.
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Delhi Police uses social media for public outreach, follows four-p
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Delhi Police has been effectively using social media for better public outreach and redressal besides following a four-pronged strategy to bust 'fake news'.
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AP govt launches fact check website, twitter account to curb fake
Updated : 1 month, 2 weeks ago IST
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], March 5 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Friday launched the AP Fact Check website and Twitter account at his camp office in Andhra Pradesh's Amaravati.
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Fake-news matter will be heard by new bench, says Delhi HC after a
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 26 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Friday adjourned the hearing on a petition seeking to frame the necessary guidelines and to constitute a committee for handling fake-news on various social handles and said that the matter will be heard by a new bench.
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8 Twitter handles booked for spreading false information on Unnao
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Unnao (Uttar Pradesh) [India], February 23 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday filed an FIR against eight Twitter handles for spreading false and inflammatory information in connection to the case where three girls were found unconscious in an agricultural field in Unnao's Asoha, out of wh
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Toolkit used by Greta Thunberg intended to target India, its inter
Updated : 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 16 (ANI): The toolkit used by teen climate activist Greta Thunberg regarding the farmers' protest was part of an elaborate design that was under play since 2007 and involved several shady companies in the US, fake foreign experts and even ghost entities to target
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SC issues notice to Centre, Twitter over plea seeking check on con
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 12 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Centre and microblogging platform Twitter and others on a plea seeking a mechanism to check content and advertisements spreading hatred through fake news and instigative messages through bogus accounts.
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