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Durba Ghosh, qz.com
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Beware Indian social media influencers promoting brands. They may be resorting to fakery
Nearly 40% of Indian Instagram influencers use third party apps to inflate their numbers and get noticed by brands, as per digital marketing firm Social Booth.
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How L&T’s bid for a hostile takeover of Mindtree became all about theatrics and emotion
There was talk of ‘pyaar’ and ‘dil’ by L&T and a comparison to #MeToo by Mindtree.
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No more deep discounts? Changes in e-commerce norms will hurt Amazon and Flipkart
The changes follow complaints that the country’s largest e-tailers were indulging in predatory pricing.
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Trending
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Virat Kohli uses an 'MRF bat'. Rohit Sharma uses a 'CEAT bat'. But whose bat do they really use?
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Actor Deep Sidhu led farmers to Red Fort, say farmer leaders, blaming him for the violence
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‘Please don’t follow me now’: Actor Rhea Chakraborty asks paparazzi when spotted in Mumbai
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Whichever way you look at it, Modi’s handling of the farm laws has been a complete mess
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‘Delhi is our capital too’: A blow-by-blow account of the farmers’ tractor rally on Republic Day
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Swiggy, Udaan, OYO and more: The eight startups that joined the unicorn club in 2018
The average time taken by a startup to attain a billion-dollar valuation in India has come down to between five and seven years.
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E-commerce wars: Indians are shopping more on Amazon, but Flipkart earns more revenue
In the last financial year, Flipkart had a revenue of $3.8 billion compared with Amazon’s $3.2 billion, according to a report by Barclays.
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Can a new CEO turn OYO profitable?
The start-up has now joined the ranks of the few Indian unicorns where founders have made way for an external CEO.
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Video
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Watch: Lucky Ali goes live in Goa with a special unplugged version of ‘Sayyaah’
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Watch: Large crowd joins Republic Day protest against farm laws in Bengaluru
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‘Strong shouldn’t bully the weak’: Chinese president Xi Jinping at virtual Davos summit
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Republic Day: Animal Planet’s version of ‘Saare Jahaan Se Accha’ is sung with sounds of wildlife
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Protesting farmers gather at Delhi’s Red Fort. Watch scenes from Republic Day tractor rally
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‘We have learned a lesson’: Facebook says it’s trying to tackle spread of misinformation in India
An interview with a public policy manager at Facebook.
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Indian children are the most cyberbullied in the world, according to a study
Instances of cyberbullying in India have increased this year, with over 37% parents saying their children have been victims at least once.
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After layoffs and up-skilling, India’s ailing IT sector is finally seeing an uptick
The past few quarters have seen the country’s three largest IT companies, Tata Consultancy Services, Infosys, and Wipro, steadily win large contracts.
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The Reel
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‘Love Scandal & Doctors’ trailer: In AltBalaji web series, drugs, crime and murder at a hospital
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‘Aelay’ trailer: Tamil drama about an ice candy seller stars Samuthirakani, Manikandan
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Republic Day: Reading between the lyrics of five patriotic Hindi film songs
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Watch: ‘Godzilla vs Kong’ set for March 26 release
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Book excerpt: When NT Rama Rao became the first Indian chief minister to act in a movie