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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
TopicTikTok

Topic: TikTok

ByteDance considers sale of TikTok assets in India amid Chinese app ban

SoftBank has been attempting to salvage TikTok’s India assets and had been hunting for partners even as the Biden administration put on hold the unwinding of its US operations.

Why Twitter is upset over Allama Iqbal’s Lahore statue & Arabic now must in Islamabad schools

Our prolific feature about Pakistan’s fascinating politics, economy, society, culture, cricket, fashion and more — stories beyond the routine headlines. 

Indian TikTok rivals flooded with CVs as China’s ByteDance fires hundreds amid ban

ByteDance is laying off India-based employees as the government shows no signs of lifting the ban imposed on its most popular apps TikTok and Helo last June.

Scientists and medical workers are using TikTok to bust myths about Covid-19 vaccine

Data shows that young people are more likely to be sceptical about vaccines. This is where social media can help.

Pakistan had a rough week. TikTok star slaps a mufti and army chief lines up for omelette

Bigg Boss-watching Mufti Abdul Qavi is no stranger to controversy in Pakistan. His life is a cocktail of deen, desire and disaster.

5 police officers in Islamabad arrested and remanded after they ‘shot dead’ 21-yr-old

Usama Nadeem was shot six times by the police in the head, chest and back. The accused have been sent to three-day physical remand.

Imran Khan’s Ertugrul love was going well. Until a Pakistani TikToker joined the party

When the Turkish actor signed a million-dollar deal with a Lahore businessman, it seemed like Pakistan PM Imran Khan had delivered on his promise. But there was a twist in the tale.

TikTok sale deadline on hold as talks with US continue

Trump had ordered that the app be sold to an American firm or face a ban in the US. But as the presidential election loomed, TikTok seems to have slipped off the top of his agenda.

TikTok gets reprieve on Trump administration’s demand for app ban

For months, the app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance Ltd., has faced the prospect of a US ban starting Thursday. But judges have blocked those prohibitions from going into effect.

ByteDance seeks extension as US TikTok sale deadline looms

The Beijing-based company has asked the US government to extend a Thursday deadline for ByteDance to divest its TikTok business in the country.

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BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

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.