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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
COVID-19: What’s circulating on social media and what are the facts? Misinformation and false claims about the COVID-19 pandemic continue to spread especially through th... Read More
Binod Chaudhary wrongly claims internet in Nepal is South Asia’s priciest Industrialist Binod Chaudhary recently said: "The internet price in Nepal is currently the most expe... 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
Deputy speaker Tumbahangphe is still a member Nepal Communist Party Shiva Maya Tumbahangphe’s resignation from the Nepal Communist Party upon her election to deputy s... Read More
NBA chief incorrect about Sri Lanka’s bank lending rate President of Nepal Bankers Association Bhuvan Kumar Dahal in a television interview claimed that the... Read More
Nagdhunga tunnel road will be Nepal’s third, Churia tunnel road is first and Bhulbhule’s second Swiss geologist Toni Hagen in his book “Building Bridges to the Third World: Memories of Nepal 195... Read More
Finance minister’s claim of no labor strike during past two years is false Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada has claimed that there have been no labor strikes during the pas... 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
Finance minister makes unreliable claims about Nepali printing industry Finance Minister Yuba Raj Khatiwada speaking in parliament a few weeks ago made three misleading cla... Read More

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Six things to know for cannabis legalization in Nepal

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