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These ‘basic medicines for Covid-19’ shouldn’t be taken without doctor’s advice A handwritten ‘Covid tablets’ list is circulating on Facebook and messaging apps such as WhatsAp... 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
Old foreign photos being circulated as Nepal wildfire photos Nepal’s major cities including Kathmandu and Pokhara are blanketed by the smoke from the raging wi... Read More
TikTok user trimmed video to show Dahal in a bad light A 21-second video clip that shows Maoist leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal criticizing the general people is... 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’s suggestion of salt water gargle as home remedy for Covid is misleading The prime minister also said some people had earlier made fun of him for suggesting salt water gargl... Read More
Old photo photoshopped to show Indian flag in February 10 demonstration We found that the original photo, which does not contain the Indian flag, was published almost a mon... 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 wrong in saying Bimala Tamang won gold in 2014 Asiad In fact, Bimala Tamang had won a karate bronze and this was the only medal for Nepal in the 17th Asi... Read More
Writer Wagle grossly misquoted in viral meme We found that during his January 25 Baluwatar speech, writer Narayan Wagle hasn’t called for const... Read More

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