UP Election 2017: All is not well for BJP in Varanasi as locals notice credibility gap between promise and delivery
Discussions with a variety of people in Varanasi, some of them close to the BJP were dominated by self-goals committed by the party leadership ahead of the election.
OnePlus and Meizu: We have a Volkswagen moment in the gadgets world, but we need a solution
Recent reports of messing around with benchmarks by popular smartphone device makers OnePlus and Meizu has raised some concerns for me. To me, it’s no different than the Volkswagen scandal concerning emission numbers.
How the East Indian community, considered Mumbai's original inhabitants, is celebrating Christmas
The East Indian community may not be as strong in numbers as it was once, but it is still holding on to its unique traditions, as seen in their Christmas celebrations
YouTube Heroes is messy attempt at community moderation
From the time it was uploaded on September 20, the video announcing the YouTube Heroes program has less than 5,000 likes but more than 300,000 dislikes.
Google launches community moderation program called YouTube Heroes
YouTube just launched a program that rewards select users for improving the YouTube community in various ways.
The new community feature on YouTube allows creators to engage with fans in between uploads
YouTube has launched YouTube communities for select creators, a platform to share messages, images, live video, animated GIFs and other multimedia content.
Weekend views: A guide for what to watch now that the Olympics season is over
Our section weekend views helps you make your weekend more interesting, starting from web series to the T20 match.
French Tech Ticket Season 2 kicked off by French Government
France today kicked off the Season 2 of French Tech Ticket, a global competition open to entrepreneurs with start-ups after formation or in the process of growing. French Tech is the French start-up ecosystem led by French Government to embrace and promote the emergence of successful start-ups accompanied by Business France.
Last week in TV: 'Castle', 'Louie', David Bowie, 'Mr Robot' and more
'Castle', 'Louie', David Bowie, 'Mr Robot' and more in this week's TV wrap-up.
Stayzilla ropes in former Twitter director Pankaj Gupta as CPO and President of Tech
Stayzilla has hired Pankaj Gupta as Chief Product Officer and President of Technology. Pankaj was most recently at Twitter in San Francisco and led the Personalization and Recommendations team.
Just like Uncle Sam: Why the Bihar elections will continue to be all about caste
Many commentators have lamented the regression of the current Bihar elections from the politics of development to the politics of identity.
Violence in Ahmedabad after Hardik Patel detained: Decoding the Patel community's demand for OBC status
The agitation seeking reservations for the Patel community raised the stakes on Tuesday with leaders of the community going on a fast unto death at Ahmedabad. Here's all you need to know about the agitation.
Coming full circle on reservations: Here's why Patels' OBC status demand should worry India
Today, in seeking reservation in education and government jobs, the young Patels do not realise this, but they are effectively rejecting all the arguments against the affirmative action their fathers and uncles made 30 years ago.
Clashes break out in Ahmedabad after Hardik Patel is detained, CM appeals for peace
Protesters gathered in large numbers at various cross-roads and attacked the police, pelted stones and set on fire public properties including buses at two places.
Mangalore moral police at it again: Muslim man beaten up for talking to Hindu woman
The man was stripped in public and beaten for travelling with a woman from a different community.
APJ Abdul Kalam's death, Yakub Memon's execution: Has plural secularism died in India?
Yakub Memon falls in the ‘Bad Muslim’ category and Kalam in the ‘Good Muslim’ one.
Love Monopoly? Now a film is being made on the game
Production house Lionsgate will finance the movie and co-produce a movie based on board game Monopoly
Pundits got it wrong: Post-poll survey shows how AAP engineered its shocking win
A new post poll survey shows that the AAP and Arvind Kejriwal broke many ideas about Delhi. Here's what it said.
Honour killing in Delhi: What turns loving parents into cold-blooded murderers
For those born and brought up in urban India, it’s difficult to grasp the power of the community beyond the urban space. This perhaps leads them to advocate simplistic legal solutions like banning the khaps and similar community bodies to stop cases of honour killings and similar obnoxious practices.
Parents murder Delhi University student 'for honour': So much for educating the girl child
Yes, we must all educate the girl child. But that begs the bigger question: Who will educate her family?