By YKA Staff:
What’s the latest around the world today? Curated for you from the interwebz, here’s a quick morning fix to keep you updated. In 140 characters at that! Presenting, #NewsInTweets:
1. Professor Appa Rao, VC of Hyderabad University says there was no pressure on him from Smriti Irani or the HRD Ministry to suspend Rohith Vemula and 4 others. He says he acted according to university rules and treated the 5 letters from the MHRD as ‘regular letters’.
The VC who suspended Rohith at Hyderabad University speaks to me https://t.co/g3JLDIS47I
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) January 19, 2016
2. The rupee hits a 28-month low of Rs 67.92 per US dollar.
#BREAKING | Rupee hits fresh 28-month low of 67.92 per US dollar pic.twitter.com/aLgwvsgscb
— News18 (@CNNnews18) January 20, 2016
Rupee hits fresh 28-month low of 67.92 per US dollar https://t.co/qC3Wostk3q #TopNews
— Guru αnand (@Guru_Alphanand) January 20, 2016
3. World no. 5 Rafael Nadal exits the Australian Open after losing to Fernando Verdasco in the first round.
Rafael Nadal crashes out in 1st round of Australian Open in 5-set loss to Fernando Verdasco. https://t.co/5JESnoUXST pic.twitter.com/GVCd8swWtD
— AJ+ (@ajplus) January 19, 2016
Australian Open: Nadal crashes out in first round after five-set epic against Verdasco https://t.co/11Mb6pV9rB pic.twitter.com/hBKjydibem
— Scroll.in (@scroll_in) January 19, 2016
4. ISRO is set to make its first rocket launch of 2016.
#ISRO to launch 5th navi satellite #IRNSS1E today. Look back at how our national space agency has made us proud | https://t.co/7OeAlzjzf4
— DailyO (@DailyO_) January 20, 2016
#ISRO to launch India's fifth navigation satellite #IRNSS1E, this morning. pic.twitter.com/yCrzhwLX35
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) January 20, 2016
5. Google releases the trailer of its first feature film, ‘India in a Day’.
India in a day? Let first look of Google's crowdsourced film convince you https://t.co/9NGlD4AKQA pic.twitter.com/eLyG1mbQeN
— NDTV (@ndtv) January 20, 2016
First look at India In A Day. Executive-produced by Ridley Scott, Anurag Kashyap. Crowd sourced videos. https://t.co/yYmSVoLiC5
— JK (@JaskiratSB) January 19, 2016
6. Phase 1 of the National Health Survey shows that out of 15 states surveyed, 50% of children in 10 states and 50% of women in 11 states are anaemic.
50% of kids in 10 states anaemic: Survey https://t.co/xclh1Ny6wf
— TOI India (@TOIIndiaNews) January 20, 2016
7. ISIS confirms the death of its executioner, ‘Jihadi John’ in a US airstrike in Syria.
IS acknowledges death of ‘Jihadi John’ in magazine https://t.co/rSyFHDP9c2
— The Charlotte Observer (@theobserver) January 20, 2016
ISIS confirms death of 'Jihadi John' in November drone strike https://t.co/EWzbJrawAw pic.twitter.com/d5SPVNXRAE
— NDTV (@ndtv) January 20, 2016