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Politics & government fact checks

Explore claims publishers have checked about politics & government. Read their original ratings and follow the evidence.

12,754 published reviews in this topic

FACTLYPolitics & government

Government of India is distributing ₹ 2000 to every girl in the country under the scheme ‘PM Kalyan Aashirvad Yojana’

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The review examined a viral social-media claim that the Government of India had launched a scheme paying ₹2,000 to every girl in the country. It identifies the scheme as “PM Kanya Aashirwad Yojana,” a slightly different name from the one in the supplied claim, but describes the same alleged nationwide payment. To check the claim, the review says it looked for the scheme on the Ministry of Women and Child Development website, where details of central-government schemes for women and children are usually listed. It reports finding no mention of the scheme there. It also reports that the Press Information Bureau (PIB) clarified, after posts about the scheme went viral, that the posts were fake and that the Government of India had introduced no such scheme. On this evidence, the review concludes that the promised payment was not part of a government scheme.

ObservAlgerie.comPolitics & government

Ahmed Ouyahia est mort

Publisher’s rating: La folle rumeur a été largement relayée sur les réseaux sociaux dans la soirée de lundi 13 juillet. De nombreuses pages et groupes ont annoncé la mort de l’ancien Premier ministre algérien Ahmed Ouyahia. Info ou intox ? Pour le moment, aucune information officielle n’a été communiquée sur son état de santé, qu’on sait dégradé depuis quelques mois. En tout cas, cette rumeur s’est propagée comme une traînée de poudre sur les réseaux sociaux, suscitant des réactions mitigées.

Vishvas NewsPolitics & government

# രാഹുൽ_ഗാന്ധിയുടെ പാർലമെന്ററി മണ്ഡലം # വയനാട് രാജ്യത്തെ ആദ്യത്തെ # സ്മാർട്ട് സിറ്റി ആയി മാറുന്നു”. ഓരോ വീടിനും മുന്നിൽ എല്ലാവർക്കും വ്യത്യസ്ത നീന്തൽക്കുളം ഉണ്ട്.

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

FACTLYPolitics & government

Photo of PM Narendra Modi, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief MM Naravane with shadows as that of lions

Publisher’s rating: FALSE

The claim concerns a photo said to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat and Army Chief MM Naravane casting lion-shaped shadows. The review identifies the image as one taken during Modi’s visit to Ladakh to address Indian soldiers. It says the social-media post described the image as unedited and the shadows as “a message from nature.” To check the image, the review points to a photo posted on the Press Information Bureau of India’s official Twitter account as the original. It compares that image with the version circulating online: in the original, the three men have ordinary individual shadows, not lion-shaped ones. The review concludes that the circulating version was edited using tools such as Photoshop. This evidence addresses the specific image and its central claim: the original image does not show the claimed lion shadows, while the circulated version does. The review therefore labels the claim false.

NewtralPolitics & government

El rey Felipe VI se ha gastado más de 500.000 euros en un coche en plena crisis del COVID-19

Publisher’s rating: Falso

The claim was that King Felipe VI had spent more than €500,000 on a car in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Newtral’s review says that Felipe VI and Queen Letizia were using the vehicle, but that it was not a new purchase: the State Mobile Park acquired it and announced the acquisition in 2019. The timing matters because the claim presents the car as a pandemic-era expense. To check the vehicle’s history, Newtral says it contacted the press office of the Finance Ministry, which oversees the State Mobile Park. The ministry indicated that, if the query concerned a State Mobile Park Mercedes, it had been delivered to the agency in November 2019. The review also cites a notice in Spain’s Official State Gazette dated September 19, 2019, for the acquisition of a high-representation armoured vehicle for the agency, awarded to Mercedes Benz Retail S.A.U. The notice listed a value of €454,500 plus VAT. That supports the account of an expensive vehicle, but the review’s chronology contradicts the claim that it was bought in the midst of the pandemic: the cited acquisition was announced in September 2019 and the vehicle was delivered in November 2019. Newtral also reports finding at least five articles describing the car as acquired the previous summer; it quotes one as saying the car “has not been bought now.”