A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns following pressure from investors: The 40-year-old agreed to step down from the post after investors maintained that the company was in need of new leadership.
  2. US will be replaced if it disengages from global matters, warns UN chief Antonio Guterres: He noted that the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to funding for the body would create an ‘unsolvable problem’.
  3. Two militants killed in Baramulla encounter in J&K, combing operations under way to trace others: An Army official said they had received information about the duo holed up in a house in Pazalpora village.
  4. Supreme Court refuses to stay CS Karnan’s six-month sentence or give him bail: The retired Calcutta High Court judge will be taken to the city’s Presidency Jail today.
  5. US warns ally Saudi Arabia about the Qatar conflict: Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has appointed his son Mohammed bin Salman the heir to the throne.
  6. Anil Kumble steps down as India’s head coach: The BCCI confirmed this in a statement and said Kumble had made the decision though the advisory committee had endorsed his extension.
  7. BJP’s presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind resigns as Bihar governor: The Shiv Sena and Mulayam Singh Yadav both expressed their support for the ruling party’s presidential candidate on Tuesday.
  8. GJM to quit Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, shutdown in Darjeeling will continue: Members of the all-party meeting decided to boycott the talks that will be held by the Mamata Banerjee government on June 22 in Siliguri.
  9. Income Tax Department attaches 12 plots of land belonging to Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family: They have charged his relatives under the Benami Transactions Act in connection with a probe into land deals worth Rs 1,000 crore and tax evasion.
  10. Centre will not waive any farm loans, must meet fiscal targets, saysArun Jaitley: On June 12, the finance minister had said that the Centre would not fund any loan waivers by states, which would have to find their own funds for doing so.