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The writer is a Mumbai-based freelance journalist

No wonder according to a recent report, most global internet users lack confidence in what they see and read online, with only 8 per cent believing that the bulk of information shared on social media is true, dropping to 4 per cent when it comes from influencers.

Social media firms are moving from markets to votes

Modi and the BJP have been most successful in using social media channels to promote their ideology.

25 Jun 2019 1:35 AM IST

Reliance Industries or RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani at an AGM in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Data as our new oil' and new wealth': What India Inc wants

What is more feasible is for Reliance Industries is to roll out its online shopping platform that will take on both...

30 Jan 2019 1:34 AM IST

Google said it would not renew a contract to help the US military analyse aerial drone imagery when it expires, as the company sought to defuse internal uproar over the deal.

Spurt in snooping likely to make govt hostage to private interests

Unlike the tapping of landline phones or opening letters sent by post, the new snooping methods involve not-so-simple...

10 Jan 2019 6:55 AM IST

55,012 farmers of Konkan division took the insurance cover

Long-term solution to farm distress needed

Farmers contend that while the input prices that they have to pay have increased substantially, the MSP does not reflect...

24 Dec 2018 12:00 AM IST

GDP stands for Gross Domestic Product.

Shift in GDP rates is just clever jugglery

Foreign trade has also slowed down considerably, showing lack of demand and growth.

11 Dec 2018 1:35 AM IST

As the downward spiral of the rupee continues, its effect will be felt in the government not being able to hold the fiscal deficit, inflation in oil and other imports, the fall of investments made in the stock market and the increased cost to companies in repaying foreign loans.

As rupee falls, trouble in economy snowballs

A further fall in stock market prices would lead to FIIs pulling more money out of the country and a further fall in the...

6 Oct 2018 1:53 PM IST

In Kerala, there are some 44 dams that store river waters. Not being forewarned about the unexpected heavy rains in mid-August, the dams were in danger of overflowing and suddenly released excess water. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala re-runs loom as rains' intensity to grow

Massive floods following unexpected heavy rains leading to the loss of lives and destruction of property have become...

12 Sept 2018 1:19 AM IST

The government wanted Facebook-WhatsApp to appoint a grievance officer and find a technological solution to trace the origin of fake messages.

Why FB and WhatsApp too have eye on 2019

Mark Zuckerberg has also increasingly involved Facebook in international affairs.

31 Aug 2018 1:16 AM IST

The total funds held by all foreign clients of Swiss banks rose about 3 per cent to CHF 1.46 trillion or about Rs 100 lakh crore in 2017. (Photo: AP)

Relocating black stash: From Swiss banks to Caribbean & other havens

Once tax-evaded money or funds obtained through criminal means gets to havens abroad, there is little that the Indian...

26 July 2018 6:06 AM IST

The government is considering converting GST Network- which is handling the IT infrastructure of the new indirect tax regime - into a state-owned company, an official source said.

Govt giving false hopes on economy

The government's actions are around creating a feel good tactic rather than a serious economic effort.

5 July 2018 12:23 AM IST

The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the National Policy on Biofuels which allows doping of ethanol produced from damaged foodgrains, rotten potatoes, corn and sugar beet with petrol to cut oil imports by Rs 4,000 crore this year alone.

It's time the govt took a serious look at economy

The World Bank in its draft World Development Report 2019 said in India the formal sector or industry pays twice as much...

4 Jun 2018 5:45 AM IST

Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, key accused in Rs. 11, 400 crore Punjab National Bank scam. (Photo: PTI)

To fix mess in banking, admit the problem first

India has faced many banking crises. Hundreds of banks had shut down in the 1930s and 1940s.

1 May 2018 12:11 AM IST