A look at the headlines right now:

  1. All future elections will be held with new VVPAT machines, says Election Commission: The EC will allow all political parties to prove that EVMs in recent polls were tampered with, Naseem Zaidi said.
  2. I-T Department will investigate Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul, rules HC in National Herald case: The Delhi High Court was hearing a plea filed by the Gandhis against a Patiala House Court ruling that had earlier allowed the probe.
  3. Triple talaq is the worst way to dissolve a marriage, says SC: The court made the observation after advocate Salman Khurshid, who is arguing as an amicus curiae in the case, said triple talaq was optional for women.
  4. Brazil declares end of national Zika emergency after sharp decrease in cases: Only 7,911 people were diagnosed with the fever between January and April this year, as opposed to 1,70,535 during the same period last year.
  5. Mumbai’s Rs 12,000-crore coastal road project gets final environmental clearance from Centre: The 29.20-km-long road will link Nariman Point in South Mumbai with Kandivli in the western suburb.
  6. HC upholds trial court order charging Ansals with tampering evidence in Uphaar cinema fire case: The bench held that there was enough material for the charges against the duo to stick.
  7. Karnataka’s Rs 200 price cap on movie tickets will not apply on Saturdays, Sundays and state holidays: The High Court has passed an interim order on a plea filed by an association of multiplexes.
  8. GM mustard a step closer to being India’s first genetically modified food crop: A regulator under the Environment Ministry has recommended approving the indigenous product for commercial cultivation.
  9. India objects to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attending event to mark ‘Khalsa Day’: The celebrations included floats bearing the image of Jarnail Singh Bhidranwale and others that India regards as Khalistani terrorists.
  10. Sand mining baron Sekhar Reddy gets conditional bail in money laundering case: He has been asked to report to the Enforcement Directorate office in Delhi every day at 10.30 am.