A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Amit Shah’s son files defamation case against news portal, hearing on October 11: Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of ‘The Wire’, said they ‘won’t be intimidated by the Modi government’s attack on media freedom’. 
  2. No sale of firecrackers in Delhi and NCR this Diwali, says Supreme Court: The apex court said it wants to assess the difference in air quality in the highly polluted region.   
  3. Richard H Thaler gets Nobel for his contribution to behavioural economics: He is a professor of Behavioural Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.   
  4. Centre has no plans to remove ‘Muslim’ and ‘Hindu’ from AMU, BHU names, clarifies Prakash Javadekar: The suggestion was made to ensure that the secular nature of the universities is clear, an official had said. 
  5. Nigerian national accused of theft tied to a pole, beaten up in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar: The man was handed over to the police with injuries to his head, face and limbs. 
  6. CPI(M) has ‘anti-national sentiments’, says Kiren Rijiju on political violence in Kerala: The Union minister of state for home said that had the Congress been in power at the Centre, President’s Rule would have been imposed in the state. 
  7. Red Cross to cut down on its operations in Afghanistan after repeated attacks on aid workers: However, it is not yet clear how many of its 1,800 staff would be affected by the decision.
  8. Former Jharkhand minister arrested in connection with murder of legislator in 2008: The National Investigation Agency said Gopal Patar had conspired with Naxalites to kill Ramesh Munda.
  9. Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant killed in gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian: Meanwhile, the forces also gunned down a top Jaish-e-Mohammad commander in Sopore.
  10. Ready to join India in efforts to maintain peace along the border, says China: Beijing’s statement comes a day after Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden visit Nathu La border post in Sikkim.