A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Arun Jaitley announces 0.5% discount on card payments for suburban railway ticket bookings: People making digital payments for petrol or diesel will also enjoy 0.75% concession.
  2. Triple talaq is cruel and demeaning, says Allahabad High Court: The Supreme Court had earlier said that its validity needed to be seen ‘in the light of gender justice’.  
  3. For God’s sake, do your jobs, President Pranab Mukherjee tells parliamentarians: He said legislators were meant to transact business in the House and not cause disruptions.
  4. Three militants killed by security forces in Kashmir’s Anantnag district: Mobile and internet services were suspended in south Kashmir following the encounter that started on Wednesday evening.
  5. Cyclone Vardah likely to hit Andhra Pradesh coast on December 12: The Meteorological Department predicted heavy to very heavy rainfall in Andaman and Nicobar islands where 1,400 tourists are stranded.
  6. Kuwait decides against penalising over 24,000 Indians working illegally in the country: The government said workers would not be jailed if they volunteered for deportation or transfer of job visas, provided they had not violated other laws.
  7. Tamil Nadu CM Panneerselvam, senior ministers meet Sasikala amid talks about next party chief: The AIADMK has yet to make an announcement about the post that was held by Jayalalithaa, who died on Monday.
  8. Dalit locality attacked in Satara after murder of 21-year-old Maratha girl: The police said 36 people have been arrested in the case.
  9. Paris introduces odd-even rule to cope with worst winter pollution in a decade: The French capital has also made all public transport free as it attempts to bring down the level of particulate matter in the air.
  10. Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy from 2017: The tech giant will purchase solar and wind energy equal to the electricity that its operations will consume on an annual basis.