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Friday, September 12, 2025
TopicTikTok

Topic: TikTok

TikTok wants to do something traditional – produce a reality TV show

The company, part of Chinese technology giant ByteDance, is seeking to broaden its appeal and showcase different ways of using its videos.

Mystery shrouds Noida teen’s ‘suicide over TikTok likes’, police suspect peer pressure

The youth hung himself from the ceiling fan in his room Thursday. He had created an account on TikTok just a day before.

TikTok donates protective suits, masks worth Rs 100 crore to India to fight coronavirus

In its official statement, TikTok, the Chinese video-making app, also lauded India’s efforts to contain the spread of coronavirus.

Don’t look down on TikTok. The ‘timepass’ app now has COVID-19 experts and Bollywood celebs

Many look down on TikTok as the app for India’s unemployed youth but it has evolved to become a unique space for all.

Funny videos, TikTok dances, serious info — how social media has responded to coronavirus

From handwashing songs to ‘distracted boyfriend’ memes, social media users are doing their bit to spread awareness on COVID-19.

Busting treatment myths, English tutorials — look closely, TikTok is more than just cringe

People perceive TikTok as a bastion of unemployed youth, but many are actually using the platform to educate others, sustain themselves and use the platform as a career launch pad.

TikTokers dubbed ‘Shudras of internet’: Indians didn’t spare even social media from casteism

The irony is that social media, which was supposed to be a democratic space for every section of society, has been categorised into caste hierarchies.

‘Better to be TikTok-er than a rioter’ – Delhi violence has divided TikTok users

When CAA-NRC violence broke out, TikTok users put up a show of unity. Now they are asking why Delhi is rioting if it gets free electricity and water.

How to advertise on TikTok: Marketers chase billions of views in unknown terrain

Brands pay to promote a hashtag challenge for more people to see it, in the hope that TikTok’s users will create videos using the hashtag on their own, thereby increasing its reach.

Om Shanti Om to Helen: TikTok users are taking ‘man-woman’ Bollywood songs & going queer

From stolen kisses to doing drag, India’s TikTok users are showing how to be queer openly. Because when the times are a changin’, you will see it on TikTok.

On Camera

Nepal Army Chief Ashok Sigdel has a tough task ahead. As a brother in arms, India must help

The two armies have maintained close bonds through every storm. The onus now is on India to support the Nepal army while it steers the country toward stability and the rule of law.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Punjab is fast becoming the new Northeast. And there’s a message in it for Modi

In its toughest time in decades because of floods, Punjab would’ve expected PM Modi to visit. If he has the time for a Bihar tour, why not a short visit to next-door Punjab?