Notebandi provided more fodder for fake news. The RBI has clarified the new notes contain security features such as latent images, coloured strip security threads, watermarks etc, but they do not have a chip installed. The NGC can’t be tampered with or removed without damaging the currency note.” Mobile currency-scanner apps emerged claiming the app can scan new notes and have these authenticated by RBI, according to a Firstpost report.
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When a satellite sends a signal requesting location the NGC reflects back the signal from the location, giving precise location coordinates, and the serial number of the currency back to the satellite, this way every chip-embedded currency can be easily tracked & located even if it is kept 120 meters below ground level. The nano-GPS chip does not need any power source, the forward said, according to a Firstpost report. This chip, the messages said, would alert authorities if black money was hoarded. In less than an hour, rumours circulating on WhatsApp of a nano geo-positioning system (GPS) tracking device embedded in the new Rs 2,000 notes gained traction. New notes have a GPS chip to detect black moneyĪnother notebandi rumour proliferated when PM Modi announced the withdrawal of old Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes on November 8, 2016. The rumours caught the eye of the BBC, which reported that “thousands” of Indian WhatsApp users had “forwarded the message along with joyful emojis”. The message, shared widely on WhatsApp, claimed “Dr Saurabh Mukherjee, head of cultural awareness department of Unesco announced this to media”. Unesco declares new Rs 2,000 note best currency in the worldĪnother fake Unesco certificate for India touched upon the notebandi crisis, as messages claimed the organisation had certified the new Rs 2,000 note as the “best currency in the world”. “We are aware of several blogs in India reporting this story, but can assure you that Unesco has made no such announcement concerning the anthem of India or any country,” an official told India Today in 2008.Ĭirculation of the rumour peaked around India’s Independence Day in 2016. The fake news started in 2008 through email and then caught the UN agency’s attention. Unesco declares ‘Jana Gana Mana’ best national anthemĪnother favourite Indian rumour involving Unexco is the claim that India’s national anthem – ‘Jana Gana Mana’ – has been declared the Best National Anthem In The World. That rumour is still circulating on social media. In June 2016, fake news broke out on WhatsApp groups, and other social media, that the UN cultural agency had awarded Prime Minister Narendra Modi the title of best prime minister in the world. Unesco has been one of the primary alleged sources of fake news in India. Unesco declares PM Modi best Prime Minister Here are some of the most popular Indian fake news stories of 2016: (Express File Photo) 1.
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