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“Lawyer Larry Gadon won the Senate race”
FactRakers says: Gadon lost in the May 9 election. He placed 20th.
“Vidiyal aatchi! Law and order is flying in the air! Power blindfolded! Arrogance raises its head! There is no one to question it. If this is the situation for the police, what is the status of women?”
“Photo of Afghanistan Home Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani sitting on the ground and serving his people in the country”
FACTLY says: The man sitting on the ground in the photo is Mawlavi Abdul Ahad, the governor of the Helmand Province in Afghanistan. This photo was captured in November 2021, during Abdul Ahad’s visit to the Deshu district. The photo…
“President Rodrigo Duterte said he "used the presidential powers" to turn Congress against broadcasting network ABS-CBN.”
Vera Files says: In July 2020, Malacañang said Duterte and the executive branch “maintained a neutral stance” in the application for franchise renewal of ABS-CBN, asserting that the rejection of the broadcasting network's franchise appl…
“Video of Tirupati Balaji shot by National Geographic Channel, with the permission of Central government”
FACTLY says: The video was uploaded by SVBC TTD’s official channel on YouTube on 02 June 2017. Sri Venkateswara Bhakti Channel-Tirumala Tirupati Devastanams, is a bhakti channel run by Tirumala Tirupati Devastanams. National Geograp…
“Video showing Bhojpuri Star Dinesh Lal Yadav campaigning for Samajwadi Party recently”
FACTLY says: The video is from 2017 and not a recent one. Bhojpuri star Dinesh Lal Yadav ‘Nirahua’, and actress Amrapali Dubey conducted a road show in support of Samajwadi Party candidate Sushma Sonkar in Saidpur municipal election…
“Ministers of Sri Lanka government discussing with IMF delegates!!(PHOTO)”
“Popular magazine ‘Time’ merges parts of the faces of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Hitler and publishes it on the cover page captioning it as, “The Return of History. How Modi shattered India’s dreams”.”
“President Rodrigo Duterte says the Philippines will have two Dutertes sitting as president and vice president for 11 days until June 30 due to the unprecedented early inauguration of his daughter, Sara Duterte-Carpio, on June 19.”
Vera Files says: Although this marks the first time in Philippine history that an incoming vice president is the child of an outgoing president, their terms of office do not overlap. Section 4, Article VII of the 1987 Constitution clear…
“Central government has removed nationality column from the passport”
FACTLY says: Government did not remove the nationality column form the passport. Applicants still have to mention the type of Indian citizenship one holds in the passport application form. Further when the same claim went viral earl…
“President Rodrigo Duterte says his monthly salary ranges from P196,000 to P200,000.”
Vera Files says: The president's salary ranges from P388,096 to P399,739 a month, based on the fourth and last tranche of the salary adjustment in 2019 in accordance with Executive Order No. 201, signed by then-president Benigno Aquino …
“Shoot Agnipath protesters. The anti-nationals who oppose the central government’s Agnipath scheme must be shot down. It is shameful that Prime Minister Modi’s guns and artilleries are sleeping – Nirmal Kumar (BJP IT wing).”
“The disgrace of the DMK government. Video of the ration shop staff crossing the lorry with the rice sacks, placing a rice sack on the pit to prevent the truck from being parked in the ditch and picking the rice that was leaked in the drainage in the sacks and returned to the ration shop.”
“Edappadiyar’s leadership is good. Edappadiyar leadership is good for AIADMK. OPS will turn the party into a caste party like PMK – Annamalai comments on AIADMK single leadership issue”
“Purported letter of Amit Shah directing Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami to provide ‘Z’ category security to Nupur Sharma”
FACTLY says: he letter shared in the post is a fake one. Amit Shah did not send any such letter to Pushkar Singh Dhami recommending a ‘Z’ category security to Nupur Sharma
“Recent image from Nupur Sharma’s visit to a temple after suspension from the party”
FACTLY says: The image is actually from Nupur Sharma’s visit to Ujjain temple. She shared the same image on her twitter account on 29 April 2022 whereas she was suspended from the BJP on 05 June 2022, which proves the image is relat…
“The government has appointed 340 upper caste people as IAS officers without any exam”
FACTLY says: The government made no such appointment of 340 upper caste people as IAS officers without any exam
“This is the largest number of women who have ever served in an Australian cabinet, with 10 women in the cabinet.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Albanese's claim is correct. The previous record was 8 women in cabinet, or 34.8 per cent of cabinet positions, achieved during the final term of Scott Morrison's Coalition government. The first ministry of the Alban…
“4,000 percent increase in fentanyl" under President Biden on the southern border.”
FactCheck.org says: That was a three-year increase in fentanyl seized between legal ports of entry in the El Paso sector of the border with Mexico. The increase under Biden is 70% when factoring in all seizures at the southern border.