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TopicDating apps

Topic: Dating apps

Single at an Indian wedding? Prepare to be matched, judged and monitored

At Indian weddings, somewhere between the pheras and the paneer tikka, singles slip into corners and quiet rooms, scripting their own meet-cutes on someone else’s big day.

Bumble update is all about who makes the first move. It doesn’t matter

The let-women-approach-men-first performative slash safety feature was hurting the sentiments of men’s rights activists in thousands, who were smacking Whitney Wolfe with one lawsuit after another.

Why I choose Raya, Inner Circle over Hinge, Bumble—dating and ‘fairness’ are separate domains

Nobody dates democratically. We like pretending that we do. But we are filtering, sorting, selecting all the time when we date or marry.

Love and FIFA World Cup. How dating app swipes are surging during matches

UK traffic data shows dating app use jumped during hydration breaks, with swipes and matches rising around key World Cup moments.

Grindr most searched in TN, Bumble in Karnataka. Welcome to India’s dating map

India by Pixels used Google Trends data to map the relative search interest for Tinder, Bumble, Grindr, and Shaadi.com across India’s states and Union Territories.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is driving a Tinder boom across the US

International users swiped 47% more during the opening week of the FIFA World Cup, with ‘Passport Mode’ and cross-border matches surging across the US, Canada and Mexico.

Women looking for 6 ft tall men to date may be sexist, UK study reveals

The study also noted that women’s preference for a taller partner was stronger than men’s preference for a shorter partner.

Madonna’s tie-up with Grindr made me hate her new album with a passion

Grindr’s married-with-two-kids, conservative CEO wants it to be more than just a hookup app. He calls it “The Global Gayborhood in Your Pocket™”.

Judge’s Tinder scam shows one thing. Shame is the biggest obstacle to investigation

Even when victims file a case chats are deleted, facts are selectively disclosed and relationships are described incompletely. All the embarrassing but crucial details are omitted.

The wild, wild ways of college romances in the dating app era

Campus love is a chaotic mix of situationships, strict wardens, and tech interventions. But oh, what's not to love?

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Single at an Indian wedding? Prepare to be matched, judged and monitored

At Indian weddings, somewhere between the pheras and the paneer tikka, singles slip into corners and quiet rooms, scripting their own meet-cutes on someone else’s big day.

Gen Z prefers betting online, so casinos are reinventing the real-world experience

With Gen Z more likely to gamble online than visit casinos, operators are adding sports, spas, street food and social spaces to turn gaming venues into lifestyle destinations.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Munir’s latest power grab is proof of his paranoia. Dictatorship and delusion go together

At some point Pakistani dictators begin to show paranoia. That’s the strategic reality most relevant to India since the late fifties. Munir’s case is worse, like some sudden acrophobia.