{"id":11210,"date":"2020-04-27T18:35:19","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=11210"},"modified":"2020-04-27T18:35:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T13:05:19","slug":"no-reduction-in-retirement-age-of-central-government-employees-pib-fact-check-busts-fake-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/udaen.info\/?p=11210","title":{"rendered":"No reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees, PIB Fact Check busts fake news"},"content":{"rendered":"
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No reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees, PIB Fact Check busts fake news
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\u00a0PIB Delhi<\/div>\n
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Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau has today clarified in a tweet that Central Government is not mulling a reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees. The tweet was a response to an article printed on a web portal which claimed that the Government of India is likely\u00a0 to reduce the retirement age to 50.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1254266971777953793?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

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In another tweet PIB Fact Check today busted a fake news doing the rounds on WhatsApp that claimed Government is going to bring an Act which will require all salaried persons to deposit 18%. The tweet clarified that Government is considering introduction of no such law. The tweet also advised people not to forward unverified information.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIBFactCheck\/status\/1254336404265435136?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

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A fact check was performed by PIB Assam about a news published in Manipur claiming the District Hospital in Tamenglong was suffering from a lack of infrastructure and equipment amidst the coronavirus crisis. The State Health Department had earlier rebutted the claim made in the article.<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/twitter.com\/PIB_Guwahati\/status\/1254076665954742272?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n

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In order to check the spread of fake news on social media and following observations of the Supreme Court, PIB set up a dedicated unit to bust rumours getting viral on the social media.\u00a0\u2018PIBFactCheck\u2019\u00a0is a verified handle on Twitter that continuously monitors trending messages on social media platforms and conducts comprehensive review of its contents to bust fake news. Besides, PIB_India handle and various PIB regional unit handles on Twitter are posting official and authentic version of any item on Twitter using the hashtag #PIBFactCheck for the benefit of the Twitter community at large.<\/p>\n

Any person can submit to PIBFactCheck any social media message, including text, audio and video, to verification of its authenticity. These can be submitted online on the portal\u00a0https:\/\/factcheck.pib.gov.in\/<\/a>\u00a0or on Whatsapp No. +918799711259 or email:\u00a0pibfactcheck@gmail.com<\/a>. The details are also available on PIB website:\u00a0https:\/\/pib.gov.in<\/a><\/p>\n

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No reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees, PIB Fact Check busts fake news \u00a0PIB Delhi Fact Check Unit of Press Information Bureau has today clarified in a tweet that Central Government is not mulling a reduction in retirement age of Central Government employees. The tweet was a response to an article printed on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-covid19","category-information"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t