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Topic: TikTok

New York Yankees sign deal with TikTok despite Donald Trump’s ban

The multiyear deal gives TikTok behind-the-scenes programming with players, weekly highlights and 'custom, fan-first experiences' on the Yankees account.

Twitter, not Microsoft, should buy TikTok

TikTok would be perfect product to extend Twitter’s reach toward younger audiences, broadening its viewer base & advertisers that want to reach them.

Delhi Police wanted ban on TikTok for its ‘misuse’ in February riots, but govt ignored it

Delhi Police wanted to ban TikTok as it was allegedly being used to spread misinformation during the riots. It sent the file to the home ministry in March, but no action was taken then.

With WeChat ban, Trump brings Cold War with China into a billion homes

The decision spurred alarm on Chinese social media, with WeChat users in US posting contact information so friends and family could reach them if the app disappeared.

Trump-Modi’s ‘TikTok’ tactics against China, and India’s ‘real’ Covid graph

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Trump piles the pressure on China, signs order to ban TikTok and WeChat

Trump cites national security risk for his order to ban the apps in 45 days. The move coincides with his push for the sale of TikTok's US business.

Instagram launches TikTok clone as Facebook defends its copycat strategies

The product, called Reels, lets people edit 15-second clips of videos together alongside music, just like on TikTok.

TikTok’s price is the biggest question mark in Microsoft’s already complex deal to buy it

Analysts peg TikTok's US business value anywhere from $20 billion to $50 billion, a wide range that reflects the complexity involved in separating the app’s global business.

China calls US plans for purchase of TikTok as theft, hints at blocking deal

President Trump Monday said that any sale of TikTok assets would include some payment to the US, and demanded that it either be sold to an American firm soon or shut down.

US TikTok influencers sign petitions to prevent ban, move the party to Instagram

TikTok devotees have flooded the app with tributes to the platform akin to mourning the loss of a friend, & protests against Trump for what many users felt was a personal affront.

On Camera

Sitharaman’s eighth Budget faces fiscal headwinds — and a calendar dilemma

Barring her first two Budgets, Nirmala Sitharaman has always ended the year with either a lower fiscal deficit figure than what she had projected or by adhering to the target.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

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

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

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.