#NewsInTweets: Wrestler Sakshi Malik Wins Bronze Medal, India’s First At Rio Olympics
Posted on August 18, 2016 in NewsBy YKA Staff:
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1. Wrestler Sakshi Malik wins India’s first medal at Rio, clinches bronze in women’s freestyle 58 kg, beating Kyrgyzstan’s Aisuluu Tynybekova.
#Rio2016 Sakshi Malik fights back to win bronze medal in women’s wrestling 58kg categoryhttps://t.co/v5caowwosL pic.twitter.com/ZKJ14P0p1K
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) August 18, 2016
Who is Sakshi Malik, everything you want to know about her
Read: https://t.co/5e25CwCFBl pic.twitter.com/uHcCQ0y14j
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) August 18, 2016
2. Delhi University will announce 3 more cut offs to fill up remaining vacant seats.
#DelhiUniversity to come up with three more cut-offs https://t.co/VxH95dLHVt pic.twitter.com/nFAnN3FgzL
— Financial Express (@FinancialXpress) August 18, 2016
3. The CRPF has fired over 3000 pellet cartridges in Kashmir since July. Each cartridge contains about 450 pellets. Reports say that more than 500 youth have been hit in their eyes, many have gone blind.
CRPF says it has fired over 3000 pellet cartridges in Kashmir since July 8https://t.co/aOlPopiiXX pic.twitter.com/UUr9xD09hm
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) August 18, 2016
4. Wrestler Vinesh Phogat lost the 48kg freestyle quarterfinal after sustaining a knee injury in the 1st period. In men’s badminton singles quarter-finals, Kidambi Srikanth was narrowly beaten by China’s Lin Dan 6-21, 21-11, 18-21.
Vinesh Phogat’s quest for glory ends in tears at #Rio2016
READ: https://t.co/NhoZOeW09V pic.twitter.com/UJvh85gy4S
— Express Sports (@IExpressSports) August 18, 2016
#Rio2016 #Olympics : @srikidambi bows out against #LinDan, as experience triumphs over youthhttps://t.co/FZj1IttlxY pic.twitter.com/NJU3phYzcx
— FirstpostSports (@FirstpostSports) August 18, 2016
5. Machhli, probably the world’s most photographed tigress died in Ranthambore national park. She was 19.
Legendary Ranthambore tigress '#Machhli' died on Thursday. She was 19 years old. pic.twitter.com/DzWqqV5WWo
— TOI Photogallery (@toiphotogallery) August 18, 2016
6. Chief of Army Staff Dalbir Singh alleged that Union minister VK Singh tried to prevent his appointment to the top Army post.
VK Singh tried to prevent me from getting promoted: Chief of Army Staff Dalbir Singh https://t.co/Vz22EcUip2
— scroll.in (@scroll_in) August 18, 2016
7. 13 people have died in Bihar reportedly due to consuming spurious alcohol (or hooch). Liquor was banned in the state in April.
#ExpressFrontPage | Footnote to Bihar prohibition story: 13 killed in suspected hooch tragedy | https://t.co/VwRSw3WzGi |
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) August 18, 2016
8. India rejects Pakistan’s proposal to hold talks on Kashmir, wants cross-border terrorism to be focus.
Rejecting Pakistan's proposal to hold talks on Kashmir, India said cross-border terrorism should be focushttps://t.co/iLkW0EJ4b8
— India Today (@IndiaToday) August 18, 2016
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