The big news: RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan keeps key rates unchanged, and nine other top stories
Hillary Clinton reportedly set to secure Democratic nomination, and Anurag Kashyap criticises Censor Board for ‘Udta Punjab’ cuts.
Here are the biggest headlines right now:
Here are the biggest headlines right now:
1. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan keeps key rates unchanged, indicates a wait-and-watch policy: In the fiscal's second monetary policy review, the Central bank announced that the repo rate will remain 6.5%, while the reverse repo rate is still 6%.
2. Hillary Clinton has enough delegates to win the Democratic presidential nomination, says AP: With the support of 2,383 delegates, she could become the first woman candidate for any major political party in the United States.
3. Udta Punjab: Anurag Kashyap compares censor board's crackdown with dictatorship in North Korea: The film's co-producer said anyone opposing the film was actually promoting drugs.
4. Explosion in bus injures 15 in Haryana’s Fatehabad district, police suggest it was an accident: The blast took place after a bottle containing potash, which a passenger was carrying, fell.
5. US returns 200 artefacts worth $100 million to India: The pieces returned included religious statues, bronzes and terracotta pieces, some dating back more than 2,000 years.
6. Supreme Court rejects plea for CBI investigation into Mathura violence: The court said the petitioner did not show evidence indicating inaction from the Akhilesh Yadav-led government.
7. Hindu priest murdered in Bangladesh: Ananta Gopal Ganguly's body was found with his throat slit, however, no outfit has claimed responsibility yet.
8. Serena Williams overtakes Maria Sharapova to become world's highest paid female athlete: The American tennis star made $28.9 million in prize money and off-field earnings over the past 12 months.
9. Islamic State burns 19 Yazidi women alive for refusing to have sex with fighters in Iraq: The women were set on fire in iron cages in front of hundreds of people, an eyewitness said.
10. Google’s AlphaGo will take on the Go world champion in a match later this year: Chinese teen Ke Jie has reportedly agreed to play against the artificially intelligent computer programme, which beat Korean grandmaster Lee Seedol in March.