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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
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Transgender persons to get a school of their own in Lahore, two more to follow

Pak elections to get a Facebook transparency twist, and Urdu newspaper booked for publishing MQM chief’s statement. Here’s what’s happening across the border.

Plugged-In: Salman Khan goes to prison, the death of privacy, and Arun Jaitley’s health

A 24×7 blur of headlines, breaking news and shouting matches, notifications and pop-ups — news, views and opinion have become an overwhelming flood that...

In India, it took just 335 Facebook users to compromise the privacy of another 5 lakh

Facebook India Thursday informed the government of this breach in its response to a notice issued by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

Did Amrish Tyagi actually work as a consultant for Donald Trump, Nitish Kumar – or anyone?

The man in the eye of the Cambridge Analytica storm in India does not seem to have proof for any his earlier claims. And he is now contradicting himself.

In Kashmir, Facebook is also the ‘messenger of terrorism’

When youngsters join the militancy, photos of them armed with rifles are shared on social media to let the world know.

Google knows what you did last summer, and more

The search giant is a repository of your entire online life, which companies can then use to market their products to you.

Claims that Cambridge Analytica did any political work in India are ‘absolutely false’

The former Indian partner of CA’s parent firm Strategic Communication Lab, Avneesh Rai, alleges that the British firm has appropriated his work from 2003 to 2012. 

Last Laughs: Modi’s dangerous long jump, Twitter goals for MPs, and Facebook’s leaks

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

In just two years UPI gets the upper hand hand against Mastercard, Visa in India

Transactions using UPI reached almost half the value of debit and credit cards swiped at stores last month

What would have happened to Mahatma Gandhi in the times of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook?

The artists and revolutionaries, scientists and poets, will break through the firewalls created by technocrats to control the world.

On Camera

Severe Hyderabad internet outages make it an IT hub without the IT part

Many offices in Telangana have asked their employees to work from home because of heavy rainfall, but it has become impossible due to the internet outages.

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

CDS on differences on theaterisation—views welcome, final call to be in nation’s best interests

The Navy has always been on board with the theaterisation plan, but the Air Force feels splitting up air assets into several theatre commands is futile & will tie up critical systems.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.