A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Hillary Clinton makes history, officially named Democratic nominee for US president: The announcement was made amid chaos after a trove of hacked emails revealed that the party tried to undermine her opponent Bernie Sanders' campaign.
  2. Irom Sharmila to break fast on August 9, will contest Manipur elections: She has been on a hunger strike since 2000 in protest against the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act.
  3. UK does not believe there is any legal ground for it to return Kohinoor, says British minister: During his maiden trip to India, Alok Sharma cited the United Nations convention on restitution of cultural property to support his statement.
  4. Pings detected but no sign of missing IAF aircraft yet, says Manohar Parrikar: The defence minister said all leads in the search for the AN-32 flight had turned out to be bad, as a massive hunt entered its fifth day on Tuesday.
  5. Goods and Services Tax Bill: States fail to reach consensus on revenue neutral rate and capping: The state finance ministers, however, agreed on dual control and a dispute-resolution mechanism in the Bill.
  6. Indian Olympic Association seeks to replace Narsingh Yadav with Parveen Rana at Rio: In a release, United World Wrestling announced that they had received a request from the IOA to enter a different contender.
  7. Two men shot dead after taking hostages in French church, Islamic State group claims responsibility: The terror outfit said two of their 'soldiers' had carried out the attack, in which an 84-year-old priest was killed and several others injured.
  8. Underperforming employees will not get annual hike, says 7th Pay Commission notification: The Finance Ministry accepted the panel's suggestion that increments be withheld from 'inefficient' staff who don't meet the 'laid down performance criterion’.
  9. Lok Sabha passes Child Labour Bill that will allow children below 14 to take up ‘home-based work’: Before the Upper House cleared the Bill, a few Opposition members had pointed out some such jobs that put children at risk but are not considered ‘hazardous’.
  10. India fined $1 billion by arbitration court in Antrix-Devas case: The verdict to be a severe setback to India's image as a reliable destination for foreign investments.