Today on July 17, we all are celebrating World Emoji Day. The day is celebrated to recognise the influential role the emojis play in this digital age. Emojis are now considered as an universal language that allows people from diverse cultures and languages to express emotions and thereby enhance text-based conversation. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting celebrated World Emoji Day with an unique twist.

Taking to Twitter, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting shared a picture that reads, guess the names of the schemes with the help of emojis. Along with the picture, the ministry wrote in the caption, an emoji a day keeps the boredom away. It further stated that this World Emoji Day 2023, unleash your ‘Emoji’nation and identify the government schemes reflected by the emoticons below. The ministry also asked people to share their answers in the comment section.

Commenting to the Tweet, one social media user answered the names of all the four schemes. In all probability, they are all correct. He answered that the first emojis show the Stand Up India scheme, second shows the Digital India scheme and the third and fourth portrays UDAN Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagarik, Bharat Mala Pariyojana respectively. 

Take a look at all these four schemes:

Stand Up India: This scheme was introduced on 5th April 2016 in an effort to promote entrepreneurship at grassroot level concentrating on economic empowerment and job creation. Reportedly, the scheme has been extended up to the year 2025. The scheme is designed to address the challenges faced by the SC, ST and woman entrepreneurs in establishing enterprises, obtaining loans and other support required from time to time for succeeding in business.

Digital India: This is a flagship programme of the Government of India with a vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and Knowledge economy. The programme was initiated on July 1, 2015 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The programme encompasses key vision areas of Digital Infrastructure as a core utility to every citizen, Governance and service on Demand, Digital Empowerment of Citizens.

UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik): This scheme was launched in June 2016 and it is aimed at enhancing connectivity to remote and regional areas of India and making air travel affordable. Under the aegis of the scheme, almost half of the seats in Udan flights are offered at subsidised fares. Furthermore, the participating carriers are facilitated with a certain amount of viability gap funding (VGF); an amount that is shared between the Centre and the concerned states. 

Bharatmala Pariyojana: This scheme was introduced by the Government of India in 2017. It is a new umbrella program for the highways sector that focuses on optimizing the efficiency of road traffic movement across India by bridging critical infrastructural gaps.

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Emojis are now considered as an universal language. It can be called as a major form of communication in this digital age. From reacting to viral posts to communicating on WhatsApp, we use emojis almost everyday. However, do you know that there is a special day to celebrate and recognise these emojis. July 17, is celebrated every year as World Emoji Day. It is celebrated to recognise the importance and usage of these graphic icons throughout the world. 

Little do we know that the word emoji originated from two Japanese words, namely picture which is e in Japanese and character which is moji in Japanese. These two Japanese words together form the word emoji. Reportedly, Japanese phone carrier Docomo has been widely credited as the originator of the word emoji in recent times. Furthermore, in August 2013, the word ‘emoji’ was officially introduced to the Oxford English Dictionary. As per Oxford dictionary, emojis are a small digital image or icon which is used to express an idea or emotion. 

Going by the records, in 2015, emoji was named the fastest growing language ever. The largest volume of negative emoji was registered during the American election in November 2016. Meanwhile, the face with tears of joy reigns supreme across the social media platforms. The red heart, the heart with eyes and the pink heart emoji follow the list respectively. 

You will be amazed to know that the first set of emojis was first created in 1999 by Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita and involved icons for weather, traffic, technology and time. Furthermore, nearly 5 billion emojis are being sent on Messenger everyday against 60 million emojis being sent on Facebook.

Here are the real meanings of emojis:

Face with tears of joy: The emoji is often shared as an expression of extreme laughter or humour. However, the emoji indicates relief, sarcasm, or cover-up for discomfort or awkwardness.

Smiling face with heart eyes: This emoji is commonly associated with love for someone or admiration. Moreover, the emoji means deep appreciation or affection for something or someone.

Unamuzed face: This is often shared when we try to communicate disappointment. Nonetheless, this emoji means mockery or skepticism. It also captures complexities of human emotions. 

Thinking face: This emoji often expresses deep thought on something. However, this emoji means curiosity and quest for knowledge. 

Smiling face with sunglasses: This emoji often depicts cool and confident nature. On Contrary, this emoji means hiding one’s true feelings or emotions. 

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Throughout history, humans have always found ways to communicate via encrypted messages, and the modern-day version of these ancient runes is the emoji.

For the younger generations, emojis are more popular that they have virtually replaced words in texts and social media posts. Some emoji meanings are simple, others have a secret double meaning that needs to be deciphered, while some are quite complicated.

Goat

You’d never guess this, but the goat stands for the acronym GOAT: Greatest of All Time. If you see this emoji in your social media feed, it means you’re being celebrated as the best in your field.

Octopus

It stands for cuddles and is basically a virtual hug, even though the sea creature is not terribly cuddly (despite its many tentacles).

Devil

It may not be the sexiest image, but this actually indicates that someone is in the mood to get frisky.

Dancing girl

The image of a fabulous woman performing in a long red dress does not signify the sender wants to hit up some salsa. It does, however, mean they want to party—hard.

Information Desk Lady

You’d think this would stand for Can I help you? but it’s actually used to express an exasperated “I don’t even know what to think anymore.”

WC

In real life, it’s not the sexiest of signs, but in emoji form, it’s been repurposed to mean woman crush.

Dashing Away

This emoji is supposed to indicate someone running so hard they leave a trail of smoke behind them, but it now often serves as a symbol for vaping.

Open hands

This emoji is supposed to represent openness or a hug, but it’s now often used as a reference to Red Bull, given its resemblance to the energy drink’s winged logo.

Eggplant

This is a stand-in for male genitalia and is often sent to illustrate the anticipation of a sexy time.

Peach

Another symbol for the human anatomy, it represents a derriere.

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