World WhatsApp (Disinformation) University Headquarters says, 'Don't trust WhatsApp messages'. 😏
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Remember: "Even the filing of the initial FIR needed the Supreme Court’s intervention".
The new Ferrari EV that the entire internet hated just a couple of months ago hit its sales target in two months.
TOI dared to use the word 'emperor' (as Abhijeet had mentioned in his tweet), but HT chose to not use that word at all, and simply went by what he said in the video. 'Emperor' (of 'Entire Political Science') is better, though, given his tendency to talk down to people in one-way communication.
Another noteworthy recruitment ad by the ad agency Be Positive 24! Not only have they appropriated the matrimonial ad design, but the copy works hard too. All the usual words and phrases like 'Fair' (impartial/just) and 'well built' and 'well settled' (agency doing well) are doing double duty :)
The ONLY newspaper editorial I have seen on the shameful HDFC imbroglio: "When an arrangement apparently intended to conceal the true nature of a payment attracts a penalty smaller than a middle manager’s monthly salary, the signal sent through the organisation is corrosive".
"The result is a burgeoning youth population that is neither fully employed nor meaningfully occupied, facing the cumulative burden of long-neglected shortcomings in governance and public administration."
I see that the BJP govt in Arunachal Pradesh has learnt well from BJP in the center, wrt to non-cooperation with the authorities. If the SC summons the state for non-cooperation here, why didn't it insist on Center cooperating in the Pegasus probe?
"Interact"? Or "talk down to" (aka 'give a piece of mind to'), like the strictly controlled one-way communication like Modi's Insta reels to 'friends' or Mann Ki Baat?
I hope Zuck doesn't release a selfie video where he says, "I forgive you". Also, as a decent human being, shouldn't Dubey be seeking Zuck's public apology for the CSAM misuse on Meta platforms in India?
Neatly subtle criticism of modern marketing, beyond just a funny toon! Traditionally, a great product created demand. Now, visible demand creates the perception of a great product... which then attracts even more demand. A self-reinforcing loop!
"The PM would have carried even more conviction had he cracked the whip on the backs of pro-government goons and social media trolls who are out there doxxing, harassing and threatening young women"
"Indians have muzzled themselves. They have capitulated too easily, surrendered whatever ambiguous freedoms we had without a fight. Free speech was not just non-rewarding, it began to look increasingly like a liability".
Accurate depiction by Appupen. Protest rules (place, method, and "language") are only for non-BJP players. When it comes to protests by BJP's own, they can attack a sitting CM's home, the police wouldn't be able to identify the leader, and the attackers would be felicitated openly in the BJP office.
Watch closely and Modi's 'forgiveness' video does 6 things at once... and none of them are about forgiveness at all. It reframes a protest into a family drama, and asks the country to watch it as one 1/7
This is truly hilarious and brilliant 🤣 Excellent contextual and localized creativity by Mayajaal Chennai.
"Crowded Indian (aviation) market"? Isn't Indian aviation a duopoly with IndiGo and Air India together controlling over 90% of the domestic market (while Akasa Air, SpiceJet, and the smaller players are splitting single-digit remainders)? 1/4
"The Delhi police would not require any software or Court intervention to identify and hold its own personnel accountable. Its male officers in uniform appear in videos slapping a woman protester, and attempting to bring down a lathi on the private parts of a girl".
"Governments don’t have monopoly on good ideas, we simply have the responsibility to listen to them" —S Keerthana (Minister of Industries, Investment Promotion & Commerce, Tamil Nadu) on LinkedIn
AI can make us more efficient at getting answers, but less capable of asking better questions and discovering what we didn't know to look for.
"It was the first time in 12 years that the Modi government had lost control of the political narrative. This is a repressive government. It wants obedience, it wants no critical discussion and it generates fear."
If the determination, of whether someone is an illegal immigrant or not, will only occur during the subsequent verification process, how is TOI declaring in the headline that they are? There's no qualifier "'suspected to be') too.
When ITC launched 'Coconut Cola' (under B-Natural), I thought it was bizarre. But after seeing this news in ET, I think ITC is definitely onto something. ITC may have identified an unoccupied positioning space before the incumbents did. There are 3 layers here. 1/8
"What my generation considered perseverance and adaptability was nothing but fear: The fear of authority, the fear of not being allowed to make it, of being singled out, of being left behind".
BJP formed a panel, the panel gave recommendations, the then education minister spoke about implementing those recommendations to strengthen the exam system and avoid leaks. All this in 2024. And people ask why that minister had to quit. And BJP will celebrate that minister as if he was some hero 🤦♂️
