Fact Check
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Writer Wagle grossly misquoted in viral meme
We found that during his January 25 Baluwatar speech, writer Narayan Wagle hasn’t called for const...
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PM Oli made some misleading claims in upper house
Three of the claims made by the prime minister in the upper house on January 10 were either misleadi...
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Photo of a kneeling Joe Biden circulating on social media with a false claim
An image of US President-elect Joe Biden kneeling in front of a child has been widely shared by Nepa...
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