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NEET PG 2026 admit card to release on Aug 25; NBEMS flags fake paper leak claims
August 25, 2026 9:22 am
The warning comes ahead of the NEET PG 2026 that has been scheduled for August 30. NBEMS will conduct the post-graduate medical entrance exam on Sunday in a single shift at over 1,300 examination centres in 340 cities across the country.
BPSC 72nd Combined (Preliminary) Competitive exam notice circulating on internet is fake
August 07, 2026 10:43 am
The fake notice contains invalid information regarding the Integrated 72nd Combined (Preliminary) competitive examination and other examinations proposed by the BPSC for the year 2026. The commission has urged candidates to rely only on the authorised information uploaded on the official website.
After 2 years, Karnataka to revive fake news tracking unit
June 30, 2026 5:08 pm
The Information Disorder Tracking Unit had a 90-day trial run between March and July 2024, during which it tracked thousands of fake news posts.
Fact, opinion or evidence: The difference matters more than ever
April 06, 2026 7:42 pm
Students can be trained in formal methodology, but critical thinking, ckepticism, and evidence-based reasoning are universal skills. In a democracy, increasingly driven by data, the ability to question information is not optional. It is essential
Derek O’Brien writes: Fake news, deepfakes and influencers — welcome to elections 2026
January 16, 2026 7:06 am
Some thoughts on the intersection of media and politics from an ever-eager student of both
Human or fish, no one is safe from fake news
December 12, 2025 7:41 am
If misinformation is unavoidable, wisdom lies in becoming more discerning and renewing the quest for knowledge. For fish and humans, one mantra could help: Don’t follow the herd, follow the science
To curb ‘fake news’, panel backs mandatory fact-check mechanism
September 11, 2025 7:49 am
The Standing Committee on Communications and Information Technology, headed by BJP MP Nishikant Dubey, is said to be in favour of recommending the mandatory presence of a fact-checking mechanism and internal ombudsman in all media organisations.
US President Donald Trump blamed AI and embraced doing so. Is it becoming the new 'fake news'?
September 05, 2025 9:59 am
Trump's history of misinformation and even lies to suit his narrative predates AI.
Karnataka's Fake News Bill: Why is a Congress government bent on passing a new Rowlatt Act?
July 04, 2025 8:03 pm
Far from safeguarding public discourse, the Bill sets the stage for silencing it. This legislation mirrors India’s long history of intrusive state control, coming despite prior judicial rulings that struck down similar provisions in the draconian IT Rules, 2021
If the draft fake news Bill is the cure for misinformation, Karnataka may have to ban irony next
July 03, 2025 7:13 pm
The Bill creates a potent risk for satire as people are often fooled into believing it is true. Fortunately, the Bill is not constitutionally tenable
FAKE NEWS VIDEOS
Meet the KGB spies who invented fake news
June 22, 2020 6:11 pm
The New York Times reveals how one of the biggest fake news stories ever concocted — the 1984 AIDS-is-a-biological-weapon hoax — went viral in the pre-Internet era. Meet the KGB cons who invented it, and the “truth squad” that quashed it. For a bit.
Ravi Shankar Prasad tells Parliament about the plan to control WhatsApp rumours
June 22, 2020 6:20 pm
The Union Minister made an elaborate speech in the Rajya Sabha where he listed out the various incidents of violence - like lynching - which were reported because of rumour-mongering on WhatsApp and laid out the plan to tackle it.
Stop planting fake news through papers: Ashutosh tells BS Bassi
January 19, 2016 9:01 am
New Delhi, Jan 19 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) spokesperson Ashutosh on Tuesday alleged that Delhi police Commissioner BS Bassi has been planting fake news through papers in connection with the ink attack on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. Ashutosh added that Bassi should disclose the name of the police personnel, who was asked to get off the stage. He further accused Delhi Commissioner for compromising the security of Delhi CM by disclosing minor details of security in public.
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