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Topic: Telegram

Jair Bolsonaro asks followers to pivot away from Twitter, Facebook after Trump ban

Andrew Rosati -
The Brazilian president invited his 6.6 million Twitter followers to subscribe to his channel on the messaging app Telegram, a competitor to Facebook’s WhatsApp.

With Parler out of the game, many apps claiming ‘free speech’ for users vie for its place

Amy Thomson -
After big tech’s decision to ban Parler, US users supporting alternative sites that bill themselves as promoting free speech and privacy are going to apps like Gab, Telegram, Rumble.

The emergence of Uddhav Thackeray 2.0 in Arnab Goswami’s arrest

ThePrint Team -
A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Better than Netflix, torrents — Why Telegram is the new destination for movies, shows online

Shubhangi Misra -
From new shows to obscure art films, Telegram has evolved into more than just an encrypted messaging service. It is becoming the go-to place for pirated content.

Rahul Gandhi gets on Telegram to ‘engage directly’ but his YouTube videos don’t offer much hope

Fatima Khan -
Rahul Gandhi's last social media experiment hasn't been a roaring success, and shows the party isn't able to make a mass connect.

Telegram — a free speech Russian platform is a haven for far-Right terror groups

Ayushman Kaul -
The content related to far-Right attackers on Telegram aims to create a cult of personality around mass shooters venerating them as ‘saints’.

Spying or hacking — nothing is hurting WhatsApp’s status as India’s top messaging app

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
Data with Sensor Tower shows WhatsApp was most downloaded app in November, the month the Pegasus scandal broke, and continues to remain India’s most popular app.

TamTam is new ISIS favourite after Telegram. London Bridge attack was claimed here

Prashant Dixit -
It was on Russian messenger app TamTam that the Islamic State claimed responsibility for London Bridge attack by Usman Khan of Pakistani origin.

There will be no more Facebook and Twitter revolutions, they are outdated now

Leonid Bershidsky -
With its channel feature that allows users to broadcast information, if there’s any one app today’s protesters would want to credit, it’s Telegram.

Rape videos, child porn, terror — Telegram anonymity is giving criminals a free run

Regina Mihindukulasuriya -
The end-to-end encryption provided by social media app Telegram has paved the way for a host of illegal activities.
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Nur Jahan to Chand Bibi—Indian women in sports have been erased from history

Anirudh Kanisetti -
Dice have been found dating to the Bronze Age in various Harappan sites in present-day northwest India and throughout Pakistan. And it’s very possible that some had female owners.

Zohran Mamdani is an authentic representation of modern India

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Nehru is suddenly back in the news. This time, the BJP could not criticise him

Economy

Vodafone Idea AGR case, explained: SC breather to cash-strapped telco & what it means for industry

Banudas Athreya -
Telecom industry keeping close tabs on the case. Government is single largest shareholder in Vodafone Idea, at 49 percent.

Defence

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

Keshav Padmanabhan -
At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

National Interest

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

Shekhar Gupta -
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.

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