A look at the headlines right now:

  1. At least 22 dead after a stampede breaks out near Mumbai’s Elphinstone railway station: Around 35 people have been injured.
  2. US asks countries to suspend weapons sale to Myanmar amid deepening Rohingya crisis: However, Washington stopped short of threatening to reimpose sanctions on Myanmar that were revoked under the Barack Obama administration.  
  3. I will resign if I am asked to go on leave, says Banaras Hindu University vice chancellor: Girish Chandra Tripathi said it would be insulting to go on leave two months before his tenure ended.  
  4. In purported new audio, IS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi asks followers to keep fighting in Syria, Iraq: He urged supporters of the militant group to attack Western media outlets.  
  5. Goa court charges Tarun Tejpal with rape, he pleads not guilty: The former Tehelka editor pleaded not guilty to the charges of sexual harassment and wrongful restraint, as well. 
  6. A Russian media house spent $274,100 on ads for US audience in 2016, says Twitter: Twitter, along with Facebook and Google, have been asked to testify in the investigation related to alleged meddling by Moscow in the 2016 US election.  
  7. Flights must take off within five minutes of clearance or face delay, warns DGCA: Airlines that do not adhere to the directive will have a poor track record, making it difficult to get preferred time slots for departure.
  8. Turkey asks its citizens to leave Iraq’s Kurdish region, warns of sanctions after referendum results: The Turkish administration faces a separatist insurgency from its Kurdish minority and fears the poll’s result in Iraq could encourage the community. 
  9. Twenty-three men allegedly abduct, rape woman in Bikaner: No arrest has been made yet.
  10. Ikea buys online freelance labour hiring firm TaskRabbit: However, TaskRabbit will continue to operate as an independent company within the Ikea Group even after the acquisition.