{
  "id": 7997727,
  "title": "Indian government fact-checkers debunk viral claim of nine PSU banks merger",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/indian-government-fact-checkers-debunk-viral-claim-of-nine-psu-banks",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T08:43:21.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf News",
    "slug": "gulf-news",
    "url": "https://gulfnews.com/business/banking/indian-government-fact-checkers-debunk-viral-claim-of-nine-psu-banks-merger-1.500677880"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Press Information Bureau's Fact Check unit has shot down a document circulating widely on social media that claimed the Centre had notified a scheme to merge nine public sector banks into three larger entities. The fake document was styled to resemble an official Gazette of India notification, issued by the Ministry of Finance. What it proposed was the amalgamation of nine public sector banks…",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}