A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Indian Army agrees to release footage of surgical strikes along Line of Control, reports Economic Times: Eye-witnesses have also supported reports of India having carried out the military operation on September 29.
  2. Google launches Pixel smartphones with built-in Google Assistant: In India, pre-orders start from October 13, and the starting price will be Rs 57,000.
  3. Monetary Policy Committee cuts RBI's key repo rate to 6.25%: This is the first time the six-member panel decided the figure, which all members voted to reduce.
  4. Main accused in Dadri lynching dies of kidney failure at Delhi hospital: Doctors suspected that Ravin was suffering from dengue, but his family and others alleged it was a custodial death and that jail authorities were to blame.
  5. US vice-presidential debate: Candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence clash over immigration and ISIS: Both candidates tore into their opponent's running mates early on, and exchanged words on issues that included abortion, taxes and law enforcement.
  6. Centre makes Aadhaar mandatory for subsidised cooking gas: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has set a deadline of November 30 for enrolling to get subsidised gas.
  7. Tell us if you believe Burhan Wani was a terrorist, AAP leader Kapil Mishra asks Mehbooba Mufti: He questioned the Kashmir chief minister at an event on tourism in Delhi, after which she replied saying no tourist had ever been harmed in her state.
  8. Release 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu from Oct 7 to 18, Supreme Court tells Karnataka: The top court also stayed its earlier direction to the Centre to set up a Cauvery Management Board, after Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi challenged the order.
  9. Nobel Prize in Physics awarded to three British scientists for studies in 'exotic matter': David Thouless from the University of Washington, F Duncan Haldane from Princeton University and Michael Kosterlitz from Brown University are the winners.
  10. Maria Sharapova's two-year ban for doping reduced to 15 months: The former World No 1 in tennis had approached the Court of Arbitration for Sport after the International Tennis Federation had suspended her.