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Saturday, August 16, 2025
TopicRacist tweet

Topic: Racist tweet

Verbal racist insults can hurt physically too, like ‘mini-slaps in the face’

Research suggests that although words are abstract they really can cause a reaction similar to physical hurt. In fact, pain is intimately linked to language.

Twitter is testing new feature that will warn users to ‘revise’ offensive posts

Before posting a tweet or replying to one, Twitter users will be alerted if words in their content match those found in posts that were previously 'reported'.

‘Avoid Chinese people with a cough’ — Coronavirus fuels racism against Asians worldwide

Indian Twitter users also targeted the Chinese and asked them to stop eating dogs, bats and snakes in order to contain the outbreak.

Chinese diplomat in Pakistan deletes ‘racist’ tweet after Twitter spat with Susan Rice

The deputy chief of mission at China's embassy in Islamabad wrote a string of messages that highlighted U.S. hypocrisy in criticising China's human rights record.

On Camera

Officers Qureshi, Singh & Deosthalee on KBC hot seat—a Bollywood-like spectacle

At one point in the episode, Commander Deosthalee, who is the first Indian woman to command a naval warship, compared the three of them to a trishul—such was their synergy.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

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?