A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Narendra Modi calls for peace as Opposition readies for month-long Parliament session: The passage of the GST Bill is likely to be affected, as Congress and other parties prepare to corner the NDA over demonetisation.
  2. Sartaj Aziz to visit India in December, hints at improving ties between New Delhi, Islamabad: The trip by the Pakistani Prime Minister foreign affairs advisor will be the first by a senior official since the Uri militant attack.
  3. Indelible ink to be used on those exchanging demonetised cash at banks, says economic secretary: The Supreme Court refused to stay the government’s decision to discontinue Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes
  4. Cyrus Mistry denies accusations of his business missteps that Tata Sons made in newspaper ads: The conglomerate’s ousted chairperson claimed the group’s advertisement, dated November 11, was aimed at ‘misleading the public and stakeholders’.
  5. PM Modi took Rs 25-crore bribe from Aditya Birla as Gujarat chief minister, alleges Arvind Kejriwal: He demanded a rollback of the currency ban and asked for a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry into the demonetisation move.
  6. Najeeb Jung lifts ban on construction, pushes trucks’ entry to the city to midnight: The lieutenant governor reviewed the air quality in the Capital, which has improved significantly after it deteriorated during Diwali.
  7. Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump discuss bilateral cooperation over the phone: The Russian president’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the two shared a common foreign policy outlook.
  8. Cyrus Mistry denies accusations of his business missteps that Tata Sons made in newspaper ads: The conglomerate’s ousted chairperson claimed the group’s advertisement, dated November 11, was aimed at ‘misleading the public and stakeholders’.
  9. Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation banned for five years: The Centre said his ‘objectionable and subversive’ speeches and the criminal cases against him were behind the decision.
  10. Mossack Fonseca fined $440,000 in British Virgin Islands: Regulator identifies eight breaches by law firm at centre of Panama Papers, but campaigners say it is ‘too little too late’.