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Monday, August 11, 2025
TopicOnline Dating

Topic: Online Dating

Tinder’s dating class at St. Xavier’s Mumbai is swiped right — consent, safety, relationships

Top-5 red flags include asking for intimate pics, making fun of a person’s beliefs, shutting oneself down, lack of empathy, and choosing to chat over the phone.

Ghosting to ‘backburner’ love, why people behave badly on dating apps

The convenience and choices in online dating encourage a culture of ‘disposability’ – being able to abandon a partner more easily.

Sober swiping? Sanskaari Indians are ditching matrimonial sites for dating apps

In a survey by Bumble, 51% Indians said they are more likely to go on a ‘dry date’ now than they were before pandemic. Sanskaari people have moved out of matrimonial sites.

Bumble and Tinder are talking consent. But it isn’t just about the ‘N’ word

Online dating in 2021 has expanded the conversation about consent.

Less ghosting, breadcrumbing, catfishing: Bumble survey says Covid has made online dating better

At least 48% people on Bumble survey say there is increased attention to a prospect's personality rather than looks. The sample size was 2,000 single Indians. It was conducted in June 2021. 

Locked in & masked amid Covid, Indian Gen X, millennials are preferring online dating: Survey

Survey by Seeking.com sought to understand dating preferences among Generation X and millennials and questions spanned topics like intimacy, first dates, marriage and children. 

How Bumble, dating app Priyanka Chopra invested in, made its CEO a self-made woman billionaire

Bumble debuted its IPO Thursday at $43. It soared over 70% on trading in New York, valuing CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd’s stake at over $1.5 billion.

Someone in Imran Khan government is clearly angry with left-swipes on Tinder

Pakistan banned 5 dating apps: Tinder, Tagged, Skout, Grindr and SayHi for being ‘immoral’. But can it stop men sending ‘hello fraandship’ texts on LinkedIn?

Tired of virtual intimacy, young people are now turning to ‘date drives’

Without restaurants and bars to go to, young people seeking intimacy have turned to their cars — the latest 'it' place to meet a potential love interest.

Let’s talk first— Coronavirus is bringing in unheard of changes on Tinder and Hinge

A virus has slowed down the planet. And on online dating sites, people are filling time by seeking conversations with people who they earlier only swiped on.

On Camera

How mining, manufacturing & power sectors weighed on India’s industrial output since January 2024

India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.

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.