#NewsInTweets: Arrest Akhlaq’s Family For Consuming Beef, Dadri Residents Demand

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]Dadri residents demand arrest of Mohammad Akhlaq’s family within 20 days[/envoke_twitter_link]. This, after a finding from a forensic laboratory in Mathura was made public, that the meat Akhlaq and his family consumed belonged to “cow or its progeny”.

2. [envoke_twitter_link]Case lodged against Bihar’s toppers who failed their retest[/envoke_twitter_link]. They were asked to take a retest after suspicions of cheating arose.

3. [envoke_twitter_link]Girls have performed better than boys in the Maharashtra SSC exams[/envoke_twitter_link]. The pass percentage however has dropped by 3%.

https://twitter.com/ShivendraTak/status/740022798077169665

4. [envoke_twitter_link]Qatar released 23 Indian prisoners after PM Modi’s visit[/envoke_twitter_link]. “A special gesture to mark the start of a special month…the Government of Qatar releases 23 prisoners, who will return home to India,” tweeted the PM.

5. [envoke_twitter_link]Censor Board orders 89 cuts in ‘Udta Punjab'[/envoke_twitter_link]. The board also wants the makers to drop ‘Punjab’ from the title.

6. [envoke_twitter_link]Arctic regions are getting greener because of climate change[/envoke_twitter_link], with almost a third of the land cover looking more like a landscape.

7. [envoke_twitter_link]RBI Policy to be announced today[/envoke_twitter_link]. Experts deliberate on whether there will be a rate cut or not.

8. [envoke_twitter_link]1 rape was reported every 4 hours in Delhi in 2015, revealed NCRB data[/envoke_twitter_link]. Till May, 781 cases of rape were reported in the capital, a 7.5% increase from last year. A report by the city’s police however, showed a [envoke_twitter_link]73.11% acquittal rate in crime cases against women in Delhi[/envoke_twitter_link].