U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged U.S. support in the global fight on terrorism Saturday, as she met with victims of last year's terror attacks in India's commercial city, Mumbai.Clinton also said the United States is not pressuring India to improve relations with Pakistan. She said it is up to the two sides to determine how to go forward with peace talks.The U.S. secretary of state spoke to reporters in Mumbai, where Indian officials believe terrorists linked to Pakistan killed 166 people during an attack in November.Secretary Clinton indicated that Pakistan has done much more in recent months to deal with home-grown terrorism, and she suggested action may soon be taken to bring those responsible for the Mumbai attacks to justice.Clinton is on her first trip to India as secretary of state, and is expected to push for deeper ties with the emerging economy during her three-day visit.
Even as Minister of State for External Affairs Shashi Tharoor has been asked by the Ministry of External Affairs to refrain from using social networking rage Twitter from office on security grounds, the US embassy has announced that US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's first visit to India will also be covered by the online media community. The visit will be covered on social networking and photo-sharing sites such as Twitter, Flickr and Facebook. The Americagov Twitter feed ... will be following the secretary every step of the way during her activities in Mumbai and New Delhi. Clinton's fans and participants at all of her India events will be using the Twitter hash tag address #HillaryIndia to follow and comment on the issues addressed during her visit. They will also be posting both professional and cellphone photos on Flickr using the same tag, #HillaryIndia, notes the US embassy press statement.
The visit will be covered on social networking and photo-sharing sites such as Twitter, Flickr and Facebook. The Americagov Twitter feed ... will be following the secretary every step of the way during her activities in Mumbai and New Delhi.
Clinton's fans and participants at all of her India events will be using the Twitter hash tag address #HillaryIndia to follow and comment on the issues addressed during her visit. They will also be posting both professional and cellphone photos on Flickr using the same tag, #HillaryIndia, notes the US embassy press statement.
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Tharoor, for instance, has a little over 17,000 followers. Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, who tweets in Gujarati, has 1,700 followers, while the Americagov has around 2,000 followers. However, use of Twitter by Indian politicians pales in comparison with that of US and UK politicians. Barrack Obama, for instance, ranks seventh by Twit Rank of Twittown (a list of the top 150 twitterers) with around 1.7 million followers. Al Gore, with around 1.2 million followers, is ranked 19th. Besides, young Indian politicians such as Sachin Pilot or Jyotiraditya Scindia are not to be found on Twitter. Rahul Gandhi too is said to have had an account (@rgamethi) but the page is empty currently. The last update was on April 28 with around 2,220 followers.
However, use of Twitter by Indian politicians pales in comparison with that of US and UK politicians. Barrack Obama, for instance, ranks seventh by Twit Rank of Twittown (a list of the top 150 twitterers) with around 1.7 million followers. Al Gore, with around 1.2 million followers, is ranked 19th.
Besides, young Indian politicians such as Sachin Pilot or Jyotiraditya Scindia are not to be found on Twitter. Rahul Gandhi too is said to have had an account (@rgamethi) but the page is empty currently. The last update was on April 28 with around 2,220 followers.
