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Fact check: No, anaesthetics won't kill vaccinated people; false claim causing panic [truth here]

A viral social media post is claiming that vaccinated people could die if anaesthetics are induced within a month of taking the jab. The claim couldn't be farther from the truth.

Jun 17, 2021

From veteran actor to DYFI leader: Kerala actress releases list of alleged sexual offenders [details]

Apart from Siddique and Shiju, Revathy Sampath alleged that a police sub-inspector had also sexually harassed her.

Jun 16, 2021

Parliament IT panel summons Twitter over allegations of misuse of its platform

Twitter has been asked to testify before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology about how to prevent the platform from being exploited

Jun 15, 2021

Covid third wave: Astrologer predicts timeline of next virus outbreak, and it is near

The astrologer predicted that a mutated strain of coronavirus could trigger the third wave of Covid in India

Jun 15, 2021

Myanmar possesses powerful surveillance tools; can extract deleted phone data & more [details]

While the companies have said that all further sales have been halted and the previous sales occurred before the coup, this does not change the fact that Myanmar authorities can now have the tools which give them unprecedented access.

Jun 14, 2021

PAK charities raise millions to help India in COVID fight; terrorists groups pocket funds [details]

In the name of COVID aid, Pakistan-linked charities have pocketed millions of dollars raised in the name of helping India.

Jun 14, 2021

Fake FB profiles of friends demand money; look for original accounts only

Beware: Crooks clone FB profiles of friends to demand money [details]

In a new kind of cybercrime, crooks have turned to Facebook in order to make quick money solely based on trust factor.

Jun 13, 2021

CISF imposters dupe people of thousands of rupees; take advance payment, go into hiding

EXPOSED: Moving out sale a fraud; beware of ads by CISF imposters on FB, Olx [details]

IBTimes has discovered a fraud after many complaints from people who've been duped of thousands of rupees by a CISF imposter trying to sell his household items.

Jun 11, 2021

China-based hackers luring Indians into fake Tata Motors scam on free gifts

A harmful free gift campaign posing as an offer from Tata Motors has been found by the research arm of the New Delhi-based CyberPeace Foundation, which is gathering customers' data and tracing it back to Chinese hackers.

Jun 10, 2021

Trinamool turncoats giving tough time to BJP

West Bengal politics is going through a rough patch, with Trinamool-turned-BJP leaders causing the saffron brigade some humiliation. It caused a ruckus in political circles, causing the BJP's disciplinary committee to take notice.

Jun 9, 2021

Instagram hides certain posts; Its CEO explains how the platform decides what you see

In a bid to address misconceptions that Instagram intentionally hides certain posts, its CEO Adam Mosseri has explained in detail how the Facebook-owned photo sharing platform decides what the users see.

Jun 9, 2021

FB to show creators how much money they pay to Apple, Google as WWDC21 opens

As Apple presented its flagship WWDC21 developer conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that the social network will show creators how much money Apple and Google are actually taking from them via their respective app stores.

Jun 8, 2021

G7 decision to force Amazon, Facebook, Google pay tax where their services are sold

The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has hailed the G-7 agreement on Saturday when the world's richest nations agreed to close cross-border tax loopholes used by some of the biggest multinational companies and have decided to back a minimum global corporation tax rate of at least 15 per cent.

Jun 7, 2021

Covid Impact: From a big circus to an intimate celebration, Mindful Wedding is the new norm

It's the season of weddings in India and while the lockdown has its restrictions, there is no stopping the couples who wish to marry but weddings aren't the pompous affair they once used to be.