Tag: Press Information Bureau (PIB)

India Leads the World in Real-Time Digital Payments with UPI Crossing 18 Billion Monthly Transactions

By enabling users to link multiple bank accounts through a single mobile application, it has dramatically shifted India away from cash and card-based transactions.

July 20, 2025

PIB Fact Check Debunks Wave of Fake Claims Amid India-Pakistan Tensions

One of the most widely circulated fake claims alleged that an Indian female Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Shivani Singh, had been captured by Pakistan.

May 10, 2025

PIB Fact Check Busts Seven Fake News Stories Amid India-Pakistan Tensions

The Press Information Bureau’s (PIB) Fact Check Unit has played a key role in countering these narratives, debunking seven major instances of fake news between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.

May 9, 2025

PIB Busts Pakistani Propaganda: Fake Video of Strike on Amritsar Military Base Exposed

In a post labeled “Pakistan Propaganda Alert,” the PIB clarified that the video in question was an unrelated clip from a 2024 wildfire, not a military strike.

May 8, 2025

PIB Refutes ‘Fake Image’ Claim of Indian Migrants Being Deported from US, Clarifies it Shows Deportees from Guatemala

This clarification follows the deportation of over 100 Indian nationals from the US, who were allegedly living in the country illegally.

February 6, 2025