Twitter has announced a new Republic Day emoji that will be available till January 27. The emoji on the social networking site looks like a digital representation of the Indian tricolour. “Twitter is the go-to platform for people to join in live, public conversations over their interests, cultural moments and big public events taking place around the world. We are thrilled to give users a new way to join in the public conversation on Republic Day," said Raheel Khursheed, head of news, government and politics partnerships at Twitter India in a blog post. To access the Republic Day emoji while tweeting, users will have to use these hashtags: #RepublicDay #HappyRepublicDay #RepublicDay2017.

Source: dna January 25, 2017 14:49 UTC