What's your source? Paytm founder warns of fake news with Big B's 'KBC' video, Dr Nene calls last 2 yrs 'infodemic'Vijay Shekhar Sharma also remembered the fake FasTag video that went viral last week.
01 Jul, 2022, 05.44 PM IST
Can taking vitamins and supplements help you recover from Covid? Study illustrates some challengesSupplements can cause harm in the form of adverse effects, drug interactions and expense.
11 May, 2022, 09.25 PM IST
How social media led to a boost in consumption of Vitamin C-rich fruits, zinc supplements during Covid-19The concept of 'immunity-boosting foods' as a preventive strategy against Covid-19 gained a lot of traction during the pandemic.
04 Apr, 2022, 04.34 PM IST
Logically and NewsMobile launch pan-Indian media literacy programme to tackle Covid-19 misinformationThe misinformation tackling programme called Covishaala, aims to educate and inform people across India on the facts about Covid-19 and Cov...
24 Aug, 2021, 02.50 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi, Danish Premier & Rwandan President to launch 6th edition of Raisina Dialogue on TuesdayThe Raisina Dialogue is India’s flagship conference on geopolitics and geoeconomics, held annually since 2016. It is jointly organised by t...
12 Apr, 2021, 11.23 PM IST
State-sponsored terrorism leads to increase in discrimination against minorities: India"The scourge of terrorism has emerged as a major source of discrimination in our societies today. State-sponsored terrorism targeted agains...
19 Feb, 2021, 03.40 PM IST
The misinformation guide: Coronavirus created perfect conditions for conspiracy theoriesTheir claims were explosive, but the evidence was weak.
15 Feb, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
Google launches $3 mn fund to fight misinformation around Covid vaccineThe fund will accept projects looking to expand the audience of fact-checks.
13 Jan, 2021, 11.37 AM IST
Biggest threat to COVID-19 vaccination could be fake news and misinformationNow with hopes hanging on Covid-19 vaccines, the WHO and experts are warning those same phenomena may jeopardise roll-out of immunisation p...
26 Nov, 2020, 09.45 AM IST
Pakistan taking advantage of pandemic to enhance cross-border terrorism: IndiaFirst Secretary in India's Permanent Mission to the UN Ashish Sharma on Monday said the hate speech by Pakistan is not merely directed towa...
03 Nov, 2020, 12.16 PM IST
Pakistan continues to support cross-border terrorism taking advantage of COVID-19 pandemic: India at UNThe Indian diplomat also said that Pakistan is trying to create divisions among the religious communities as well. "Fortunately, their prov...
03 Nov, 2020, 08.21 AM IST
Infodemic forcing everyone to do their bit to curb misinformationTill recently, the onus of curbing the spread of such news and misinformation rested on social media and messaging platforms such as Facebo...
13 Oct, 2020, 06.34 AM IST
India, with 12 nations, leads initiative at UN to counter misinformation on COVID-19UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said that apart from fighting the deadly COVID-19 pandemic, the world is also seeing a "dangerous...
14 Jun, 2020, 11.18 AM IST
Experts warn companies to guard against fake news to tackle coronavirus crisis betterFalse claims and fake news, mostly forwarded through social media platforms, have also led to several cases of religion-based attacks, hate...
26 Apr, 2020, 10.39 AM IST
Government launches dedicated Twitter handle for COVID-19 updatesThe Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Tuesday set up a dedicated Twitter handle for sharing news and updates about the novel coro...
31 Mar, 2020, 08.25 PM IST
Coronavirus infodemic in its second stage: Fact checkersIn India, fact-checkers tell ET, the coronavirus infodemic is now in its second wave of sorts (the first one was China-focused in January),...
19 Mar, 2020, 08.16 AM IST
Infodemic hurting markets more than the virus: Here’s what to doGlobal efforts are being pulled in to contain and limit the virus through shutdowns and quarantines.
12 Mar, 2020, 06.03 PM IST