A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Paris climate agreement: India to ratify deal today as President Pranab Mukherjee gives assent: Environment Minister AM Dave said the decision was not linked to India’s application for membership to the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
  2. BCCI falls in line, adopts some Lodha panel recommendations: The board agreed to form an apex council with a representative from the CAG.
  3. Largest hospital in rebel-held side of Aleppo hit with barrel, cluster bombs: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon had called a previous bombing at the M10 facility a war crime.
  4. Swaraj Abhiyan to launch political party today: Prashant Bhushan will lead the outfit, and it is likely to contest the civic polls in Delhi next year. 
  5. SBI chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya to serve for one additional year: The move will help her see through the merger of the country's biggest lender with five of its subsidiaries and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
  6. Assets worth over Rs 65,250 crore declared under Income Declaration Scheme, says Arun Jaitley: This will earn close to Rs 30,000 crore for the government, which said the money will be used for social security purposes.
  7. China once again stalls India's move to get JeM chief Masood designated a terrorist by UN: The country extended its 'technical hold' on the matter at the Security Council, which means a decision on his status has been pushed by another six months.
  8. Six dead as Jharkhand police fire at farmers protesting against land acquisition for coal mine: This is the third time since 2013 that police have taken this kind of action against protestors in the area.
  9. Tamil Nadu governor visits Chennai hospital where J Jayalalithaa is admitted: AIADMK leaders maintained that the Tamil Nadu chief minister is recovering from her illness and that they hope she will soon be discharged.
  10. Karnataka files petition against SC order asking it to set up a Cauvery Management Board: The state argued that the direction violates the National Water Policy of 2012.