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Sunday, November 16, 2025
TopicSmart phones

Topic: smart phones

Doom-scrolling is a vice. Tax it like cigarettes

Smartphones, social media and the internet are transforming our lives and our culture in ways that are not all for the best. There is too much content, and the content is too cheap — in fact, it’s generally free.

Trump exempts mobile phones, computers and other electronics from tariffs

Trump’s move excludes certain electronics from his 10% tariffs, easing import costs for semiconductors from Taiwan and iPhones made in India.

Apps to fight coronavirus are lacking one thing — the human touch

Apps may improve the quality of data sharing and analysis, but manual tracing can get past barriers technology can’t.

What pandemic? Smartphone makers stick to plans for new models despite disruption

Smartphone companies are still on track to unveil new models in the fall, but the actual sales may slip depending on how the pandemic progresses.

Online life is causing people to invest less in memories & long-term sense of satisfaction

It is now far easier to pursue immediate happiness, compared to the available options in, say, 1986.

Women from Delhi’s outskirts are taking selfies to claim their right to the city

Selfies document women's struggles and accomplishments, as they step out from their traditional roles in the home, into the male-dominated public realm of the city.

Samsung targets Indian millenials with cheaper smartphones

The tech giant to launching its new M series, all priced below 20,000 rupees to win back customers in India.

On Camera

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

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.