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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

Imtiaz Ali obsesses over vulgarity, misses Chamkila’s cultural resistance against purity

Peter Manuel's ‘Cassette Culture’ showed the booming Bhakti music during the '80s and '90s when Anoop Jalota, Gulshan Kumar achieved success by singing the sanitised Bhajans.

Economists vs statisticians — the battle being fought over the soul of India’s GDP data

Economists say there are weaknesses in India’s GDP data. But statisticians claim the accusations are based on flawed understanding, saying while GDP has problems, the economists are looking in the wrong places.

India and Japan hold 10th round of consultations on disarmament, non-proliferation, and export control

The two sides also discussed ways to strengthen cooperation in outer space security, conventional weapons, and export control

These 6 states are key for Modi’s ‘400 paar’ target. They’re also where Opposition can stop him

While this contest looks so predictable in large swathes of our political landscape, it is also more keenly contested than 2019 in some states.