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Friday, November 21, 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.

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Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Can’t stay behind tech curve anymore, must catch up—Vice Chief of Navy Staff ahead of Swavlamban 2025

New Delhi: Noting that India cannot afford to stay behind the technology curve when it comes to war-fighting, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff...

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.