Fact Check
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A fact-check of BJP’s claims about the performance of central schemes in Meghalaya
The party claims 68,136 houses were constructed in the state under the Awas Yojana. Official data says the actual number was 1,100.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
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Fact check: Is natural gas just as responsible as coal for global warming, as Union minister claims?
In theory, natural gas is 'cleaner' than coal, but while producing the gas a certain amount of methane ( a greenhouse gas) leaks into the atmosphere.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
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Fact check: Is the demand for MGNREGA jobs declining, as Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman claims?
MGNREGA is a social security and employment scheme which aims to provide at least 100 days of guaranteed employment in a year to every rural household.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
Trending
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Evolution doesn’t need millions of years. Tiger snakes on an island have evolved over just a century
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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What can we learn about Bengali women’s complex relationship with food from bratas?
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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How Pakistan’s massive power outage has reaffirmed fears of a Sri Lanka-style economic collapse
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Fact check: Was there really only one university in Ahmedabad district before 2002, as Modi claims?
The prime minister made the claim while campaigning during the state assembly elections.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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Fact check: Is there no link between air pollution and health, as a Union minister claims?
Environment minister Ashwini Choubey said in the Parliament that there is no conclusive data to establish a direct correlation between health and air pollution.
Nushaiba Iqbal, Factchecker.in
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Nitin Gadkari claimed Madhya Pradesh is no longer a BIMARU state. What do the facts say?
The union minister said MP’s rapid progress has placed it in the league of ‘developed states’.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
Video
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Eco India, Ep 212: More than a third of all carbon emissions are caused by construction. How to fix?
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‘Be like a man’: Journalist Anuradha Sharma on how women journalists in India are expected to work
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Watch: Model Kristen McMenamy falls, takes off heels to walk barefoot on Paris Fashion Week runway
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Watch: 2023 Jimmy Kimmel chats with 2003 Jimmy Kimmel for talk show anniversary
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Watch: How colleges across the country screened the controversial BBC documentary
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Uttar Pradesh has the lowest tap water coverage, and not Rajasthan, as a former BJP minister claims
Rajyavardhan Rathore’s claim belied by Union government’s data.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
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Fact Check: Were there no riots in Uttar Pradesh in the past five years, as Adityanath claims?
Contradicting the chief minister, crime data shows more than 35,000 cases between 2017 and 2021.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
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Fact check: Has Tripura’s per capita income risen 30% under BJP rule, as JP Nadda claimed?
The party’s national president was on a two-day campaign in the state for assembly elections scheduled for next year.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
The Reel
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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Oscar-nominated film ‘The Elephant Whisperers’ is cuteness unlimited
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Three Oscar nominations for India: ‘All That Breathes’, ‘RRR’ and ‘The Elephant Whisperers’
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Fact check: Internet has become cheaper in India – but not as much as the coal ministry claims
Records show that the Modi government’s claim of a major fall in data charges in the last eight years is not fully true.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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Fact check: In Germany, Modi made several untrue claims about India’s growth
While the Prime Minister asserted that the country is open defecation free and that all its villages are electrified, data shows otherwise.
Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in
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Fact-check: Are BJP MP Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore’s claims on Agnipath true?
Agniveers will get a sum of Rs 20 lakh after four years, the former army officer said.
Divyani Dubey, Factchecker.in
The Field
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U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Shafali Verma’s India vs Grace Scrivens’ England in inaugural title clash
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Women’s Premier League: Mithali Raj named mentor for Ahmedabad’s franchise Gujarat Giants
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Hockey World Cup, IND vs RSA as it happened: Harmanpreet and Co finish 9th after 5-2 win vs RSA
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Aryna Sabalenka wins the Australian Open title for her first Major: ‘Incredible resilience’
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Sophie Devine column: NZ have had plenty of cricket before the T20 World Cup, we feel prepared