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Thursday, April 9, 2026
TopicSM Hoax Slayer

Topic: SM Hoax Slayer

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

On Camera

Why Samay Raina is making Kashmiri Pandits proud

Kashmiri Pandits had only two choices: pick up the gun and risk the decimation of an already small community, or leave—and live. We chose the latter.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

‘Atmanirbharta in defence not just about making weapons, need sovereignty’—Air Marshal Dixit at Ran Samwad

Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Ashutosh Dixit also spoke about theaterisation of Indian armed forces and said that over 90% agreement has been reached on the same.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.