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. 10 missing soldiers of the Madras regiment now declared dead in Siachen avalanche. PM Modi and other ministers condole the demise. India rejects Pakistan’s help in a rescue operation to search for the 10 buried bodies.
Siachen avalanche: All ten missing Army personnel declared dead, PM Modi condoles demise https://t.co/BkgAFOjfA0 pic.twitter.com/oLyfHbn3R7
— Firstpost (@firstpost) February 4, 2016
2. A team comprising Tanzanian High Commissioner and Ministry of External Affairs officials will travel to Bengaluru today in connection with the assault on a Tanzanian woman in the city.
Tanzanian student attack: Team of External Affairs Ministry and High Commissioner of Tanzania will visit Bengaluru today.
— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) February 5, 2016
3. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has suspended five Jet Airways cabin crew members for letting singer Sonu Nigam take over the carrier’s in-flight announcement system to sing two Bollywood songs for the passengers.
DGCA fumes over Sonu Nigam's mid-air 'concert'; Jet Airways cabin crew suspended https://t.co/sFARX0neCa
— DNA (@dna) February 5, 2016
4. Kanyakumari-Bangalore Express derailed in Tamil Nadu. No casualties; at least 10 suffer injuries.
Kanyakumari–Bangalore Express derailed in Tirupatur, Tamil Nadu in early morning hours, 10 injured pic.twitter.com/4DzxfhWDPN
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) February 5, 2016
5. NASA discovers icebergs on Pluto.
https://twitter.com/BDSGN/status/695459566549512192
6. A 33-foot-long sperm whale washes ashore off the Ganjam coast in Odisha.
Another dead whale washes ashore, this time in Odisha https://t.co/ReqVkwbUKn pic.twitter.com/U5FWxlGYxg
— NDTV (@ndtv) February 4, 2016