Isha founder hails separate budget for agriculture thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated:
Share Article
AAA
Founder of Isha Foundation Jaggi Vasudev on Saturday urged Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami and DMK president M.K. Stalin to include the assurance of freeing temples from the State government control in their respective election manifestos.
In an open letter shared on Twitter, he called on both the leaders to highlight the intentions and plans in their manifestos to hand over the management of the Tamil Nadu temples to the hands of devotees. “I have requested the Chief Minister and the Opposition Leader to declare their intent with regard to freeing temples in State control. We cannot preside over decades of neglect and apathy. Amounts to spiritual suicide for Community [sic],” he said in the tweet.
Koo app: Why it s trending, who s behind it all you need to know
The desi version of Twitter co-founded by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidwatka has been in the spotlight, with several politicians and ministers nudging the microblogging site
BusinessToday.In | February 12, 2021 | Updated 16:31 IST
With the intense spat erupting between the Centre and microblogging site Twitter over blocking of certain accounts, a new app has found a way to prominence Koo.
The desi version of Twitter co-founded by Aprameya Radhakrishna and Mayank Bidwatka has been in the spotlight, with several politicians and ministers nudging the microblogging site.
The app launched in early 2020 garnered attention by winning the government s Atmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge. Following the outcome of the Atmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge, the app was also mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Mann Ki Baat address.
Desi Version Of Twitter Named Koo Draws Flood Of Memes indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Updated Feb 11, 2021 | 18:01 IST
The app came to prominence in 2020 following it winning the central government s Aatmanirbhar App Innovation Challenge launched shortly after the government banned 59 Chinese apps. Representational image. | Photo Credit: Twitter
Key Highlights
Koo was founded by Mayank Bidwatka and Aprameya Radhakrishna, the latter known for previously starting the online cab service TaxiForSure which was later acquired by Ola Cabs
While Twitter has a 280-word character limit, Koo s limit is 400 and it also offers users the option of recording and posting 1-minute short audio or video clips it calls Koos
In offering various languages including Kannada, Tamil, English, Hindi and Telugu, the app has projected itself as one which acknowledges “India s language diversity” and that “a global solution doesn t work for our people”