A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Why is Gayatri Prajapati still in the UP Cabinet, Governor Ram Naik asks chief minister: The governor wrote to Akhilesh Yadav asking him to justify keeping the minister, who is on the run after being convicted in a rape case.
  2. The ‘hateful actions’ of one man does not define us all, says Kansas governor: An official said Sam Brownback had vowed to help the victim’s widow return to her home and career in the US.
  3. Shaun Marsh, Matt Renshaw’s half-centuries help Australia take 48-run lead on Day 2: Indian bowlers worked hard on Saturday but the visiting batsmen were resilient and slowly outplayed them.
  4. Gunman yells ‘go back to your own country’ before shooting Sikh man in the arm in Seattle suburb: The New York-based Sikh Coalition has urged authorities to investigate the incident as a hate crime.
  5. Air India has completed the first around-the-world flight with an all-women crew: The airline has applied for an entry in the Guinness World Record.
  6. All Aadhaar data is completely safe, says UIDAI: The government has dismissed reports of information breaches and misuse of biometric data.
  7. Two dead, more than 50 injured during jallikattu in Tamil Nadu: One person who died was a spectator, while another victim was participating in the event in Pudukottai.
  8. Facebook has started flagging fake news: The social media giant has rolled out an option allowing users to mark misinformation, which will then be verified by fact-checkers.
  9. Triple talaq: Two women file complaints against husbands in US over divorce via WhatsApp, email: The women, who live in Hyderabad, alleged that their in-laws forced them out of their house.   
  10. Karan Johar confirms he is now a father to twins via surrogacy: Roohi and Yash were born in Mumbai’s Masrani Hospital last month, but their birth was registered with the Public Health Department on Friday.