A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Would be ‘idiotic’ to criticise new RBI governor for being from Kenya, says Subramanian Swamy: The BJP legislator had launched an attack on the current governor, Raghuram Rajan, for allegedly trying to ‘wreck the Indian economy’.
  2. At least 30 killed, 94 injured after bomb attack at wedding in Turkey: The country’s Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the incident appeared ‘to be a suicide attack’, but it was too soon to say which group was behind it.
  3. Urjit Patel appointed new RBI governor: He succeeds Raghuram Rajan as the 24th head of the Reserve Bank of India and will hold the post for the next three years.
  4. Brother of bloodied Syrian child in iconic video dies of injuries: The 10-year-old sibling of Omran Daqneesh died from wounds inflicted in an air strike at Aleppo last week.
  5. PV Sindhu to get Rs 1 crore from the Telangana government after clinching Olympics silver: The 21-year-old shuttler will also receive a BMW, and Rs 50 lakh each from the Badminton Association of India and the Madhya Pradesh government.
  6. Narendra Modi's suit enters Guinness Book of Records as 'most expensive clothing' sold at an auction: A Gujarat-based businessman bought the garment for around Rs 4.3 crore in a bid in February, and the money was used to fund the drive to clean River Ganga.
  7. Indians should treat the cow like their mother, says Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das: However, he said there should be no violence in the name of cow vigilantism, and said that such aggression will ‘not be tolerated’.
  8. Jammu and Kashmir opposition parties meet with Pranab Mukherjee over ongoing crisis in state: The opposition delegation, led by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, urged the president to call for a 'meaningful process of political dialogue'.
  9. 550 litres of country liquor seized in Bihar's Khajurwani ward after Gopalganj hooch tragedy: Authorities are looking to impose a collective fine on the residents of the region, who are believed to be behind the preparation of the alcohol.
  10. West Bengal Congress faces flak for tweeting contentious comment Rajiv Gandhi made after 1984 riots: The unit deleted the post within 10 minutes, but the quote spread rapidly across the micro-blogging platform.