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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
TopicSocial media influencers

Topic: social media influencers

No more likes on Instagram, but it’s not the end of the world for #influencers or brands

In this parallel socio-economic set-up, likes served an alternate currency of social validation — allowing businesses to gauge demand, & influencers to outline scope of popularity.

Brands are bypassing influencers and targeting Gen Z with memes

Companies from Uber to Netflix are laughing at themselves in sponsored memes, or funny vignettes, on Instagram to spread their message.

Swara Bhasker says her politics has made her a ‘nuisance’ in Bollywood but she won’t stop now

Swara Bhasker makes jokes at the expense of PM Modi, and terms Pragya Singh Thakur a ‘Hindu terror suspect’.

Actors and cricketers are old news, these are the new stars of Indian millennials

In 2018, 92 per cent of marketers will launch their products through a social media influencer rather than rely on inaccessible Bollywood stars or cricketers.

On Camera

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

India takes a relook at Russian Su-57, but not for its stealth. Here’s why

India exited the Indo-Russian FGFA programme in 2018. But now it might procure at least 2 squadrons of Su-57 aircraft from Russia and evaluate Russian proposal to manufacture them in India.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.