Rumours continue amid increasing cases of Coronavirus across the country. For the past few days, a message has been going viral that
New Delhi: Rumours continue amid increasing cases of Coronavirus across the country. For the past few days, a message has been going viral that from June 15, lockdown in India will be started again.
This fake message has upset people. Many people who have booked tickets to or from their home are also getting worried.
Fake News Fake news is being spread using the name of a news channel. 'The entire lockdown may happen again after June 15.
However, the factcheck unit of the Press Information Bureau has called this message fake. PIB has tweeted and said - 'In a photo being spread on social media, it is being claimed that the complete lockdown can be implemented in the country again from June 15 with the ban on train and air travel by the Ministry of Home Affairs which is fake. Beware of such misleading photos spreading fake news.
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— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) June 10, 2020Advertisement
Now the question is, why was the lockdown being claimed again on June 15? The reason for this was fake news only. People saw the forwarded message and immediately went to Google and searched. Although people did not feel anything official, but seeing a TV channel marked on the deceptive message, people believed it.
If we look at the data related to India on Google in the past, then we will find that people searched the question related to the lockdown on June 15. The search for keywords related to this saw a significant jump. Earlier, the Government of India implemented Plan Unlock India to gradually erase lockdown restrictions in a phased manner.
