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. Student protests take place at Hyderabad University after Rohith Vemula, a Dalit scholar, committed suicide yesterday.
Protests At Hyderabad University After Suicide By Scholar Thrown Out Of Hostel https://t.co/WEUwxDqIvw
— ☭ Comrade Nambiar ☭ (@DasBolshevik) January 18, 2016
Bandh called after #HyderabadUniversity's expelled Dalit PhD scholar commits suicide https://t.co/9WnT9aS1fz via @ibtimes_india #rohitvemula
— Asmita Sarkar (@asmitasarkar30) January 18, 2016
2. The lawyer fighting the case against Sabrimala’s policy of not letting women aged between 10 and 50 enter, gets threats. Supreme Court orders security.
Sabrimala temple issue: Supreme court issue notice to Delhi Police Commissioner after petitioner tells SC he is receiving death threats
— ANI (@ANI_news) January 18, 2016
News Alert | #Sabrimala: SC orders Delhi Police Commissioner to ensure safety of lawyers involved in the case; hearing on Feb 8
— The Quint (@TheQuint) January 18, 2016
3. WhatsApp, the world’s most popular messaging app, is dropping its service charges entirely from today and becoming a free app.
WhatsApp is finally going to become a platform (big news but long anticipated) https://t.co/PgEojGOJH5 pic.twitter.com/H7bD8yfqFa
— Jon Russell (@jonrussell) January 18, 2016
WhatsApp goes completely free, ending the subscription fee for the messaging app https://t.co/bpL18rOqoh pic.twitter.com/eYwGwjii4F
— CNET (@CNET) January 19, 2016
4. Glenn Frey, the founding member of the rock band ‘Eagles’, passed away at 67 due to arthritis and pneumonia.
#RIP #GlennFrey your legacy is great music. Thank you for making life better with a theme song. pic.twitter.com/70C1By1rW7
— Kimberly Wade (@Simmywade) January 19, 2016
I am absolutely devastated that the one and only #GlennFrey has died. The Eagles helped shape my musical life. Rest In Peace. ??
— Carnie Wilson (@CarnieWilson) January 19, 2016
5. Pollution levels in Delhi rise after the Odd-Even experiment comes to an end. Delhi Government prepares for phase 2 of the plan after March.
Delhi government gears itself to implement second phase of odd-even scheme post March https://t.co/yYQmwA6D3D pic.twitter.com/Hm5Zr1qRsw
— HuffPost India (@HuffPostIndia) January 18, 2016
Delhi's roads are just plain AWFUL today. As good a reason as any to bring back #oddeven @ArvindKejriwal. The city feels grumpy again
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) January 18, 2016
Post odd-even, Delhi witnesses massive traffic jamshttps://t.co/L6C5n4xsNa pic.twitter.com/f4eLnvncNU
— India Today (@IndiaToday) January 18, 2016
6. Al Qaeda names the three gunmen who killed at least 29 people in a top Burkina Faso hotel.
Al Qaeda names Burkina attackers https://t.co/TJgpSVZkbd
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) January 19, 2016
The Burkina Faso attack shows how al-Qaeda is exploiting weak governments in West Africa https://t.co/43fwMs1RKG
— Quartz (@qz) January 19, 2016
7. The Gujarat Police files a 2,700-page chargesheet against Hardik Patel and 3 of his supporters.
Sedition case: Chargesheet filed in court against Hardik Patelhttps://t.co/y0eHiG6Epf pic.twitter.com/J1SU7KB4si
— Times of India (@timesofindia) January 19, 2016
Politics Today: https://t.co/BokxKdz4Mu
— Amitava Sarkar (@amitava235) January 19, 2016
8. An 18-year-old man is arrested for spreading rumours about a death of a child after being administered the polio vaccine.
Man held over polio vaccine rumours in Jammu & Kashmirhttps://t.co/dNUpgzk2Aw pic.twitter.com/oQKYs8Ysac
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) January 19, 2016
Man held over polio vaccine rumours in J&K: Police in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday arrested an 18-year-old youth for… https://t.co/mRtki1FRmF
— Dwijendra Sharma (@dwij2u) January 18, 2016