Sanjeeb Phuyal
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Viral Video Claiming Gorkha Soldiers In India Warned of Protests Over Nepal-India Territorial Dispute Is Fabricated
In the wake of territorial dispute between Nepal and India over the Kalapani region, several videos are going viral online with unsubstantiated and fabricated claims. Newschecker found at least two such videos making far-fetched claims without any attribution. One of the videos on TikTok claims that Indian-Gorkha soldiers have warned of a stern protest if India…
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Fabricated Viral Video Claims China Extending Military Aid To Nepal For Weapon Purchase
A viral video on TikTok claims that China has extended military aid worth NRs 2 billion to Nepal to purchase two missiles and a fighter plane. Newschecker found that the claim made in the video is fabricated and misleading TikTok user maheshyadav11110 (Mahesh Yadav) shared a video on January 12, which shows edited footage of…
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2017 Video from Delhi Shared as Traffic Pile-Up Accident on Rajbiraj-Janakpur Road
A video claiming to show a pile-up of vehicles apparently due to poor visibility on the Rajbiraj-Janakpur road in Saptari district in Nepal, has gone viral on TikTok. A fact-check by Newschecker found that the video was from November 9, 2017 and took place in Palwal, NH 2 in Delhi. Among the users who posted…
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Viral Video Claiming Closure of Schools from Jan 10 Is Misleading
In the wake of surging Coronavirus cases in Nepal, several videos showing shutdown notices issued by different educational institutions are going viral on social media. A fact-check by Newschecker found that the school closure notices shown in the videos were issued for winter vacations, and were hence misleading. TikTok user ananya9076 was among those who…
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Old Video from Gujrat Viral as Lion Entering a Chitwan Hotel
At a time when the videos of wild predators wandering into human settlements are making rounds among Nepali social media users, a video purporting to show a ‘big cat’ leaping over a small barrier of a hotel entrance in Chitwan and casually leaving the hotel compound shortly after has gone viral on TikTok. Newschecker found…
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Wreckage of Air Crash in Brazil Falsely Shared as Buddha Air Crash in Nepal
A video purportedly showing the wreckage of a Buddha Air aircraft that crashed at Khare Khola soon after it took off from Kathmandu at 3 pm is going viral on TikTok. Newschecker found that the footage is actually from the November 5 crash of a small aircraft in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais and…
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Video Of Woman Seeking Lift & Trying To Loot Car Owner Is Not From Birgunj
A video purportedly showing a girl inside a vehicle, attempting to swindle a man in a car by threatening to frame him for misbehaviour on the pretext of offering her a lift, has gone viral on TikTok. Posts on the social media platform claimed that the incident took place at Nepal-India border in Birgunj. A…
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Viral Video Claiming Shutdown of Schools In Nepal From December 20 is Actually From April, 2021
A news clip claiming that schools across the nation will be shut down from December 20 has gone viral on TikTok. Newschecker found that the video, showing schools and students, overlaid with an old audio clip, is being shared on social media to mislead users. One TikTok user, yangeshdevkota (Sandesh Devkota), posted the video On…
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Viral Video of Leopard Entering a House and Carrying Off a Pet Dog is from Lamjung
A video clip of a leopard entering a private residence compound and jumping off the compound wall with a pet dog clenched between its jaws has gone viral with conflicting claims regarding the location of the incident. Newschecker found that the shocking incident took place at a house in Sundar Bazar Municipality in Lamjung district.…
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Videos Purporting to Show NC Cadres Chanting Slogans Supporting Oli are Manipulated
Newschecker found two TikTok videos—one showing Nepali Congress President Sher Bahadur Deuba and the other showing CPN-UML Chairman KP Sharma Oli—manipulated by laying an old audio clip on top.