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Pension department launches integrated portal for govt retirees: Know more

Digital empowerment of pensioners is being implemented through various means such as Digital Life Certificates and Bhavishya Portal

Editors Guild welcomes Supreme Court stay on PIB's fact-checking unit

Editors Guild of India on Thursday welcomed the Supreme Court's order staying the Centre's notification setting up a fact-checking unit under the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to identify fake news about the Central government. The fact check unit was notified on March 20 under Information Technology Rules, 2021, by the Ministry of Electronics and IT, amid concerns voiced by civil society groups and media outlets about the possibility of its misuse for potential censorship. "EGI welcomes the stay on the Fact Checking Unit under the IT Rules 2021, by the Supreme Court of India," the Guild said in a statement here. The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the notification setting up a fact-checking unit under the PIB to identify fake news about the Union government.

Centre's 'fact-checking unit' notification stayed by Supreme Court

The court also said the validity of the rules involves serious Constitutional questions and impacts the fundamental right to speech and expression

Supreme Court stays govt notification on setting up of fact-check units

Comedian Kunal Kamra, the Editors Guild of India, and the Association of Indian Magazines challenged the formation of FCUs to monitor social media content on government

Meity notifies fact check unit under PIB as official unit for Centre

The fact check unit under the Press Information Bureau will be the fact check unit for the central government, according to an official notification issued by Meity on Wednesday. The fact check unit has been notified under IT Rules of 2021. "The central government hereby notifies the Fact Check Unit under the Press Information Bureau of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting as the fact check unit of the Central Government for the purposes of the said sub-clause, in respect of any business of the Central Government," the notification said.

Green hydrogen at a crossroads

The cost-effectiveness of producing white hydrogen is raising concerns among those who placed early bets on green hydrogen

PIB fact check unit busts nine YouTube channels spreading fake news

The Press Information Bureau's fact check unit has busted nine YouTube channels allegedly spreading fake news and misinformation in India, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting said on Friday. These nine YouTube channels identified by the PIB's fact check unit are Bharat Ekta News', Bajrang Education', Bj News', Sansani Live TV', GVT News', Daily Study', Ab Bolega Bharat', Sarkari Yojana Official' and Aapke Guruji', according to a list released by the ministry. "The PIB Fact Check Unit (FCU) has busted nine YouTube channels spreading fake news and misinformation in India. The Fact Check Unit released multiple fact-checks in nine separate Twitter threads to counter the false information spread by these channels," the ministry said. Their subscribers' base ranges from 11,700 to 34.70 lakh. These YouTube channels misattributed derogatory statements to persons occupying constitutional positions, including the Chief Justice of India, Prime Minister, Chief Election Commissioner, t

No business leaders invited for G20 dinner, PIB terms report 'misleading'

PIB Fact Check, the government arm which busts fake news and misinformation related to the government, categorically said, "No business leaders have been invited to the dinner (on Saturday)"

Not PIB, MeitY-led team may scrutinise news items to mark them as fake news

The decision drew harsh criticism from the supporters of free speech in the country

Withdraw 'draconian' amendments notified to IT Rules, says Editors Guild

Guild urged the govt to withdraw the IT Amendment Rules and hold consultations with media organisations and press bodies, as it had promised earlier

Trusted fact checkers: Govt to work with tech majors to create a framework

Deepfakes are videos creating delusion with the use of deep learning, other artificial intelligence techniques and photoshopping to make images of fake events

Draft IT rule amendments to impact press in India: Indian Newspaper Society

INS has asked the ministry to drop the proposed amendment

A step too far

'Fake news' rules will damage press freedom

Govt to hold public consultation on fact-checking rule for online content

Invites comments on new rule asking online platforms to remove content flagged fake or false by its fact-checking mechanisms

Govt alone cannot determine fake news, says Editors Guild of India

The Guild said that already multiple laws exist to deal with content that is found to be factually incorrect

Vague, arbitrary, draconian: Editors Guild on PIB accreditation guidelines

'These guidelines have been introduced without any prior consultation with journalists' bodies, media organisations or any other relevant stakeholders'

Govt to use RBI money to support struggling NBFCs for just three months

NBFCs cry foul as they were expecting a two-three year support

Newborn named 'Lockdown' to show support for PM's appeal to stay indoors

The child was born on Monday, almost a week into the lockdown in the country

No plan to extend 21-day coronavirus lockdown: Govt quashes rumours

Following the lockdown, there has been a massive exodus of migrant workers from big cities to their villages after being rendered jobless.

30 states and UTs in complete lockdown over coronavirus outbreak

Six other states have put in place similar restrictions in some areas in the wake of the outbreak