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TikTok user falsely claims mayor Shah ordered illegally parked bikes crushed
Sharing a video of a bulldozer crushing motorcycles, a TikTok user recently credited the act to Balendra Shah, mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. Nepal Check found the video was filmed in New York.
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Nepalis stashing money in Swiss banks, explained
Nepal Check unpacks why the Nepal government should investigate the illegal funds in Swiss banks, how Swiss banks work, and how Nepal might bring the allegedly illegal funds home.
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Surya Thapa’s claim foreign women get citizenship on day of wedding is misleading
Through a series of posts on Twitter and Facebook, Surya Thapa, a CPN-UML Politburo member, claimed a foreign woman married to a Nepali man can obtain citizenship on the day of her wedding. Nepal Check found Thapa’s claim misleading.
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Oli’s claim he single-handedly published new Nepal map is misleading
Speaking at the concluding session of Kantipur Conclave in Kathmandu earlier this month, former Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli took credit for the publication of Nepal’s new map incorporating the territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura. “I amended the constitution to establish it [the territories of Kalapani, Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura] as part of our territory,”…
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TikTok user falsely claims mixture of coconut oil and Vitamin E capsule cures melasma
Before being removed by the platform, tens of thousands of people watched a TikTok user’s claims that applying coconut oil and Vitamin E capsules to the skin would cure melasma. Nepal Check found the claim false.
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Facebook post claiming Gagan Thapa promised freebies if elected is misleading
A Facebook post, along with a video clip, claims that Nepali Congress General Secretary Gagan Thapa promised to give away free mobile phones (iPhone or Samsung) to everyone above 18 and Rs 30,000 every month to those above 60. Nepal Check found that the post was misleading. By omitting a significant portion of the speech…
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Nepal’s map in Urdu doesn’t say it’s turning into Islamic republic
Twitter and Facebook users have shared a map of Nepal with a piece of text in Urdu that purportedly read: ‘The Islamic Republic of Nepal’. The claim is misleading, and the map was found to have been produced for educational purposes.
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Nepal President’s claim House Committee reached consensus on Citizenship bill two years ago is false
Returning the bill to amend Citizenship Act recently to Parliament, President Bidya Devi Bhandari claimed the House’s State Affairs Committee had reached a consensus on the report on the proposed provisions in the bill two years ago. Nepal Check found her claim false.
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Nepali Congress leader Minendra Rijal’s claim on presidential power to return an ordinance is false
Nepali Congress lawmaker Minendra Rijal recently claimed at a meeting of Parliament that the president can return an ordinance just as she can return a bill passed by Parliament. Nepal Check found his claim to be false.
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No, video doesn’t show UML lawmakers chanting pro-monarchy slogans
A video circulating on social media shows CPN-UML legislators disrupting a House of Representatives meeting by chanting pro-monarchy slogans. That is a doctored video, our fact-check has found, posted to malign the UML as Nepal heads to parliamentary elections in November.
Year: 2022
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