The big news: India is spoilt and smug, says Chinese daily, and nine other top stories
The GST Bill will make sites like Facebook and Twitter responsible for any content they publish, and golf World No 1 Jason Day pulled out of the Rio Olympics.
A look at the headlines right now:
- After NSG row, Chinese daily says India is a 'spoilt' and 'smug' nation backed by the West: An editorial in the Global Times argued that it was the rules, and not China, that prevented India from becoming a member of the group.
- New GST Bill will hold social media platforms responsible for the content they publish: The Internet and Mobile Association of India said with the new law, 'doing business in India just got complicated for Internet Service providers’.
- World No 1 golfer Jason Day withdraws from Rio Olympics citing Zika virus threat: The 28-year old Australian made the announcement on his official Twitter page.
- Nine more judges suspended in Telangana over demand for a separate high court: The president and secretary of the Telangana Judges Association were suspended on Monday.
- Woman kills self in Tamil Nadu after a morphed picture of her circulates on Facebook: Police said they have requested the social networking site to share details of the person who posted the photo.
- Special NIA court rejects Sadhvi Pragya's bail plea in 2008 Malegaon case: The investigating agency had filed a chargesheet in March giving a clean chit to her and five other accused in the case, citing lack of evidence.
- Aam Aadmi Party will win 35 out of 40 seats in Goa Assembly elections, says Arvind Kejriwal: The Delhi Chief Minister said the party's main agenda will be to deal with problems of corruption and substance abuse in the state.
- Volkswagen reaches $14.7-billion settlement in emission cheating scandal: The German automaker will either repay or buy back the polluting diesel vehicles and pay each owner $10,000.
- Ikea recalls 29 million chests and drawers after some fell on toddlers and killed them: The Swedish furniture giant has offered customers refunds and warned them to mount the items to walls if they still wish to keep them.
- J Jayalalithaa holds emergency meeting to look into law and order situation after Infosys techie’s murder: The victim's father said those present at the scene did not help his daughter, who bled for more than two hours before the police arrived.