A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Army rescues 16 hostages, begins combing operation after militant attack at Nagrota base: Three militant attacks on military camps since January raise concerns about security arrangement at military bases.
  2. Morgan Stanley lowers Flipkart valuation by 38% to $5.54 billion, fourth cut in nine months: Flipkart’s current valuation after the latest markdown stands at $5.54 billion – the lowest since September 2014.
  3. 75 passengers dead as plane carrying Brazilian football team crashes in Colombia: Six passengers were rescued alive, including three members of the team.
  4. Kerala’s Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple eases dress code for women to salwar kameez from sari: A woman had moved the high court against the temple’s policy.
  5. Supreme Court questions Centre on delay in ad hoc appointments of retired judges to high courts: A bench led by Chief Justice TS Thakur also sought to know details of government funds allotted for improving judicial infrastructure in the country.
  6. Islamic State claims jihadist ‘soldier’ behind Ohio State University attack: The terrorist group said the incident was carried out in response to its ‘calls to target citizens’.
  7. BJP wins 109 of 126 seats in Gujarat municipal and panchayat polls: Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated party workers and thanked his voters for reinforcing their trust in the party.
  8. Women enter Haji Ali dargah after five years: On October 24, the shrine’s administration had told the Supreme Court that it would lift the ban on women’s entry into the inner sanctum in a month.
  9. Lok Sabha passes amendments to taxation law with stricter rules on undisclosed wealth: Now, people can come clean on black money by paying 30% tax, 10% penalty and 33% surcharge on their unaccounted for money.
  10. Submit details of bank transactions between November 8 and December 31, Modi tells BJP legislators: The prime minister was addressing the party’s parliamentary board on Tuesday.