A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Parliament adjourned again over demonetisation, PM Modi asks BJP MPs to ‘spread awareness’: The prime minister asked party leaders to counter the opposition’s ‘misinformation’ about the currency ban.
  2. Rs 2,000 notes taken from militants who were gunned down in Bandipora: The new Rs 2,000 currency notes, arms and ammunition were found from the militants who were killed in an encounter on Tuesday morning in Jammu and Kashmir’s Bandipora district.
  3. First set of bypoll results come in after demonetisation: AIADMK won the Thanjavur seat in Tamil Nadu, and the BJP bagged Nepanagar seat in Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister V Narayanasamy won the Nellithoppu Assembly seat in Puducherry.
  4. Quikr acquires home rental start-up Grabhouse: The online classifieds company had previously taken over CommonFloor and has its own real estate vertical called QuikrHomes.
  5. Trans-Pacific trade deal meaningless without United States, says Japanese PM Shinzo Abe: United States President-elect Donald Trump vowed to withdraw his country’s participation from the 12-nation pact on his first day in office.
  6. Donald Trump will bring ‘fresh ideas’ to combat terrorism, says senior BJP leader Ram Madhav: The party’s general secretary said the US President-elect seemed to have a friendly perspective towards India.
  7. Japan lifts tsunami advisories and warnings: The Japan Meteorological Agency on Tuesday lifted the tsunami advisory that was issued after an earthquake of 7.4 magnitude hit Fukushima.
  8. One CRPF personnel killed, jawan injured in blast by Maoists in Chhattisgarh’s Sukma district: While cordoning off an area in Chintalnar, a few officers inadvertently stepped on a pressure bomb.
  9. Meat exporter Moin Qureshi back in India, asked to depose before ED in money laundering case: He had left the country on October 15 despite having a Look Out Circular issued against him by the agency.     
  10. Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ram Naresh Yadav dead: He had also served as the governor of Madhya Pradesh, and his name had cropped up during the investigation into the Vyapam scam.