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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
TopicTwitter blue tick

Topic: Twitter blue tick

BJP wings divided over Twitter blue tick cost. They can’t decide who will pay for it

VP Singh's statue in Chennai is good news to BJP—DMK is losing Dravidian card.

Back in blue? Twitter restores blue tick for many legacy accounts, users say they didn’t pay for subscription

While there is no communication from Twitter, it is reportedly restoring blue tick badge for accounts with at least one million followers, adding to confusion over its policy.

Our take on Twitter blue ticks, Apple store launch and the WTO verdict—in 50-words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Yogi, SRK to Virat Kohli & Sachin: As blue ticks disappear, confusion remains over Twitter’s new policy

While it is clear that Twitter's legacy blue ticks will now come at a cost, there is still no clarity on which handles are eligible for gold & grey checks and affiliate verification badges.

New York Times loses Twitter blue tick after it refuses to pay for paid verification

Twitter CEO Elon Musk wants organisations and individuals to pay for a verification badge, a move criticised as one that will encourage disinformation.

Musk’s all-nighters at Twitter worry Tesla investors about his capacity to focus as firm’s CEO

Elon Musk's penchant for working long hours has been a well-known part of his brand. Tesla's shares have dropped by 50% since April, when he revealed he had taken a stake in Twitter.

Twitter halts $8 blue check subscription service after increase in imposters

By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Twitter Inc paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service on Friday as fake accounts mushroomed, and new owner Elon Musk brought back the "official"

On Camera

Priyanka Chopra and Shah Rukh Khan don’t owe us their political opinion

The expectation that every Indian celebrity must behave like Meryl Streep or Leonardo DiCaprio is misplaced. This is not Hollywood.

Covid, sanctions, war. Life’s rough for Surat’s small diamond units, salaries ‘not guaranteed anymore’

West Asia war threatens to push already fragile industry deeper into crisis. Latest disruption is playing out differently for bigger and small-scale players in Surat’s diamond industry.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.