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Friday, April 3, 2026
TopicYouTubers

Topic: YouTubers

Racism in Antarctica? Bangladeshi YouTuber Salahuddin Sumon faced racial profiling

Salahuddin Sumon and Nilay Kumar Biswas were the two Bangladeshis on a recent trip to Antarctica. Ice caps and penguins weren’t the only highlight.

Sexualise, dehumanise Northeast people—Indian YouTubers have a new formula for more views

These YouTubers are simply the latest iteration of a racism so normalised that it erupts predictably whenever Northeast India enters national headlines.

Now showing: Kamal Haasan ‘Apology Tour’ & whispers in the Kremlin

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Ranveer Allahbadia’s relief from arrest comes with an earful from SC over ‘perverted’ language

Protection is subject to Allahbadia joining probe & staying away from 'India’s Got Latent'. SC asked his counsel how obscenity would be defined in a society following 'self-evolved values'.

From jail to BJP, YouTuber Manish Kashyap says, ‘I don’t have a godfather, just like Modi’

Out on bail Manish Kashyap spent nine months in prison for fake videos claiming Bihari migrant labourers were attacked in Tamil Nadu. The jail time has only seasoned the YouTuber as a politician.

Travel vlogger to political ‘influencer’ — how Dhruv Rathee is adding to ringside frenzy this election

Hindi-language YouTuber Dhruv Rathee went from a travel vlogger to leading ‘political influencer’ within a few years. Now he’s launching YouTube channels in 5 different Indian languages.

YouTube favourite to OTT darling—TVF’s success has even Bollywood calling

TVF has cracked the code for what viewers want. It makes feel-good shows that speak to middle-class India’s dreams such as clearing the UPSC and owning a home.

Bangladeshi Muslim YouTuber solved oldest Durga Puja riddle. He’s a star with 1.63m subscribers

Salahuddin Sumon has concluded that the first Durga puja probably took place in Satya Yuga, the first of the four ages in the Hindu yuga cycle.

BJP is meeting YouTubers at HQ, mulls assigning spokespersons for them

YouTubers are not happy with the BJP. They complained that the party is reaching out to them only now that the elections are around the corner.

On Camera

India’s AI Mission is flying blind without technocrats

While the rest of the world has converged on a model—technical judgement inside the institution, as a permanent organisational property—India remains a conspicuous and costly outlier.

Tanker with 600,000 barrels of Iranian crude shifts course from India to China midway

The shipment earlier bound for Gujarat’s Vadinar has changed course amid payment concerns; could still reach India if issues are resolved, according to Kpler.

India commissions its third nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine—INS Aridhaman

INS Arihant was first vessel under SSBN project and was quietly commissioned in 2016. The second indigenous SSBN, INS Arighat, was commissioned in August 2024.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.