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TopicSocial media influencers

Topic: social media influencers

MP govt hits ‘like’ on tribal influencers, grooms them to be its digital messengers

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has rolled out a digital literacy programme for tribal influencers to equip them with skills to monetise social media, promote...

India’s Got Blatant—influencers are peddling soft porn

If social media content creators refuse to remain within social norms, legal and regulatory frameworks have a duty to step in and prevent social decay.

Search for an Indian Carl Sagan is on. Science influencers are being trained in labs and likes

Indian institutions have realised the potential of social media. They are conducting workshops for content creators on how to become effective science influencers—and get both facts and fusion right.

Like & share or unsubscribe? Delhi HC may decide what influencers can or cannot say in their videos

It'll examine boundaries of free speech for social media influencers, following a spate of cases over 'disparaging' content about consumer brands. The latest involves a whey protein brand.

UK’s TikTok army to stop immigrants—influencer envoy is the new era in diplomacy

For the Rishi Sunak govt, the key to solving the migrant issue lies not in careful policy-making or international cooperation but in using the TikTok algorithm for ‘dystopian sponcon’.

Parties in MP want a piece of Baghelkhand influencers. Reels are the new political manifestos

Influencer Cell is the new IT Cell in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. But YouTubers and Reel makers being wooed by parties are worried about the generation that can switch loyalties with one swipe.

Rajasthan govt taps into reach of social media influencers, will pay up Rs 5 lakh to share ads

The Congress government recently issued a notification inviting influencers to expand its promotional messages on their popular handles.

BJP eyes social media stars for 2024 campaign. Leaders to ‘bond’ with singers, dancers, vloggers

Each district unit will identify 100 influencers & senior leaders will meet them personally to win them over so they can promote Modi govt's work, say BJP members.

Influencer Marketing Agency: Top 6 Benefits of Working with One

Agencies specialising in influencer marketing help their clients plan, launch, and execute successful influencer marketing campaigns.

Megha Thakur was no run-of-the-mill pretty face, but an influencer who touched many lives

21-yr-old Indian-Canadian Instagram star and TikTok celebrity Megha Thakur, who died this week, subverted the expectations of a content creator by opening up her mind and heart.

On Camera

Bank nationalisation will be a blow to India’s mixed economy, lead to totalitarianism: Phiroze Shroff

If banks were to be nationalised, politicians would start interfering with bank officials and put undue pressure on them, Prof Shroff wrote in 1963.

Go Swadeshi—RSS affiliate SJM calls for boycott of US firms Amazon, Walmart after Trump’s tariff hike

New Delhi: The day after the US imposed a 50 percent trade tariff on India, RSS affiliate Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has made an...

Secret to Pakistan aircraft losses in Op Sindoor could lie in Martin-Baker’s ejection seats records

New Delhi: On 7 May this year, as India and Pakistan entered into what was to be an 88-hour conflict, British firm Martin-Baker, which...

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.