Sanjeeb Phuyal
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PM Dahal Caught Plotting Against Rabi Lamichhane? No, Viral Video Is Misleading
A 39-second video allegedly showing Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal plotting against Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the claim to be misleading. Only a month after his appointment as Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) Chairman Rabi Lamichhane on January 27 resigned after…
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Viral Video Falsely Claims India’s PM Modi Has Issued Letter In The Name Of RSP Chief Rabi Lamichhane
A video claiming that India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote a long letter to Nepal’s Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the claim to be misleading. TikTok user @jagadish10000 posted a video showing images of Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane and India’s Prime Minister Rabi Lamichhane. Text…
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Viral Video Alleging Rishi Dhamala Of Being Involved In Illegal Activities Is Misleading
A video claiming that Nepali journalist Rishi Dhamala was allegedly involved in illegal activities and that Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) President Rabi Lamichhane’s words have turned out to be true is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the video to be old and shared with a false context. RSP Chief Lamichhane recently resigned as Home…
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Nepali Rescue Team Landed in Turkey? No, Viral Video Shows Nepal Airlines Plane Landing In Japan
Even as governments and international organisations from around the world have been responding with offers of support after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake ravaged Turkey and northwest Syria, a video purporting to show a Nepal Airlines aircraft carrying relief items from Nepal landing in Turkey has been going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the claim to be…
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Old Clip Of A Man Inside Lion Enclosure In Delhi Zoo Shared As Recent
A video allegedly showing a drunken man entering a lion enclosure in Delhi Zoo, India on February 2, 2023 has gone viral among Nepali TikTok users. Newschecker found the video to be old and shared a recent incident. TikTok user @mk_ktm2019 posted a video showing a youth sitting next to a lion apparently trying to…
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Supporters of Rabi Lamichhane Gathered At Maitighar? No, Viral Video Shows 2019 Rally Against Guthi Bill
A video allegedly showing the supporters of Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane gathered at Maitighar in Kathmandu after Lamichhane lost his Cabinet post of Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister. Newschecker found the claim to be false. Lamichhane’s party pulled out of the government on February 6 following a controversy over his citizenship. Earlier…
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Old Clip Of Rabi Lamichhane Announcing New Party Resurfaces With Misleading Claim
At a time when the citizenship controversy of Rastriya Swatantra Party President Rabi Lamichhane has drawn national attention, a video claiming that Rabi Lamichhane is all set to be reappointed as the Home Minister has gone viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the claim shared with a missing context. Lamichhane, a popular TV anchor-turned-politician, had become…
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Rabi Lamichhane Reappointed As Home Minister? No, The Viral Claim Is False
Ever since the Supreme Court scrapped the Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister Rabi Lamichhane’s status as a member of the House of Representatives saying that he didn’t have a valid Nepali citizenship, many unverified claims have been shared among Nepali social media users. Against this backdrop, a video claiming that Lamichhane has been reinstated…
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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 has started producing oil is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found the claim to be false. TikTok user @rohitoli_3_official posted a video showing an oil drilling machine being operated. Text superimposed…
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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 claims that the epicentre of the quake was Belkot in neighbouring Nuwakot district. Newschecker found the video to be old and shared with a missing context. A person died and over…