“digital card on X (formerly Twitter) with Nation Africa branding, purportedly on ODM Party convening due to a possible Uhuru-Ruto alliance”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
Politics and government
4,511 claims on this topic checked by other fact-checking organisations. Topics are sorted by the words in each claim and cover English-language checks.
“An image showing a turbaned man touching Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Sonia Gandhi’s feet has been widely shared with the claim that it depicts former Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh bowing to her”
Logically Facts rated this: False
“No public presence along the route, only security personnel - Even Congress workers did not come Manmohan Singh continues to be disrespected by his OWN party & Gandhis!!”
Youturn rated this: false
“The former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal said, "I have started to understand a bit of politics, Yamuna will not get me votes.”
Logically Facts rated this: Misleading
“Who laid the foundation stone for the Thiruvalluvar statue in 1979 in Kanyakumari? Morarji Desai Prime Minister, MG Ramachandran Chief Minister of TN, Patwari Governor TN & P. Ramachandran central minister, RM Veerappan HR&CE minister & Eknath Ranade RSS leader.”
Youturn rated this: misleading
“Amartya Sen and the daughters of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh embezzled ₹2730 crore allocated by the Indian government to build Nalanda University. The Modi government, upon coming to power in 2014, dissolved the old committee due to this misuse.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: Manmohan Singh’s daughters, Daman Singh and Upinder Singh, have categorically denied any association with Nalanda University, confirming that they never worked there or received any salary or benefits. During Amartya Se…
“Congress leader Rahul Gandhi skipped former PM Manmohan Singh's funeral.”
ThePrint rated this: False
“False claim that no congress leaders attended manmohan singhs funeral goes viral”
Sakal rated this: FALSE
“President Jimmy Carter verbatim said, “evangelical Christianity has been hijacked by people who would have given Jesus himself the boot if he knocked on their door.”
PolitiFact rated this: False
PolitiFact says: Social media posts are falsely attributing this quote about “evangelical Christianity” being “hijacked” to Jimmy Carter as if it were a verbatim quote. These words were used in a 2005 Minnesota Star Tribune article, but…
“A photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the queen of Kuwait.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The woman in the viral photo has been identified as Shaikha AJ Al-Sabah, an avid yoga practitioner and the founder of Kuwait’s first licensed yoga studio, ‘Daratma.’ Prime Minister Narendra Modi met her, along with othe…
“Government is not issuing Rs 500 New Ambedkar Series Bank Notes, Viral Image is AI Created”
Sakal rated this: FALSE
“On every desk in Parliament today”
Youturn rated this: misleading
“a video purportedly showing a 500-year-old Torah manuscript discovered in one of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s palaces in December 2024”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“Facebook post claiming to show President William Ruto greeting trees at the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Narok County, Kenya”
PesaCheck rated this: False
“post on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Justin Trudeau has instituted a three-year freeze on immigration to Canada”
PesaCheck rated this: Partly False
“After admitting to manhandling, Shri Rahul Gandhi shamelessly dismisses his aggressive behavior by saying, "Nothing happens with a push." It's shameful that he downplays an incident that has caused a head injury to a senior MP and two MPs being hospitalized, all due to his actions. Arrogance runs in the veins of the Gandhi family.”
Youturn rated this: misleading
“Rahul Gandhi did not attacked BJP MP Pratap Sarangi outside Parliament”
Sakal rated this: False
“The video shows a U.S. law student questioning Islam’s portrayal, Muslim representation, and ideologies with weapons to Donald Trump’s 2024 cabinet picks.”
FACTLY rated this: FALSE
FACTLY says: The video, dating back to 17 June 2014 is of a panel discussion held by The Heritage Foundation on the 2012 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya. It is not from 2024 or recent years. Notably, Barack Obama was t…
“This Executive Order claiming President William Ruto relocated Kenya’s capital city from Nairobi to Nakuru”
PesaCheck rated this: Fake
“Video of Rahul Gandhi admitting to pushing BJP MPs at the premises of the Indian Parliament.”
FACTLY rated this: MISLEADING
FACTLY says: The viral video is a clipped portion of Rahul Gandhi’s interview that he gave to various Indian news agencies on this issue. In the longer video, we can hear him saying the words ‘haa Kiya hai Kiya hai’ after reporters …