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Topic: Social media

Supreme Court refuses to entertain plea on linking social media accounts with Aadhaar

PTI -
BJP leader Ashwini Upadhyay withdrew his plea after a Supreme Court bench observed that a similar matter was pending before Madras High Court.

Stop screaming about Kashmir, talk instead: Gurmehar Kaur

Gurmehar Kaur -
Nationalism has taken over our questioning ability and with Kashmir, we have come back to where we started – a place of no solution.

India makes most requests for net censorship, more than even Russia & Pakistan, says study

Taran Deol -
India also topped the individual list for requests made to Facebook, 70,815, which is 91 per cent of the total appeals forwarded by the country.

India among 70 nations hiring ‘cyber troops’ for propaganda, says Oxford University study

Simrin Sirur -
The study finds India’s cyber troops of 'medium capacity', meaning they're full-time staff members employed year-round to control 'information space'.

EC says Facebook, WhatsApp agree to not allow political campaigns 48 hours before polls

PTI -
Election Commission said the social media platforms have agreed to follow the 'voluntary code of ethics' which was imposed on 20 March this year.

With swag and a London feel, Connaught Place is the adda for Delhi’s TikTok celebs

Jyoti Yadav -
Boys and a very small number of girls, aged between 16 and 22, skip school and job hunts to seek viral TikTok fame at Connaught Place.

Thinking of avoiding social media and putting down your phone? Technostress won’t let you

Monideepa Tarafdar -
Before you know it, you may have spent minutes or even hours of “dead” time doing nothing other than flitting from one function to another to divert yourself.

Where’s your hijab — the question I face the most as a Muslim woman online

Zainab Sikander -
Covering my head is a conversation I’ve never had with family or friends. The hijab debate only happens with strangers trying to counter me politically.

India’s student gymnasts in viral video have a fan in Olympic star Nadia Comaneci

Mannat Chawla -
Two unidentified school students have taken the internet by storm with their gymnastic feat on the road.

Tamil Nadu wants Aadhaar linked to social media accounts, top court to hear Facebook plea

PTI -
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Facebook's plea seeking transfer of the case, and similar ones in other courts, to the apex court.
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Instagram reels on stoicism are the new rage — they can battle burnout and bigotry

Danishmand Khan -
The Romans’ version of stoicism is rapidly picking popularity on Instagram — Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca are some names that get thrown at you when you fire up your screen.

Congress can’t deny Modi’s charge of Muslim quota. Karnataka & 2009 manifesto are proof

Indira, Manmohan, Modi, all raised income inequality. Until Hindu fears took the driving seat

Economy

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

ThePrint Team -
The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Defence

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Snehesh Alex Philip -
Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

National Interest

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

Shekhar Gupta -
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.

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