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'Intellectually dishonest': Congress slams govt assertion on India being among 'most equal' countries
July 07, 2025 1:52 pm
The Congress demanded that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) must clarify as to the origins of this press release and retract it immediately.
Brinda Karat on electoral bonds data: Who pays, who wins
March 23, 2024 10:14 am
Unlike other parties, the CPI(M) did not open an electoral bond account with the SBI. It is this — opposition to the corrupt scheme in policy and practice — that established the bona fides of the CPI(M) as a petitioner and why its petition was accepted by the Supreme Court.
Express View on SC stay on Fact Check Unit: Judge, jury, executioner
March 23, 2024 10:15 am
On the face of it, the FCU is violative of Article 19 of the Constitution -- the right to free speech. Democratic politics is an open contestation of ideas and personalities. The Centre must rethink
PIB’s fact-checking unit: Can the Centre decide what is true about itself and what is not?
March 21, 2024 6:29 pm
Misinformation about a fact should be tackled but it should be done by an independent body. The central government here is the judge, jury, and executioner in its own case. It decides and intermediaries must comply under threat of prosecution
Centre notifies its own fact check unit under PIB: What is it?
March 20, 2024 10:30 pm
Earlier, the News Broadcasters & Digital Association had said the fact-checking unit will 'have a chilling effect on the media' and should be withdrawn.
PIB fact-check unit exposes 9 YouTube channels for fake news
December 01, 2023 9:41 pm
Officials said these channels misattributed derogatory statements to persons occupying constitutional positions, including the Chief Justice of India, Prime Minister and Chief Election Commissioner.
It's Akashvani now, Prasar Bharati drops references to AIR
May 05, 2023 4:15 pm
All India Radio was referred to as 'Akashvani' by renowned poet Rabindranath Tagore in a poem he had written for the inauguration of the Calcutta shortwave service in 1939.
Rajesh Malhotra PIB’s new Principal DG
March 01, 2023 9:21 am
Malhotra, already designated as the Principal D-G, was handling the media and communication division of the ministries of Finance, and Corporate Affairs.
PIB busted 1,100 cases of fake news in 3 years: Anurag Thakur in House
February 08, 2023 7:39 am
Thakur’s statement was in response to a question on fake news by Kerala Congress MPs K Muraleedharan and Benny Behanan on whether the government has taken cognizance of the increase in fake news cases as reflected in the data published by the NCRB.
Indian Journalists Union opposes move to empower PIB to act on ‘fake news’, seeks intervention of MPs
February 03, 2023 1:07 am
The IJU said that amending the IT rules to authorise PIB to scrutinise news and remove it from online platforms would amount to censorship ‘akin to what was imposed during the Emergency’.
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