A look at the headlines right now:

  1. 14 dead as fire breaks out at a building in Mumbai’s Kamala Mills compound, many injured: Several TV channel offices, including Times Now, Mirror Now, ET Now, located close to the site of the fire were affected.  
  2. We will take steps to amend or scrap triple talaq bill, says Muslim personal law board: The Lok Sabha on Thursday passed the bill that proposes criminalising the Muslim practice of divorce and also a prison term of three years for men who violate the law.
  3. Anil Ambani sells wireless assets of Reliance Communications to brother Mukesh’s Jio: The debt-ridden company will sell all spectrum, tower, fibre optic and other telecom infrastructure assets.  
  4. Centre approves Rs 100 crore project to tackle stubble burning in neighbouring states of Delhi: The Environment Ministry said it will undertake several technological interventions for timely management of crop residue.
  5. Creator of Humans of Hindutva deletes Facebook parody page after receiving death threats: The administrator wrote on a website that he had ‘no desire to end up like Gauri Lankesh or Afrazul Khan’.  
  6. Senior advocate Rajeev Dhavan withdraws decision to retire from court practice: In a letter to CJI Dipak Misra, he said that he would continue to fulfill his obligations in several pending cases such as the Babri Masjid dispute.  
  7. Kerala engineering student arrested for killing his mother, burning her body in their backyard: The police said Akshay suspected his mother was having an affair and was also upset as she had refused to give him some money.  
  8. Ukraine, pro-Russia rebels exchange hundreds of prisoners for the first time since 2016: The swap took place after months of negotiations involving the presidents of both the countries.  
  9. India test-fires indigenous supersonic interceptor missile from Odisha range: This was the third supersonic interceptor test conducted this year.  
  10. Companies themselves leaked quarterly results data on WhatsApp, says SEBI: The chairman of the market regulator warned of action against those responsible.