#NewsInTweets: Ex-Cricketer Appointed As Fashion Institute Head; RBI Chief To Step Down

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]Over 20 students from the tribal belt of Madhya Pradesh crack IIT[/envoke_twitter_link]. They were taught under a government programme for children from backward villages.

https://twitter.com/iexpresslive/status/744381939704987648

2. [envoke_twitter_link]Raghuram Rajan to step down as RBI Chief[/envoke_twitter_link]. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said his successor will be announced shortly.

3. Former cricketer Chetan Chauhan appointed as head of National Institute of Fashion Technology.

4. [envoke_twitter_link]Karnataka cabinet reshuffle: 10-14 ministers to be dropped[/envoke_twitter_link]. CM says he’ll announce the new list of ministers soon.

5. [envoke_twitter_link]Egyptian court sentences 2 Al Jazeera journalists to death[/envoke_twitter_link] for allegedly passing documents related to national security to Qatar and the Doha-based TV network during the rule of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.

https://twitter.com/MetroNewsCanada/status/744187101093191680

6. [envoke_twitter_link]Mars crater named after Langtang, a quake-hit village in Nepal[/envoke_twitter_link].

7. [envoke_twitter_link]1200 surya namaskars in 1 go: Baba Ramdev aims for 4 world records on World Yoga Day[/envoke_twitter_link].