Monthly Archives: January 2023
Viral Video Claiming Nepal Has Started Producing Petrol Is False
At a time when Nepal has been conducting exploration of petroleum products with the support of the Chinese government, a video claiming that Nepal...
Old News Clip Of Earthquake Shared As Recent Incident
A 10-second news clip claiming that an earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter Scale jolted Kathmandu at 5:26 am on Tuesday. The video further...
Edited Video Falsely Claims Singer Samikshya Adhikari Has Killed Herself
A video claiming that Nepali singer Samikshya Adhikari has committed suicide allegedly after she learnt that cine artist Purna Bikram Shah, popularly known as...
Viral Video Claiming To Show Yeti Airlines Crash Is Edited
At least 68 people died in the worst domestic air disaster when Yeti Airlines flight NYT 691 crashed shortly before landing at the newly...
Viral Video Falsely Claims Home Minister Lamichhane Had A Fistfight With Prime Minister Dahal
A video claiming that newly appointed Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane challenged Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal after a fist fight at a meeting is...
Old News Clip Recommending Shutdown of Schools To Contain Coronavirus Resurface
At a time when the government is urging the public to adopt safety protocols amid the rising fear of a new Covid wave in...
Home Minister Lamichhane Left For Kanchanpur To Hunt Nirmala Panta’s Killer? No, Claim Made In Viral Video Is False
A 10-second video claiming that newly appointed Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane has reached Kanchanpur with a team of Nepal police and sniffer dog to...
Video Claiming The Arrest of Nirmala Panta’s Killer Is False
The infamous rape and subsequent murder of Nirmala Panta, a teenaged girl from Kanchanpur, shocked the country in July 2018, and the case has...
Year In Misinformation: Top 10 Fact Checks of 2022
The year 2022 witnessed many international events from Russia-Ukraine war to Sri Lanka's economic crisis, Iran's uprising against repressive regime to death of UK's...
