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Fact Check: Oli’s Wife Radhika Objected To His Attempt To Protect Highly Corrupt Individuals? No, Viral Claim Is Misleading
ClaimCPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli's wife Radhika raised objection after he tried to protect highly corrupt individualsFactRadhhika Shakya praising Oli in July 2020 video
A viral clip purportedly showing Radhika Shakya, wife of former Prime Minister and Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal-Unified Marxist Leninist...
Fact Check: Viral Video Falsely Claims Powerful Quake Jolted Pokhara
ClaimA powerful earthquake strikes Pokhara, killing a person and collapsing a bridgeFactUnrelated footage shared with choppy effect to make a false claim
A 12-second video claiming that a powerful earthquake has jolted Pokhara, killing a person and collapsing a bridge, has gone viral on TikTok....
Fact Check: Toms Lantos Tunnel From California Falsely Shared As Nagdhunga Tunnel Road
ClaimNagdhunga Tunnel Road has openedFactViral Video shows a drive-through in Toms Lantos Tunnel in California USA
A one-minute-and-18-second video allegedly showing the newly constructed Nagdhunga tunnel road has come into operation has gone viral on TikTok. The Nagdhunga Tunnel is the first tunnel road project...
Fact Check: No, CPN-UML Cadres Are Not Protesting Against The Seizure Of Gold In The Viral Video
ClaimCadres of CPN-UML youth wing stage demonstration against the recent arrest of gold smugglers and corrupt individualsFactViral video actually shows old footage of UML cadres venting ire at Prachanda and Madhav Nepal and recent clip from the protest demanding action against gold smugglers
A video...
Fact Check: Viral Video Misconstrues UML Chair Oli Referring To His Talks With US For Resettling Bhutanese Refugees
ClaimKP Oli said he was the one who sent Nepali people to the US as Bhutanese refugeesFactKP Oli speaking about his role in holding talks with the US government to resettle the Bhutanese refugee languishing in Nepal during his premiership
A video purportedly showing Communist...
Fact Check: Viral Hoax Video Claims IED Planted Outside KMC Mayor Balen’s Residence
ClaimBomb planted outside Kathmandu Metropolitan City's Mayor Balendra Shah's residence at Gairigaun, TinkuneFactVideo shows the security personnel and locals in action after a bomb scare incident in Sinamangal on 19 July
A 58-second viral video claiming that a bomb has been recovered from the residence...
Fact Check: PM Dahal said He Never Liked the Republic & Federal System? No, Viral Video Is Clipped
ClaimPushpa Kamal Dahal said he never liked republic and the adoption of federalism with proportional representation system in the countryFactDahal was actually referring to KP Sharma Oli, who allegedly confided to him that he never liked republic and federalism
A viral video showing Prime Minister...
Fact Check: Unrelated Footage Goes Viral In The Name Of Koshi River Truck Accident
ClaimA man rushing to save the driver of a truck that fell into the Saptakoshi River of Nepal FactViral video shows a man rushing to save a drowning man at a beach in foreign country and it has nothing to do with Friday's truck plunge...
Fact Check: Old Visuals Of Aviation Tragedies From Pokhara & Kedarnath Passed Off As Manang Air Chopper Crash
ClaimViral video claims to show the crash of Manang Air helicopter in Solukhumbu FactOld visuals of aviation tragedies showing crash of Yeti Airlines in Pokhara of Nepal and 2022 chopper crash in Kedarnath
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s tragic crash of the Manang Air chopper in...
Fact Check: Old & Unrelated Videos Falsely Claim To Show Manang Air Chopper Crash
ClaimTwo videos claim to show the crash of Manang Air Helicopter in SolukhumbuFactOne of the videos shows downing of Russian chopper by Ukrainian forces, and the other one shows plane-helicopter collision at Lukla Airport
A Manang Air helicopter crashed in Lamjura areas in Solukhumbu district...
