Thousands falling victim to misleading promotion, often by celebs, through QR codes with the ads, ostensibly of sporting merchandise brands but redirecting to betting platforms, sources say.
'It’s raining jobs, jobs, jobs,' said an elated Rahul Kanwal on India Today’s Budget Special. But Rajdeep Sardesai was dubious: 'right intent, reality different'.
Why are PM Modi and the BJP no longer commanding the news the way they did at the beginning of the Lok Sabha campaign? Is this a deliberate pull back or has the news media changed track?
You do wonder why the BJP is making such a splash when the election tide already seems to be in its favour. If the return of Modi is imminent, why this flood of advertisements?
Draft of the Bill was first made public in 2019 & it had drawn criticism as it was seen as an attempt by Modi govt to regulate digital media, which is not subject to any registration at present.
8 newspapers published BJP ads proclaiming victory in all 47 first-phase seats the day after polling. Congress complained to EC and then took out its own ad.
In 2022, athletes claimed they were asked to wind up training early at Thyagraj Stadium so that the IAS couple could walk their dog. Then came the memes and public outrage.
Instead of buying more Mirages outright in early 2000s, the requirement was tweaked in favour of a medium-weight, multi-role fighter with Mirage-like performance.
Pakistan not only has zero chance of catching up with India in most areas, but will inevitably see the gap rising. Its leaders will offer its people the same snake oil in different bottles.
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