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.[envoke_twitter_link] Major Amit Deswal of the Army’s Special Forces was killed in an encounter in Manipur[/envoke_twitter_link], with Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF) militants.
Manipur: Major Amit Deswal of Army’s Special Forces killed in encounter – https://t.co/TpftZgKlnF pic.twitter.com/CdcQlo4ziU
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 14, 2016
2. After Kollam temple tragedy, [envoke_twitter_link]a decision will be taken today on whether the Thrissur Pooram festival should be celebrated in Kerala[/envoke_twitter_link] or not.
UPDATE | Kerala CM intervenes,tells Thrissur Pooram organizers not to cancel the event; Decision to be taken later today
— News18 (@CNNnews18) April 14, 2016
Kerala Forest Minister Radhakrishnan: Govt wants a compromise solution since Thrissur Pooram is a big festival, wants festival to go ahead
— News18 (@CNNnews18) April 14, 2016
3. [envoke_twitter_link]Barack Obama forgave the student loans of nearly 400,000 students with disabilities, amounting to $7.7 billion[/envoke_twitter_link].
.@POTUS will forgive nearly 400,000 disabled Americans' federal student loans https://t.co/O7t07lm9qu
— Mic (@mic) April 13, 2016
4. [envoke_twitter_link]Death toll rises to 4 in Kashmir[/envoke_twitter_link]. A curfew was imposed in Handwara, Srinagar and neighbouring villages to control the situation, mobile internet services have been suspended.
Amid protests over Handwara killings, mobile internet blocked in Kashmir: 10 developments https://t.co/MDjer0ProE pic.twitter.com/ImerYN3Fm9
— NDTV (@ndtv) April 14, 2016
5. [envoke_twitter_link]Amazon launches the latest version of its e-reader: Kindle Oasis[/envoke_twitter_link].
Amazon’s new Kindle Oasis is the fanciest-pantsiest e-reader ever https://t.co/h6fSHnzELl pic.twitter.com/Lw3EuWJvmT
— WIRED (@WIRED) April 14, 2016
6. [envoke_twitter_link]BCCI says it will be difficult to shift IPL matches out of Maharashtra[/envoke_twitter_link], but the board is working on an alternative solution.
Will be difficult to shift IPL matches, but BCCI working on alternative plan: Rajiv Shukla https://t.co/sHxdhldq1P pic.twitter.com/nTk8IRFB4N
— Firstpost Sports (@FirstpostSports) April 14, 2016
7. [envoke_twitter_link]Today marks the 125th birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar[/envoke_twitter_link]. The Bhim Yatra, in honour of Ambedkar, came to an end yesterday after travelling for 125 days across India, demanding an end to manual scavenging in India.
Will pay my respects to Dr. Ambedkar at Mhow in MP & address a public meeting as a part of the 'Gramoday Se Bharat Uday Abhiyan.'
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) April 14, 2016
Pinki, Khushboo and Asha – whose husbands died while cleaning septic tanks. How long till this ends? #RaiseYourVoice pic.twitter.com/sA6SCQyst6
— Youth Ki Awaaz (@YouthKiAwaaz) April 13, 2016
Update: An earlier version of this piece carried a dated news report from Assam. We have removed it and apologise for the same.