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Pat Cummins, Tokyo 2020, Bitcoin and more: See the names and topics most popular on Twitter in India in 2021

Aside from tweets about COVID-19 relief work, conversations around cricket, farmer’s protest, Tokyo Olympics, IPL, Diwali and Bitcoin dominated Twitter in India in 2021.

Sundar Pichai to Indra Nooyi: Twitter's Parag Agrawal becomes latest Indian to head global multinationals

Twitter's outgoing CEO Jack Dorsey announced that 37-year old Parag Agrawal, an IIT Mumbai and Stanford University alumnus, will be the company's new chief executive as he stepped down after 16 years at the company that he co-founded and helmed

Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari gets US-based role as company's senior director

While the company did not specify any reason for the change, it said Maheshwari will be Twitter's senior director of revenue strategy and operations, and will be based out of San Francisco

Explained: IFF flags IT Ministry’s letters to Twitter on manipulated media policy as having ‘no legal basis’

The Internet Freedom Foundation has learned the IT Ministry’s letters to Twitter were not issued under any provision of the IT Act, 2000.

Karnataka HC quashes UP police notice to Twitter India MD, says it was issued by 'malafide'

UP Police had sent a notice to Twitter India MD seeking his personal appearance as part of its probe into a communally sensitive video uploaded by a user on Twitter platform.

Delhi HC directs activist Saket Gokhale to delete tweets against former diplomat Lakshmi Puri

The court said that if Gokhale failed to delete the tweets within 24 hours of passing the order, then Twitter shall identify the URLs and take necessary action

Twitter tells Delhi High Court it will take 8 weeks to appoint a grievance redressal officer

Twitter says it is in the process of setting up a liaison office in India and this office will be their permanent physical contact in the country.

If Twitter wants to function in India, it needs to comply with IT Rules 2021: Delhi High Court

A Bench of Justice Rekha Palli expressed displeasure over Twitter delaying the appointment of a grievance redressal officer.

'Something went wrong': Twitter desktop app down for some users around the world

As of now, only the Twitter web app seems to be affected for some users; any issue with the mobile app has not been reported yet.

Twitter responds to FIR over child pornography, says it has 'zero tolerance policy for child sexual exploitation'

An FIR was filed against Twitter on Tuesday for allegedly allowing access to child pornography on the platform.