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Viral Nepal map from Grade 8 textbook: Many misread Anno Domini as Bikram Sambat The misleading claims that the map was from 2011 BS circulated on social media because the social me... Read More
Viral video clips involving Sujata Koirala were manipulated to create controversy Two video clips are circulating on social media with claims that Nepali Congress leader Sujata Koira... Read More
Video clip of anti-India demonstration being circulated on social media is six months old Last November, protests erupted in Nepal after India published a new political map by including Kala... Read More
5-year-old India toilet photo is circulating as photo of Bharatpur coronavirus hospital toilet South Asia Check did a reverse image search on Google and found that the image is more than five yea... Read More
Fact-checked: WHO hasn’t revised coronavirus risk level for Nepal Nepal is not off the WHO list of high COVID-19 risk countries although several Nepal-based news outl... Read More
News reports of impending internet outage are false The reports of an impending two-day-long worldwide internet outage published by several Nepali news ... 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
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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

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