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Sunday, September 29, 2024
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Topic: Elon Musk

‘WHO has lost credibility’ due to India deaths estimate — what Hindu Right press wrote this week

ThePrint’s round-up of how pro-Hindu media covered and commented on news and topical issues over the past week.

Elon Musk says he would reverse Donald Trump’s permanent Twitter ban

The Tesla CEO said Twitter has overstepped on policing user speech. The microblogging platform banned Trump’s account in January 2021 citing rules against glorifying violence.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and investor Cathie Wood say passive investing has gone too far

Their discussion was sparked by Marc Andreessen, who said firms like BlackRock Inc. have outsized voices in many corporations because of voting power of their stable of passive index trackers.

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover might not mean end of free speech. Other factors at play

Campus Voice is an initiative by ThePrint where young Indians get an opportunity to express their opinions on a prevalent issue.

Asia poses a challenge to Elon Musk’s idea of ‘free speech’ on Twitter

Asia, home to more than half the world’s population, is Twitter’s biggest growth opportunity and arguably a far thornier challenge.

Elon Musk sells $4 billion worth Tesla shares, pledges no more sales

As Wall Street analysts & Tesla investors had suspected, Musk offloaded 4.4 million shares on 26 April & 27 April to cover the $21 billion equity portion that he’s personally guaranteed.

Elon Musk’s Twitter has a cryptocurrency swamp to drain

Musk has promised to drain the network’s swamp of scams, spams & bots — a contradictory goal, given they thrive in the same frictionless hive of communication that makes Twitter's money.

Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover no big deal. BJP knows which platform matters, journalists don’t

Journalists are a little bit like the Congress when it comes to Twitter. We mistake the fights and the trolling for real politics.

Twitter trolls have an idea for Elon Musk & seating dispute nixes Prashant Kishor-Congress saga

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

‘Don’t manufacture in China and sell here. Make in India,’ Gadkari’s advice to Elon Musk

Tesla wants to import and sell its vehicles in India but has complained of high tariffs.

On Camera

Indians are musically poor. We aren’t a good market for cutting-edge international bands

Coldplay is an exception. Our taste in western music is orthodox, throwback, out-of-date. When Nirvana, Blur were big, we were still playing Pink Floyd, Queens.

10 yrs ago, battery leasing failed to boost demand for EV cars in India. Now, it’s making a comeback

Under this model, battery is provided to EV owners on a subscription basis or lease. With more people open to buying EV cars, the lower upfront cost could likely drive wider acceptance.

Morocco signs pact with Tata for joint manufacture of WhAP Infantry Fighting Vehicle

The armoured platform is India's first amphibious infantry combat wheeled vehicle. Last year, the Royal Moroccan Armed Forces had procured 90 military trucks from the Tata Group.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?