Overcrowded train with migrants from Maharashtra to West Bengal? PIB fact checks
Since the outbreak of coronavirus COVID-19 and the nationwide lockwide imposed in India to curb the spread of the deadly pathogen, there has been several fake news articles, viral stories, photos and videos on circulating on social media platforms.
May 17, 2020, 16:51 PM IST
UPSC exams cancelled due to coronavirus COVID-19? No, it's fake news: PIB's fact check
The Press Information Bureau (PIB) refuted news doing the rounds about the cancellation of all Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) exams in view of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak. The government agency tweeted a fact-check on its official twitter handle calling the information as fake.
Apr 19, 2020, 20:36 PM IST
PIB fact checks media report claiming PM Narendra Modi didn’t consult COVID-19 taskforce before extending lockdown
The government agency took to Twitter to reject the media report.
Apr 15, 2020, 14:33 PM IST
PIB fact checks media report claiming government may slash employees' pension by 30% amid coronavirus COVID-19 crisis
The rumour was triggered after the Union Cabinet promulgated an ordinance to reduce the salaries, allowances and pensions of MPs by 30 per cent for a year.
Apr 10, 2020, 12:29 PM IST
PIB fact checks viral audio clip claiming sellers licking or spitting on vegetables, fruits to spread coronavirus COVID-19 as fake
The PIB’s Fact Check Twitter handle debunked this claim as ‘false’ through a tweet.
Apr 10, 2020, 11:07 AM IST
PIB rejects media report claiming COVID-19 tracker AarogyaSetu is a surveillance App
The government launched the AarogyaSetu app to track COVID-19 patients in the country. The ArogyaSetu app has been made available on both Android and iOS devices.
Apr 07, 2020, 09:55 AM IST
US sets new global record with nearly 1,500 coronavirus COVID-19 deaths in 24 hours
The United States, which has become the new COVID-19 hotspot in the world after China, recorded nearly 1,500 deaths due to the coronavirus pandemic in a span of 24 hours. This is the highest number of fatalities registered in a day globally since the pandemic began last December in China, according to the figures collected by Washington-based Johns Hopkins University`s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE),
Apr 04, 2020, 10:57 AM IST
PIB fact checks rumours about PM Narendra Modi’s appeal to switch off lights for 9 minutes
Calling such posts “rumours/unscientific reasoning”, the PIB’s Fact Check Twitter handle has requested people not to fall for such messages.
Apr 04, 2020, 10:04 AM IST
Fire at New Delhi's Shastri Bhawan, rescue operations underway
A fire broke-out in New Delhi's Shastri Bhawan on Monday morning. Four fire tenders are on spot.
Jul 31, 2017, 09:55 AM IST
India's Industrial growth contracts by 2.4%, inflation falls to 5.05%
India's annual retail inflation eased by 100 basis points to 5.05 percent in August, but factory output again dipped to a negative growth of (-)2.4 percent in July from an expansion of 1.95 percent in the moth before, official data showed on Monday.
Sep 12, 2016, 17:52 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi's photoshopped image goes viral; PIB deletes tweet
After the goof-up caught the attention of the twitteratis, PIB deleted the tweet but offered no explanation. The photos have since gone viral on social media.
Dec 03, 2015, 22:22 PM IST