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Topic: TikTok

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.

Madras HC should uphold its interim order on TikTok ban, undo draconian decision

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On Camera

US has misread India. New Delhi will hedge, push back, and assert

India’s foreign policy today is driven less by Western alignment or global liberalism and more by domestic political imperatives — economic, ideological, and electoral.

Smartphones, gems, pharma: Which Indian exports will be worst hit by Trump tariffs, which will be spared

Electronics—specifically smartphones—& energy & pharma products make up 30% of Indian exports to US. 25% tariff on India came into effect Thursday, extra 25% to kick in by August-end.

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to attend CENTCOM chief’s farewell, second visit to US in two months

Munir was earlier in America in June when he had a two-hour luncheon meeting with the US president at the White House.

Pakistan, Dhaka have played Washington well. Back home, Modi ecosystem has an inner conflict

To protect ourselves from Trumpian diplomacy, first we must introspect the bipolarity within our establishment discourse.