A link to the news article claiming that the central government has cancelled more than two and a half lakh newspaper titles and removed hundreds of newspapers from the list of Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP).
The headline read, “269,556 समाचार पत्रों के टाइटल निरस्त और 804 अखबारों को डीएवीपी ने विज्ञापन सूची से बाहर निकाला, पुराने विज्ञापनों की जांच शुरू, अपात्र अखबारों से वसूली के निर्देश”
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FACT CHECK
NewsMobile fact-checked the above post and found it to be fake.
First, we Google searched the claims but couldn’t find any information about the central government decision on cancellation of newspaper titles. Also, there is no information supporting the claim that the government removed hundreds of newspapers from DAVP list.
Further, we also checked on the Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity site but couldn’t find any information about it.
However, we found a post by PIB on Twitter dated November 20, 2020, claiming that no such decision has been taken by the central government and the social media posts and news articles are fake.
दावा: एक न्यूज़ आर्टिकल में दावा किया जा रहा है कि केंद्र सरकार ने ढाई लाख से अधिक अखबारों का टाईटल निरस्त कर दिया है साथ ही सैंकड़ों अखबारों को डीएवीपी की सूची से बाहर कर दिया है।#PIBFactCheck: यह दावा फर्जी है। केंद्र सरकार द्वारा ऐसा कोई निर्णय नहीं लिया गया है। pic.twitter.com/Kecdg9C7Ft
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) November 20, 2020
Hence, the above fact check proves that the social media post in question is false and misleading.
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