A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Centre’s deal with South Korean company to build 12 advanced minesweepers for the Navy falls through: The Rs 32,640-crore project was one of the costliest ‘Make in India’ initiatives.
  2. Five sleeping employees killed as fire breaks out at Bengaluru restaurant before dawn: The cause of the blaze is not known, and an investigation is on.
  3. Hizbul Mujahideen threatens to pour acid into eyes of people participating in Jammu and Kashmir panchayat polls: In a new audio clip, the militant group’s operational commander Riyaz Naikoo was purportedly heard saying that killing people has no effect.
  4. Dalits call bandh in Karnataka’s Hubballi and Dharwad in protest against Bhima Koregaon violence: PMO asked the Maharashtra government to not arrest the Hindutva leaders accused in the Bhima Koregaon violence, said Prakash Ambedkar
  5. Shiv Sena leader stabbed to death outside his home in Mumbai: Two-time corporator Ashok Sawant had started a cable business a few years ago and was reportedly receiving extortion calls over the past couple of days.
  6. Do not privatise Air India yet, give it at least five years to revive, suggests parliamentary panel: In a draft report, it has advised the Centre to explore alternatives to its divestment plan for the debt-ridden airline.
  7. Resident of Madhya Pradesh’s Dhar welcomes BJP leader with garland of shoes: The man was angry about the action authorities took against residents who wanted to complain about the shortage of water.
  8. 32 missing after Iranian oil tanker collides with Chinese freighter in East China Sea: The 21 crew members on the Chinese vessel were rescued.
  9. The government is working on a social security scheme that includes the informal labour sector: This aims to provide pension, insurance against disability and death, maternity coverage, as well as medical and unemployment coverage to all workers.
  10. After controversy last year, Mohan Bhagwat to hoist tricolour at RSS-run school in Kerala on January 26: The RSS chief had flouted an order of the Palakkad district administration and unfurled the flag at a government-aided school on August 15, 2017.