Humiliation and uncertainty are the words to describe the situation, says one of the many Twitter India staff who was handed a pink slip on Friday. That the laying off was perhaps on expected lines or that the microblogging platform itself erupted in support from 'Tweeple' or emphatic outsiders did not make things less painful, says another ex-employee. For scores of Twitter India staff, the grim reality of large scale firings -- that also coincides with the dreaded layoff winter -- is just about 'sinking in', days after popular platform was taken over by the world's richest man Elon Musk.
'Every prominent Indian cricketer knows exactly what @IrfanPathan means but they will dare not utter a word in support'.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
The actress tied the knot with Dubai-based hotelier beau in July and recently broke the news on Twitter.
Here's what your favourite celebrities are tweeting.
Bollywood is crazy about twitter. Here is a look to what the stars have tweeted.
A look at what your favourite celebrites are tweeting.
Here's a look at what Bollywood is tweeting.
The announcement came late Monday evening - and broke the internet. Elon Musk, the world's richest man, had bought microblogging site Twitter for a neat $44 billion. The little blue bird, which is known to take on many avatars depending on the mood, leanings and interests of who it is chirping for, went into overdrive. While some Twitter users flooded the site with memes and humorous takes on the move, the deal also had a fair share of critics.
IAS officer Jagdish Sonkar, a 2013 batch officer went to Ramanujgank hospital on Monday for an inspection where he spoke to a patient. Many other patients and other hospital staff allegedly were furious over his behaviour. A source then clicked a photo, and posted it on social media, where it went viral.
The reality star wore a maang tikka with a white gown to a church service and Tweeple lost it.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy questioned the party's decision to suspend Kirti Azad over the DDCA row.
The Aam Aadmi Party has launched a twitter war against Kiran Bedi and Shazia Ilmi, who have joined the Bharatiya Janata Party by pulling out old tweets of the two.
A look at the top tweets from your favourite Bollywood celebrities.
Here is a list of famous names from India as well as the world which are included.
Swamy now wants Arvind Subramanian, one of the front runners for the post of the new RBI governor to be sacked.
Nikesh Arora patiently answered all questions and responded to remarks and observations.
In India, Twitter has so far focused on cricket alone, given the game's popularity among the masses here.
Subramanian Swamy is generally regarded as The Man You Don't Mess With. But an unnamed Indian software engineer -- or so he claims -- took on the redoubtable defender of Hindutva in cyberspace, and 'won.'
The trolls on Twitter, the rumour mongers on WhatsApp and the serial abusers on Facebook are the enemies of social media.
'It is clear that Britain is a country with a limited future,' says Rajeev Srinivasan.
