A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Supreme Court orders medical examination of Calcutta HC’s Justice CS Karnan: The bench held that a team be set up to check the contempt-accused judge’s mental health and submit a report by May 8.
  2. Turkish president says ‘multilateral talks’ involving his country can end Kashmir dispute: In an interview to a news channel, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Ankara was in favour of both nations becoming members of the Nuclear Suppliers Group.
  3. Heavy discounts, driver incentives increase Ola’s losses threefold to Rs 2,313 crore in 2015-’16: However, the cab-hailing firm’s revenue grew seven times to Rs 758.23 crore from that the previous financial year.
  4. At least 352 civilians died in coalition strikes in Iraq and Syria since 2014, says US military: Independent monitoring bodies, however, arrived at much higher tallies – some as high as more than 3,000.
  5. Petrol price hiked by 1 paise a litre, diesel by 44 paise: The rates will be higher after taking local value added taxes into account.
  6. Bombay HC stays Maharashtra government’s order on domicile-based quota in medical, dental colleges: In a resolution passed on Thursday, it had proposed 67% reservation for students who were born in the state or had lived there for at least 15 years.
  7. Van driver beaten up for honking at cattle in Bihar, could lose vision in his left eye: The police said the accused had gathered villagers to assault the 30-year-old after his blaring horn had sent the animals running.
  8. Jaipur Police launch female patrols to prevent crimes against women: Armed with batons and walkie-talkie sets, 52 policewomen will stand guard outside public places from 7 am to 11 pm on eight-hour shifts.
  9. American media hits back at Trump for skipping correspondents’ dinner, says ‘we are not fake news’: He is the first US president to skip the event since Ronald Reagan in 1981.
  10. Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck dies in accident near Mount Everest in Nepal: The 40-year-old slipped and fell at the base of Mount Nuptse, a smaller peak in the area.