A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Apple's new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be sold in India from October 7: The tech major said India will be the second country to get the water-resistant phones that are priced at Rs 60,000 for models with storage capacity of 32GB.
  2. As hajj row escalates, top Saudi cleric says Iranian leaders are not Muslims: The remarks followed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's allegation that the Saudi authorities were responsible for a stampede during the annual pilgrimage in 2015.
  3. Motorists will soon be able to carry digital versions of licence and registration certificate: The move, announced as part of the government’s DigiLocker scheme, will help reduce corruption and increase transparency, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said.
  4. India reviewing free trade pacts after domestic industry concerns on benefits, says Nirmala Sitharaman: The Union Commerce Minister further said that the country’s farmers and traders are ‘not yet’ ready for foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail trading.
  5. Sanatan Sanstha member Virendra Singh Tawade named key conspirator in Narendra Dabholkar chargesheet: Two other members of the Hindutva group, Vinay Pawar and Sarang Akolkar, have also been listed as co-accused by the CBI.
  6. Railways increases Rajdhani, Duronto, Shatabdi fares through surge pricing: The tickets will cost more as soon as 10% of the seats get booked. The price will be capped at 1.5 times the base fare.
  7. All-party delegation says it will release a report on its visit soon, calls for dialogue: The draft is not the Centre or Home Ministry's view, but a compilation of all the contingent's observances and suggestions on the unrest, they clarified.
  8. Startups are made to look sexy, but are not going anywhere, says Future Group CEO Kishore Biyani: The companies should work on a larger scale to create more employment opportunities, he said.
  9. SBI stocks hit 52-week high after it issues bonds to Yes Bank worth Rs 2,100 crore: The public bank’s shares rose 2.74% to close at Rs 266.55. The company has outperformed the Sensex in the last quarter, advancing 30.34% to the index’s 8.22%.
  10. Government is running against time to meet April 1 GST deadline, says Arun Jaitley: The finance minister admitted that India, one of Asia's largest economies, is performing 'far below its best'.