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Markandey Katju back on social media, with hot takes and tales of encounter with ‘young ladies’

From explaining why Urdu poetry is 'thoroughly secular' to hoping for reuniting India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, the former Supreme Court judge is dishing out posts one after another.

Meta to begin large-scale layoffs this week that will affect thousands of employees

Meta's stock market value has reduced by $67 billion. This comes amid slowing global economic growth, competition, privacy changes from Apple & concerns about the metaverse.

Meta India chief Ajit Mohan steps down after 4 years to join rival Snap, says report

Manish Chopra, director and head of partnerships at Meta India, will take over on an interim capacity.

After Amit Malviya’s FIR, The Wire files police complaint against own former employee for ‘forgery, fabrication’

BJP IT cell head Amit Malviya had Saturday lodged an FIR against The Wire's founder and editors for forgery, cheating and defamation, in connection with the now retracted stories

Russia adds Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to list of ‘terrorists and extremists’ organisations

A Moscow court in June rejected an appeal by Facebook parent Meta after it was found guilty of 'extremist activity' in Russia in March.

Not a ‘rapist maulana’ – video showing Muslim man dragging ‘unconscious’ woman scripted

In a video, an elderly Muslim man is seen dragging an unconscious woman to a dark room. On being confronted by the cameraperson, he says he is ‘treating the woman’ in the ‘name of god’.

I took a 30-day social media detox. Here’s how it helped me

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

Metaverse is exciting, futuristic technology. But we need to ponder over its potential misuse

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

Wordle, BeReal & Facebook — apps becoming less addictive as they ditch dopamine model

The move has come in response to several years of backlash against Big Tech platforms over safety concerns in rewarding attention-seeking behaviour.

Facebook didn’t act on fake accounts ‘tied’ to BJP MP, alleges ex-employee, presents ‘proof’

After 6-month wait to testify before House panel, FB 'whistleblower' Sophie Zhang has released ‘evidence’ that company acted fast on fake accounts linked to politicians — except for BJP MP.

On Camera

There’s a method in Trump’s Pakistan romance. It’s all about Gulf security

Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Legacy of Air Chief Marshal LM Katre, the man who flew Spitfires & ushered IAF into a modern era

ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.

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.