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. In defence of setting an age bar in schools for admissions, the [envoke_twitter_link]Delhi govt. told HC that an adult in a class of adolescents will lead to teenage pregnancy, drugs[/envoke_twitter_link] and other sexual and social problems.
Age bar fixed to avert school sex: Delhi government to HC, reports @Shrads_chettri https://t.co/Gx6hTolYID pic.twitter.com/wgx5xPZZsr
— Hindustan Times (@htTweets) August 3, 2016
2. [envoke_twitter_link]About 22 people and 2 buses went missing when a Victorian era bridge on Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed[/envoke_twitter_link]. Rescue operations have commenced, no casualties reported so far.
Bridge on Mumbai-Goa highway collapses; 20 people and 2 buses missing https://t.co/CWgSDN797v
— TOI India (@TOIIndiaNews) August 3, 2016
https://twitter.com/DDNewsLive/status/760664629391622144
3. [envoke_twitter_link]Three men allegedly abducted and gang raped a 19-year-old school teacher in Bareilly[/envoke_twitter_link], Uttar Pradesh. Reports say that they filmed the incident and threatened to make the video public if the woman went to the police.
Three men abduct, rape 19-year-old school teacher in UP’s Bareilly district https://t.co/PZPJRzKzYr
— Scroll.in (@scroll_in) August 3, 2016
UP teacher gangrape #UPDATE: Victim's family, villagers block highway near CB Ganj in protest #UPHighwayHorror
— News18 (@CNNnews18) August 3, 2016
4. [envoke_twitter_link]Dharambir Singh, who qualified for the 200m event in Olympics failed his dope test[/envoke_twitter_link] and was stopped from boarding his flight to Rio. Singh was the first Indian male sprinter to qualify for the Olympics in the last 36 years.
Another Indian Rio-bound athlete fails dope test, faces life ban #DharambirSinghhttps://t.co/ERkI971vDI
— IndiaToday (@IndiaToday) August 3, 2016
5. [envoke_twitter_link]Delhi Police recovered 14kg of the banned drug meow meow worth around Rs 25 crore[/envoke_twitter_link] and arrested eight smugglers.
Delhi Cops seize meow meow worth Rs 25 crore; 8 heldhttps://t.co/r4NhIl8gbT pic.twitter.com/CaluftqLLF
— The Times Of India (@timesofindia) August 3, 2016
6. [envoke_twitter_link]Top BJP leaders will meet in Gujarat today to decide the state’s next CM[/envoke_twitter_link]. Vijay Rupani and Nitin Patel are said to be frontrunners.
#BJP Parl' panel to decide on next #Gujarat CM at 7 RCR meet today. @vijayrupanibjp, Nitin Patel frontrunners pic.twitter.com/EOhNiZ1fI4
— Economic Times (@EconomicTimes) August 3, 2016
7. [envoke_twitter_link]2 employees of a private hospital in Gurgaon allegedly raped a duty attendant[/envoke_twitter_link]. Both accused have been arrested.
Woman gangraped in Gurgaon hospital in Haryana, both accused arrestedhttps://t.co/gkOZaZ54Rv
— Janta Ka Reporter (@JantaKaReporter) August 3, 2016