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Move over, Psy! Korean embassy & ambassador Chang Jae-bok groove to Oscar-nominated Naatu Naatu

The video released by the Korean embassy, has over 1.9 million views on Twitter, and even caught the attention of PM Narendra Modi, who called it a 'lively and adorable team effort'.

‘After Bageshwar Dham drama…’: BJP spokesperson targets Kamal Nath with ‘Muslim votes’ clip. It’s 4 yrs old

The video, tweeted by Prashant Umrao, has over 989 retweets, 2,266 likes and over 30,000 views.

Twitter India shuts two offices in New Delhi & Mumbai, Bloomberg News reports

Twitter continues to operate its third office in Bengaluru. Last year, under new owner Elon Musk, the company had fired more than 90% of just over 200 of its staff in India.

Why are Delhi, Mumbai people fighting over city pride? You’re not Batman from Gotham

Indian cities are urban nightmares and it takes a high degree of meditation to fall hopelessly in love with them.

‘More personal connect’: Twitter handle shares snippets of Modi’s past, from BJP karyakarta to PM

Created last September, @modiarchives, said to be handled by volunteers managing PM's social media outreach, has been sharing rare videos & photographs. It has about 49,000 followers.

‘I am a stranger to myself’—Hanif Kureishi is turning his tragic fall into a poignant story

Kureishi was in Rome when he had a disastrous fall on 26 December 2022. Eleven days later, he began tweeting to a loyal audience.

Twitter hacked, over 200 million user email addresses leaked, researcher says

The breach 'will unfortunately lead to a lot of hacking, targeted phishing and doxxing,' Alon Gal, co-founder of Israeli cybersecurity-monitoring firm Hudson Rock, wrote on LinkedIn.

‘Javelin thrower with movement of sprinter’ – US legend Michael Johnson in awe of Neeraj Chopra

Multiple other athletes also replied to a video of Chopra that was shared by Johnson, including retired Welsh shot-putter Shaun Pickering.

Twitter back after disruption hits thousands, first global outage since Elon Musk as CEO

Most reports came from users Wednesday stating they faced technical issues accessing the social network via web browser but later commented that service had returned to normal.

Can Koo ride 2024 poll wave & become India’s new Twitter? How political parties see homegrown app

Some don't care for it, others say it's a 'good backup for India'. According to CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna, parties can use it to reach wider audience in their native language.

On Camera

Make Sanchar Saathi removable. Good intentions don’t excuse State overreach

Compulsion magnifies the risk of function creep. Future updates could quietly expand the app’s capabilities or enable background telemetry far beyond users’ expectations.

New cess on ‘pan masala’ to fund national security and healthcare programmes

The Health Security Se National Security Cess Bill, 2025, explained. Oppn has attacked the proposed cess as 'a new financial burden' on the citizens.

After Op Sindoor, India goes in for more Heron Mk IIs; Israel frontrunner for mega MALE drones deal

Order for 87 MALE drones will be split between 2 Indian firms in 64:36 ratio to ensure there are 2 independent manufacturing lines with at least 60% indigenous components.

Gaali cricket: Bavuma stands tall, India’s Test ego cut to size

The India-South Africa series-defining fact is the catastrophic decline of Indian red ball cricket where a visiting team can mock us with the 'grovel' word.