A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Bankruptcy Code likely to be amended in Winter Session of Parliament: The amendment will bar wilful defaulters from bidding for stressed assets.
  2. US calls violence against Rohingya in Rakhine state ‘ethnic cleansing’: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had visited Myanmar last week.
  3. Violence breaks out at Sathyabama University after student’s suicide: The first-year student killed herself allegedly after she was caught copying during an examination.
  4. Cabinet approves setting up 15th Finance Commission and a task force to review the income tax law: While the panel will devise the revenue-sharing formula for the Centre and states, the task force will look into simplifying the direct tax law.
  5. Hafiz Saeed vows to fight for Kashmir’s independence after Pakistan court orders his release: The 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind, who has been under house arrest since January, will be out on Thursday.
  6. IIT-Bombay, IISc-Bangalore among the top 10 institutions in QS Brics University Rankings: The top four ranks are all held by Chinese universities.
  7. Lok Sabha panel seeks report from I&B Ministry and censor board over Padmavati row: Punjab CM Amarinder Singh said he does not support banning the movie even as his Haryana counterpart said the government will not take a call till Padmavati gets censor board certification.
  8. UN tribunal sentences ‘Butcher of Bosnia’ Ratko Mladic to life for genocide: The 74-year-old was removed from court after he started shouting at the judges before the verdict was read out.
  9. Cabinet clears proposal to raise salaries of Supreme Court and High Court judges: It proposes that the chief justice of India gets Rs. 2.8 lakh per month, while other Supreme Court judges and chief justices of High Courts will get Rs 2.5 lakh.
  10. Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in as Robert Mugabe’s successor on Friday: The former vice president of Zimbabwe had fled the country earlier in November, claiming there were threats against his life.