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…
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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…
New Delhi, Feb 18 (IANS) The Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check unit on Wednesday dismissed as false a viral claim circulating on social media that Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw described a Chinese robot showcased at Galgotias University as an Indian robot.The clarification came after a post by a handle named “China Pulse” alleged that Union Minister Vaishnaw had stated that a robot presented at Galgotias University was Indian, even though it was Chinese.The post claimed that the Mini…
New Delhi, Jan 6 (IANS) The Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry on Tuesday issued a fact check, declaring as “misleading” a video of a swinging gondola of the upcoming Varanasi Ropeway shared on social media with allegations of it being unsafe.Though the service is not open for public use yet, the social media video caused concern among citizens who mistook the claims that the swaying mid-air gondola was unfit.Countering the misinformation propagated by a social media user, the Pess …
New Delhi, Jan 2 (IANS) The Central government on Friday rebutted fake information being circulated on social media platforms, claiming that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) would stop Rs 500 currency notes from ATMs by March 2026.PIB Fact Check, a fact-checking arm of Press Information Bureau (PIB), posted on X that such posts are completely fake.”RBI to stop Rs 500 notes from ATMs by March 2026. Some social media posts claim that the Reserve Bank of India will discontinue the circulation of Rs …
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Press Information Bureau’s (PIB) Fact Check unit on Wednesday dismissed as fake claims circulating on social media that AI-generated images were used to secure the National Water Awards.In a post, PIB Fact Check said some social media users alleged that AI-generated images, invitation cards and minor pits were falsely projected as large water reservoirs to obtain awards under the Jal Shakti Abhiyan–Jan Bhagidari (JSJB).“These claims are fake,” the unit said.C…