01/08/2016
y One person is killed and four others are injured in a shooting in Austin, Texas. The incident began in a busy downtown area filled with bars and night clubs. The Police warn the people on Twitter to steer clear of the area because of an “active shooter”.
y Turkey’s Government dismisses nearly 1,400 military personnel, including a top aide to President RecepTayyip Erdogan in the latest round of a sweeping purge following a failed coup.
02/08/2016
y The floods in Assam sweep away at least 13 of Kaziranga National Park’s Rhinos. The park has an estimated population of about 2,400 one-horned Great Indian Rhinoceros.
y Five people on board a military helicopter are killed when it was shot down over Syria, in the single deadliest incident for Moscow since it intervened in the war.
03/08/2016
y The Government confirms that the number of Indian workers “affected” by....
