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Friday, April 10, 2026
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.

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A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.