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Thursday, July 30, 2026
TopicSocial media influencers

Topic: social media influencers

The pleasure of watching an Instagram downfall and cancel culture

You can dismiss the bottomless teapot as a symptom of the meme economy. Everything is content, and everyone wants their share of the pie. But it comes from a (slightly) deeper place.

Influencer Ankush Bahuguna walked London streets in a pink suit. Homophobic slurs followed

A reel of Indian makeup influencer, Ankush Bahuguna, captured reactions on camera of men taunting him for wearing a pink suit sparks outrage and safety conversations online.

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.

On Camera

Bar exam to bench, how are Indian women lawyers doing?

Merely mandating a quota without addressing systemic issues will not ensure that women in India thrive and rise in the legal profession.

NH toll revenue doubles in five years to over Rs 70,000 crore as number of plazas rises sharply

Government tells Parliament toll collections touched Rs 70,278 crore in 2025-26, Rajasthan has highest number of toll plazas, while expenditure on operating plazas is not maintained centrally.

The ‘outlier’ caves in: Permanent commission allowed for women in Indian Coast Guard

On Tuesday, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh unveiled a policy for gender-neutral induction and career progression of officers in Indian Coast Guard.

Youth’s struggles won’t end with Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. Govt must decentralise education

Our education system is a destroyer of all talent by enforcing learning by rote, pushing students to coaching classes to ‘crack’ competitive exams. And then, papers leak.