Srinagar, July 31 -- The Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly's Committee on Government Assurances on Thursday reviewed the Action Taken Report (ATR) on assurances relating to the Information and Mining departments, with a focus on measures to tackle fake news and misinformation.

The meeting, chaired by committee chairman Ali Mohammad Sagar, was attended by members Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Mir, Chander Prakash Ganga, Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal, Sheikh Ahsan Pardesi, Mehraj Malik and Shabir Ahmad Kullay, besides senior officers of the Information and Mining departments.

Officials informed the committee about measures taken by the Information Department to strengthen fact-based public communication, improve verification mechanisms and enhance p...