copenlu/druid huggingface dataset:
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2020-02-18): Should India be focused on regaining a foothold and influence within the island nation, it is clear that they will be following a more pragmatic policy to do so. In fact, it’s already clear that India has been enacting such a policy since November’s election. Not long after the results were declared, Subrahmanyam Jayshankar, India’s External Affairs Minister, was sent to Sri Lanka to greet the newly elected president. This trip was then followed by Sri Lanka’s newly elected president visiting India on his first official overseas trip. During his time in India, Narendra Modi announced $400 million of credit for infrastructure projects in Sri Lanka and promised $50 million to address security-related issues, particularly in the fight to combat terrorism. [...] The geopolitical setting of India and Sri Lanka compels the two countries to respect each other’s security concerns. A stable Sri Lanka has always been a major interest of India, as well as the security of the whole Indian Ocean region. According to Prime Minister Modi: "the security and development of two countries are inseparable therefore it is natural that we should be aware of each other’s safety and sensibilities". In addition, India’s primary interest remains in a peaceful and stable Indian Oceanthat has a huge role in achieving its primary goal of the economic transformation.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2020-06-02): 86 "Suo Motu Statement by Minister of External Affairs in Parliament on the Hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC-814," Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, March 1, 2020, https://mea.gov.in/in-focus-article.htm?5471/Suo+Motu+Statement+by+Minister+of+External+Affairs+in+Parliament+on+the+Hijacking+of+Indian+Airlines+Flight+IC814. [...] 150 Saurav Sarkar, "The Islamic State’s Increasing Focus on India," Diplomat, March 30, 2020, https://thediplomat.com/2020/03/the-islamic-states-increasing-focus-on-india/. [...] 191 Sushant Singh, "No Lesser Evil," Indian Express, February 18, 2017, https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/russia-china-pakistan-islamic-state-taliban-afghanistan-india-4530631/.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2023-12-05): With major high-level visits, China further cements development, economic, and strategic ties with Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka: 2014 was the year that the People’s Republic of China unveiled its Silk Route and Maritime Silk Route connectivity strategies for the larger Asia region, complete with maps and major bilateral visits with South Asian countries. India has long worried about Chinese "encirclement" through what some analysts have termed a "string of pearls" presence throughout South Asia; in 2014 senior official bilateral visits at the head of government/head of state level took place between China and Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and Bangladesh, plus a foreign minister-level visit to Nepal (a 2014 visit of Nepal’s prime minister to China for an expo did not involve a Beijing stop). Each of these visits resulted in substantial announcements of economic assistance especially focused on infrastructure development. China has become a major economic partner—in many cases the top trading partner and/or leading foreign investor—in much of South Asia. President Xi Jinping’s visit to India in September began with economic optimism but quickly turned to tension after Chinese troops incurred across the undemarcated border with India.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2023-08-21): Like in the Maldives and Nepal, Sri Lanka's recent domestic politics has also been a boon for India. The ousting of Sri Lanka's pro-China President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in the wake of the country's debt crisis brought President Ranil Wickremesinghe to power. Wickremesinghe recently visited Modi in New Delhi and signed economic and energy agreements. That India was the first country to offer a bailout package to Sri Lanka did much for neighborly good will. What's more, India's offer of $4 billion in humanitarian and financial assistance eclipsed Beijing's support for $2.9 billion through the International Monetary Fund, which not only was delayed but also came within the awkward context that China still owns as much as 20 percent of Sri Lanka's foreign debt.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2016-07-29): By the early 1990’s it was easy to predict that ethnic identity movements and religion would replace communism as the Polar Star of the young, the disenfranchised, and the angry.[3] As a state, India is familiar with ethnicity and identity: it is an important element in India’s relations with all of its neighbors. A short list would include Tibetans, Kashmiris, Bengalis, Sikhs, Sindhis, Nepali speakers, Mohajirs, and Tamils. Indeed, every one of India’s neighbors has a major overlap with it in terms of ethnic identity movements. New Delhi early on learned how to manage ethnic movements, using force when necessary, then accommodation. In the words of an Indian police official, "we hit them over the head with a hammer, then we teach them to play the piano." It works, in the same way that the Romans kept peace in their far-flung multi-ethnic empire. It also works as an instrument of foreign policy, and a number of South Asian states, including India, have used ethnic separatist movements to keep a rival off-balance. India (backed by the US) did this for a while with the Tibetans of China, it certainly did this in Sri Lanka, supporting Tamils, with tragic and unanticipated consequences, and its most significant use of ethno/linguistic discontent was its support of East Bengali separatist against Pakistan. There is ample evidence that India uses its presence in Afghanistan to not only balance radical Islamists there, but to undercut Pakistani efforts.[4]
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2022-04-21): Fact Check: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar's tweet offering to absorb Sri Lanka into India is FAKE [...] Amid this, a screenshot of a tweet purportedly from India’s external affair minister Dr. S Jaishankar has gone viral. The viral image claims that India wants to make Sri Lanka part of itself, in exchange for solving its economic crisis. This supposed tweet read, "If the people of Sri Lanka are agreeable, India is willing to proclaim that Sri Lanka becomes a State of India."
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2023-10-24): PETER MOHAN MAITHRI PIERIS (Sri Lanka) expressed grave concern over the escalation of violence in Gaza and called for the free movement of essential items and humanitarian aid, including fuel, food, medicine, water and electricity to Gaza. He called on all sides to immediately halt violence and take steps to prevent further civilian casualties. He also called on the international community to redouble their support for UNRWA, which is playing a commendable and courageous role in helping vulnerable populations under extremely challenging circumstances. He reiterated a call to keep open a humanitarian corridor to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to the civilians in Gaza. Sri Lanka is no stranger to the scourge of terrorism, he said, condemning terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and calling for the immediate release of all hostages taken into Gaza.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2022-07-16): Sri Lanka’s collapse should be a wake-up call to other countries, highlighting the perils of sovereign debt in an era of geopolitical competition. [...] 1. Sri Lanka is facing the worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [...] Sri Lanka has been an arena for competition for India and China (and to some extent Japan), all of whom have historic relations with the island nation. The Rajapaksa regime claimed close relations with China, but ultimately India was most helpful in the crisis. This year, India has sent over $3.8 billion to Sri Lanka, in the form of currency swaps, loans, food and fuel aid. Even before this week’s acute political disarray, India had pledged a comprehensive plan to increase economic and infrastructure ties between the two nations, a move seen as reassertion of its historic influence in Sri Lanka and as a counter to growing Chinese influence. Other members of the QUAD alliance (the United States, Australia and Japan) have also announced various levels of support for the Sri Lankan economy.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2024-09-20): In February 2015 the government signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with Sri Lanka. It is concerned with capacity building and training in peaceful application of nuclear energy, especially the use of radioisotopes, nuclear safety, radioactive waste management, radiation safety and nuclear security. [...] Pakistan has initiated a series of regional security proposals. It has repeatedly proposed a nuclear-free zone in South Asia and has proclaimed its willingness to engage in nuclear disarmament and to sign the NPT if India would do so. This would involve disarming and joining as non-weapon states. It has endorsed a US proposal for a regional five power conference to consider non-proliferation in South Asia.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2024-03-12): If the BJP achieves a third successive electoral victory in May, the creeping majoritarianism under Modi could turn into galloping majoritarianism, a trend that poses a fundamental challenge to Indian nationhood. Democratic- and pluralistic-minded Indians warn of the dangers of India becoming a country like Pakistan, defined by religious identity. A more salient cautionary tale might be Sri Lanka’s. With its educated population, good health care, relatively high position of women (compared with India and all other countries in South Asia), its capable and numerous professional class, and its attractiveness as a tourist destination, Sri Lanka was poised in the 1970s to join Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan as one of the so-called Asian Tigers. But then, a deadly mix of religious and linguistic majoritarianism reared its head. The Sinhala-speaking Buddhist majority chose to consolidate itself against the Tamil-speaking minority, who were themselves largely Hindus. Through the imposition of Sinhalese as the official language and Buddhism as the official religion, a deep division was created, provoking protests by the Tamils, peaceful at first but increasingly violent when crushed by the state. Three decades of bloody civil war ensued.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2024-08-05): "The unqualified support to Sheikh Hasina has acted as a bulwark against any pressure on her for human rights transgressions. India has benefitted economically and seen Ms Hasina as the only way to keep the country within India’s sphere of influence." India sees the current Bangladeshi opposition and its allies as "dangerous Islamic forces". Ms Hasina cracked down on anti-India militants on her soil and granted transit rights to secure trade routes to five Indian states which border Bangladesh.
Claim: A Tweet Attributed To Indian External Affairs Minister On India’s Willingness To Proclaim Sri Lanka As A State Of India! (Social Media Users, 2022-04-20)
Evidence (2023-11-14): AfghanistanBangladeshChinaIndiaKorean PeninsulaMyanmarNepalPakistanPhilippinesSouth China SeaSri LankaTaiwan StraitThailand [...] [6] See, for instance, Saibal Dasgupta, "India interfering in Sri Lanka’s internal affairs, says Chinese think tank", Times of India, 20 March 2015. [...] [11]See "Sino-India relations including Doklam, border situation and cooperation in International situations", Indian Ministry of External Affairs, 4 September 2018.
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2023-07-20): According to our investigation, there is no evidence of the World Economic Forum saying that all humans will have to eat faeces and drink urine to fight climate change, and WEF officials deny these fabricated claims.
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2023-07-17): FACT CHECK: No, The WEF Has Not Declared Humans Must Eat Feces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change A post shared on Facebook claims the World Economic Forum (WEF) has purportedly declared humans must eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change. [...] "WEF Declares Humans Must Eat Feces and Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change," the Facebook post purports.
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2022-02-09): Separating urine from the rest of sewage could mitigate some difficult environmental problems, but there are big obstacles to radically re-engineering one of the most basic aspects of life.
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2024-03-26): We can’t fight climate change without understanding what drives it.
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2023-09-11): Cek Fakta Liputan6.com menelusuri klaim WEF ingin kotoran dan urine dijadikan makanan untuk selamatkan bumi dari perubahan iklim, menggunakan Google Search dengan kata kunci 'The WEF is now calling for all of us to eat human feces and drink urine'. Penelusuran mengarah pada artikel berjudul "False claim WEF called for consumption of human waste to fight climate change | Fact check" yang dimuat situs Usatoday.com, pada 11 Juli 2023. [...] Penelusuran juga mengarah pada artikel berjudul "Did WEF say all humans have to eat faeces and drink urine to fight climate change? " yang dimuat situs Climatefactchecks.org, pada 20 Juli 2023.
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2023-07-20): "WEF Declares Humans Must Eat Feces and Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change," reads a claim circulating on social media in a number of countries, including Uganda and Kenya. [...] "The WEF is now calling for all of us to eat human feces and drink urine if we want to be one of the lucky few to survive the great depopulation they have planned for humanity," the article reads. [...] But has WEF declared that we must drink our pee and eat our faeces to fight climate change?
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2023-07-11): The claim: WEF declares humans must eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change [...] "WEF declares humans must eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change," reads the article's headline. [...] "The World Economic Forum never made such a statement that 'humans must eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change,'" Zopf said. "These are false claims to discredit the important work that the World Economic Forum does on serious global challenges."
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2023-07-21): Did WEF Mandate that Humans Must Eat Faeces and Drink Urine to Fight Climate Change? [...] Also, in June 26 article, The People's Voice also talks about the same phenomenon. The article's headline was "WEF declares humans must eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change". The article was shared more than 100 times in two weeks. [...] As per a USA Today report, WEF spokesperson Yann Zop says, "The World Economic Forum never made such a statement that 'humans must eat faeces and drink urine to fight climate change; these are false claims to discredit the important work that the World Economic Forum does on serious global challenges." More can be read here
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2023-07-20): Also, in June 26 article from The People’s Voice was also claims the same incident. The article’s headline was "WEF declares humans must eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change". The article was shared more than 100 times in two weeks. [...] USA Today reported WEF spokesperson Yann Zop says, "The World Economic Forum never made such a statement that ‘humans must eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change, These are false claims to discredit the important work that the World Economic Forum does on serious global challenges." More can be read here [...] World Economic Forum does not says all humans have to eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change. It’s misleading information. However, when consider this statement it also reveal that, there are many alternative solutions and strategies being developed and implemented to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change rather than eating poop and drinking urine. These include transitioning to cleaner energy sources, improving water management and conservation, promoting sustainable food production, and fostering technological advancements. The focus is on finding sustainable and ethical ways to address the challenges posed by climate change without resorting to extreme measures such as consuming waste.
Claim: World Economic Forum Mandated That Humans Must Eat Faeces And Drink Urine To Fight Climate Change ! (Social Media and Web Users, 2023-07-20)
Evidence (2024-01-15): Claims about the WEF’s efforts to fight climate change [...] The claim: WEF declares humans must eat feces and drink urine to fight climate change [...] A WEF spokesperson said the organization made no such assertion, and the WEF has no authority to enforce this or any other mandate on sovereign countries. Read more
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2023-08-09): According to our investigation, we found out that the viral video does not depict cadaver-collecting machines in China. Those are the Japanese machines, which were developed to help the relief workers rescue the victims of natural disasters, etc., at the difficult moments when it's risky for them to attend physically.
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2023-08-09): These are NOT Cadavar collecting machines Developed by China. [...] Social media posts are being shared stating that those depicting a newly introduced machine, Cadavar Collector, were developed by China. [...] According to our investigation, we found out that the viral video does not depict cadaver-collecting machines in China. Those are the Japanese machines, which were developed to help the relief workers rescue the victims of natural disasters, etc., at the difficult moments when it's risky for them to attend physically.
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2006-08-11): Roy Glover, spokesman for BODIES... The Exhibition, says its cadavers -- all from China -- did not come from willing donors.
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2021-01-25): Speaking in the House of Lords on 12 January, Lord Alton of Liverpool said that the cadavers used in an international touring show called Real Bodies, which was seen at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in 2018, "were probably people who had been executed" in China. [...] However, in an earlier debate in the House of Lords last October, Lord Alton noted that "in 2018, we pointed out that the US organisers, Imagine Exhibitions, were unable to provide any evidence of consent for the use of these cadavers. The organisers merely said that the cadavers were unclaimed bodies obtained from Dalian Hoffen Bio-Technique Company China. Imagine Exhibitions CEO, Tom Zaller, admitted in an interview that the bodies were ‘absolutely from China’ but added that there was ‘no documentation’ to prove their identities or to show they had agreed in life to donate their corpses in death."
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2019-04-08): Mawangdui-Type Ancient Human Cadavers in China and Strategies for Their Long-Term Preservation
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2024-10-03): - ^ "Cadaver". Academic Dictionaries and Encyclopedias. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2023-08-11): A clip showing a robot lifting humans circulating on social media claims to show "cadaver collecting machine" developed in China. The video was shared with a caption alleging, "Developers in China have created and begun testing cadaver collecting machines. According to the designers, this robot with artificial intelligence on board is designed for non-contact collection of infected corpses directly from the streets." In the video, a team of uniformed people can be seen monitoring the robot. One particular post garnered 1,55,400 views and 1,551 likes at the time of writing this story. Archives of the post can be accessed here, and here. [...] A rescue robot developed in Japan has been misrepresented as a robot made in China as a cadaver-collecting machine.
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2013-12-27): Back in 1971, Chen was working in a textile factory when an old man by the river asked him to help collect corpses. Reluctant at first, Chen says he agreed later when the old man said, "This is to do good and accumulate virtue." He came to know Ding Dongsheng as one of the few remaining members of the Peixin Shantang charitable organization, established in 1848 to aid river rescue and cadaver collection. [...] Corpse collectors Wei Yingquan and his 38-year-old son Wei Zhijun charge at least 500 yuan for their services to bereaved families along the Lanzhou section of the Yellow River in Gansu Province, Northwest China.
Claim: Cadavar Collecting Machines Developed By China !! (Social Media Users, 2023-08-09)
Evidence (2023-08-09): These are NOT Cadavar collecting machines Developed by China.
Claim: A Recent Job Posting By OceanGate For A Submersible Pilot! (Social Media Users, 2023-06-25)
Evidence (2023-06-25): The official OceanGate website was shut down on June 22, the day the debris from the submarine was found. The job post has been on the website since August 2020.