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True: Indians are taxed 260 percent for fuel, four times more than the UK, Japan, and the US.
Economics-General Politics-General

True: Indians are taxed 260 percent for fuel, four times more than the UK, Japan, and the US.

False: Shell is eliminating 9,000 jobs because of President Joe Biden.
Economics-Business Politics-General

False: Shell is eliminating 9,000 jobs because of President Joe Biden.

Misleading: The new farm bills allow Indian farmers to fix their own prices.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

Misleading: The new farm bills allow Indian farmers to fix their own prices.

True: By raising the minimum wage to $15/hour, 31 percent of black workers and 26 percent of Latino workers would get a pay raise.
Economics-General Human Rights-General

True: By raising the minimum wage to $15/hour, 31 percent of black workers and 26 percent of Latino workers would get a pay raise.

False: Patanjali's Coronil was recognized by the World Health Organization as the first evidence-based medicine for the coronavirus.
Economics-Business Events-General Health-Covid

False: Patanjali's Coronil was recognized by the World Health Organization as the first evidence-based medicine for the coronavirus.

Misleading: New farm bills ensure that APMC middlemen won't control farmers' sales and income.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

Misleading: New farm bills ensure that APMC middlemen won't control farmers' sales and income.

True: The annual budget allocated to Scotland is more than the taxes paid by Scottish taxpayers.
Economics-General Politics-Policy

True: The annual budget allocated to Scotland is more than the taxes paid by Scottish taxpayers.

False: Bill Gates lives in a home worth $147.5 million, which is enough money to buy 1,000 struggling U.S. families a home.
Economics-General Human Rights-General

False: Bill Gates lives in a home worth $147.5 million, which is enough money to buy 1,000 struggling U.S. families a home.

Misleading: The House tried to pass a bill to send trillions of dollars to countries like Iran, Russia, and China.
Economics-General Health-Covid

Misleading: The House tried to pass a bill to send trillions of dollars to countries like Iran, Russia, and China.

False: Coca-Cola has started a campaign in favor of the farmers' protests.
Economics-Business Events-Activism

False: Coca-Cola has started a campaign in favor of the farmers' protests.

Misleading: Joe Biden has raised the price of insulin.
Economics-General Health-Pharma Politics-Policy

Misleading: Joe Biden has raised the price of insulin.

Misleading: Premiers tell Trudeau they ‘want to go to war’ with the U.S. over Keystone XL
Economics-General Geopolitical-Conflict

Misleading: Premiers tell Trudeau they ‘want to go to war’ with the U.S. over Keystone XL

Misleading: Only seven percent of the emergency stimulus package will be granted to individuals. The rest will go to big businesses.
Economics-General Politics-General

Misleading: Only seven percent of the emergency stimulus package will be granted to individuals. The rest will go to big businesses.

True: Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer was invented as a Christmas promotion for a U.S. firm in 1938.
Economics-Business

True: Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer was invented as a Christmas promotion for a U.S. firm in 1938.

False: Amazon is distributing 100 units of computer and mobile equipment and 50 cash prizes.
Economics-Business Tech-Social-Media Tech-Business

False: Amazon is distributing 100 units of computer and mobile equipment and 50 cash prizes.

False: Adani owns the Pune junction railway station.
Economics-Business Tech-Social-Media

False: Adani owns the Pune junction railway station.

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