SIT to be formed, role of Bajrang Dal's Monu Manesar being probed: Haryana DGP on communal clashesAn SIT will investigate cases of communal violence across Haryana, focusing on the role of Bajrang Dal's Monu Manesar in the clashes and th...
02 Aug, 2023, 01.38 PM IST
Haryana Violence: VHP to hold protest in Noida on WednesdayRight-wing group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has planned a major demonstration to protest against communal violence in Haryana. The VHP’s y...
02 Aug, 2023, 10.14 AM IST
Haryana seeks 20 RAF companies to maintain law and order in NuhThe Haryana government has requested 20 companies of the Rapid Action Force from the Centre to manage the law and order situation in Nuh di...
01 Aug, 2023, 12.10 PM IST
Two home guards killed, 15 injured as mobs pelt stones at procession in NuhTwo home guards were killed and at least 15 others, including several policemen, were injured on Monday as a mob in Haryana's Nuh district ...
01 Aug, 2023, 01.34 AM IST
VHP launches mass protest against Karnataka govt's decision to repeal anti-conversion law"But, it seems that the Congress government has bowed down before the illegal conversion gang. Their the pressure on the state government i...
17 Jun, 2023, 08.22 PM IST
NDTV shares climb 5%, take winning run to 5th dayThe company earlier on Monday said its promoter group has written to India market regulator asking it to clarify whether the regulator's or...
29 Aug, 2022, 01.15 PM IST
Bhopal hospital where 4 infants died didn't receive fire NOC in 15 years: ReportsThe state's Medical Education Minister Vishvas Sarang said the matter is currently being probed. Sarang had earlier explained that a short-...
09 Nov, 2021, 04.39 PM IST
Facebook adds its first health fact-checking partner in IndiaFacebook said the move is aimed at combating Covid-19 and all other health-related misinformation on the platform
16 Jun, 2021, 05.36 PM IST
Facebook's third party fact checkers form new fact-checking consortium for 2021 Assembly pollsWhatsApp said the Ekta consortium is a pilot exercise and the groups involved hope to use this experience to improve on how such collaborat...
08 Apr, 2021, 06.08 PM IST
2020 was most volatile, chaotic for misinformation in India, says Facebook fact checkerFact Crescendo is among eight fact-checkers that Facebook has engaged in India, making it the country with the second most number of third-...
05 Feb, 2021, 10.16 AM IST
US elections 2020: Facebook India fact checker NewsMobile and UC Berkeley startup FakeNetAI to detect deep fakes on social mediaOther fact checkers said while Facebook has not issued any new guidelines or instructions to Indian fact checkers for the US elections and ...
30 Sep, 2020, 03.26 PM IST
It's upto Facebook to respond on its fact checking programme, say FB fact-checkers after IT minister raises concernsIn February last year, ahead of India's general elections, Facebook had expanded its third-party fact-checking programme by adding five new...
03 Sep, 2020, 07.16 PM IST
IFCN launches WhatsApp chatbot about COVID-19 in HindiWhatsApp has over 400 million users in India, where around 44 per cent of the population understands the Hindi language. The IFCN, therefor...
11 Jun, 2020, 10.55 PM IST
After rejig, Facebook users will get fake news alertsFacebook started a pilot fact-checking program in Karnataka last year through a partnership with fact-checking portal Boom, followed by one...
12 Dec, 2019, 08.01 AM IST
Alarming lessons from Facebook's push to stop fake news in IndiaFacebook, Twitter Inc. and Google parent Alphabet Inc. are discovering the harsh reality that disinformation and hate speech are even more ...
21 May, 2019, 08.54 AM IST
Facebook introduces fact checking in more local Indian languages, provides additional funding to partnersThe newest languages are Urdu and Punjabi. Before that it was Tamil and Gujarati. So Facebook now has 10 languages in which fact-checking h...
27 Apr, 2019, 08.26 AM IST
Facebook expands fact-checking network in India, adds 5 more partners to spot fake newsIt has also equipped checkers with tools to review photos and videos to "help identify and take action against more types of misinformation...
11 Feb, 2019, 03.02 PM IST