Why facts must be checked
April 2 stands as a quiet corrective in a noisy world. Celebrated as International Fact-Checking Day, it arrives right after April Fools’ Day, almost as a moral counterweight.
April 2 stands as a quiet corrective in a noisy world. Celebrated as International Fact-Checking Day, it arrives right after April Fools’ Day, almost as a moral counterweight.
'The Maharashtra cyber crime has been asked to step up and take strict action against those who post fake or misleading information on social media platforms,' Anil Deshmukh added.
Perhaps, the reason is the onset of the Spring after the deadly winter that makes people lighthearted and joyful or perhaps it is the shift from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in the middle ages.
There could be “cruel” jokes like stirring a spoonful of salt instead of sugar in a cup of tea or setting up a dinner date with a friendly couple who could find the apartment locked, only to be treated at a nearby restaurant a while later. If all this is meant to lift people out of the drudgery of their daily lives, there should be nothing to complain about
The prank claims that users who change their birth-year to 2007 on the platform would get access to new profile colour schemes, admin privileges and possibly the blue tick of verification.
KXIP will start their campaign against Delhi based team with a home game in Mohali.
Novelist Chetan Bhagat on Sunday announced that he would join Congress as the country needed to be ‘fixed’. The author…
April Fools’ Day is celebrated today across the world, though it originated in Europe. With time, the day has thrown up some memorable pranks. Here are a few notable ones.
