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The technical issues on twitter that affected its users across the world have been rectified, as informed by the Twitter management on January 21. The users were facing issues, while accessing and logging-in, on the microblogging site. After remaining down for users for some hours in the morning, Twitter confirmed that it has fixed the technical issue, while things are back to normal.

Twitter has appointed Vinay Prakash as its Resident Grievance Officer under India's new IT regulations. The nomination comes in the event of massive friction between the government and Twitter that has lasted since March when the regulations came into effect. Twitter requested a time frame of eight weeks from Delhi HC to appoint a grievance officer erstwhile and acknowledged to draft its first compliance report public by July 11.

Twitter India has deactivated handles of 709 users after the Centre reported the accounts for sharing inflammatory content. Twitter revealed that 126 handles used #ModiPlanningFarmerGenocide in their posts, and 583 other accounts were disabled for their suspicious alignment with Khalistan or Pakistan and spreading abusive and provocative content. Earlier, the Centre had issued notice to Twitter under section 69A[3] of the IT Act, which … read-more

According to Twitter India, MS Dhoni's tweet thanking PM Narendra Modi for his appreciation is the most retweeted tweet under Indian sports category for 2020. Reportedly, the tweet has been retweeted more than 73,500 times since August 20. In reply to PM Modi's tweet, Dhoni said, “An Artist, Soldier and Sportsperson what they crave for is appreciation". Earlier, MS Dhoni had announced his retirement on August 15.