Politics and government

“President Donald Trump is “facing up to 30+ years if found guilty" after being indicted in Manhattan.”

FactCheck.org says: It is uncommon for first-time offenders of Class E non-violent felonies to receive jail time.

“Central government considering lowering retirement age of employees says a news clip”

FACTLY says: Amar Ujala published the news back in September 2019. However, the government on multiple occasions denied the claims stating that no such proposal of changing the retirement age of the employees is under consideration.…

“New Parliament House. Two new records. It was built in merely 17 months. TATA bulit it and only 1 rupee as a cost to the govt. This is TATA ‘s gift to nation.”

“President Trump is officially a political prisoner.”

PolitiFact says: There’s no universally accepted definition of "political prisoner," but human rights and international law experts told PolitiFact that they would not classify Trump, who was not detained, a political prisoner.

“As president, I have the right to declassify documents, and the process is automatic. If I take them with me, it’s automatic. Declassified.”

PolitiFact says: Presidents do have an unusual degree of authority to declassify documents, but formal follow-through is required.

“Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg “campaigned on the fact that he would get President Trump. ‘I gotta get him. I’m going to get him.’”

FactCheck.org says: Trump re-posted a video of Bragg in a 2021 interview talking about Trump. But it was heavily edited. Left out were comments Bragg made, repeatedly, about not prejudging the case before seeing and weighing the facts.

“TATA is building the New Parliament at a cost of only 1 rupee”

FACTLY says: Tata Projects Limited secured the contract to construct the new Parliament building for Rs. 861.9 crores. However, in January 2022, CPWD estimated an increase in the cost of construction by 29% to a little over 1200 cro…

“The Biden administration said it would impose sanctions on Uganda for passing an anti-gay law”

“Photo which was taken when Arvind Kejriwal offered a written apology to BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.”

FACTLY says: Photo which was taken when Arvind Kejriwal offered a written apology to BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

“This picture is when Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister and was on a visit to Bangladesh as per the protocol Manmohan Singh was supposed to sit with the Prime Minister of Bangladesh but on the seat where Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was supposed to sit there is a modest Member of Parliament Antonio Maino aka Sonia Gandhi”

“Visuals showing improvement in railway infrastructure under the Modi government”

FACTLY says: The video shows luxurious trains launched by the Indonesia’s sole operator of public railway, KAI, in 2019. The train shown in the viral video carried KAI logo and many Indonesian words. Multiple news agencies have shar…

“A dance video of Rajasthan’s newly appointed BJP President CP Joshi”

FACTLY says: The person dancing in the video is a teacher from Uttar Pradesh named Ajay Kumar Sharma. The video of his dance to the song Titliaan went viral on social media in December 2022

“In Barack Obama’s memoir “A Promised Land,” he stated that the Congress government adopted lenient measures against terrorists involved in the 2008 Mumbai attacks to appease the Muslim vote bank”

FACTLY says: Barack Obama never made this claim in his book. He only discussed his conversation with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who expressed concerns about the economy, Pakistan, and political repercussions, but there was no me…

“Shah Muhammad Rakib Hasan of Rangpur, Bangladesh has become the best debater in US government’s parliamentary debate tournament organized by the White House”

“Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had got admission to the IIT through corporate quota.”

FACTLY says: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal is one of the Distinguished Alumnus Award holders of the IIT Kharagpur Institute, who completed a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the institute in 1989. IIT Kharagpu…

“So @RahulGandhi has deleted all his tweets on Veer Savarkar. This comes after grandson of Veer Savarkar threatened the Congress leader of FIRs for his defamatory and baseless statements against Veer Savarkar.”

“Congress has officially banned TikTok.”

PolitiFact says: TikTok hasn’t been banned in the U.S.

“The gay dating app Grindr says if Florida doesn’t stop passing homophobic and transphobic laws, they’ll reveal every Republican legislator and party official who secretly uses the app.”

PolitiFact says: A Grindr spokesperson said the app protects users’ privacy and would not reveal the identities of Republican politicians on Grindr. The claim circulated amid Republican-led efforts to pass anti-LGTBQ+ laws nationwide.

“Democrat Bill Clinton, paid Paula Jones $850,000 in hush money... Why wasn't Clinton arrested?”

“Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), an Australia-based global think tank organisation, in its recent report “Global Terrorism Index 2023” has placed the “Communist Party of India” (CPI) on the list of the world’s 20 deadliest terror groups of the year 2022 on the 12th position.”