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Thursday, February 5, 2026
TopicPolitical ads

Topic: Political ads

BJP ads targeting Congress are downright inflammatory. EC’s slowness to ban makes it suspect

ThePrint Team -
ThePrint view on the most important issues.

Twitter takes a swipe at Facebook and bans political ads

Kurt Wagner -
Twitter plans to publish a new political ads policy outlining the change in a few weeks, which will be enforced globally and go into effect 22 Nov.

The fightback against Facebook is getting stronger across the world

Leighton Andrews -
Governments, legislators and regulators will not accept status quo. Where Facebook has users, governments will regulate.

Too much of Modi, Rahul everywhere? Not really, ad spend is actually down this poll season

Amrita Nayak Dutta -
According to research firm AdEx, there were far fewer political ads across media between January and March this year compared to 2014. Only radio ads grew.

Kejriwal’s Delhi govt spent Rs 274 crore on ads since 2015 – four times more than Congress

Deeksha Bhardwaj -
The Arvind Kejriwal government has courted frequent criticism for its heavy expenditure on ads, which have been flagged for breaching SC guidelines.

Facebook takes down 11,000 political ads by Helo, owned by same Chinese company as TikTok

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
The Helo app’s ads did not promote any particular political party but used politicians’ names and doctored images to expand its own footprint.

EC wants curbs on Facebook, Twitter political ads, but that’s unlikely before Lok Sabha polls

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
The Election Commission has written to the law ministry seeking a check on political ads on Facebook and Twitter ahead of Lok Sabha elections.

On Camera

YourTurn

Opinion

Let me explain the K-drama addiction. I, too, am an addict

Manisha Mondal -
The three Ghaziabad sisters were lonely. None of them had gone to school after the Covid-19 pandemic. K-dramas offered them solace.

India lived in ancient Europe as a positive ‘Other’. Ties are way older than colonialism

2026 defence budget is not good enough to achieve Viksit armed forces

Economy

Key grant cut, cash-strapped Himachal slaps a hydropower land cess. Why Punjab is seeing red

Saurabh Chauhan -
With 16th Finance Commission stopping revenue deficit grant to states, Himachal Pradesh is likely to suffer a loss of ‘Rs 50,000 cr over five years’.

Defence

Tejas MK 1A to fly with IAF latest only by June-July this year. Here’s why

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) is yet to deliver two of the remaining order of 8 Tejas trainer aircraft as well, an order that was placed in 2010.

National Interest

Swiss report should now close Op Sindoor debate. Knowing when to stop the fight is key too

Shekhar Gupta -
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.

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