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17 Oct 2019, 16:55

Mumbai police is closely watching social media for fake news around elections

The Mumbai police cyber cell has joined hands with Logically — a technology startup working out the inaccuracies and bias — to detect fake news.
It is monitoring the social media platforms — Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and WhatsApp — for 20 days now.
Any violations or problematic content will be reported to the Election Commission of India.
A team of 20 fact-checkers and verification experts has been formulated to detect, track and report fake news.

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Tourism Australia's aim to attract around 5,00,000 Indian visitors in 2020-21 could contribute AUD 2.5 billion to its economy

17 Oct 2019, 15:49

Tourism Australia's aim to attract around 5,00,000 Indian visitors in 2020-21 could contribute AUD 2.5 billion to its economy

Half a million Indian visitors expected to travel to the host nation of the ICC Women and Men’s T20 World Cup in 2020-21 and potentially spend up to AUD 2.5 billion
Australia’s Minister for Tourism, Simon Birmingham, provided additional funding of AUD 5 million to promote the upcoming World Cups to the fans in India
ICC and Tourism Australia aim to make ICC T20 Women’s World Cup the largest sporting spectacles in the world

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Total assets of ten poorest Haryana Assembly election candidates is just over ₹1 lakh — Total assets of ten poorest Haryana Assembly election candidates is just over ₹1 lakh
17 Oct 2019, 15:18 by Preeti Soni

Zomato's second food festival will kick off on November 2 from Jaipur — Zomato's second food festival will kick off on November 2 from Jaipur
17 Oct 2019, 17:14 by IANS

HDIL promoters are willing to forego assets to pay off PMC Bank loans — HDIL promoters are willing to forego assets to pay off PMC Bank loans
17 Oct 2019, 16:37 by IANS

Haryana has fewer women fighting for its few women — Haryana has fewer women fighting for its few women
17 Oct 2019, 15:11 by Prerna Sindwani

Criminal offenses among Haryana Election 2019 candidates on the rise — accusations of rape, attempted murder and rioting — Criminal offenses among Haryana Election 2019 candidates on the rise — accusations of rape, attempted murder and rioting
17 Oct 2019, 15:17 by Prabhjote Gill

Over 40% of Haryana Assembly Election 2019 candidates are crorepatis — Over 40% of Haryana Assembly Election 2019 candidates are crorepatis
17 Oct 2019, 15:02 by Sanchita Dash

The top richest Haryana Vidhan Sabha Election 2019 candidates are worth ₹1,200 crore — The top richest Haryana Vidhan Sabha Election 2019 candidates are worth ₹1,200 crore
17 Oct 2019, 13:02 by Preeti Soni

India’s national capital is giving the ‘odd-even’ scheme another go to battle air pollution — India’s national capital is giving the ‘odd-even’ scheme another go to battle air pollution
17 Oct 2019, 12:53 by Prabhjote Gill

Ola’s new self-driving service is priced 30% lower than competitors — Ola’s new self-driving service is priced 30% lower than competitors
17 Oct 2019, 13:00 by Sanchita Dash

Here's why researchers are worried about Elon Musk wanting to launch another 30,000 satellites — Here's why researchers are worried about Elon Musk wanting to launch another 30,000 satellites
17 Oct 2019, 12:02 by Prabhjote Gill

Meet Christina Koch and Jessica Meir — the two NASA astronauts who are going to walk for hours in space — Meet Christina Koch and Jessica Meir — the two NASA astronauts who are going to walk for hours in space
17 Oct 2019, 11:31 by Preeti Soni

Indian vague data regulations should change to aid innovation says Intel executive — Indian vague data regulations should change to aid innovation says Intel executive
17 Oct 2019, 09:10 by Prabhjote Gill

1,169 candidates in fray for 90 seats in Haryana — 1,169 candidates in fray for 90 seats in Haryana
17 Oct 2019, 12:10 by IANS

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Amazon's consumer business just shut down its last Oracle database, and says that it reduced its costs by 60% doing it

TCS fresh hires can double their salary if they pass an internal test

Kolkata has been home to six Nobel Prize winners

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