The Fact Check department of the Press Information Bureau (PIB) of India has confirmed a statement about Covid-19 inputs, circulating widely on WhatsApp, to be fake news. The statement, in
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With coronavirus cases on the rise once again across the country, grim scenarios from last year threaten to make an uninvited entry. At the district level, Visakhapatnam too has been
A message claiming that schools in Andhra Pradesh will be closed from 1 March to 4 May, owing to the rise in Covid-19 cases, has gone viral on social media.
A 30-second long video, showing a crane and a vessel overturning as the latter unloads weight onto the ship’s deck, has been going viral on WhatsApp of late with a
The internet gives access to a vast trove of information. Amid the growing influence of electronic media, it has become equally challenging to combat fake news. The novel coronavirus has
Tollywood actor Vijay Deverakonda released an online message to counter, and kill, the spreading of fake news. This began when the Tollywood actor had started a fundraising drive, through his
With the coronavirus pandemic stirring panic among citizens, misinformation and false claims have been setting the social media ablaze. From unverified claims being rampantly circulated on WhatsApp to morphed images
