Outgoing 2019 was the year of Twitter politics



Zaved Pirjada, Contributing Editor, Barta24.com
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The year 2019 is nearing to end. 2019 was a hotcake of Twitter politics. Donald Trump is at the top of the world to tweet. Only then is Modi of India. But in our country, Twitter politics has not yet grown. Although Twitter politics began a few years ago, the Madison Journal reported on December 26 that Twitter politics had increased over 20 years.

Modi and Imran took to Twitter battle over the Kashmir situation.

Popular social media Twitter announced in last October that it would ban political advertising on its site. The announcement was made in a tweet by Jack Dorsey, the company's CEO. They are taking this step in the face of growing criticism over misinformation of politicians through social media. This was a news by AFP and BBC.

In a message on Twitter, CEO Jack Dorsey said, "The Company has taken this step because of the growing problem caused by misleading information and absolutely false news reports."

Terming a new policy, Dorsey said, "The new policy of Twitter will prohibit advertising for candidates who are competing in elections, as well as for political issues. He also confirmed that the details of the policy will be released next month. But the politicians are scoffing at this! ”

India today TV's consulting editor Rajdeep Sardesh said in a report in India's 'Scroll Dot in' on Friday that Modi was very close to being the world's most popular leader on Face book and Twitter ahead of the general election this year. On his personal page, verified 'Narendra Modi', Face book has over 10 million likes. Modi has become the most followed leader after US President Donald Trump, with more than 20 million followers on Twitter. He has over 120 videos on YouTube. On November 28, Instagram crossed 100 million followers.

Modi has a team of professional digital marketing personnel. Indian social media expert Professor Jayajit Pal says, "Before Modi, no Indian political leader was active in social media. However, the Prime Minister's Office controls all activities.”

The ‘hashtag Mae vi Chowkidar’ opened the page earlier this year. Amit Malibu, convener of the BJP's IT and Social Media Cell, said, "On January 27, he set up a team of 100,000 100,000 social media volunteers and created more than 3,000 WhatsApp and sharechat groups. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the suggestion to join Twitter a few years ago. And this year's BJP election slogan 'Ab Ki Bar Modi Sarkar' was one of India's most popular tweets. The results are now known to everyone.”

Social media, especially Twitter politicians and media, has emerged as the 'most important tool' in India's Lok Sabha elections. US-based Twitter Inc. says they have used the same tactics used in India in other countries' elections.

Face book, another popular social networking site, made similar announcements earlier. Rishi Jaitley, Twitter's market director in India, said, "Elections are the best time to see how much 'value added' Twitter can do. We want to spread what we have learned in the Indian elections all over the world. ”Twitter's top political strategist has flown to this country in Latin America to highlight the potential and importance of social media to Brazilian lawmakers. Like India, politicians have also used the 5-second video app 'Vine' to fight votes.

Voters have used the 'Tweet to Remember' feature in the midterm elections as in India. By making a tweet with this feature, users will be able to add their voting date to the mobile phone calendar. Twitter first became important as a political tool during the US presidential election in 2012.

Then in the days of the masses known as the Arab Spring, Twitter was used as an important means of organizing the movement.

Seven months before winning the election, US President Donald Trump promised at a rally that he would no longer use Twitter if he was elected president. Why? In April of 2016 election campaign he said, "This is not president-friendly." Trump has not stopped since being elected president. But not only has he continued to use Twitter since entering the White House, he has been spending a lot of time doing this. It appears that this year, he tweeted 2608. That is, he made more than seven tweets per day on average. Some of his tweets are very common and some are explosive. He later went on to argue in favor of his Twitter use, "It is modern-day president-friendly."

Analyzing the number of tweets President Trump has shown, he made up 42 percent of the six to nine in the morning. This time he watches more of the television. Co -incidentally his popular TV show 'Fox and Friends' aired in the morning. For the first seven months since coming to power, President Trump has tweeted just once about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. And in that tweet, he praised the North Korean leader. But a month later, he tweeted Kim Jong-Un as "Mad man" or "Insane" and "Bette and Fat". President Trump is a former actor on Twitter and California. President Trump took to Twitter to dispute with former actor and former California state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. London Mayor Sadiq Khan was also attacked.

Like world politics Twitter politics is also going on in our country. Prime Minister’s ICT adviser Sajib Wazed Joy in this regard is advanced in this field. He tweeted around 25 this year. However, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is not in Twitter politics. There is no BNP also. Bangladesh is lagging behind in Twitter politics. 

   

Bus fell from flyover in India killing 5 people



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A passenger bus fell off a flyover after losing control in the Indian state of Odisha. Five people were killed and about 40 were injured. Among the dead are four men and one woman.

On Monday (April 15), the Indian media Hindustan Times reported this information.

According to the report, the accident took place near Barbati in Jajpur district on the way from Puri to Kolkata at around 9 pm on Monday (April 15). The bus fell down when the driver lost control while climbing a flyover on National Highway-16.

In the initial investigation, the police found out that there were about 50 passengers in the bus. On receiving the information, a team of police and fire brigade reached the Barbati Bridge and started the rescue operation. The injured were sent to the local Dharamshala Hospital in 10 ambulances. The seriously injured have been sent to SCB Medical College Hospital, Cuttack.



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Iran has summoned the Ambassadors of the three countries



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Iran's Foreign Ministry has summoned UK, German and French ambassadors. The director general of the country's Western Europe department summoned them.

Sunday (April 14) in a report of the Iranian news agency IRNA.

According to reports, the Director General of Iran's Western Europe Department informed British Ambassador Simon Shercliffe, German Ambassador Hans-Udo Muzel and French Ambassador Nicolas Roche on Sunday about the attack on Israel's military base in accordance with Article 51 of the United Nations.

The Director-General strongly condemned the attack on the Iranian consulate compound in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and criticized the three countries' "duplicitous behavior".

He also said that Iran is always ready against any force to protect its sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests.

The ambassadors of the UK, Germany and France said that they will soon deliver this message to the capital of their country.

It should be noted that on April 1, 13 people were killed in an Israeli attack on the premises of the Iranian consulate in Damascus, the capital of Syria. In response to this, Iran attacked Israel with more than 300 drones and missiles on Saturday.

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Drone-missiles are being prepared for attack on Israel any time



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Several US officials claimed that Iran has prepared more than 100 cruise ships to attack Israel last week.

On Saturday (April 13), CNN, another US news outlet, reported that US officials have noticed an increase in military activity in Iran. Iranian troops are moving drones and cruise missiles from one place to another. They fear that through these activities, Tehran is preparing a direct attack on Israel from Iran. US officials see indications that Iran may be preparing to attack Israel with missiles and drone strikes.

Earlier, the officials said that Iran has prepared a large number of missiles for a possible attack. These drones can be used to attack Israel. In their opinion, these weapons may be prepared to prevent the US and Israel from daring to launch an attack on Iran.

Note that Israel attacked the Iranian consulate in Syria on April 1. 13 people were killed in that attack. Several military officers lost their lives in the attack on the consulate. Among them was a senior Quds Force commander. He looked after the operations of the forces in Syria and Lebanon. Iran announced retaliation. 

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Iran seizes Israel's ship, tensions are high



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Naval commanders of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard have seized an Israeli container ship from the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's busiest and most important sea routes.

Indian media NDTV reported this information on Saturday (April 13) about several media.

According to NDTV report, in a video published by Iran's state news agency "Irnar" on Saturday, it can be seen that the naval commanders of the country's Revolutionary Guard conducted an operation on the ship. The ship named MSC ARIES was seized by Revolutionary Guard troops.

Earlier, the UK military said an unidentified group had taken control of a ship in the Strait of Hormuz near the UAE port of Fujairah.

Meanwhile, Israel's military spokesman Daniel Hagari said in a statement that after this incident, the situation between Israel and Iran will reach a more dire state.

According to Iranian media, the ship belongs to Zodiac Maritime Shipping Company. The company is owned by Israeli tycoon Yaal Ofer. The media also reported that the vessel was a Portuguese flag carrier.

The vessel is now being towed to Iranian waters after being seized in the Strait of Hormuz.

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