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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicReels

Topic: Reels

How reels, shorts & TikTok clips can reduce focus

Research links fast-paced short-form video use with weaker attention, poor sleep and higher anxiety in young users.

SC cracks down on ‘reel & influencer culture’ in premises—no photos, videos in high security zone

Photography, videography allowed only for official purposes. Use of phones, cameras, tripods, selfie sticks banned. Mediapersons restricted to lawn area in low security zone.

Karnataka Bar Council’s ultimatum to lawyers—remove ‘promotional reels’ by 31 Aug or face action

While some bar councils issued similar orders in past, it's first time a state bar body set a compliance deadline. It said violations will invite action under Advocates Act 1961.

Sharing Reels creates ‘I thought of you’ moments. Instagram’s Blend takes that away

I don’t share the same reels with all my friends. Some get the memes, others get the moods, and a few the occasional romantic quote. But with Blend, those lines blur.

To connect with youth, RSS affiliate holds ‘reels & memes’ contest themed on social harmony

Sanskar Bharati asks participants to send reels and memes on topics such as ‘Untouchability a curse’ and ‘Reservation’, in bid to 'encourage youth to do their bit for society'.

60-second heritage – Instagram is breathing life into India’s old cities, buildings, stories

Instagram pages dedicated to India’s old cities are creating online museums of history, heritage and people, one Reel at a time.

Amitabh to Salman — this 29-year-old Sri Lankan singer got Indian stars grooving in 2021

From Ranveer Singh to Tiger Shroff, almost every Bollywood celebrity danced to Sri Lankan singer Yohani De Silva's 'Manike Mage Hithe'.

Instagram is dead. Reels killed it

Reels has become a rabbit hole of bad, patchwork, unimaginative content on loop. It will never be what TikTok was.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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

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