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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Facebook live

‘One-upmanship contest, old grudge’ — why Shiv Sena (UBT) politician was shot on Facebook Live

Mauris Noronha shot former Mumbai corporator Abhishek Ghosalkar, with whom he had a running feud, dead on Facebook Live Thursday. Incident has led to political row in Maharashtra. 

SHO Anita Chauhan’s 10-min call that stopped Ghaziabad man’s Facebook Live suicide

The SHO office at Vijay Nagar police station turned into a therapist's office Thursday night.

Upset UP BJP member who attempted suicide on FB had ‘issues with GST, felt BJP broke promises’

Baghpat shoe trader Rajiv Tomar donated money for Ayodhya temple, posted photos of BJP leaders, but seemed disillusioned ahead of suicide attempt. He survived, but his wife didn’t.

From ‘big fat’ to ‘small virtual’ — Covid is the time to change Indian weddings

In Covid times, couples from Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh or UP’s Muzaffarnagar could get married in a virtual Venice’s piazza or in a villa near Lake Como.

Breaking up Facebook would make things worse

Privacy, fake news, addiction among kids, violent livestreams, control over public debate — issues why a growing chorus of critics are threatening to dismember Facebook.

Facebook’s bad week gets worse with live-streaming of mass shooting

Apart from the live-streaming, Mark Zuckerberg's week of gloom included executives quitting and Facebook's longest global outage which resulted in a share drop of 2.5%.

After controversy over Papon kissing minor girl, her father asks media to drop it

The minor girl is under Papon’s tutelage on a reality show, the father says his affection was part of guru-shishya tradition.

On Camera

Trump is swinging on Russia again. What this means for Europe’s security architecture

The dynamics between Europe and Russia have gone so south that mending fences looks like an uphill task—even as the US swings between sanctions and olive branches.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.