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Friday, February 27, 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.

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Opinion

Racial attack on Northeast people finally has govt’s attention. What about Muslims?

Vir Sanghvi -
The largest number of victims of identity-based abuse in India are Muslims. In this case, the abuse comes from people at the top, and nobody is willing to do anything about it.

Why are Northeast’s youth leaving home to face racial attacks in Delhi? Policy failure

Trump’s State of the Union address laid bare America’s political fractures

Economy

After Bharat Taxi, Cooperation Ministry plans insurance sector entry via IFFCO-Tokio

Udit Bubna -
After launching Bharat Taxi, the ministry explores offering insurance products across cooperative banks via IFFCO-Tokio with cooperative banks as corporate agents.

Defence

Navy, Germany’s TKMS wrap up cost negotiations for new submarines, P-75I deal likely early next fiscal

Snehesh Alex Philip -
It is estimated the deal would eventually work out to cost around $9 bn at least for 6 submarines—negotiated down by India. Original bid by state-run MDL & TKMS was over Rs 1.2 lakh cr.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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