Swadeshi Twitter alternative "Koo app" Launched

Aatmanirbhar Bharat: Union ministries line up to join swadeshi Twitter alternative Koo app:
Link – https://www.koo...m/
Google Play Store – https://play.google.com/store/apps/detail...c…
Koo, a social media application developed by Bombinate Technologies Private Limited has been on Google Play store and Apple App Store for quite a while but only now, it is coming into prominence in India.
In August 2020, Koo won the AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge organized by the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) and since then over a million people have installed the social media app on both Android and iOS.
In the past few days, several union ministries and departments including Common Services Center, Digital India, Digi Locker, India Post, National Informatics Centre (NIC), National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), MeitY, MyGov, Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), and UMANG app and others have joined the Koo social media platform.
On Tuesday (February 9), another prominent leader Piyush Goyal, Ministery of Railways; Commerce & Industry; Consumer Affairs, and Food & Public Distribution too joined the Koo platform.
About Koo App -
Just 10% of India speaks English. Almost 1 billion people in India don’t know English. Instead they speak one of India’s 100s of languages. They are now getting access to smartphones and would love an internet in their language. However, majority of the internet has been in English. Koo is an attempt to make the voice of these Indians heard. They can now participate on the internet in their mother tongue by listening to the views of some of the sharpest Indian minds and also speak their mind by sharing their thoughts.
Koo has been recognized by the Government of India and Honorable Prime Minister Narendra Modi as one of the Aatmanirbhar Apps of India.
The Koo app supports multiple Indian languages including Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi. While Assamese, Marathi, Malayalam, Bangla, Oriya, Gujarati, Punjabi, and others will be added soon. Right now, Koo is trending at the top seven in the Social Media category on Apple App Store in India.
On Monday (February 8), Koo raised $4.1 million (approx. Rs 29.89 crore) as part of its Series A funding. Infosys co-founder TV Mohandas Pai (now part of 3one4 Captial) has joined the board of investors of the company.
Aprameya Radhakrishna is the CEO & Co-founder of Koo, and Anand Daniel and Parinitha are the other two directors of the company. Sai Rama is the product manager.