How parties use WhatsApp as go to campaign medium

As the country gears up for the world's biggest electoral exercise, messaging platforms like WhatsApp and social media influencers have emerged as the go to mediums for political parties to......

How BJP Uses Influencers To Win Over Voters

'While other parties generally need support directly from their central leadership to get influencers or celebrities to endorse their party, the work of identifying and contacting such influencers......

'You can't compare Modi and Dr Singh'

'The sense of Constitutional propriety and political morality seems to be vanishing fast.' 'There are many things in today's politics of governance which Manmohan Singh would have never dreamt of......

Does A Democracy Need A Sengol?

The sengol must revert to where it belongs -- behind a glass case and not figure in ceremonies concerning India's democracy, argues Shyam G Menon. IMAGE: The sengol is being carried in the......

How Meta Is Supersizing WhatsApp

WhatsApp's advantage is that it is the first app millions of Indian check first thing in the morning and innumerable times during the day and night. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted......

Twitter closes Delhi, Mumbai offices; staff asked to work from home

Amid layoffs and a severe cost-cutting, Twitter has closed offices in Delhi and Mumbai and asked staff to work from home, according to sources. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters The micro-blogging......

Have You Read This Story About Hope?

'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.'   IMAGE: 'There was never a moment when......

'Tough not having any Pakistan support in Ahmedabad'

'As you can imagine it was a tough, hostile environment in Ahmedabad. But we were expecting this, and to their credit our players never moaned or complained once.' IMAGE: A sea of blue at the......

'Women boxers will return with 3-4 gold medals from Asian Games'

'The experience and dedication of our boxers make me confident in their abilities to excel at the Asian Games.' IMAGE: Coach Amanpreet Kaur. Photograph and video: Kind Courtesy Amanpreet......

'Indian cricket has a problem of plenty'

IMAGE: As India lost the first two matches of the five-match T20I series against Windies, Robin Uthappa believes the young players need to understand the conditions. Photograph: Kind courtesy......

There was great communication between us: Yashasvi thanks Rohit

IMAGE: While scoring a ton on his debut, Yashasvi Jaiswal put up a record partnership with skipper Rohit Sharma. Photograph: BCCI/Twitter India batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal thanked Rohit Sharma for......

Amol Muzumdar set to take charge as head coach of Indian women's team

IMAGE: Former Mumbai Ranji stalwart Amol Muzumdar was most recently the head coach of the Mumbai Ranji side and has had stints with IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals and South African national team.......