Indian news market is heavily politicised, says BBC World's Jamie Angus

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In September, BBC launched several initiatives designed to tackle fake news in India and other countries. Vanita Kohli-Khandekar speaks to Jamie Angus, director of BBC World Service Group, on it. Edited excerpts:

When we spoke in 2017, BBC was doing reality check to counter fake news. Where is it on the issue now?

One year ago, fake news was primarily a story about Donald Trump. In South Asia and South East Asia, it is now beginning to threaten lives and security. What is happening in India has pushed this to the front of the public debate. So, we are doing a series