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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicBlack Friday

Topic: Black Friday

Global protests surge as Amazon workers stage strikes across Europe on Black Friday

Amazon workers went on strike in Europe as protests against the US e-commerce giant's working practices picked up pace on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

Brands desperately hoping Black Friday discounts will bump up sales. But there’s a downside

The more that shoppers buy online, the bigger the problem with returned goods. One in ten even admit to buying clothes solely for the purpose of taking a photo.

Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving ‘pardon’, and Covid ‘Grinch’ ruins 2020 Christmastide

The best cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?