Articles by South Asia Check

• Old photo being circulated as that of recent Chepang settlement fire This photo, which we can say is several years old, has misled people into believing that it was of t... Read More
• Peru hill collapse image being circulated as Darchula landslide photo A reverse image search of the photo on Google and Yandex showed that it was a more than two-year-old... Read More
• WHO hasn’t approved any home remedy for COVID-19 A message circulating on WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger claims that a student in India has found a ... Read More
• Quarterly report (April- June 2020) on anonymous sources in newspapers Among the five dailies monitored this quarter, Kantipur used the most number of anonymous sources in... Read More
• PM makes unfounded claims about PCR test rate, virtues of Nepali diet Over the past few months, Prime Minister Oli has been repeatedly claiming that Nepal has fewer COVID... Read More
• Finance minister overstates health sector allocation, makes wrong claim about Nepal’s income tax regime Yuba Raj Khatiwada speaking at a post-budget presser said the allocation for the health sector has d... Read More
• PM advises misleading remedies against COVID-19 During a video conference with the chief ministers on April 11, Prime Minister KP Oli advised 'remed... Read More
• Quarterly report (Jan-March 2020) on anonymous sources During the first quarter of 2020, among the six national dailies that we monitor, Nagarik used the m... Read More
• Scientists worldwide in desperate search for COVID-19 drug South Asia Check has gathered insights on the trials and investigations for vaccines and drugs to tr... Read More
• COVID-19: There is no medicine yet, don’t get misled by misinformation Most scientists agree that coronavirus is resilient and spreads very fast. But they don't have defin... Read More
• Six things to know for cannabis legalization in Nepal Economist Bishwa Poudel doubts cannabis has economic potential in Nepal saying it was already tested... Read More
• Indian TV channel was ordered to pay Rs 1 billion not Rs 10 billion On January 19, Minister Baskota told a parliamentary panel: “An Indian television company was orde... Read More
• Quarterly report (Oct-Dec 2019) on anonymous sources in newspapers During the three months (Oct 1-Dec 31, 2019), among the six major national dailies that we monitor, ... Read More
• Quarterly report (July- Sept 2019) on anonymous sources in newspapers During the three months between July 1 and September 30, Nagarik used the most number of anonymous s... Read More
• PM’s foreign affairs advisor repeats an already debunked claim To begin with, there was no cold wave in the tarai last winter, so there was no question of anyone d... Read More