A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Fourteen killed in fire in Mumbai’s Kamala Mills compound, three restaurant owners charged: Safety rules were violated in the building where the blaze broke out, and most of the victims died of suffocation, not burn injuries.
  2. McDonald’s ignored red flags raised on its food safety norms in India, alleges estranged partner: Vikram Bakshi said the fast food chain follows different food standards in India than those it follows elsewhere. 
  3. Virtual currencies are like ponzi schemes, says government as it warns against bitcoin trade: The Ministry of Finance said virtual currencies are not legal tender and do not have ‘any regulatory permission or protection’.
  4. Twelve killed, four critically injured in fire at residential building in New York: A one-year-old child was among those dead.
  5. Swiss couple claims a security guard locked them and their guide inside a park near the Taj Mahal: They also accused police personnel of refusing to lodge their complaint before registering it as a non-cognisable report.
  6. Google Doodle celebrates Kannada novelist and poet Kuvempu’s 113th birthday: Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa won the Jnanpith Award for his version of the epic Ramayana called ‘Sri Ramayana Darshanam’.
  7. 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.
  8. China caught supplying oil to North Korea despite UN sanctions, claims US President Donald Trump: A South Korean newspaper had quoted officials who claimed that Chinese and North Korean vessels were collaborating to transport oil to Pyongyang.
  9. Apple apologises over ‘misunderstanding’ about iPhone’s older batteries: Nine lawsuits were filed against the company for fraud, after it said it slowed down older iPhones to compensate for poor battery performance.
  10. Move Parliament sessions out of polluted Delhi to South India, says AIADMK MP: Everyone is living in fear in the city, the Rajya Sabha member said.