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. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to present Budget 2016 today.
https://twitter.com/India_Business/status/704141452612251650
2. Arvind Kejriwal, Sitaram Yechury and Rahul Gandhi charged with sedition in connection with the JNU row.
#JNURow: Rahul Gandhi, Arvind Kejriwal booked for sedition https://t.co/HHonFKmrm5 pic.twitter.com/sULUdnc6X9
— HuffPost India (@HuffPostIndia) February 29, 2016
3. US Vice President Joe Biden introduced Lady Gaga’s performance at the Oscars, spoke up against sexual assault and violence on and off college campuses in America.
Take a pledge to intervene in situation in which sexual consent cannot or should not be given: Joe Biden #Oscars https://t.co/kkrq6wK4Ie
— Firstpost (@firstpost) February 29, 2016
4. Daylight murders in Badarpur: Unidentified men shoot a toll plaza cashier and security guard. Preliminary investigation suggests it was “a case of robbery gone wrong”.
Delhi: Toll plaza cashier, guard shot dead in Badarpur by 2 assailants https://t.co/Z9ZQCv9D5B
— DNA (@dna) February 28, 2016
5. ISIS claims responsibility for twin Baghdad bombings.
ISIS claims responsibility for Baghdad bombings that kill at least 59 people. https://t.co/tVgWtTndO5
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) February 29, 2016
6. Rupee sinks 12 paise vs dollar just before the budget.
Rupee opens lower at 68.69 per dollar ahead of #Budget2016 against Friday's close of 68.62
— NDTV Profit (@NDTVProfit) February 29, 2016