Fact check: Was an Islamic flag raised in Karnataka’s Bhatkal with communal motives?

In fact, flags representing several categories – Hindu, Muslim, Dalit and the Congress – were all raised after the state election verdict was announced.

Shinjinee Majumder, AltNews.in

· May 14, 2023 · 01:02 pm

Fact check: Modi’s claim that BJP received over 50% votes in several states needs some context

BJP independently secured more than half the total vote share in 11 states and two union territories in the 2019 general elections.

Merin Mathew, Factchecker.in

· Apr 18, 2023 · 01:30 pm

A fact-check of Congress’s claims about the hardships faced by farmers in India

Two claims turned out to be true, one false and one needed additional context.

Merin Mathew, Factchecker.in

· Mar 22, 2023 · 09:30 pm

Adityanath claims there have been no farmer suicides in UP in last six years. What do the facts say?

Official data shows 398 farmers and 731 farm labourers died by suicide between 2017 and 2021 in the state.

Merin Mathew, Factchecker.in

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Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in

· Mar 13, 2023 · 01:30 pm

A fact-check of JP Nadda’s claims on crimes against women in West Bengal

Although Nadda’s claims on trafficking and kidnapping of women were incorrect, he wasn’t wrong about the state registering the highest number of acid attacks.

Nidhi Jacob, Factchecker.in

· Feb 28, 2023 · 09:30 pm

Fact check: Amit Shah’s claims on central schemes in Tripura were not entirely true

Official data shows that two of these claims were only partially true, one needed additional context and two were true.

Merin Mathew, Factchecker.in

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Pavan Thimmavajjala, Factchecker.in

· Feb 16, 2023 · 09:30 pm

Fact check: Amit Shah is wrong. Crimes against women haven’t declined by 50% in Tripura under BJP

The Union home minister made one incorrect and several partially true claims in Tripura ahead of the state assembly election.

Merin Mathew, Factchecker.in

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Pavan Thimmavajjala, Factchecker.in

· Feb 13, 2023 · 09:30 pm

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

· Jan 21, 2023 · 08:30 pm

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

· Dec 31, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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

· Dec 27, 2022 · 02:00 pm

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

· Dec 18, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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

· Dec 03, 2022 · 01:30 pm