A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Lokpal legislation is workable, no need to delay its implementation, Supreme Court tells Centre: The bench held that the amendments to the Act could also be enforced right away.   
  2. Corruption on ‘definite decline’ in India, but Karnataka ranked the worst: Of the households surveyed across 20 states, 43% believe that graft had reduced in the country’s public services, compared to 73% in 2005.
  3. Donald Trump says ‘major, major conflict possible’ with North Korea: The US President said his administration would love to solve the standoff over nuclear weapons diplomatically, but that it was difficult.
  4. Sukma attack was because of soldiers sexually abusing tribal women, say Maoists: The outlawed Dand Karanya Special Zonal Committee of the Communist Party of India (Maoist) claimed the attack on CRPF personnel on Monday.
  5. Civilian killed in Kupwara after protestors clash with security forces: A group of people had gathered seeking the bodies of two militants who had attacked an Army camp and killed three soldiers earlier on Thursday.
  6. Priyanka Gandhi denies link between her property purchases and Robert Vadra’s finances: She said insinuations claiming the same were part of a ‘malicious campaign to besmirch her reputation’.
  7. Rajasthan boy tops JEE Mains with 100% score: Kalpit Veerwal’s father is a compounder at a government hospital while his mother teaches at a government school in Udaipur.
  8. Animal rights activist Gaurav Gupta arrested for assaulting buffalo traders in Delhi: Earlier this week, a member of the People For Animals group was arrested in connection with the April 22 incident near Kalkaji temple.
  9. Pakistan insists Kulbhushan Jadhav’s trial was conducted in a ‘transparent’ manner: Delhi has asked Islamabad to produce a certificate on the health condition of the former Indian Navy officer.
  10. Veteran Tamil actor Vinu Chakravarthy dies at 74: He had been undergoing treatment for ailments brought on by age.