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Checked by FactCheck.org9 Feb 2024United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“looks like Jared Kushner has to 'pay back the $2billion from Saudi Arabia In Full to The Government.”

FactCheck.org rated this: No Evidence

FactCheck.org says: Saudi Arabia invested money with Jared Kushner in 2021. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman said they would keep their commitment. But social media posts make the unfounded claim that Kushner has to return the money.

Checked by Youturn9 Feb 2024India Politics and government

ajaychauhan41

“See how mid-day meals are being provided in government schools in South India. Only rice and turmeric water.”

Youturn rated this: false

Checked by Logically Facts9 Feb 2024China Politics and government

Social media posts

“This video shows the Chinese government demolishing a mosque.”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY9 Feb 2024India Politics and government

Social media posts

“Video of Prime Minister Modi saying that he doesn’t like reservations”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video shared in the viral post shows an edited video clip of Modi’s full speech. On 7 February 2024, PM Modi replied to the debate on the motion of thanks to the President of India’s address in the Rajya Sabha. Duri…

Checked by Logically Facts8 Feb 2024Politics and government

Social media posts

“The video shows an assassination attempt on the Bulgarian Prime Minister.”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by Youturn8 Feb 2024India Politics and government

Social media posts

“This is why nobody with self-respect can stay in Congress. Today Himanta Sharma ji has been vindicated… Rahul first offers a biscuit to a dog When the dog refuses he gives the same biscuit to Congress karyakarta Glad people like Himanta ji & me had too much dignity to remain here & be treated like dogs! Shameful congress culture to treat everyone like slaves and dogs of the first family”

Youturn rated this: misleading

Checked by FACTLY7 Feb 2024India Politics and government

Social media posts

“Bharata Ratna awardee enjoys lifelong income tax exemption, free lifetime travel on Air India and Indian Railways, participation in parliamentary proceedings, privilege equivalent to cabinet rank, Z-grade security as required, VVIP status, treated as a state guest within the country, and comprehensive facilities provided by the Indian Embassy during international travel”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: According to the RTI response given by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the benefits extended to the Bharata Ratna Awardees are: 1. The state governments are advised to declare Bharata Ratna awardees as the ‘State Guests’ …

Checked by Logically Facts7 Feb 2024Politics and government

Social media posts

“Karnataka government changed the timings of a SSLC for Muslims' Friday prayers”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact7 Feb 2024United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“Martin Luther King Jr. is “rallying around President Trump!”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in 1968, when Trump was 21 years old and still attending the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School.

Checked by Youturn7 Feb 2024India Politics and government

hinduajaydada

“See the power of Sanatan New Zealand’s Home Minister also adopted Sanatan Dharma…!!”

Youturn rated this: false

Checked by FACTLY7 Feb 2024India Politics and government

Social media posts

“The budget speeches by Prime Minister Modi and Nirmala Sitharaman indicate discrepancies in the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana figures”

FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING

FACTLY says: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitaraman provided details about the number of houses constructed under the Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Grameen) while Prime Minister Modi’s comments covered homes built by the government for i…

Checked by Youturn7 Feb 2024India Politics and government

Social media posts

“The Chinese government destroyed another mosque. The Chinese Communist Party has been focusing on mosques as part of its crackdown against the Muslim Uyghurs. And yet, not a word of criticism from Arab leaders. No Jews, no news?”

Youturn rated this: false

Checked by Logically Facts7 Feb 2024Russia Politics and government

Social media posts

“This video shows Russian President Vladimir Putin ignoring Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a recent international meeting.”

Logically Facts rated this: Misleading

Checked by Logically Facts6 Feb 2024New Zealand Politics and government

Social media posts

“The claim made in the viral video that it shows New Zealand’s Home Minister accepting Hinduism is false. The video shows American-origin yoga teacher and Indian TV actor Aashka Goradia's husband Brent Goble. New Zealand’s Home Minister is a woman.”

Logically Facts rated this: False

Checked by FACTLY6 Feb 2024India Politics and government

Social media posts

“The video features New Zealand’s Home Minister, who has adopted Hinduism, performing a pooja”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The man in the video is actually Brent Goble, a yoga teacher. The Home Minister of New Zealand is Hon Brooke van Velden, a different person

Checked by FACTLY5 Feb 2024India Politics and government

Social media posts

“A video of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman behaving arrogantly with a journalist during a press conference realted to the budget”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: The video is from a press conference in 2023, after the budget announcement for that year

Checked by FACTLY5 Feb 2024India Politics and government

Social media posts

“Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni donated a 21kg gold bow and arrow to Ayodhya Ram Mandir, and Italy has set up the World’s Largest Bhagavad Gita”

FACTLY rated this: FALSE

FACTLY says: There are no reliable reports about that Prime Minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni donating a 21kg gold bow and arrow to Ayodhya Ram Mandir. If such a donation had indeed been made by Italian PM Meloni, it would have been…

Checked by PolitiFact5 Feb 2024United States Politics and government

Social media posts

“Killer Mike arrested at Grammy Awards for not endorsing Joe Biden on “Real Time with Bill Maher.”

PolitiFact rated this: Pants on Fire

PolitiFact says: The rapper Killer Mike, whose real name is Michael Render, was arrested Feb. 4 on a misdemeanor battery charge after an altercation in or near the arena where the Grammy Awards were held, Los Angeles police said.

Checked by Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka5 Feb 2024Sri Lanka Politics and government

Social media posts

“Thalaimanar new railway track being constructed in collaboration with Government of China (Video)”

Fact Crescendo Sri Lanka rated this: False

Checked by PolitiFact5 Feb 2024United States Politics and government

Donna Brazile, Democratic strategist

“Under President Joe Biden, “Black unemployment is the lowest in American history.”

PolitiFact rated this: Mostly True

PolitiFact says: The all-time low for Black unemployment was set less than a year ago under Joe Biden. Since that record was set, Black unemployment has risen half a percentage point.