India donates solar lamps to Palestinian kids

Ramallah: India has donated solar powered study lamps to Palestinian elementary school children from a marginalised Bedouin community to spread the principles of self-sufficiency and raise awareness towards the adverse effects of climate change. The solar powered study lamps supplied by IIT-Bombay as part of the initiative on Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary to promote renewable sources of energy. PTI

Instagram expands fact-checking globally  

San Francisco: Instagram on Monday announced it had gone global in its fight against misinformation, expanding its third-party fact-checking network around the world. The Facebook-owned social platform launched a fact-checking program in the US early this year. Under the programme, content rated “false” by fact-checkers is downgraded in news feeds so fewer people will see it. AFP