October 23, 2019 00:30 am
JOHANNESBURG – According to fact-checkers at the Washington Post, US President Donald Trump has made more than 13,000 false or misleading claims since his inauguration. It is no wonder some people doubt that the fact-checking of politicians’ claims is an answer to the problems of this misinformation age.
July 4, 2018 11:58 am
MUMBAI, July 4: Facebook Inc’s WhatsApp messenger has told India that curbing the spread of false messages through its platform is a challenge that required a partnership between the tech firm, civil society and the government.
June 18, 2018 09:44 am
KATHMANDU, June 18: Police have arrested four Pakistani nationals from Thamel for entering Nepal with fake United Kingdom’s passport. A team of police from Tribhuvan International Airport had arrested the Pakistani nationals after they were notified by the Interpol.
June 9, 2018 14:00 pm
Social media was flooded with false information of Dr. Upendra Devkota, Nepal’s top neuro surgeon's death twice. But what is false news and how does it spread so quickly?
March 19, 2018 19:56 pm
KATHMANDU, March 19: The Islami Sangh Nepal has strongly condemned and refuted the news published in Indian media, citing it as false news.
January 14, 2018 13:47 pm
HONOLULU, Jan 14: The second recent blunder in Hawaii’s planning for a possible North Korean nuclear attack left islanders shaken after an emergency alert warning of an imminent strike sounded on hundreds of thousands of cellphones.
January 7, 2018 07:35 am
KATHMANDU, Jan 6: In the run up to the local, parliamentary and provincial elections, UML leaders made relentless efforts to cash in on the support of voters in Butwal, Dang and Nepalgunj with a self-contradictory campaign promise: to make the cities the administrative capital of Province 5.
January 4, 2018 11:17 am
Holden says she never wears a full face of make-up around the house but likes to put on a set of false eyelashes in the morning before dropping off her kids to the school.
September 6, 2017 03:15 am
KATHMANDU, Sept 5:While expressing concern over the use of strategic lawsuits against public participation (SLAPP) as a tool to silence media on issues of corruption, the Sydney-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Asia-Pacific has urged Nepal to ensure a mechanism to discourage such false lawsuits aimed at critical voices and investigative journalism.
June 21, 2017 15:32 pm
KATHMANDU, June 21: Two top leaders of the Rastriya Janata Party (RJP) Nepal today called on Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba, drawing the government attention towards what the party claimed ongoing physical assaults against party cadres and their arrests as well.
March 22, 2017 00:05 am
Most Americans think Trump's wiretapping claims are false
August 18, 2016 16:07 pm
LONDON, Aug 18: When the English Premier League champions take on the runners-up, the stage should be set for a clash between two teams bursting with confidence.