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. Uttarakhand forest fire rages on – 6 dead, air force choppers to try and douse flames and participate in relief operations.

Uttarakhand: Air Force Choppers Mi-17 to spray water as forest fires continue to rage; 6 dead https://t.co/WZtW3QjFK1

— dna (@dna) May 1, 2016

Uttarakhand forest fires: Mi-17 choppers to spray water over burning forests https://t.co/5nDpUr2Wz5 pic.twitter.com/Xq7AzT122U

— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) April 30, 2016

WATCH: IAF's chopper MI-17 takes off from Nainital to drop water in areas affected by Uttarakhand forest fire.https://t.co/dYPKVUvMCt

— ANI (@ANI_news) May 1, 2016

2. As #OddEven phase 2 completes, mixed reports come in about the policy’s success.

and yet the AAP government unwisely repeated the #OddEven experiment." https://t.co/Mj5Z5okbLN (2/2) #OddEvenCorruption

— Vijay Goel (@VijayGoelBJP) April 30, 2016

#OddEven 2.0 Report Card: 99.6% compliance of the rule, claims Delhi govt https://t.co/y28WVmuKNV pic.twitter.com/YL1tMSIq0C

— dna (@dna) April 30, 2016

3. Petrol prices hiked by Rs. 1.06 per litre.

Petrol gets costlier by Rs 1.06 /litre, diesel dearer by Rs 2.094.https://t.co/gNlE0bBKzj

— NewsX (@NewsX) May 1, 2016

4. Journalist Rajdeep Sardesai quits Twitter for a “detox break” due to hate messages and slander.

#RajdeepSardesai announces Twitter 'detox break' citing character assassination, slander https://t.co/KKMgncetvM pic.twitter.com/H9jgMi9Hjo

— scroll.in (@scroll_in) May 1, 2016

5. Bodies of 9 youth in Manipur remain unburied even after 245 days.

245 days on, 'nine' protesters await burial in Manipur. Here's why: https://t.co/qtsAkpX7hE @INCIndia #northeast #india #governance

— KumKum Dasgupta (@kumkumdasgupta) May 1, 2016

6. The Real Estate Act comes into force from tomorrow.

Real Estate Act comes into force tomorrow https://t.co/YTdFdTtUrX https://t.co/HW25xzi7be #RealEstateIndia

— Real Estate Industry (@RealEstIndustry) May 1, 2016

7. Thousands of diesel-run taxis to go off-road from May 1.

Ban on diesel cars to continue, no diesel run taxi from May 1st in capital: SChttps://t.co/XDld3GYFZM

— News Nation (@NewsNationTV) April 30, 2016

8. Sonam Kapoor launches a make-up and style app.

Download my FREE app today everyone! Click the link https://t.co/WRIF4FVevN & get all my make-up & style secrets! pic.twitter.com/Jf2Sop9EyF

— Sonam Kapoor (@sonamakapoor) April 30, 2016