A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Muzaffar Wani killed in Anantnag: The 21-year-old militant was known for online videos asking young Kashmiri men to join the terror group.
  2. Barack Obama says no justification for attack after five officers were shot dead during Dallas protests: The US President decried the incident as 'vicious, calculated and despicable', while African American rights groups condemned the violence.
  3. Hardik Patel granted bail in sedition cases by Gujarat High Court: The Patidar leader has been asked to stay out of the state for the next six months, but his lawyers said he will remain in jail for another case against him.
  4. Maneka Gandhi announces new cyber cell for women facing online abuse: The Women and Child Development Minister said her department will take notice of any act on the internet that counts as harassment.
  5. There are 72 crorepatis among Narendra Modi’s 78 ministers, finds report: A study by a Delhi think-tank also noted that 24 of them have been named in criminal cases.
  6. Centre planning to increase the amount from the EPF corpus that it invests in stock market: While the government believes this is in the interest of workers in the long run, unions have opposed the move.
  7. Iraq Prime Minister sacks Baghdad security chief: Haider al-Abadi took the decision after a truck, laden with explosives, killed 292 people at a shopping mall in the capital on Monday.
  8. Kerala budget promises tax on junk food, pension for transgender people: Among other things, the Pinarayi Vijayan government has also levied a cess on packaged wheat products, packaged basmati rice and coconut oil.
  9. CCTV shows Rajasthan MLA's son drinking, driving, which he denied after accident that killed three: Siddharth Maharai was seen getting into the driver's seat before his speeding BMW collided with an autorickshaw.
  10. Zakir Naik's speeches are being examined, says Rajnath Singh: Meanwhile, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh defended himself after an old video of him sharing the stage with the Islamic preacher went viral.