BUSINESS

In the wake of current coronavirus pandemic and the wave of misinformation, China has become the suspecting target for many. After Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his recent address on May 12, 2020 urged the citizens to go “vocal about local,” it has been tweaked to shun foreign goods and buy Indian brands. Coinciding with this, a picture is ...

A message has been circulating on social media platforms claiming that workers between the years 1990 and 2020 are liable to receive Rs.120,000 from India’s Ministry of Labour and Employment body. There is also a link that is attached with the forward for users to check if their name is on the list. It was widely circulated on social media ever ...

Due to the coronavirus outbreak, unease has circulated on social media platforms whether handling cash and coins could aid in the transmission of the virus. As the virus can stay on notes for more than 9 days, it has led to concern among people and traders who deal in cash. Here are some concerns making rounds on social media: Fact ...

With the increase in the number of people reported with coronavirus, there has been a surge in the number of fake news being circulated. Amid the health crisis which the world is in, a financial and economic crisis is also underway involving business houses and prominent company heads. In the domain foreign exchange, several stories have been making rounds and ...

Digiteye India on its WhatsApp received the message for fact checking as the news has been making headlines in newspapers. Amid coronavirus outbreak, Indian social media has been abuzz with many claims and counter-claims and the latest one involved India’s Tata Group chairman Ratan Tata. The article was published by a regional daily based in Jamshedpur on its front page ...

Wibs Bread, located in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, produces about 3,000 slices of bread per hour and the company retains 46% of the market share on Greater Mumbai. But amid the coronavirus outbreak, Wibs Bread is going viral for a wrong reason on social media platforms. Digiteye India received the following message on WhatsApp for fact check: Wibs is a ...

Digiteye India received a message forward which stated that the owner of Joyalukkas jewelry group — Joy Alukkas — is dead. The message, which is making rounds on social media, claims that the owner of the group is dead because of the coronavirus but his body could not be brought back to India because of the current lockdown in the ...

The price of a barrel of oil went negative for the first time on Tuesday, April 21, 2020. The global demand took a massive dive for the worst amid the coronavirus outbreak as airlines and other buyers are not using much crude as they normally do. Many brokers endured heavy losses in MCX or the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) in crude ...

A WhatsApp message is making the rounds since the morning of Tuesday, April 21,  stating that there was a webinar held by the IMF and Raghuram Rajan, former RBI governor. It has shown points from showing how Indian economy will take the shape once the coronavirus is contained. Here’s the WhatsApp message:   The so-called takeaway points clearly point out ...

A video of an old fruit vendor seen licking his finger while arranging oranges on his cart has gone viral on WhatsAppa and other social media platforms at a time when the whole country is gripped in coronavirus pandemic. The message on Twitter by a user reads: “People should decide whom u want to buy things from. Watch this fruit ...