A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Cyclone Vardah makes landfall near Chennai: Over 15 teams of the National Disaster Response Force have been deployed in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh. Around 7.357 people have been evacuated.
  2. Dense fog forces Indian Railways to cancel 26 trains for a month: Among these are Rajdhani Express, Sampoorna Kranti Express, Patna-Howrah Janshatabdi and Patna-Ranchi Janshatabdi.
  3. Cyrus Mistry removed as director of Tata Industries, says Tata Sons: The group has called Extraordinary General Meetings at the six companies where the ousted chairperson still serves as a board member.
  4. Police file case against seven in Chennai for not standing up during national anthem in movie theatre: The group reportedly got into a fight with other people in the audience who objected to them not getting up for the song.
  5. Only objective is to make classified information public, says member of hacker group Legion: After breaching the Twitter accounts of Rahul Gandhi, Vijay Mallya, Barkha Dutt and Ravish Kumar, the group said it has many similar plans for the future.
  6. Oil prices up by 4% after OPEC, non-OPEC members reach deal to reduce production output: Analysts said the cuts by producers would see the market move from a surplus to a deficit in supply.
  7. Narendra Modi discusses defence, anti-terror cooperation with Indonesia president: The prime minister said the nations have nurtured strong bonds of business and culture.
  8. Cashless payments to employees across sectors will be made mandatory soon, says labour minister: Bandaru Dattatreya said amendments to the Payment and Wages Act will also ensure that poor and uneducated workers do not be exploited by middlemen.
  9. I don’t want China dictating to me, says US President-elect Donald Trump: The New York businessman said that there was no point in continuing with the ‘One China’ policy unless Beijing makes trade concessions.
  10. West Bengal BJP president draws flak for threatening to drag Mamata Banerjee by her hair: The Trinamool Congress said Dilip Ghosh had stooped to a ‘new low’, and the party was desperately trying to silence the voice of the Opposition.