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The bot con boom: How AI, ads are altering the identity, purpose of the internet

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At top right, the first ad on the internet, an AT&T banner from 1994. Elsewhere, the pop-ups and spam that came soon after. Today’s infiltration is much more subtle, customised, based on data often gathered without the user’s overt knowledge.
Updated on Mar 23, 2024 02:10 pm IST

H&M slammed for 'sexualising schoolgirls', takes down ad

FILE PHOTO: The H&M clothing store in Times Square in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo
Updated on Jan 24, 2024 01:52 pm IST

Soundarya Sharma on featuring in Vimal ad with Shah Rukh Khan, Akshay Kumar

Soundarya Sharma in a still from the Vimal ad.
Published on Nov 04, 2023 11:07 am IST

Jimmy Shregill loving the shades of grey he is playing

Actor Jimmy Shergill on his visit to Hindustan Times office in Lucknow recently. (Deep Saxena/HT)
Updated on Aug 10, 2023 11:55 pm IST

Anushka Sharma talks about caring for her baby more than herself in new ad, shares her pregnancy journey

Anushka Sharma looks lovely in pink in a new ad.
Updated on Dec 15, 2020 04:32 pm IST

Asked to clarify stand on Kashmir, J&K High Court Bar Association cancels election, forms ad hoc body

The Srinagar district administration has ordered that no elections would be allowed till the Bar association clarifies its stand on whether it considers Kashmir a dispute or an integral part of India and also provides details of its registration.
Published on Nov 12, 2020 11:56 am IST

Guest column: Ad came. Ad Trolled. Ad left

Cultivating a few cross-religion friendships will not only make us smarter, but calmer as well, no matter how polarised the general climate
Published on Oct 17, 2020 10:57 pm IST

‘Dear Tanishq, a few trolls don’t make a country’: Swara Bhasker, Soni Razdan oppose decision to pull ad

After Tanishq issued a statement on withdrawing its controversial ad, Swara Bhasker and Soni Razdan have opposed the decision.
Updated on Oct 14, 2020 01:55 pm IST

Health ministry moots 5-yr jail, 50 lakh fine for ‘magic cure’ ads

Doctors say they aren’t surprised at the FDA crackdown on fairness creams. Between the steroids, chemicals and heavy metals, these products send them an average of one patient a day. (iStock)
Updated on Feb 08, 2020 03:30 am IST

HSGMC (ad hoc) sees hope of separate Sikh gurdwara body in Haryana

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Published on Feb 05, 2020 12:24 am IST

Mumbaiwale: It All Ads Up

At a lecture this week, I glimpsed the parallel world of ads for medicines, tonics and toiletries in colonial Bombay.
Updated on Nov 16, 2019 12:39 am IST

Saradha scam: CBI quizzes Bengal’s tourism secretary over ads to chit fund

CBI is probing the 2,460-crore ponzi scam by the Saradha group
Updated on Aug 22, 2019 10:02 pm IST

Selling points: Memorable mascots in Indian ads

Published on Jun 15, 2019 06:05 pm IST

World No Tobacco Day: Actors on whether anti-tobacco ads before film screening need a makeover or not

Actors Anupam Kher, Divya Dutta and Tusshar Kapoor, among other talk about the anti-tobacco ads that are being screened in movie theatres.
Updated on May 31, 2019 03:38 pm IST

Hong Kong: LGBT ad approved by transport authorities after resentment

Campaigners have criticised semi-autonomous Hong Kong for lagging behind on equality issues
Updated on May 21, 2019 05:37 pm IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Election Commission bans Congress’ ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ ad

The Election Commission in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday banned the ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai’ advertisement of the Congress party and ordered an end to its broadcast.
Updated on Apr 18, 2019 02:10 pm IST

Jains seek Punjab government apology for ad

Navi Mumbai, India - April 17, 2019:Jain community celebrates Mahavir Jayanti with procession from Jain Mandir to Sector-14 Vashi during Mahavir Jayanti at Vashi in Navi Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. (Photo by Bachchan Kumar/ Hindustan Times)
Published on Apr 18, 2019 01:18 am IST

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Election Commission bans uncertified political ads on poll date and day before

Lok Sabha elections 2019: Election Commission bans uncertified political ads on poll date and day before
Published on Apr 06, 2019 11:51 pm IST

Delhi High Court stays notification to regulate ads of alternative medicines

Delhi High Court stays notification to regulate ads of alternative medicines. HT Photo by Kalpak Pathak
Published on Mar 31, 2019 04:10 am IST

For Congress, BC is before Cong, AD is after dynasty: PM Modi in Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi took potshots at the Congress in Parliament for its relentless criticism on his government.
Updated on Feb 07, 2019 08:16 pm IST

152 notices slapped on mobile companies for illegal ads in Pune

Officials said that by sponsoring advertisement boards in front of mobile shops, companies have violated advertisement rules.
Updated on Nov 21, 2018 04:00 pm IST

Can you see your dad in Shah Rukh Khan’s many avatars for new ad? Watch video

Do any of these Shah Rukh Khan looks remind you of your dad?
Updated on Sept 13, 2018 07:59 pm IST

Man robbed in Sohna lured by online ad, police track criminals

The accused, a group of six, had lured the victim Pradeep Kumar, a resident of Mohaniya in Kaimur district of Bihar, with a car advertisement on an online site, offering the vehicle at a very cheap price.
Updated on Apr 12, 2018 10:42 pm IST