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Video of 2015 earthquake falsely shared on Facebook as that of Khotang earthquake
A video widely shared on Facebook falsely claims to show the impacts of a recent earthquake with its epicenter in Khotang district of eastern Nepal. In fact, it depicts devastation caused by an earthquake on May 12, 2015 in Rasuwa district.
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Bishnu Rimal’s claim about foreign currency reserve is manipulated, lacks context
UML leader Bishnu Rimal correctly claims that Nepal’s foreign currency reserves stood Rs 14 trillion (rounded) when Oli was prime minister but he manipulates the same figure for the Deuba government as part of his misleading election-centric narrative. He hides the context that would have helped his followers understand why the reserves went down.
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Fact-check: Adhikari’s claims about Prime Minister’s Questions in Parliament
UML lawmaker Khagaraj Adhikari recently made two claims at a meeting of Parliament: Prime Minister is required to hold sessions answering questions from lawmakers, and that he or she is the only one responsible for organising PMQs sessions with legislators. While his first claim is correct, the second is misleading.
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No, video doesn’t show landslide along Narayangadh-Kathmandu road section
A video garnering hundreds of thousands of ‘likes’ and views on TikTok falsely claims to show a landslide along Nepal’s busy highway between Narayangadh and Kathmandu. In fact, the July 2021 video captures a landslide in Himachal Pradesh state in India.
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UML politician Bishnu Rimal’s claim about Nepali Rupee’s fall against US dollar is misleading
Bishnu Rimal presents a half-true bit of information in his social media as he strips the context, cherry-picks numbers, uses two different comparison points, and omits a crucial piece of relevant information: the exchange rate when KP Oli started his tenure.
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The long road home for Nepal’s stolen deities
Western museums have long resisted attempts to have the artefacts repatriated, saying either they were donated or their provenances were not certain. But in the last few years, community members, heritage activists, journalists, diplomats, academics and governments have come together to return the stolen cultural heritage.
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Assam landslide video falsely shared on TikTok as landslide in Sindhuli
The video clip shows a landslide sweeping away trees and finally a portion of highway. It shows a truck halted a few meters from the scene of the landslide. The clip is also accompanied with audio in which a male voice says: “O guys, watch live here. It just collapsed.”
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No, Parliament did not pass the ‘Nepal Citizenship Amendment Bill’
One, the PTI report incorrectly confuses the old bill with the new one that was recently reintroduced in parliament. Two, the report incorrectly claims that the mere passage of a proposal to consider the new bill by MPs is the same as the House of Representatives passing the bill, as seen from the Nepal Check…
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Mock drill video on TikTok falsely shared as earthquake in Darjeeling
The 19-second clip showing student in an earthquake drill is actually from a school in the north Indian state of Haryana, not Darjeeling as falsely claimed by a TikTok user.
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Maoist politician Neupane makes misleading claims about Korean war
Neupane’s claim that Mao Anying, the son of Chinese leader Mao, was a Chinese volunteer and went to help the Korean people is misleading. Neupane’s claim that more than 30,000 Chinese volunteers were killed in the US invasion of the Korean War is unconfirmed.
Year: 2022
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