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Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is famous for using bizarre words in his speeches and tweets. (Photo: Twitter/ Shashi Tharoor)

Shashi Tharoor's 'kerfuffle' tweet on holiday photos creates fuss on social media

This is not the first time that Shashi Tharoor has introduced his followers to such obscure words.

10 Sep 2019 3:37 PM

The viral video comes even as Pakistan's economic situation continues to be in doldrums. (Photo ;Screengrab | Twitter: @GulBukhari)

'Naya Pakistan' way: Twitter reacts to belly dancers performing at investment meet

Another Twitter user by the name of Omar Baloch said, 'Pakistanis have nothing else to show to promote investment, except belly dancing.'

09 Sep 2019 11:59 AM

The Prime Minister now stands tall among the world leaders on Twitter, with his handle @narendramodi a little behind that of US President Donald Trump, who has 64 million followers. (Photo: File)

PM Modi crosses 50m followers on Twitter

Former US President Barack Obama remains on the first spot with over 108 million accounts following him.

09 Sep 2019 11:26 AM

PM Modi was replying to a tweet that said: 'History was created yesterday by 16-year-old Priyavrata son of Smt Aparna and Sri Devadatta Patil While studying Veda and Nyaya from his father, he studied all Vyakarana Maha Granthas from Sri Mohana Sharma and passed 14 levels of Tenali Pariksha, Youngest to pass the MahaPariksha.' (Photo: Twitter)

16-yr-old boy becomes youngest to pass 'mahapariksha'

'Excellent! Congratulations to Priyavrata for this feat. His achievement will serve as a source of inspiration for many!' PM Modi tweeted.

09 Sep 2019 8:12 AM

When PM Modi was greeting ISRO chief before leaving the ISRO control centre in Bengaluru, Sivan got emotional and PM then leaned forward, hugged and patted his shoulder. (Photo: Screengrab)

'My PM is human': Twitter reacts to PM Modi consoling ISRO chief

PM Modi's motivational speech and the warm hug to ISRO chief garnered loads of praises on social media.

07 Sep 2019 11:51 AM

He captioned the screenshots, 'Was placed in charge of the group chat this week and I think I handled it pretty well.' (Photo: Twitter)

WhatsApp group admin takes role seriously; rates posts, deletes members not upto mark

Twitter user Sir Michael found himself getting annoyed by silly and irrelevant messages on group chat. So he decided to remove them.

06 Sep 2019 1:54 PM

Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari and Congress leader received flak on social media. (Photo: Twitter/ @harshit_shukl)

Nitin Gadkari, Rahul Gandhi pulled over on violation of rules on Twitter amid new traffic fines

The hefty fines for traffic violations have triggered worry among law-breaking motorists across the country.

05 Sep 2019 8:56 AM

The Ex-Pakistani High Commissioner to India got severely trolled after he re-tweeted a picture of the adult movie star, mistaking him to be a Kashmiri protester who lost his vision due to pellet injury. (Photo: ANI)

Thanks for new followers: Porn star to ex-Pak envoy who mistook him for J&K protester

The adult film star mocked Basit, saying that his 'vision' is fine.

04 Sep 2019 11:41 AM

'We are at the threshold of an agreement that will reduce violence and open the door for Afghans to sit together to negotiate an honourable & sustainable peace and a unified, sovereign Afghanistan that does not threaten the United States, its allies, or any other country,' Khalilzad wrote on Twitter. (Photo: ANI)

US, Taliban on 'threshold' of an agreement: Khalilzad

The agreement between the Taliban and the US is centred around the latter's promise to withdraw its troops from the war-torn country.

01 Sep 2019 9:39 AM

Twitter said Friday the account of chief executive Jack Dorsey had been 'compromised' after a series of erratic and offensive messages were posted. (Photo: AP)

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s account hacked, racist tweets posted

Some of the tweets contained the hashtag #ChucklingSquad which was believed to indicate the identity of the hacker group.

31 Aug 2019 9:12 AM

Trump tweeted: 'The Radical Left Democrats, upon hearing that the perfectly located (for the next G-7) Doral National MIAMI was under consideration for the next G-7, spread that false and nasty rumour. Not nice.' (Photo: AP | File)

Trump denies having 'bedbugs' at resort he offered for next G7 summit

'No bedbugs at Doral,' Trump huffed in a tweet, after returning from a G7 summit in France.

28 Aug 2019 9:31 AM

Pakistan President Arif Alvi has received a notice from Twitter over his posts on Jammu and Kashmir, a media report claimed. (Photo: File)

Pak President Arif Alvi gets notice from Twitter over post on Kashmir: report

The centre this month ended special status to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated the state into two UT, evoking strong reaction from Pakistan.

27 Aug 2019 12:58 PM

Mahindra was referring to the geographical blunder done by cricketer turned politician during his visit to Tehran earlier this year. (Photo: AP)

Thank God, he wasn’t my geography teacher: Anand Mahindra on Pak PM’s gaffe

While speaking at an event in Tehran, during his two-day official visit to Iran, Khan claimed that Japan and Germany shares border.

26 Aug 2019 1:48 PM

The top hashtags that were the most trending in 2019 were also revealed by Twitter.

Twitter releases list of 2019's top trends in India

Twitter also celebrated hashtag's birthday.

24 Aug 2019 7:47 AM

Demonstrators stand outside the Yuen Long MTR station during a protest in Hong Kong.(Photo: AP)

Hong Kong protests: YouTube shuts down more than 200 channels

Twitter and Facebook announced this week that they suspended nearly 1,000 active accounts linked to a coordinated influence campaign.

23 Aug 2019 3:31 PM

Once again, in his tweet, he used the situation to introduce another complex word 'Schadenfreude' for his followers on social media. (Photo: File)

Tharoor supports Chidambaram with another word, netizens reach out for dictionary

Schadenfreude, word of German origin, means 'pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune', according to Oxford dictionary.

22 Aug 2019 3:26 PM

The Hong Kong demonstrations began almost three months ago as a protest against a new extradition law and have since snowballed into a broader movement to defend the city-state's civil liberties in the face of what is perceived to be tightening mainland control. (Photo: AP)

'All forces': China's global social media push over Hong Kong protests

China denounced the moves by Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday, saying it had a right to put out its own views.

22 Aug 2019 2:55 PM

The abuse suffered by Pogba was condemned by his team mates including Harry Maguire who urged social media companies to verify user accounts to prevent anonymous abuse of players. (Photo: AP)

Twitter authorities to meet Manchester United after Paul Pogba faces online racist abuse

France international Pogba was a target of online abuse after he missed a penalty against Wolverhampton Wanderers.

22 Aug 2019 2:47 PM

Twitter users were greeted with this message "Something went wrong, try again"

Twitter crashes globally, including India; back online

The site went down around 8 pm IST and affected places in India, Japan, and the United Kingdom.

22 Aug 2019 7:46 AM

Aparna Sen & 27 others extend support to Anurag Kashyap against 'threats of violence'

A press release consisted of 28 signatories expressed unanimity of members on subject and also raised concerns against it.

20 Aug 2019 6:09 PM

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