Economy & business fact checks

மகளிர்க்கு ஐயாயிரம் ரூபாய் ஒரு புறம் வழங்கிவிட்டு மறுபுறம் வணிக நிறுவனங்களுக்கு திடீரென்று மின்சார கட்டண உயர்வை அறிவித்திருப்பது எந்த விதத்தில் நியாயம் ...??? கோயில்களுக்கு வியாபார தலங்களுக்கு உரிய மின்கட்டன நடைமுறை இது பொது மக்களை பாதிக்கும்

Publisher’s rating: false

"New Yorkers pay 49% more than the national average for electricity.”

Publisher’s rating: Mostly True

The viral video shows journalist Arnab Goswami reporting that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a highly profitable investment platform.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that the viral clip is a deepfake, using unrelated footage of Sitharaman speaking at the 12th SBI Banking and Economics Conclave 2025 in Mumbai. The review says her full speech did not announce such an investment scheme and that Hive’s AI detection tool flagged the clip as 99.7% likely to be a deepfake.

“So, under my leadership, economic growth is exploding to numbers unheard of. They’ve never had them before.”

Publisher’s rating: False

"Under the Biden administration, America was plagued by the nightmare of stagflation, meaning low growth and high inflation, a recipe for misery, failure and decline."

Publisher’s rating: False

Vehicle tax in Sri Lanka is charged based on the number of airbags in the vehicle.

Publisher’s rating: False

The Ceylon Brown Sugar outlet of Lanka Sugar in Nugegoda was closed down only months after its inauguration.

Publisher’s rating: False

The review found the claim that the Nugegoda outlet had closed to be false: it reported that the store was temporarily shut on January 31, 2026, after the staff member on duty fell ill, and remained closed on February 1 because it was Poya day. The store confirmed it was open as usual on February 2.

“We right now have more factories and plants being built in our country than we've ever had before.”

Publisher’s rating: Half True

円安で自殺が減り、円高で自殺が増える?

Publisher’s rating: 誤り

The review finds that yen movements and suicide counts may correlate during some periods, but that the relationship changes across time and suicide rates have multiple causes. It concludes that the claim cannot be generalized from exchange rates alone.

گزارش فایننشال‌تایمز و افشای امپراتوری مالی علی انصاری در اروپا

Publisher’s rating: دو گزارش رسانه‌های معتبر بین‌المللی، شامل روزنامه فایننشال‌تایمز و خبرگزاری بلومبرگ، به افشای گسترده امپراتوری مالی علی انصاری، بنیان‌گذار و سهامدار عمده بانک آینده، در کشورهای اروپایی پرداخته‌اند و نگاه‌ها را به شبکه پیچیده سرمایه‌گذاری‌های او معطوف کرده‌اند.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that there are no poor people in India, that people only pretend to be poor, and that people are buying large quantities of gold and silver.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY found no evidence that Sitharaman made the alleged remarks. It reports that the viral graphic was digitally edited from a Molitics India post about employment figures, not poverty or gold and silver.

"[I]n one year I’ve slashed our gaping trade deficit by a staggering 77%."

Publisher’s rating: Misleading

మన దేశంలో పేదవారు లేరు, ప్రజలు పేదవారిలా నటిస్తారు, ప్రజలు చాలా బంగారం, వెండి కొంటున్నారు – కేంద్ర ఆర్థికమంత్రి నిర్మలా సీతారామన్.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

Among Somalis in Minnesota, “92% of them don’t work.”

Publisher’s rating: Pants on Fire

A new ₹500 currency note bearing the image of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose has been officially released.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLY reports that neither the Reserve Bank of India nor the Central Government announced a ₹500 note featuring Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. It says the viral image of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding the note was AI-generated.

”2021ஆம் ஆண்டில் திமுக ஆட்சிக்கு வந்ததில் இருந்து தமிழ்நாட்டில் அந்நிய நேரடி முதலீடுகள் குறைந்துள்ளதாக” - S.G.சூர்யா, பாஜகவின் தமிழ்நாடு இளைஞர் அணி தலைவர்.

Publisher’s rating: false

Chúng tôi là nền tảng Binance , sàn giao dịch trực tuyến hàng đầu thế giới

Publisher’s rating: false/lừa đảo

Bingo Mall là nền tảng thương mại điện tử kết hợp đầu tư an toàn, giúp kiếm tiền thụ động.

Publisher’s rating: False

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Publisher’s rating: Lừa đảo Exit Scam / Mô hình Ponzi đã sụp đổ.

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Publisher’s rating: Sai sự thật / Lừa đảo (False / Scam)