Sanjeeb Phuyal
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Fact Check: No, Ex-PM Nepal Didn’t Sob After Court Ordered Probe Against Him In Lalita Niwas Scam. Viral Video Is Misleading
ClaimEx-Prime Minister Madhav Kumar Nepal cried after the apex court allowed the Home Ministry to launch investigation against two former Prime Ministers in Lalita Niwas land scam.FactViral video is from August 2019, and it shows Madhav Kumar Nepal becoming emotional during a meeting of the parliament’s international relations committee. A viral video purportedly showing former…
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Fact Check: Hoax Claims PM Dahal’s Daughter-in-law Arrested
ClaimPrime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal’s daughter-in-law has been arrested in connection with the recent gold smuggling case.FactOnly a Belgian national with Chinese origin, who seems to have links with Maoist leaders, is among 18 arrested in the smuggling case. A video claiming that Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’ has been exposed after the arrest…
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Fact Check: 2018 Video Of Hailstorm From Chitwan Resurfaces As Recent Rainfall In Nawalparasi
ClaimVideo shows recent heavy rain and hailstorm in Nawalparasi districtFactThe viral video was captured three years ago in Gadeuli of Chitwan At a time when most districts in southern plains are reeling under unusual mid-monsoon drought, a one-minute-11-second video allegedly showing recent heavy rain and hailstorm lashing Nawalparasi district is going viral on TikTok. TikTok…
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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 (CPN-UML) KP Sharma Oli, raising objection after her husband allegedly…
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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. Pokhara is one of the most famous tourist destinations in…
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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 of Nepal that is being built as an official development…
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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 allegedly showing the cadres of Communist Party of Nepal –…
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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 Party of Nepal – Unified Marxist Leninist (CPN-UML) Chairman KP…
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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 of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Mayor Balen Shah is going viral…
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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 and Chairman of Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) Pushpa…