Rihanna Protesters

If American pop artiste Rihanna and Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg missed their mark by any chance, US comic Trevor Noah's now brought the full gaze of the world on India's ongoing farmer protest. The Daily Show host yesterday spent a little over eight minutes talking about the massive agitation in his signature style.

Maharashtra will investigate tweets by celebrities in response to the global criticism of the government's handling of the farmers' protest. "It has been revealed that there were same posts by celebrities and at the same time. Hence it will be investigated why it has happened," Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Desmukh said today after requests from ...

Playing on the term "foreign direct investment or FDI", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the country needs to be cautioned against deleterious influences from abroad that he referred to as "foreign destructive ideology". He used the term in the context of the ongoing farmers' agitation that has, of late, received support from several global ...

The Central government should not have staked the reputations of such personalities as Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar by asking them to tweet in its support in the matter of the farmers' agitation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has said.

It should be clear by now that India has a global image problem. Most Western newspapers of note (The New York Times, Le Monde, Time, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The London Times, etc.) have all been critical of the government's record on farmer protests, Kashmir, free speech, the right to dissent, treatment of minorities, and so on.

Veteran Hollywood actor Susan Sarandon became the latest celebrity to extend support to the farmers' protest, posting a news story from the New York Times with her comment. "Standing in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India. Read about who they are and why they're protesting below," read her tweet, posted days after the huge row triggered wh...

Mia Khalifa has reacted to a sign saying she "regained consciousness" which was spotted at a demonstration in New Delhi. The former adult film actress joined the likes of international pop star Rihanna and teen climate activist Greta Thunberg earlier this week when she tweeted in support of farmers who have been protesting against the Centre's new ...

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday asked why we are getting so much rattled over the attack on the international celebrities who tweeted in support of farmers.

A doctored image showing pop superstar Rihanna purportedly holding up a Pakistan flag has been widely circulated after she expressed solidarity with farmers protesting in India against the agricultural laws.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,08,02,591 with 12,408 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,96,308, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

Rakesh Tikait, an influential farmer leader from western Uttar Pradesh whose emotional outburst last week in the face of a crackdown by the state government pumped new momentum into the two-month-long protest, on Thursday said he did not know of his latest supporters from abroad.

A section of Bollywood celebrities today criticised big stars such as Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Karan Johar and Suniel Shetty for their similarly worded tweets in response to pop star Rihanna's post drawing attention to the farmers' agitation in India.

Veteran actor and BJP MP Hema Malini today said she was intrigued by foreign celebrities support to ongoing farmers' protests when India was just a name "they have heard".

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has hit the 'like' button on several tweets that praised singer Rihanna for her tweet on the protest by farmers against new agriculture laws in India. Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg's tweets on the farmer protests have been condemned by the government as interference in domestic matters.

The one downside to all this heroism is that the Test series starting tomorrow will be an anti-climax. After routing Rihanna in single combat, what price Joe Root?

If American pop artiste Rihanna and Swedish eco-activist Greta Thunberg missed their mark by any chance, US comic Trevor Noah's now brought the full gaze of the world on India's ongoing farmer protest. The Daily Show host yesterday spent a little over eight minutes talking about the massive agitation in his signature style.

Maharashtra will investigate tweets by celebrities in response to the global criticism of the government's handling of the farmers' protest. "It has been revealed that there were same posts by celebrities and at the same time. Hence it will be investigated why it has happened," Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Desmukh said today after requests from ...

Playing on the term "foreign direct investment or FDI", Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the country needs to be cautioned against deleterious influences from abroad that he referred to as "foreign destructive ideology". He used the term in the context of the ongoing farmers' agitation that has, of late, received support from several global ...

The Central government should not have staked the reputations of such personalities as Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar by asking them to tweet in its support in the matter of the farmers' agitation, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray has said.

It should be clear by now that India has a global image problem. Most Western newspapers of note (The New York Times, Le Monde, Time, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The London Times, etc.) have all been critical of the government's record on farmer protests, Kashmir, free speech, the right to dissent, treatment of minorities, and so on.

Veteran Hollywood actor Susan Sarandon became the latest celebrity to extend support to the farmers' protest, posting a news story from the New York Times with her comment. "Standing in solidarity with the #FarmersProtest in India. Read about who they are and why they're protesting below," read her tweet, posted days after the huge row triggered wh...

Mia Khalifa has reacted to a sign saying she "regained consciousness" which was spotted at a demonstration in New Delhi. The former adult film actress joined the likes of international pop star Rihanna and teen climate activist Greta Thunberg earlier this week when she tweeted in support of farmers who have been protesting against the Centre's new ...

Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Friday asked why we are getting so much rattled over the attack on the international celebrities who tweeted in support of farmers.

A doctored image showing pop superstar Rihanna purportedly holding up a Pakistan flag has been widely circulated after she expressed solidarity with farmers protesting in India against the agricultural laws.

India's COVID-19 tally of cases rose to 1,08,02,591 with 12,408 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries surged to 1,04,96,308, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday.

Rakesh Tikait, an influential farmer leader from western Uttar Pradesh whose emotional outburst last week in the face of a crackdown by the state government pumped new momentum into the two-month-long protest, on Thursday said he did not know of his latest supporters from abroad.

A section of Bollywood celebrities today criticised big stars such as Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Karan Johar and Suniel Shetty for their similarly worded tweets in response to pop star Rihanna's post drawing attention to the farmers' agitation in India.

Veteran actor and BJP MP Hema Malini today said she was intrigued by foreign celebrities support to ongoing farmers' protests when India was just a name "they have heard".

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey has hit the 'like' button on several tweets that praised singer Rihanna for her tweet on the protest by farmers against new agriculture laws in India. Rihanna and climate activist Greta Thunberg's tweets on the farmer protests have been condemned by the government as interference in domestic matters.

The one downside to all this heroism is that the Test series starting tomorrow will be an anti-climax. After routing Rihanna in single combat, what price Joe Root?