While distrust in fake news is high, confidence in systemic solutions such as a free press remains low | Photo Credit: EVGENIY MALOLETKA In India, while there is widespread anxiety about misinformation and fake news, people largely do not attribute it to government influence. Instead, a relatively large share do not mind greater state censorship, … Read more
The police in Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh are currently contacting various foreign institutions to verify the claims of alleged fake cardiologist Narendra Vikramaditya Yadav alias Narendra John Camm that he pursued medical courses abroad, officers probing the case said on Thursday. Damoh Superintendent of Police Shrutkirti Somvanshi told The Hindu that Mr. Yadav, who is accused of impersonating U.K.-based cardiologist John Camm, has a legitimate MBBS degree from … Read more
Ben Godfrey BBC Midlands Today West Midlands Police Brian Pitts ran the operation with the help of his former partner, Katie Harlow, from a villa in Thailand A gang leader who co-ordinated a £4m fake Xanax drug-making operation in sheds and garages across the West Midlands has been jailed for eight years. Up to 11 … Read more
The office of K.C. Venugopal, MP, has lodged a police complaint over the creation of a fake Facebook account in his name. The complaint filed by K. Sarath Chandran, personal secretary to the Alappuzha MP, before District Police Chief M.P. Mohana Chandran, said that an unidentified individual had created a fake Facebook account impersonating Mr. … Read more
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar addresses an event on the 15th National Voters’ Day, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar requested political parties on Saturday (January 25, 2025) to avoid divisive campaigning, saying it can cause disillusionment among youngsters regarding the electoral process. … Read more
A fraudulent vehicle insurance policies and government documents racket was unearthed by the Shamshabad Special Operations Team (SOT) on Friday (January 17). Three men—Md Awyes (38), Buneti Shravan Kumar Goud (41), both working as Regional Transport Authority (RTA) agents, and Morsu Shiva Kumar (33)—were arrested. Ten others involved in the racket remain at large. The … Read more
Getty Images Towns like Vang Vieng in Laos – where the fatal poisonings took place – are known stops on the backpacking trail through South East Asia Suspected methanol poisoning from tainted drinks has reportedly killed five tourists in a Laos holiday town in the past fortnight. A British woman, an Australian woman, a US … Read more
BBC Anne Jacques said the death of her son Alex had been like losing “half of herself” Super-strength drugs linked to hundreds of deaths have been found in samples of fake medicines bought across the UK, the BBC can reveal. We found more than 100 examples of people trying to buy prescription medicines such as … Read more
Michelle Sword told the BBC she was “heartbroken” that she had “done something so stupid” A mother of two who nearly died after taking a fraudulent weight loss injection is urging others to be careful about what they buy online. Michelle Sword, 46, from Carterton, Oxfordshire, ordered the slimming drug from an online beauty company … Read more
Cautioning people against the new trends in cybercrime, city Police Commissioner Seema Latkar on Monday said a total of ₹ 32 crore had been lost by residents of Mysuru, who had invested their money in fake trading apps. After duping people with their money by claiming that their bank accounts had been frozen and asking … Read more