Politics and government

“Labor has more than double the number of women the Liberals have in the Parliament and about twice the number of women on our front bench ...”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Yes, Ms Plibersek's claim checks out, but there's more to it. There are more than twice the number of Labor women in Parliament than there are Liberal women, in both raw numbers (44 vs 19) and proportional terms (46.3 p…

“Several social media groups of South India have shared a pair of photographs claiming that Bharatiya Janata Party has set new records by cleaning the Ganges. Shared with # 5YearChallenge and # 10YearChallenge, the social media groups claim that the situation of the river was disgusting and BJP has made considerable improvements in its condition. We found the claims to be misleading”

“A fake and provocative article has been shared on several right-wing groups on social media. The title of the article is 'Sonia Gandhi hates Hindus, former President Pranab Mukherjee dcloses.’ But the claims are false”

“All Progressive Congress rep spent N10 million on small wooden bridge in Nigeria”

“Cabinet secretary Rashid Echesa arrested and detained over human trafficking allegations”

“Nigeria’s acting chief justice is unqualified to practise law”

“The Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme (DBT) was introduced by the BJP government in the country.”

“A video showing the newly appointed General Secretary of Congress, Priyanka Gandhi, allegedly in an inebriated state has gone viral on several right-wing social media pages. But our research found the claims to be false.”

“Labor's dividend imputation policy would overwhelmingly affect the low paid”

RMIT ABC Fact Check says: Mr Robert's claim is misleading. He suggests Australia's least well off will bear the brunt of the pain. To make his case, Mr Robert relies on the taxable income of people claiming excess franking credits as a cash refu…

“A claim that claims that the Buhari administration performed better than Jonathan’s government in funding infrastructure.”

“A claim that Peter Obi asked Northerners to carry ID cards during his reign as Anambra state Governor.”

“The video shows Trinamool Congress (TMC) workers brandishing guns to threaten people into attending a rally in Kolkata, West Bengal.”

“Kisumu's Governor Anyang' Nyong'o is dead”

“The Central government will soon roll out the new passports that will be armed with ‘chips’ that will contain all sensitive user data and biometrics.”

“The image is recent and shows Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking a holy dip in Uttar Pradesh during the Kumbh Mela.”

“This headline 'Unpresidented' was published by the Washington Post after Donald Trump resigned as the President of the United States.”

“Former President APJ Abdul Kalam told PM Narendra Modi that the Opposition will fear him for his work one day and will subsequently fall as a result.”

“A claim that Oby Ezekwesili said she will support gay rights if elected President”

“Hyderabad police has banned kite flying during the festival of Sankranti to maintain peace and law and order.”

“Kenyan MP detained in Uganda over dissagreement on pay with prostitute”