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- India
India saw 42 hate crimes against minorities in January: Siasat’s tracker
Hyderabad: India recorded at least 42 hate crimes and hate speeches targeting Muslims, Dalits and Christians in January 2026, averaging nine to 10 incidents a week, according to Siasat.com’s monthly tracker. The…
- Technology
Instagram will notify parents if teens ‘repeatedly’ search for suicide
Washington: Instagram said Thursday, February 26, it will start alerting parents if their kids repeatedly search for terms clearly associated with suicide or self-harm. The alerts will only go to parents who…
- Hyderabad
Youth offer ganja as ‘prasad’ in viral reel, Hyderabad CP reacts
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar on Tuesday, February 17, warned youth against performing objectionable acts for social media ‘likes’. The caution follows a viral video showing two youth allegedly offering…
- India
X down globally: Users report issues logging in, accessing app
Social media platform X (formerly Twitter) faced large-scale downtime on Monday evening, February 16, leaving several users unable to use the app. According to Downdetector, users reported significant issues with the Elon…
- Offbeat
Man makes wall art out of flight tickets, internet reacts
While travel is mostly fun, it’s the memories from the trip that stay with us, and some people like to keep souvenirs which would remind them of a trip. One such traveller…
- Telangana
BRS, BJP, Congress expose each other’s ‘affairs’ on Valentines Day
Hyderabad: Love is in the air, and Telangana’s political parties are not missing out on their chance. While the rest of the world is expressing their feelings through flowers and scented envelopes,…
- India
Social media co-convener who posted Assam BJP’s controversial video, fired
Guwahati: The Assam Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has removed a co-convenor of its social media team for posting the now-deleted video featuring Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma that created a huge controversy,…
- India
Man who issued Rs 2 lakh bounty on Mohammed Deepak arrested
Dehradun: The Uttarakhand Police arrested a man for offering a reward of Rs 2 lakh for killing gym owner Deepak Kumar, popularly known as “Mohammad Deepak,” on Monday, February 9. The accused,…
- Entertainment
Who is Tanvi Gadkari? The viral girl from the India-USA match
Hyderabad: During the India vs USA match that took place recently at the ICC T20 World Cup at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Tanvi Gadkari, a Mumbai-based actress, became an internet sensation. She…
- India
Ghaziabad sisters’ death: They hardly played outside, say neighbours
Ghaziabad: A day after three sisters jumped to their death from their ninth-floor home in the Sahibabad area here, residents of the residential complex were in shock, pondering how the girls’ prolonged…
- India
Unable to stay away from phone, 3 sisters fall to death in Ghaziabad
Social media addiction has claimed the lives of three sisters, all aged below 16 years, when they jumped off their balcony on the ninth floor, one by one, on an early Wednesday…
- Telangana
SC rejects Telangana govt’s plea against HC guidelines on social media cases
Hyderabad: The Supreme Court of India has dismissed a petition filed by the Telangana government challenging guidelines issued by the Telangana High Court on handling cases related to objectionable social media posts…
- World
US Embassy in India pauses social media operations amid govt shutdown
Amid the partial shutdown of the US government that started on Saturday, January 31, the social media account of the US Embassy in India announced that it will pause its operations, except…
- India
After AP and Goa, now Karnataka mulls restricting social media for kids
Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Friday, January 30, stated that it is discussing the possibility of restricting social media access of children, considering the risks involved. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayat…
- World
After Australia, France to ban social media for children under 15
Paris: French lawmakers approved a bill banning social media for children under 15, paving the way for the measure to enter into force at the start of the next school year in…
