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
