India, July 30 -- The ministry of information and broadcasting (I&B) had blocked over 1,400 URLs (uniform resource locators) on digital media during Operation Sindoor, union minister for railways, I&B, and IT Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday.

Responding to a question raised by lawmaker Tejasvi Surya in Lok Sabha on the steps taken by the government to combat fake news, accounts, and information during Operation Sindoor, Vaishnaw said in a written response, "It was observed that certain social media handles, many operating from outside India, were actively propagating false and potentially harmful information. Under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act 2000, government issued necessary orders to block websites, social media han...