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Sunday, July 20, 2025
TopicDating apps

Topic: Dating apps

Looking for a Valentine’s Day date? This Gurugram techie can be your ‘Boyfriend on Rent’

Shakul Gupta has been seeking the love of his life by ‘renting’ himself out for dates since 2018. Just don't ask him 'how much?'

‘Dry dating’ is here to stay — Bumble poll finds 1 in 4 single Indians opt for alochol-free dates

Bumble’s latest study conducted across 2,000 single adults, comprising GenZ and millennials, finds a growing trend among participants who are moving away from consuming alcohol on dates.

Bumble to Tinder, how the world sees powerful women leading dating apps

It seems that significant tensions exist between news representations of women leaders in tech versus how they represent themselves.

Grindr’s faceless queer profiles are sporting a new DP—nude Ranveer Singh

Ranveer Singh's devil-may-care attitude towards all actions challenging heteronormativity might explain his popularity among gay men, many from small towns.

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.

On Camera

Can Syria’s tiny Druze minority survive West Asia’s new storms? There’s little hope

Indians see West Asia as one uninterrupted wash of Islam, but the reality is more complex. For the Druze, support from Israel—where they are a recognised minority—is now critical.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.