#NewsInTweets: Denied Temple Entry By Caste Hindus, 250 Dalit Families Turn To Islam

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]250 Dalit families from 2 villages in Tamil Nadu have decided to convert to Islam[/envoke_twitter_link]. The immediate reason for it was the denial of the right to worship at temples by upper caste Hindus.

2. [envoke_twitter_link]PM Modi is going to chair a meeting of NITI Aayog for a 15-year vision document[/envoke_twitter_link] today for all-round development of the country.

3. [envoke_twitter_link]After heavy rains in Himachal, the Met department has issued a landslide alert[/envoke_twitter_link].

4. The [envoke_twitter_link]Union government has approved the setting up of an AIIMS in Bhatinda[/envoke_twitter_link] under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana.

5. [envoke_twitter_link]44 people were killed in a blast in the Kurdish-controlled city of Qamishli in Syria[/envoke_twitter_link]. ISIS claims to have carried out the attack.

6. [envoke_twitter_link]64 people have been killed in Nepal due to heavy rains and floods[/envoke_twitter_link].

7. [envoke_twitter_link]Bhumata Brigade president Trupti Desai beats a man in public for allegedly raping a woman[/envoke_twitter_link]. The man is reported to have made false promises of marriage to the woman.

8. Over [envoke_twitter_link]52 million people in India suffer from chronic hepatitis[/envoke_twitter_link]. The World Health Organisation has declared this to be a serious public health problem in our country.

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