Fact Check
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Zee News editor-in-chief’s comments on Sarita Giri expulsion erroneous
India's Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary's claim that the Nepal government had a role in sa...
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PM’s claims about depression and turmeric partially true but he’s incorrect about WHO guidelines on COVID-19 deaths verification
PM Oli drew widespread criticism from the public when he told the parliament on June 12 that turmeri...
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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...
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Ex-PM Khanal grossly exaggerates Nepal’s hydropower generation potential
Ruling NCP leader and former prime minister Jhalanath Khanal citing unnamed experts recently claimed...
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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...
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Rajendra Mahato repeats debunked myth about Nepal’s water resources
Janata Samajwadi Party leader Rajendra Mahato’s another claim that Nepal airlifted fuel from Bangk...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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