#NewsInTweets: President To Confer Top Rio Athletes With Khel Ratna Awards Today

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. [envoke_twitter_link]President Pranab Mukherjee to award players on National Sports Day[/envoke_twitter_link]. This day is in honour of legendary hockey player Dhyan Chand and is given for most outstanding performance by a sportsperson over 4 years.

2. [envoke_twitter_link]Tourism minister Mahesh Sharma advises foreign tourists against wearing skirts[/envoke_twitter_link]. He also added that they give out welcome kits to foreign tourists which advised them from wandering late at night.

3. [envoke_twitter_link]230 inmates shifted out of Naugacchia prison after floods in Bihar[/envoke_twitter_link]. Boats were hired by the prison staff to shift the inmates to Jabba Sahni Central prison facility.

4. [envoke_twitter_link]NDMC residents now have to pay a ‘user fee’ for garbage removal[/envoke_twitter_link]. President of the Connaught Place Trader’s association, Atul Bhargava, regarded the move as ‘unfair’.

5. [envoke_twitter_link]A nearly 50-year old conflict in Colombia comes to an end[/envoke_twitter_link]. The rebel movement FARC have agreed to end hostilities with the government and a national referendum will be held on October 2 to approve the deal.

6. [envoke_twitter_link]Only 10% of HC judges are women[/envoke_twitter_link]. [envoke_twitter_link]Out of nearly 630 judges working in 21 courts, only 52 are women[/envoke_twitter_link] and the [envoke_twitter_link]Supreme Court has only 1 female judge out of 28[/envoke_twitter_link].

7. [envoke_twitter_link]Angela Merkel is against a ban on Muslim migrants[/envoke_twitter_link]. The German chancellor said she wanted to work out a fair system with which to distribute asylum seekers.

8. [envoke_twitter_link]Curfew is being lifted in Kashmir after nearly 51 days[/envoke_twitter_link]. With the exception of some areas, such as Nowhatta and Pulwama, police announced that there would be no restrictions starting tomorrow.

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