Social Media
Uganda military boss demands ‘most beautiful woman’ from Turkey; social media explodes, ‘Also, ask for a brain’
Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's president, made headlines by offering 100 cows for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's hand in marriage and demanding $1 billion from Turkey, sparking global controversy with his bold tweets and threats.
2 min read11:04 AM ISTIndiGo flight shocker: ‘Educated’ flyer deliberately leaves trash on floor; social media reacts, 'Most often it's men…'
An IndiGo flight incident highlights a lack of civic sense as a passenger deliberately littered. Entrepreneur Swapnil Srivastav's post has garnered mixed reactions.
2 min read09:51 AM ISTFear of sharks during Artemis II splashdown in Pacific Ocean? What NASA did to ensure astronauts' safety
The Artemis II mission was crewed by four astronauts. It splashed down at 8:07pm ET after its historic 10-days around the Moon. Several visuals from the splashdown have surfaced online, leaving netizens curious.
2 min read11 Apr 2026Shashi Tharoor flags AI videos; urges viewers to verify them before ‘attacking me for views that I have not expressed’
'If I haven’t tweeted it, don’t believe it!' Shashi Tharoor said, flagging the deepfake video portraying him as praising Pakistan for ‘good diplomacy’
2 min read9 Apr 2026‘Grow up, uncle’: Samay Raina fans school Mukesh Khanna as Shaktimaan actor attacks comedian over Still Alive joke
The feud between Samay Raina and Mukesh Khanna escalated after Raina's stand-up special went viral. Raina criticised Khanna's moral high ground while fans humorously defended him online.
2 min read9 Apr 2026After TikTok, heartland creators face a tougher second act
The controversy around one creator has revived the spotlight on small-town influencers and the volatile nature of virality in India’s creator economy.
4 min read9 Apr 2026Greece to ban social media for under 15s
The move comes after Australia became the first country in the world to enact a ban on social media for under 16s, triggering a lawsuit from Reddit.
2 min read8 Apr 2026‘They pulled me out of the water’: Actor Rahul Banerjee wrote about drowning to death at 42; eerie prediction goes viral
Rahul Banerjee's untimely death at 42 has left the Bengali film industry in shock. His 2018 short story about drowning raises eerie parallels to his own demise while filming.
2 min read8 Apr 2026Greece to ban social media use for children under 15 in a major policy shift
Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced social media ban for children under 15 year old.
2 min read8 Apr 2026Treating users as publishers unintentional, taking views on IT rules: Meity secy Krishnan
Meity's Krishnan indicated the government may amend or repeal draft IT rule changes that would have treated individual creators as publishers. Following stakeholder protests, the ministry is likely to extend the consultation period to address concerns over government overreach and free speech.
4 min read7 Apr 2026