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 expert committee has reported to the National Green Tribunal that the Yamuna riverbed has been completely destroyed by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s World Cultural Festival, held in March this year.
Sri Sri event completely destroyed Yamuna riverbed: Expert committee tells NGT https://t.co/lK2iBbvb0t pic.twitter.com/eEAjzvxLuy
— TheNewsMinute (@thenewsminute) August 17, 2016
2. Two army men and one J&K police personnel were killed after militants attacked a convoy Tuesday night.
Three security personnel dead as militants strike in Kashmir again https://t.co/RqF4HMu7x1 pic.twitter.com/bali61y7Rt
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) August 17, 2016
3. Badminton player PV Sindhu qualified for semi finals at Rio Olympics after defeating World No. 2 Wang Yihan.
This is one of the most satisfying wins I have had: #PVSindhu after beating #WangYihan at #Rio2106 https://t.co/5am801kkjc
— NDTV Sports (@Sports_NDTV) August 17, 2016
4. India’s largest taxi aggregator, Ola, has shut down its TaxiForSure (TFS) business and has laid off 700 employees.
Ola shuts down TaxiForSure business; lays off 700 employees https://t.co/em8DtD1XMA@alnoor_peermohd pic.twitter.com/LqCAd3mSgQ
— Business Standard (@bsindia) August 17, 2016
5. 2 children and a young man were killed by kite string (manja) in separate incidents in Delhi on Independence Day. Delhi govt. has imposed a ban on Chinese-made kite string.
Delhi govt issues draft notification to ban Chinese 'manjha' & other sharp kite-flying threads. https://t.co/pw2YuhgS8m
— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 17, 2016
6. Arvind Kejriwal run Delhi Govt. announced a 50% hike in minimum wage, AAP’s Trade Wing has opposed this move.
#Delhi: AAP trade wing opposed to state govt's decision to hike minimum wage of workers https://t.co/8eaW8kGFxl
— Catch News (@CatchNews) August 17, 2016
7. Google launches Google Duo, the Android version of Apple’s Facetime. It can be used between 2 Android or 1 Android and 1 Apple device.
Google Duo is like FaceTime, but it works between Apple and Android devices https://t.co/BQRghNHCR3 pic.twitter.com/YUI5chh6vi
— CNN (@CNN) August 17, 2016
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