Indian Army joins Twitter

The account’s first tweet mentions a joint military exercise with Bangladeshi forces.

The Indian Army’s Additional Directorate General of Public Information (ADGPI) furthered their public outreach by creating a Twitter account on Saturday with the handle @adgpi, Hindustan Times reported.

Sources told the Hindustan Times that the army may soon expand its social media presence by creating a dedicated Facebook page and even a YouTube channel.

Their first tweet from the account was about a joint para-jumping exercise with Bangladeshi armed forces.

Friendship Para Jump done by the Special Forces of India & Bangladesh at Agra today.

Subsequent tweets included pictures of the jump.

The account had almost 1,800 followers by early Sunday morning.

Military forces all over the world are becoming more proactive on social media platforms.

In a first, a military conflict was officially announced on Twitter last year by the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) when they launched a series of air strikes into the heart of the Gaza Strip.

The IDF’s official account, @idfspokesperson, tweeted that they had embarked on ‘Operation Pillar of Defense’.