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 Delhi govt. told HC that an adult in a class of adolescents will lead to teenage pregnancy, drugs 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. About 22 people and 2 buses went missing when a Victorian era bridge on Mumbai-Goa highway collapsed. 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
Mumbai-Goa Highway Bridge collapse: Casualties yet to be ascertained; Rescue operations underway pic.twitter.com/jT7gwzhIry
— Doordarshan News (@DDNewsLive) August 3, 2016
3. Three men allegedly abducted and gang raped a 19-year-old school teacher in Bareilly, 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. Dharambir Singh, who qualified for the 200m event in Olympics failed his dope test 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
— India Today (@IndiaToday) August 3, 2016
5. Delhi Police recovered 14kg of the banned drug meow meow worth around Rs 25 crore and arrested eight smugglers.
Delhi Cops seize meow meow worth Rs 25 crore; 8 heldhttps://t.co/r4NhIl8gbT pic.twitter.com/CaluftqLLF
— Times of India (@timesofindia) August 3, 2016
6. Top BJP leaders will meet in Gujarat today to decide the state’s next CM. 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
— EconomicTimes (@EconomicTimes) August 3, 2016
7. 2 employees of a private hospital in Gurgaon allegedly raped a duty attendant. 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