A look at the headlines right now:

  1. India, France sign €7.87-billion Rafale fighter jets deal: According to the agreement, India will also get spare aircraft, Meteor missiles and other weaponry from France’s Dassault Aviation, which makes the planes.
  2. Businesses with turnover of up to Rs 20 lakh will be exempt from paying GST, says Arun Jaitley: However, the exemption limit for those in states in the North East will be Rs 10 lakh, the GST Council decided.
  3. Mutual cooperation needed for Indus treaty with Pakistan to work, cannot be one-sided, says India: The External Affairs Ministry had indicated that scrapping the water-sharing agreement with the neighbouring country was not off the table.
  4. Supreme Court agrees to consider Subrata Roy's 'apology' for his lawyer's misconduct: This comes hours after the bench refused to extend the Sahara chief's parole after his advocate's arguments angered them.
  5. Traffic in central Chennai comes to standstill after J Jayalalithaa is hospitalised: Commuters were made to take a detour after officials blocked Greams Road, and many complained of being stuck in jams at Egmore, Nungambakkam and Anna Salai.
  6. SC asks Centre to stop making Aadhaar submission mandatory for some scholarship scheme claims: The top court responded to a writ petition objecting to government attempts to make the card compulsory on the National Scholarship Portal.
  7. SC upholds former Haryana DGP's conviction for molesting Ruchika Girhotra, reduces sentence: His jail term for sexually assaulting the 14-year-old was reduced from 18 months to the six months he has already served.
  8. Russian troops arrive in Pakistan for joint military exercise 'Friendship 2016': The two-week drill, which begins tomorrow, indicates that both sides want to 'broaden defense and military-technical cooperation', a Pakistani envoy said.
  9. Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and Mohammad Shahabuddin sent court notices in Siwan journalist murder case: The two have been given two weeks to file their replies in the Supreme Court. The apex court has also decided to monitor the CBI investigation.
  10. Six militants of an insurgent group killed in Karbi Anglong district encounter in Assam: An Army officer was also injured in the exchange of fire with radicals from the Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers.