Elon Musk celebrates India's population explosion, restores Twitters blue tick; Amitabh Bachchan hails 'Mu

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AgenciesMany A-listers heaved a sigh of relief as they got their verification badges back..

Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan paraphrased the famous, Tu Cheez badi hai mast mast, tu cheez bari hai mast! song from the 1994 Akshay Kumar-Raveena Tandon song, Mohra, and inserted Musks name instead of the word Mast..

However, as many celebrities refused to shell out $8 per month for the blue tick and numerous fake profiles inundated the platform, Musk restored the blue tick badges for all the high-profile accounts...

Human rights activist and female empowerment advocate Malala Yousafzai wrote that she was delighted to have her blue tick back so that everybody knows that she is not faking it..

Earlier, Musk revealed that he paid for the blue ticks of a select few celebrities, such as Stephen King, William Shatner, and LeBron James.. Read More News on..

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