“Fuel-saving advice by South Africa’s deputy minister of transport”
Africa Check rated this: False
Politics and government
4,522 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“Sachin said Irrespective of the amount of pressure from Modi, I will not fight elections against the Congress party. There is no question of me campaigning for Modi.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“A claim that Bill Gates insulted Nigerian Leaders.”
DUBAWA rated this: This claim is False
“Arun Jaitley as Defence Minister used an Indian Navy Chopper to ferry his family to a wedding in Goa.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Claim did the Congress swear on pappumutra to launch a machine that will convert potatoes into gold”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating FALSE
“Erin Tañada didn't do a thing when he was senator except defend communists”
Tsek.ph rated this: FALSE: Erin Tañada has never been elected senator
“Manmohan Singh said by Electrifying every Indian Village, Modi Government has increased the risk of deaths due to electrocution. Villagers have never seen electricity & also don’t know how to use them, if any mishaps happen, who will be responsible?”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Prime Minister Scott Morrison claims 95 per cent of jobs created in the past year have been full-time positions.”
AAP FactCheck rated this: Misleading - The claim is true but somewhat misleading.
“Senator Chel Diokno is a commander of the NPA”
Tsek.ph rated this: FALSE
“A government school in Madhya Pradesh had distributed mineral water because of Rahul Gandhi”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating - FALSE
“A video allegedly showing Prime Minister Narendra Modi being attended to by a make-up artist has gone viral on social media. We found the claims with the video to be misleading.”
BBC Hindi rated this: Misleading
“Author of TIME magazine article on PM Modi Aatish Taseer is a PR manager for Congress party.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“Investigations conducted after the bombing incident in Sri Lanka confirmed the use of contraceptives in a hotel run by Muslims. The contraceptive pills that make one impotent is used. 50% of the hotels in Tamil Nadu follow this. Sir Lankan government, Srilankan and Tamil media brought this out with proof.”
Youturn rated this: Fake
“Old lady paid by Congress to be in images”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“The Japanese government decided to dispose of all microwave ovens in the country as they are harmful.”
The Quint rated this: FALSE
“$77 billion of the Government's tax package would go to people earning more than $180,000 a year.”
RMIT ABC Fact Check rated this: Justifiable
RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Shorten's claim is justifiable. The $77 billion figure he cites is an underestimate according to two leading tax and economic modellers consulted by Fact Check. Their analyses, using tax and welfare models similar to…
“A Congress poster in Wayanad (Kerala) misspelt Rahul Gandhi name as ‘Rahul Gandu’.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
“Claim fake video claims to show India's opposition congress party workers burning an effigy of Modi”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating FALSE
“US government has issued 100 dollar note with Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar's photo”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating - FALSE
“Claim is there a protest on RSS ban in Jodhpur under the congress rule”
Fact Crescendo rated this: Fact Crescendo Rating MIXTURE