Social media dissent is now global—an uncomfortable fact for a government that executes its command and control through this toolkit.
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The Caravan magazine’s executive editor Vinod K. Jose tells Outlook how the social media scene, journalists and the government are panning...
Protest is democratic, and opinion free…but what does this global coalition of celeb voices have to do with us? Including a Canadian PM...
Compare the Trump ban, and India’s Twitter suspensions. It’s clear that social media has only one politics: profit. That’s not enough. It’s time...
BJP was the first to harness the power of digital media for electoral gains. Other parties are playing catch up, slowly.
Instead of hitting out wildly, the Modi regime should have reacted cannily to criticism on social media—platforms it has used to its own...
Others cash in on fears over WhatsApp’s policy, but a fug of doubt lingers over data protection
The Chamoli carnage is a repeat reminder of perils springing from man’s attempts to alter the natural flow of things in a fragile land
Sasikala’s re-entry could upset the AIADMK’s well-laid plans
4G after 18 months brings cheer, but no assurance that it won’t be snapped again
Congress plays Hindu card, proposing a law to punish those who violate the Lord Ayyappa temple’s ‘age-old traditions’
As farmers dig in against three new farm laws, opposition parties see a chink in the BJP’s armour. Can they pierce it?
Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary speaks to Outlook on what the farmers’ protests mean, politically and socially
Headlines from around the world last week
Water horses run away from a drug lord’s secret, abandoned...
The high-ceilinged Patna Collectorate, which featured in Gandhi, was saved by the SC in the...
'Why do you guys want to create confusion? I am fit to rule for the next 10 years….' That’s KCR, the...
Salaries are getting docked for dodging the Covid-19 vaccine in Odisha! Rather, Cuttack. It has...
In case you missed it: News and newsmakers from India over the past week
The BJP could be hoping to reset its equation with Nitish in Bihar’s ruling alliance.
MS Dhoni’s new passion is organic farming. Fresh vegetables, fruits, dairy produce from his farm are making a mark.
Actor Manoj Bajpayee talks about The Family Man 2 and describes his journey in the industry as an absolute rollercoaster ride
India’s Constitution is being scrutinised, its fundamental principles challenged, like never before. These books represent the two dominant, opposing stands.
For a British-Asian with roots in Punjab, playing in India is doubly special. It gets you out twice…as Bishan Bedi famously said of a stumping wicket I took!
