New Delhi: The Press Information Bureau lately debunked a false declare being forwarded on WhatsApp a few helpline quantity for blood necessities. The WhatsApp ahead claimed that the Government of India has launched a pan-India helpline quantity 104 titled “Blood on Call” for individuals who require blood for medical procedures. However, the PIB’s Fact Check Twitter deal with has refuted the declare and referred to as it false.
On March 7, PIB Fact Check shared a screenshot of the WhatsApp message and alerted folks about it. PIB mentioned the declare is totally deceptive as the federal government has not began any such service. Moreover, it mentioned, this quantity is utilized in another states for numerous helpline companies.
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— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) March 7, 2023
According to a number of fact-checking web sites, it was found that the service was being offered as a pan-India service when in fact it was reportedly launched in Maharashtra in January 2014.
People usually share deceptive claims on WhatsApp, Facebook, and so on and customers should be alert when receiving data associated to critical issues on a social media platform.
The PIB Fact Check, on Twitter, usually debunks false claims that acquire traction on social media and inform folks concerning the fact. On Thursday (March 9), a day after ladies’s day, the company mentioned that there’s a youtube channel named ‘Yojna 4u’ which has claimed that the Central authorities is offering a money quantity of Rs 10,000 to all feminine pan card holders. This has been refuted by the company as completely unfaithful.
Before that, the company debunked a declare which was disguised as an RBI order which claimed that the trade facility for Indian demonetized foreign money notes for overseas residents has been prolonged. The PIB mentioned that that is fully false because the deadline for a similar led to 2017.
