Social Media Buzz
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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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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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‘#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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Trending
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Journalist Sreenivasan Jain quits NDTV
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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The big news: Odisha Health Minister Naba Das dies of bullet injury, and nine other top stories
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Ten students suspended in Ajmer university for watching BBC documentary on Gujarat riots
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‘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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‘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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‘I am Mr McAdams and I haven’t said a word’: Times Now anchor’s gaffe inspires meme makers
Unintended hilarity on prime time.
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Video
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Watch: Three snow leopard cubs on a mountain road at night flee as car drives behind them
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Watch: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav sings Hindi film hit with singer Abhijeet Bhattacharya
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Watch: Former Pakistan cricket captain Sarfaraz Ahmed sings for cricketer Shan Masood at his wedding
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‘Space travel will let us live forever’: Video of writer Ray Bradbury’s 1974 interview resurfaces
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‘Let’s make bubble tea’: Interactive Google Doodle marks third anniversary of boba tea emoji launch
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NYT clarifies it didn’t call Modi the ‘last, best hope of earth’ as fake front page image goes viral
A morphed image of a ‘New York Times’ article started circulating after Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States.
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Modi doesn’t have press meets because he knows your ‘Mann ki Baat’: Cartoons on Pegasus report
A group of international publications have reported that phones of Indian politicians, journalists and others were potential targets of a spyware attack.
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During Immigrant Heritage Month, Indian Americans take to Twitter to recall their parents’ stories
The United States is celebrating June 2021 as the National Immigrant Heritage Month to ‘honour the sacrifices made by immigrants’.
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The Reel
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Why you can’t keep Anurag Kashyap down
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Start the week with a film: ‘Force Majeure’ is a chilly satire about modern marriage
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A hospitality professional recounts her encounters with film stars and directors
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‘Gandhi Godse – Ek Yudh’ review: Sincere, plodding effort to debunk WhatsApp myths about the Mahatma
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‘Pathaan’ review: Shah Rukh Khan lights up an entertaining spy thriller
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How racist remarks in a YouTube video from Punjab sparked a Twitter storm in the North East
Student unions from the region called for more information about the North East to be included in textbooks.
Akanksha Mishra
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‘Modi, oh Modi’: Mamata Banerjee’s bandaged foot dominates cartoons about Bengal victory
Trinamool Congress won 213 out of the 292 seats in West Bengal, according to the results declared on May 2.
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Donations, volunteer efforts: Diaspora comes forward to help India tackle the Covid second wave
Individuals, parliamentarians, and organisations run by NRIs are all attempting to help India continues to reel under the unrelenting Covid-19 second wave.
Priyali Prakash
The Field
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India vs NZ: Pandya and Co level series in low-scoring thriller with a 6-wicket win in Lucknow
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FIH Hockey Men’s World Cup: Germany reclaim title after another epic comeback in final vs Belgium
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ICC Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup: India defeat England to become first-ever champions
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Bismah Maroof column: Series in Australia provided a great chance for Pakistan to prepare for WC
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ICC U19 Women’s T20 World Cup: Reactions as India become champions – ‘Huge shot in the arm’