Art cannot have profit motive, says Humans of New York founder amid copyright lawsuit in India

Brandon Stanton said that he welcomes anyone using his blog format to express something about their community, but not for creating a lifestyle for themselves.

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· Sep 26, 2023 · 08:50 am

Humans of New York founder chides Humans of Bombay for filing copyright case against rival account

Humans of Bombay claimed that the project was its ‘intellectual property’ and asked People of India not to appropriate its ‘unique format of storytelling’.

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· Sep 24, 2023 · 11:05 am

Modi government is turning to actors to promote women’s bill, new Parliament building

Social media users questioned why President Droupadi Murmu was not invited to new Parliament, and whether the building was a suitable venue for film promotions.

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· Sep 22, 2023 · 02:57 pm

‘Is this Bharat?’: Ed Sheeran remix at G20 airport welcome draws amusement, ire on social media

‘Embarrassing at the least,’ tweeted a Congress spokesperson.

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· Sep 09, 2023 · 02:44 pm

‘New Bharat’: How India’s cartoonists see the debate about changing the country’s name

After the dinner invitations from the president’s office for G20 summit read ‘President of Bharat’, social media has been abuzz with ‘India vs Bharat’ debate.

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· Sep 06, 2023 · 01:30 pm

As Silicon Valley Bank fails, Indian lender with similar initials assures clients it’s safe

SVC Co-operative Bank issued a statement clarifying it was unrelated to the California-based bank that was declared insolvent on Friday.

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· Mar 12, 2023 · 07:33 pm

‘India’s vanishing lanes’: Karnataka ‘10-lane expressway’ inspires jokes after video shows only six

While Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai bragged about ‘world-class’ infrastructure, people couldn’t look past the missing lanes.

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· Feb 12, 2023 · 04:22 pm

Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, others share their worst book signing events to comfort a new author

Writer Chelsea Banning tweeted that she was ‘embarrassed’ that a book signing event for her debut novel was attended by only two people.

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· Dec 06, 2022 · 01:53 pm

Ravish Kumar’s NDTV India exit triggers a flood of sorrowful memes and cartoons

The anchor’s decision to quit was mourned by Twitter users as a further narrowing of media freedom.

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· Dec 01, 2022 · 08:10 pm

‘#RIPTwitter’: Hilarious memes on Twitter as users speculate whether the platform will die

Twitter was flooded with posts about its own demise.

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· Nov 20, 2022 · 12:09 pm

‘Literally breathtaking’: Air quality in Delhi worsens, pollution memes take over social media

The city continued to reel under the eye-stinging pollution with air quality recorded in the ‘severe’ category for two consecutive days.

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· Nov 04, 2022 · 07:00 pm

‘Going to Jahangirpuri?’: Boris Johnson’s visit to Gujarat JCB plant sparks outrage in India and UK

Visuals of the British prime minister waving from a bulldozer, a day after the demolition drive in Delhi, drew condemnation.

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· Apr 21, 2022 · 08:30 pm