Twitter launches Diwali emoji with Salman, Sonam

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Monday launched a Diwali emoji by roping in Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor whose new movie will release during this festive season.

Micro-blogging site Twitter on Monday launched a Diwali emoji by roping in Bollywood actors Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor whose new movie will release during this festive season.

This year, we're excited to celebrate the festival of lights with our first ever Diwali emoji! #HappyDiwali

— Twitter India (@TwitterIndia) November 9, 2015

Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor launched the first emoji.

The new emoji comes after the 'Make in India' emoji launched by Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman from the Twitter headquarters in San Jose.

Twitter said users can combine the hashtag #HappyDiwali when composing a tweet and a special emoji of a 'diya' (lamp) will appear next to the hashtag in the sent tweet.