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Monday, May 13, 2024
TopicTikTok

Topic: TikTok

TikTok’s sensational appeal is beginning to fall around the world

For the first time since its inception 2 years ago, TikTok saw a 4% decline in new installations in the September quarter.

TikTok star Sonali Phogat gets BJP ticket to take on 3-time Haryana MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi

With nearly 1.20 lakh followers, Sonali Phogat is a sensation on short video app TikTok. She faces a tough electoral battle against Bishnoi in his stronghold.

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

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.

DGCA to counsel airline crew as mid-flight TikTok videos flood the web

A TikTok video of a SpiceJet crew member ‘modelling’ down an aircraft aisle went viral Monday.

Pakistani men are ‘losing’ jannat on TikTok. And Imran Khan is busy targeting media

Pakistan’s TikTok is sparing none and having fun. Some call it un-Islamic and want a ban.

India’s start-up scene isn’t as sexy as China’s, but it’s growing

Contract management & food delivery may not be as chic as electric cars or AI, but India is about to prove you don’t need to be hip to be hot.

Most adults don’t know what TikTok is. That’s by design

The creators of TikTok did their homework. They not only identified potential future users, but also non-users who might hamper their success.

TikTok is giving birth to India’s new influencers — young men who cry, violently

The men in these TikTok videos are clearly playing the role of hurt, revenge-seeking ‘aashiq’ from Bollywood films. And that’s dangerous.

To keep up with TikTok & Bitcoin, India needs innovation in lawmaking too

Currently, laws dealing with modern technology are either ad-hoc or not truly responsive to the challenges posed by such technology.

TikTok owner to challenge Spotify, Apple with a new music app

ByteDance plans a paid music service which isn’t named after TikTok and will try to convert some of TikTok’s audience into paying customers.

On Camera

Brokerages & hedge funds make a killing as India’s inexperienced youth flocks to the equity market

Indians aged 20-30 are trading in options market in droves, but know nothing about it & so keep losing money. If losses mount, it could undo gains India saw in investment culture, analysts fear.

Pensionless Maha Vir Chakra awardee who trained Mukti Bahini continues to fight for rights

Chiman Singh, injured in 1971 India-Pakistan war, was discharged as non-pensioner in 1972. In his petition, he states denial of pension is contrary to settled law.

What’s common between Netflix Chamkila and Trudeau’s trouble-infested Canada? They don’t get Punjab

Even in the weeks leading up to Chamkila’s assassination there were massacres every other day. To airbrush all of this is sheer intellectual cowardice if not a crime.