Politics and government

“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.

“50 lakhs youth BJP members across India left the party and joined PMK.”

“Claim: Tamil nadu government total income not allocated to govt staffs and pensioners”

“MP Senthil said he has never seen Periyar. But after seeing Udayanidhi in a khaki shirt, it felt like seeing Periyar.”

“President Putin has announced Islam as the second State religion of Russia”

FACTLY says: No such announcement has been made by Russian President Putin. Russia is a secular State with no State religion. Also, the posted photo is an old one

“The Tamil Nadu government has set aside Rs 3.50 crore to rescue Ukrainian students, of which Rs 3.25 crore has been spent on buying sweaters alone!”

“Video of a Sadhu beaten up by a Muslim youth in Kandwa, MP”

FACTLY says: The man who assaulted the Sadhu in the video was identified as Praveen Gaur; the accused is not a Muslim. Praveen Gaur, who is the son of a hotelier, dragged a Sadhu to a hair salon and cut his hair in Madhya Pradesh’s …

“A group of robbers, looting houses pretending to be government officers from the Home Affairs Ministry.”

“Vasundhara Raje left the BJP to join the Congress party”

FACTLY says: There is no evidence to show that Vasundhara Raje had left the BJP to join the Congress party. Vasundhara Raje is the ex-CM of Rajasthan (from the BJP) who demitted office in 2018. Though there have been news reports th…

“Cheaper in Gujarat than in Saudi. Petrol prices are lower in BJP-ruled states than in Saudi Arabia. Tamil Nadu government also should reduce prices to such an extent – Tamil Nadu BJP leader Ku.Annamalai in the assembly siege protest”

“Assets worth Rs 30 crore of Dharmapuri Vanniyar Sangam are robbed by DMK MP Senthilkumar Family”

“In 2013, under a Democratic Senate, "a majority of the Senate voted in favor of" gun-related legislation sponsored by Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ted Cruz, “but the Democrats filibustered it.”

PolitiFact says: Democrats did set a supermajority threshold, but only after Republicans pledged to filibuster the underlying bill, and Republicans unanimously agreed to the voting plan.