By A Correspondent
Twitter launched an Indian flag emoji, its first-ever feature for India’s Independence Day celebrations. The feature was active until the midnight of the 16th of August.
By using hashtag #India when composing a Tweet, the Indian tricolour appeared after those hashtags in the sent Tweet. The feature gave Twitter users a fun way to Tweet, share and celebrate the historic day with Indians and supporters of India worldwide.
PM Nadrendra Modi (@NarendraModi) officially launched the nation’s first-ever Twitter emojis by wishing his fellow citizens on the eve.
“Twitter has always been the go-to platform for people to engage in live, public conversations about their passions, cultural moments and events taking place in the real world. These emojis are a fun, colourful way to unite Indians during the Independence Day celebrations, which is also the perfect time to launch the first-ever Twitter emojis for India,†said Raheel Khursheed, Head-News, Government, Politics, Twitter India.