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How India is becoming an unlikely Asian hotspot for mergers & acquisitions

Thanks largely to $15 billion of investments in Jio, India accounts for more than 12% of announced deals in the Asia Pacific region so far this year.

Instagram to launch its TikTok-like short video feature ‘Reels’ in India today

Reels by the Facebook-owned app will allow users to make 15-second videos. Instagram will launch it at 7:30pm Wednesday.

Facebook, Twitter, Google could just quit Hong Kong after showdown with China

Hours after Hong Kong announced new powers to police the internet Monday, Big Tech firms suspended requests for data from the government.

Google, Facebook, Twitter stop sharing user data with Hong Kong govt

The companies' response come amid concerns that Hong Kong's new security law could criminalize protests. Police had last week arrested a man for waving an independence flag.

CBSE partners with Facebook to launch curriculum on digital safety & augmented reality

The curriculum will cover aspects such as safety, privacy, mental health and Instagram's guide for building healthy digital habits.

Black manager accuses Facebook of systemically discriminating in hiring, salaries, promotions

Facebook is facing a class action from Black people who’ve experienced discrimination inside the company while it deals with an ad boycott campaign.

How Facebook groups, websites are helping Covid patients connect with plasma donors

Set up by regular people, India's KAB Welfare Foundation & Dhoondh, Pakistan's Corona Recovered Warriors connect plasma donors with Covid patients.

Facebook critics target one thing CEO Mark Zuckerberg won’t cede: Control

Diminishing Zuckerberg’s control over Facebook is almost entirely out of the question. The CEO has almost 60% of the company's vote under a special class of shares.

Ad boycott pressure shows it’s time for Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg to bend

While Zuckerberg has long been adamant it is not Facebook’s job to be the “arbiter of truth,” there is no better climate, than now, to alter that stance.

These are the 27 major companies that plan to stop advertising on Facebook

Critics of Facebook Inc. have assailed the social network as failing to adequately police hateful and misleading content on its service.

On Camera

Azad, Antony, Geetha—6 candidates to watch in 2024. Their win can reshape politics in states

While Chandra Shekhar Azad is a streetfighter who has caught the fancy of Dalit youth, Anil Antony is the face of the BJP’s fresh social engineering attempt.

Air India reduces baggage allowance by 5-15 kg, bringing it in line with rest of industry

Air India’s new policy, effective from 2 May, introduces new weight limits for tickets in each of the different 'fare families' — Comfort, Comfort Plus, and Flex.

China builds road through Shaksgam Valley, India registers protest

New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.