Fake news, misinformation and disinformation are three seemingly similar yet subtly different aspects of the same phenomena that we at Newschecker deal with on a regular basis. While misinformation refers to false information that is with no intention to mislead, fake news and disinformation are more targeted, well crafted and aimed at misleading people into …
The viral video is a compilation of three earthquakes, only the first of which is from Nepal and dates back to 2015.The other clips are old and not from Nepal Two earthquakes with a magnitude of 4.7 and 5.3 struck Nepal in the early hours of Wednesday December 28, 2022. While no deaths or property …
New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) The Air Suvidha portal became live once more on Saturday for air passengers coming from certain countries to upload their negative RT-PCR test report. According to the latest guidelines, passengers arriving from China, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Thailand and Japan have to mandatorily upload a negative RT-PCR report on …
Several social media users are circulating a message that claims that the WHO has taken a U-turn on coronavirus, terming it a seasonal ailment. Newschecker also received the claim on our Whatsapp tipline, which stated that COVID is a seasonal illness that happens during a change of weather and that neither the patient needs to …
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New Delhi, Dec 31 (IANS) India reported 226 fresh Covid cases on Saturday in the last 24 hours, a marginal decline against against the 243 infections registered the previous day, the Union Health Ministry said. The active caseload currently stood at 3,653 cases, accounting for 0.01 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The …
To say that 2022 was exciting in terms of news and events would be an understatement. From Ukraine-Russia war to Queen Elizabeth’s demise, from Rishi Sunak becoming the British PM to Imran Khan losing his position as Pakistan’s premier, from the uprising in Iran following Mahsa Amini’s death to the much controversial Qatar WC, the …
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Los Angeles, Dec 31 (IANS) There have been at least 20 million illnesses, 210,000 hospitalisations, and 13,000 deaths from flu so far this season in the US, according to the latest estimates released by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Seasonal influenza activity remains high but continues to decline in most areas, …
As a winter storm swept through Northern America, resulting in 60 fatalities in the US alone, scores of videos and images, purportedly connected to the blizzard, have found their way to the internet. In this background, a video of a man rescuing a deer whose snout is frozen in a thick block of snow is …
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New Delhi, Dec 30 (IANS) In a significant achievement strengthening the country’s health infrastructure, India has surpassed a notable landmark, as 150,000 Ayushman Bharat Health and Wellness Centres (AB-HWCs) have been operationalised before December 31, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya congratulated the nation on this achievement and said that …
As the world braced for a new possible wave of Covid-19, misinformation regarding it also revived with the deadly virus. An old video of a group of doctors falsely claiming coronavirus is nothing but the seasonal flu virus is doing rounds on social media. The viral video has now been attributed to World Health Organization …
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