Articles by South Asia Check

• Should we be worried about the XE variant of Omicron? By Pravin Bhatta/South Asia Check On May 4, 2022, Nepal reported the death of a 45-year-old woman fr... Read More
• News reports about suspension of international flights are false On May 6 several news websites published reports saying international flights to and from Nepal will... Read More
• Mahesh Acharya had resigned as defense minister after governor’s reinstatement On March 28, 2001, the Supreme Court had reinstated Governor Tilak Rawal. After the verdict, Acharya... Read More
• Old photos being circulated as recent ones from Ukraine war  Nepali social media users have been sharing old images from Ukraine and other countries with claims ... Read More
• Man seen falling in a viral clip is indeed Maoist chief Dahal From their clothing and appearance, we found at least three people accompanying Dahal in the photos ... Read More
• Quarterly report (July-Sept) on anonymous sources in newspapers Among five major national dailies monitored this quarter, Nagarik has used the most number of anonym... Read More
• Political commentator falsely claims Nepal postage stamp issued in 1958 had a ‘pointy map’ Political commentator Saurabh recently claimed that a postage stamp issued by Nepal government in 19... Read More
• Quarterly report (April-June, 2021) on anonymous sources in newspapers In the second quarter of 2021, among five major dailies monitored, Nagarik used the most number of a... Read More
• Claim that blames 5G ‘radiation’ for rising Covid-19 cases is baseless In its fact sheet published last year, the World Health Organization said the coronavirus does not s... Read More
• A supposed home remedy for boosting blood oxygen levels is unfounded A social media post claims sniffing a mixture of camphor, cloves, carom seeds and eucalyptus oil boo... Read More
• Quarterly report (Jan-March) on anonymous sources in newspapers Nagarik daily used the most number of anonymous sources (in 220 instances) in its front page reports... Read More
• Shashank Koirala significantly understates Nepal’s arable land area Shashank Koirala said Nepal has 1.7 million hectares of arable land. In fact, Nepal's arable land ar... Read More
• PM made four false claims in two recent speeches In his recent speeches, the prime minister has been repeating some claims that have already been deb... Read More
• PM Oli made some misleading claims in upper house Three of the claims made by the prime minister in the upper house on January 10 were either misleadi... Read More
• Quarterly report (Oct-Dec, 2020) on anonymous sources in newspapers In the last quarter of 2020, The Kathmandu Post was ahead among five dailies in terms of the use ano... Read More