#NewsInTweets: With 18.3 Million Victims Of Forced Labour, India Tops Global Slavery Index

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]India tops global slavery index with 18.35 million victims of forced labour[/envoke_twitter_link].

2. [envoke_twitter_link]50,000 Muslims sign a petition to ban triple talaq[/envoke_twitter_link]. The petition, spearheaded by the Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), has sought the National Commission for Women’s intervention to end this “unQuranic practice”.

3. [envoke_twitter_link]Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar rules out sabotage as a cause for the Pulgaon fire[/envoke_twitter_link].

4. [envoke_twitter_link]Germany to conduct a study on the Chennai-Bangalore-Mysore section for running a high-speed train[/envoke_twitter_link].

5. [envoke_twitter_link]Kerala BJP has alleged that CPM workers attacked a seven-year-old boy in Kannur[/envoke_twitter_link] when they could not find his father, a BJP worker. The boy’s mother also contested municipal polls.

6. [envoke_twitter_link]Domestic and industrial LNG cylinder prices hiked[/envoke_twitter_link].

7. [envoke_twitter_link]Nirmala Sitharaman filed her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections[/envoke_twitter_link] from Karnataka.

8. [envoke_twitter_link]IIT aspirant commits suicide in Kota[/envoke_twitter_link], 10th case of a student suicide this year.