New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Ahead of Assembly elections in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu on April 23, the ECI clarified on Saturday that entry of media persons into polling stations for coverage shall be strictly regulated by the presiding officers. “Any misuse of Authority Letters is strictly prohibited. Photography/videography is strictly prohibited inside the voting compartment so as not to violate the secrecy of the vote,” said the ECI in a statement.The Election Commission of India (E…
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New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The fact-checking unit of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has dismissed reports circulating online, which claimed that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has introduced new guidelines permitting the exchange of discontinued currency.The fact-checking unit dismissed these claims as fake, clarifying that the RBI has made no such announcement.“Some news reports claim that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued new guidelines to exchange discontinued currency notes. …
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) India has emerged as a credible voice across the world for climate justice, equity and sustainable development, demonstrating that conservation and climate action are mutually reinforcing pillars of growth, and that prosperity for the people and protection of the planet can proceed together. It is one of the world’s 17 mega-biodiverse countries, accounting for nearly 8 per cent of all recorded species worldwide, despite occupying just 2.4 per cent of the global land are…
New Delhi, April 7 (IANS) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Tuesday issued a fact-check against the circulation of a fake letter in the name of the National Medical Commission (NMC) over the purported implementation of a national final year MBBS qualifying examination or the National Exit Test (NExT).The PIB issued a note along with an image of the fake letter purportedly issued by the NMC last week.“Beware of a fake letter circulating in the name of the National Medical Commission,” sai…
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) The government’s Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) has published 2,913 fact checks across its official social media platforms, dispelling a range of fake claims related to the Union government — including deepfakes, AI-generated and misleading videos, notifications, letters and websites, an official statement said on Wednesday.”During Operation Sindoor, the PIB Fact Check Unit actively identified misinformation and hostile narratives circulating …
New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) has flagged a fake message circulating on social media that claims State Bank of India’s (SBI) YONO app accounts will be blocked if users do not update their Aadhaar details immediately. The purported message instructs recipients to download an APK file titled “SBI KYC AADHAR UPDATE” and install it to avoid disruption of services.The warning, which appears to be a phishing attempt, is designed to mislead account holders into sha…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Union government, on Tuesday, cautioned citizens against a cyber fraud being perpetrated by scamsters using fake notices from “Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)” or “Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)” that warn phone customers about possible SIM card blockage. Issuing a factcheck to declare such notices from “BSNL” and “TRAI” as fake, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) advised citizens to exercise caution and not fall in the trap of scamsters, who migh…
Chennai, March 10 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said he will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for a slew of development projects covering petroleum, natural gas, roads, railways and other infrastructure sectors in Tiruchirappalli tomorrow (March 11). Sharing details of the upcoming initiatives on social media platform X, Prime Minister Modi wrote: “In Tiruchirappalli tomorrow, I will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for development projects covering petroleum, natu…
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Press Information Bureau’s (PIB) Fact Check unit on Tuesday dismissed as fake a viral claim on social media that India had shared the location of an Iranian naval ship with Israel, reportedly based on an AI-generated video of Indian Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi that was widely circulated by Pakistani propaganda accounts and later amplified by a Turkish newspaper. According to PIB Fact Check, the Turkish newspaper Yeni Safak cited the manipulated video and c…
New Delhi, March 7 (IANS) The government on Saturday dismissed as false the claims circulating on social media that the Centre is planning to create a new Union Territory by combining certain districts from Bihar and West Bengal located near the strategically important Siliguri corridor.The Press Information Bureau (PIB), the government’s official fact-checking agency, clarified that the claim has no basis and urged people not to rely on unverified information circulating online.”Social media po…