Articles by South Asia Check

• 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
• World Doctors Alliance’s video on Covid-19 misleading Over the past few days, Facebook users in Nepal have widely shared a message that claims the WHO has... Read More
• ‘Red mercury’ claims on social media just a hoax Con artists in several countries have used this dubious substance to swindle unsuspecting public. Read More
• Quarterly report (July-Sept) on anonymous sources in newspapers Nagarik used the most number of anonymous sources this quarter followed by Kantipur, The Kathmandu P... Read More
• Some claims in Putin memes circulating in Nepal are false At least two memes are circulating on social media in Nepal praising Russian President Putin for gra... Read More
• Absurd claims that Covid-19 test kits predated pandemic As the false claims made rounds on social media and websites that promote conspiracy theories, the W... Read More
• PM Oli made three false claims Among other things, the prime minister said: "Currently, we are conducting 23,000 to 24,000 PCR [pol... Read More