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BACK IN THE DAY
Long before the Indian Super League, there was an Iranian boy who mesmerized Kolkata
Robert Pires retired to his desk after dinner and intently studied the map of India, noting the two thousand odd kilometres between Howrah and Goa,…
TECH REVOLUTION
Firechat was sparking interest in India, even before it became a mainstay of the Hong Kong protests
Firechat, an app that allows people to communicate without an internet connection, is firing up the pro-democracy street protests in Hong Kong. The app has…
REPEAT AFTER ME
What will be Narendra Modi’s mantra for the United States?
We don’t know it yet, but before Narendra Modi sets foot on US soil, he will have finalised in his mind a mantra. A slogan…
The Times of India picks former Walmart executive as new CEO
Former Walmart executive Raj Jain has been picked to lead Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd (BCCL), the powerful media company that publishes the Times of…
Shekhar Gupta’s editorship at India Today group comes to premature end
In his previous job as editor-in-chief of the Indian Express, Shekhar Gupta clocked 19 years. In his new job as editor-in-chief at all India Today…
LAUGHING TO THE BANK
Lesson from a new Indian government’s rollout: Modi doesn’t do small
Fifteen million Indians who have never known the benefits of a bank account queued up at 77,000 account-opening camps across the country yesterday as the…
PRO TIP
The Times of India’s new contract to journalists: Giving up personal tweets is “in YOUR interest”
The Times of India issued a new social media policy on Wednesday, a day after Quartz reported on a bizarre new contract that would have…
HASHGAG
The Times of India just instituted a bizarre Twitter and Facebook policy
Hundreds of journalists working at the Times of India and its sister publications have received a peculiar request from their employer: hand over your Twitter…
POLICY DROUGHT
Rain-fed farms are common, but India is unique in letting bad rains wreak economic havoc
Last week’s rains helped dispel some of the gathering economic clouds. Though the storm has yet not passed, there is a collective sigh of relief,…
Reliance is telling CNN IBN journalists how to cover the Aam Aadmi Party
It’s been more than a month since industrial giant Reliance Industries took over Network18 Group, which runs a suite of television channels including the CNN…
