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Kochi-Muziris Biennale is back again. So is its dirty war with angry, unpaid contractors

Ahead of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale art festival 2022, a dirty war over financial mismanagement is being fought. Over one crore rupees is owed to contractors and vendors.

SRK, Salman, Amitabh worship — God is dead but Viral Bhayani will create a new one for you

God created human beings. Human beings created PR agencies. PR agencies created new celebrity gods through the mass production of iconography. This is the philosophical cycle of life.

Can women judges do naagin dance at house party? No, only male judges can flex on Instagram

It’s accepted if a male judge lifts weights in a gym, young women judges are forced to present a 'more acceptable' version of themselves.

Instagram gets new tools to help content creators make money, allow users to buy their NFTs

Meta has been rolling out more features for users to make money on its social media apps as it competes for talent with TikTok & other platforms.

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

Buying K-pop merchandise in India is a horror tale. Customs delay, fake Instagram sellers

For a country like India, K-pop is an expensive hobby. The price of the cheapest album is usually no less than Rs 1,500. But there's no dearth of fans who will give it a shot.

Rapper Kanye West’s Twitter, Instagram accounts restricted after alleged anti-Semitic posts

West accused a musician of 'being controlled by the Jewish people'. He then put out a tweet — his first since 2000 — to defend himself but it was removed due to policy violations.

MegaFamous review: The site to buy Instagram likes in 2022

On the MegaFamous website, Instagram users can buy growth metrics like Instagram followers, likes and views, without anyone suspecting that you've bought these metrics.

From officers to stars — how IAS instagrammers are turning into social media ‘celebrities’

Civil servants are usually behind-the-scenes operators, but a new crop of IAS officers is playing to the gallery on Instagram. Some seniors warn ‘fame-seeking’ is a bad idea.

‘Scammers’ now prowl on Instagram. Crypto advice can be from hacked accounts of friends, known circles

Compromised account is used to target other victims without knowledge of the user. Scammers keep deleting accounts or changing name of Instagram handles, says a police officer.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?