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#NewsInTweets: Tribal Woman Sells Baby Boy For Rs. 2000, For Reasons Not Yet Known

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]A tribal woman from Ramgarh district, Jharkhand, sold her 2-day-old baby boy for Rs. 2,000[/envoke_twitter_link] to a businessman. The baby has been recovered and returned to her. The reason behind why she sold the baby has not been ascertained yet.

2. The [envoke_twitter_link]death toll in Kashmir in the violence that erupted after Burhan Wani’s killing rises to 36[/envoke_twitter_link]. On July 13, a 22-year-old named Hilal Ahmed Dar was allegedly killed in police firing in Harnag village in south Kashmir.

3. [envoke_twitter_link]600 Indians are going to be airlifted in war-torn South Sudan in an operation dubbed SankatMochan[/envoke_twitter_link].

4. [envoke_twitter_link]Theresa May has taken over as the British Prime Minister[/envoke_twitter_link].

5. [envoke_twitter_link]Two separate incidents of suicide took place in IIT Madras campus on Wednesday[/envoke_twitter_link]. One of them was a 34-year-old research scholar and the other is the wife of a professor.

6. The [envoke_twitter_link]SC has restored Congress’ Nabam Tuki government in Arunachal Pradesh[/envoke_twitter_link] and declared the Governor’s decision to impose President’s Rule as “unconstitutional”.

7. An [envoke_twitter_link]important crossing between Gaza and Israel is set to reopen for the movement of goods after 9 years[/envoke_twitter_link]. The Erez crossing had been restricted to individuals since 2007.

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