Articles by South Asia Check

• Confused about where to start to apply for a vaccination QR code? Here’s a step-by-step guide By Pravin Bhatta/South Asia Check The Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) has said that 69 perc... Read More
• After coronavirus, monkeypox is the new scare. Here’s what we know about the virus so far By Pravin Bhatta/South Asia Check The world has hardly begun to bounce back from the extraordinary t... Read More
• Panos media monitoring initiative looks at trends in gendered online violence With the year 2022 being the election year in Nepal, Panos South Asia studies trends in gendered onl... Read More
• Television channel and social media users shared old photo from India to show Sunday’s Tara Air crash In a breaking news report on Sunday, Avenues Television broadcast a photo claiming that it was a fre... Read More
• Should we be worried about the XE variant of Omicron? By Pravin Bhatta/South Asia Check On May 4, 2022, Nepal reported the death of a 45-year-old woman fr... Read More
• News reports about suspension of international flights are false On May 6 several news websites published reports saying international flights to and from Nepal will... Read More
• Mahesh Acharya had resigned as defense minister after governor’s reinstatement On March 28, 2001, the Supreme Court had reinstated Governor Tilak Rawal. After the verdict, Acharya... Read More
• Old photos being circulated as recent ones from Ukraine war  Nepali social media users have been sharing old images from Ukraine and other countries with claims ... Read More
• Man seen falling in a viral clip is indeed Maoist chief Dahal From their clothing and appearance, we found at least three people accompanying Dahal in the photos ... Read More
• Quarterly report (July-Sept) on anonymous sources in newspapers Among five major national dailies monitored this quarter, Nagarik has used the most number of anonym... Read More
• Political commentator falsely claims Nepal postage stamp issued in 1958 had a ‘pointy map’ Political commentator Saurabh recently claimed that a postage stamp issued by Nepal government in 19... Read More
• Quarterly report (April-June, 2021) on anonymous sources in newspapers In the second quarter of 2021, among five major dailies monitored, Nagarik used the most number of a... Read More
• Claim that blames 5G ‘radiation’ for rising Covid-19 cases is baseless In its fact sheet published last year, the World Health Organization said the coronavirus does not s... 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
• Quarterly report (Jan-March) on anonymous sources in newspapers Nagarik daily used the most number of anonymous sources (in 220 instances) in its front page reports... Read More