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Thursday, April 25, 2024
TopicDating apps

Topic: Dating apps

Ghosting to ‘backburner’ love, why people behave badly on dating apps

The convenience and choices in online dating encourage a culture of ‘disposability’ – being able to abandon a partner more easily.

How dating apps exploit India’s loosely formed definition of ‘personal information’

In 'What Privacy Means', Siddharth Sonkar explains how an Indian citizen’s privacy is hardly ‘private’.

Sober swiping? Sanskaari Indians are ditching matrimonial sites for dating apps

In a survey by Bumble, 51% Indians said they are more likely to go on a ‘dry date’ now than they were before pandemic. Sanskaari people have moved out of matrimonial sites.

Bumble and Tinder are talking consent. But it isn’t just about the ‘N’ word

Online dating in 2021 has expanded the conversation about consent.

MP Nusrat Jahan says dating app used photo without consent — ‘ready to take this up legally’

Video dating app FancyU used actor-MP Nusrat Jahan’s photo in its ad poster. Nusran Jahan tweets to say it's ‘totally unacceptable’, urging Kolkata Police to look into the matter.

Indian health workers take to ‘sugar baby’ dating due to wage cuts, low salaries, app claims

According to data by sugar dating app 'SeekingArrangement', Mumbai and Bengaluru made it to the top three cities with highest number of 'Sugar Babies' who were medical personnel.

Mumbai is hotbed of sugar dating, Delhi close second — website says unemployment is reason

According to a leading sugar dating website, growing unemployment rates and loans are leading young Indians to seek other means of funding.

Dating is back. But Covid has made getting coffee with someone a lot more complicated

Online dating companies are seeing a rebound in the US, with daily downloads of major apps bouncing back from earlier lows this year to pre-Covid levels.

Ancient ‘chewing gum’ discovered that reveals genetic code of a Stone Age woman

ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.

Facebook boosts new dating app with Instagram integration

Users can combine elements of their Facebook & Instagram accounts to create a dating profile—the most notable way Facebook has ever combined the two entities.

On Camera

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.