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Topic: Kimbho

Patanjali shelves plan to re-launch its ‘swadeshi’ messaging app Kimbho

Promoted amid the Facebook data leaks, Kimbho was promoted as a safe alternative for Indian users’ personal data.

Brain behind Baba Ramdev’s Kimbho quits to launch her own messenger app

Aditi Kamal is set to relaunch her old app, Bolo Messenger, just days after Patanjali's ‘swadeshi’ version of WhatsApp hits the market.

Baba Ramdev and aide bring in cyber experts to plug Kimbho holes

While the initial release proved popular in terms of downloads, Patanjali’s first foray into technology was quickly criticised online by experts as a 'joke' and 'security disaster'.

Kimbho’s no Bolo rip-off, Patanjali says just hired same techie who made US app

App developer Aditi Kamal explains that US app Bolo Messenger was created by her and her husband when they were in the US. It was a startup funded by their savings.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.