Buzz of the day: Guru Purnima, Lok Sabha proceedings

What drove the social media on July 19? Guru Purnima, Lok Sabha proceedings, SC slamming Rahul Gandhi for his remark that RSS is behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi and more ...

July 19, 2016 06:10 pm | Updated 06:10 pm IST

On the occasion of Guru Purnima, tweeterians took to social media to share their thoughts and wish people. Guru Purnima, the birthday of Veda Vyasa, is a festival dedicated to teachers to pay respect and gratitute to them. It is celebrated with devotional fervour in India. Despite the textual sources and commentaries on treatise, the prime tradition in the transmission of knowledge here, has always been the ''guru-shishya parampara'' or the master-disciple tradition.

#RahulGandhi was trending for a few hours soon after the Supreme Court slammed the Congress vice-president for his remark that RSS is behind the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, while prima facie indicating that he will have to face trial for criminal defamation and prove his innocence. >Read more

Soon, #RSSKilledGandhi strted trending.

The Lok Sabha on Tuesday discussed the Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Ordinance and Dentists (Amendment) Ordinance, 2016, pertaining to NEET, following which #LokSabha started trending with news portals and people tweeting about the highlights.

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