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Monday, February 23, 2026
TopicSM Hoax Slayer

Topic: SM Hoax Slayer

Viral clip claiming to show Ukraine helicopter crash is from 8 years ago

Shania Mathew -
Several news websites have tweeted screenshots and video of a chopper accident claiming it to be the one that crashed in Kyiv Wednesday.

HoaXposed: Fake viral post claims BJP supporters kicked out of train over 10-year-old girl

Nikhil Rampal -
The video was posted by various groups and pages and has been shared by more than 18000 people from a public group named 'Calcutta Liberals'.

HoaXposed: Rahul Gandhi’s potatoes & gold ‘gaffe’ was actually a dig at Modi’s promises

Talha Ashraf -
Viral 20-second clip that’s being laughed at by BJP bigwigs is actually a shortened version of Rahul Gandhi mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

HoaXposed: Minister shares picture of Korean floating solar plant, claims it’s in Kerala

Sabah Gurmat -
The Kerala power minister shared a photo of what he claimed was a floating solar power plant but it turns out it was a fake.

HoaXposed: BJP Minister shares photo of Vietnamese Bridge claiming it’s in Chhattisgarh

ThePrint Team -
The minister, who received praise for his 'achievement', later deleted the Facebook post

HoaXposed: AAP’s Alka Lamba tweets fake photo of pre-poll survey, deletes

ThePrint Team -
The AAP MLA tweeted 'results of a pre-poll survey' that ABP said it had never done.  ThePrint Reporter Alka Lamba, AAP MLA from Chandni Chowk, tweeted...

HoaXposed: Navbharat Times retweets phony building collapse video

ThePrint Team -
The Navbharat Times official twitter has been caught retweeting a video that inaccurately claims to show a recent building collapse

ThePrint and SM Hoax Slayer announce lie-busting partnership

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint is proud to announce its partnership with the overworked and bull's-eye lie-buster S M Hoax Slayer

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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