#NewsInTweets: Nehru, Sarojini Naidu Erased From Class 8 Textbooks In Rajasthan
Posted on May 8, 2016 in NewsBy 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. Jawaharlal Nehru does not find mention in new Class VIII textbook in Rajasthan.
No mention of Nehru in Rajasthan school textbooks, writes @mayhempsingh https://t.co/Q0xqzE6EN9
— Anita Joshua (@anitajoshua) May 8, 2016
2. An Ola cab driver has been accused of molestation by a 23-year-old Belgian woman in Delhi.
#ExpressFrontPage | FTII director’s office gets a detonator, threat letter https://t.co/l3vA1GmUpW pic.twitter.com/WzWwphXmUO
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) May 8, 2016
3. A new ‘antibody-based drug’ has been developed to fight HIV. Researchers claim it has clear advantages over the drugs that are used now.
Antibody therapy opens door to potential new treatment for #HIV https://t.co/tUZc2oA3CX @RockefellerUniv
— Phys.org (@physorg_com) May 6, 2016
4. Islamist extremists are suspected to have killed Shahidulla, a Sufi saint in Bangladesh. Although he was killed in a manner similar to that of academics and bloggers recently, a property dispute angle is also being probed.
Suspected Islamists kill Sufi leader in Bangladesh https://t.co/4wiUqatxyq
— TOI World News (@TOIWorld) May 7, 2016
5. 3 militants from the Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e-Toiba killed. Eight people were injured in the protests that followed in Pulwama district in south Kashmir.
#ExpressFrontPage | Protests in Pulwama: South Kashmir erupts as 3 top militants killed https://t.co/OZ2spORD3m pic.twitter.com/82qzN9Pqzk
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) May 8, 2016
6. FTII director received a letter threatening any association with JNU leader Kanhaiya Kumar. The parcel had, according to him, a “bomb like assembly” and the source of the letter is unknown.
#ExpressFrontPage | FTII director’s office gets a detonator, threat letter https://t.co/l3vA1GmUpW pic.twitter.com/WzWwphXmUO
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) May 8, 2016
7. Jadavpur University is turning into a “centre for disturbance,” says West Bengal Governor.
Jadavpur University becoming 'center for disturbance', says Bengal Governor after clashes https://t.co/cM3LyURHuS pic.twitter.com/phdLB0KdHc
— NDTV (@ndtv) May 7, 2016
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