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. An [envoke_twitter_link]upper caste shopkeeper kills a Dalit couple for failing to clear an alleged debt of Rs. 15[/envoke_twitter_link] in Mainpuri, Uttar Pradesh.
In UP’s Mainpuri, Dalit couple hacked to death with an axe over Rs 15 https://t.co/hrGmFyPWya pic.twitter.com/3L26DZCNp7
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) July 29, 2016
2. [envoke_twitter_link]Rajya Sabha clears the Compensatory Afforestation Bill, 2016[/envoke_twitter_link]. This will allow the distribution of Rs. 42,000 crore for expanding India’s forest cover.
Compensatory afforestation fund bill gets Rajya Sabha nod https://t.co/tpMKd0bD9a
— Mint (@livemint) July 28, 2016
3. [envoke_twitter_link]DM of Gopalganj, Bihar says the flood situation is merely water logging[/envoke_twitter_link].
Bihar: Gopalganj DM denies flood crisis, calls it water logging instead @rohit_manas https://t.co/MiX3Kfp4e1 pic.twitter.com/ITykvLiWUS
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) July 29, 2016
4. [envoke_twitter_link]The Modi government has carried out a major reshuffle of the bureaucracy[/envoke_twitter_link].
Modi administration carries out reshuffle in top bureaucracy – The Hindu https://t.co/5UT1cjV4cY @abaruah64 @nistula @the_hindu
— Mahesh Langa (@LangaMahesh) July 28, 2016
5. [envoke_twitter_link]Due to traffic jams caused by water logging, Gurgaon police asks people to avoid taking the road[/envoke_twitter_link].
Gurgaon @gurgaonpolice asks Delhi to stay away as traffic nightmare continues https://t.co/8E1mxxZFsx pic.twitter.com/ggkBH7wfRZ
— NDTV (@ndtv) July 29, 2016
6. [envoke_twitter_link]The Indian delegation at Mother Teresa’s canonization will be led by Sushma Swaraj[/envoke_twitter_link].
Sushma Swaraj to lead Indian delegation at Mother Teresa’s canonisation in Vatican – https://t.co/2ZjaXZRFFU pic.twitter.com/DOBbAuZfHF
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) July 29, 2016
7. Amid condemnation, [envoke_twitter_link]Indonesia executes 4 people by firing squad for drug crimes[/envoke_twitter_link], including three foreigners.
Indonesia executes some of the 14 people on death row for drugs crimes, local media report https://t.co/Oi90riRDr6
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 28, 2016
8. [envoke_twitter_link]WHO is considering declassifying transgender identity as a mental disorder[/envoke_twitter_link].
The World Health Organization is moving toward declassifying transgender identity as a mental disorder https://t.co/Gfz2sZihoC
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 27, 2016
9. [envoke_twitter_link]Hillary Clinton officially accepts the Democratic Party’s nomination[/envoke_twitter_link] for the 2016 Presidential elections.
"We are not afraid." Hillary Clinton slams Donald Trump in historic DNC speech https://t.co/oFq2q6PaNd pic.twitter.com/jEjHA1knWf
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) July 29, 2016
Great speech. She's tested. She's ready. She never quits. That's why Hillary should be our next @POTUS. (She'll get the Twitter handle, too)
— President Obama (@POTUS44) July 29, 2016
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