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Citizen-led journalism shapes news when all else fails: Media entrepreneur Anshul Tewari

Youth Ki Awaaz founder explained the need for citizens to share their stories and bring important issues to light, when the mainstream media fails at it. 

Launching next week, WhatsApp Pay will attempt to hasten India’s payments

Whatsapp's entry into India’s payments space has been likened to WeChat, which reshaped payments in China when it expanded beyond messaging.

The changing face of ‘power’ and ‘the powerful’

Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans draw a distinction between ‘old power’ and the ‘new one’ in the wake of socially powerful movements such as the #MeToo campaign.

What’s the right way to apologise? Certainly not like Mark Zuckerberg.

According to C.K. Gunsalus, the keys to a good apology are to explain exactly what you’re sorry for, offer some explanation for why you did it, and recount what you’ve learned.

Citing security threat, federal government curbs operations of two oil firms in Karachi

Here's what's happening across the border: Facebook apologises and restores Dawn article it took down and Islamabad may have to fight a water crisis this summer.

Facebook wants to swipe right, thinks likes can lead to love

Facebook Dating may not be such a bad idea considering the existential questions the company is facing about its purpose in life. But making...

HoaXposed: National flag not hoisted at Red Fort post sunset because of the code

The picture of the Red Fort without the National Flag in Delhi was shared by more than 29,000 people and had over 12,000 reactions on one Facebook post.

Over 100 journalists write to Smriti Irani against online media regulation

The letter says that the govt’s proposed move may drastically impact a medium that has made the media more open and democratic across the world.

Last Laughs: ATMs go dry across India, Shiv Sena’s unlikely to take Amit Shah’s olive branch

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

Last Laughs: Unnao, Kathua and the death of justice

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

On Camera

Two documents, Modi-Macron visits—India-France defence partnership is touching new heights

Horizon 2047 signed during Modi's visit to France in July 2023 and the defence industrial roadmap during Macron’s visit to India in January 2024 guide the strategic bonhomie between the two countries.

How govt brought Vodafone Idea back from the brink & earned a neat profit in the process

In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.

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.