A look at the headlines right now:

  1. India’s GDP to pick up from this year, says World Bank as it pegs 7.3% growth in 2018: In comparison to China’s slowing economy, India’s will gradually accelerate hereon, it said in a new report.
  2. Man of Indian origin becomes first naturalised American to lose citizenship under Trump: The administration took action against Baljinder Singh, who became an American citizen in 2006, as part of an initiative against fraudulent immigration.
  3. Akhilesh Yadav rules out possibility of alliance with Congress in 2019 Lok Sabha elections ‘for now’: The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said the Samajwadi Party was open to ‘friendships’ with like-minded parties.
  4. Bombay High Court allows woman to end 28-week pregnancy after doctors find foetal abnormalities: The judges said it would not be right to ask the mother to continue with the pregnancy as the child, once born, will have to fight life-hampering disabilities.
  5. Death by hanging most viable method of execution, Centre tells Supreme Court: The government said giving convicts on a death row lethal injections was ‘not workable’.
  6. Bad loans in the farm sector rose over 23% in 2017, shows RBI data: Non-performing assets in the agriculture sector increased from Rs 48,800 crore in 2016 to Rs 60,200 crore in 2017.
  7. Maharashtra Police arrest 13 more people for Bhima Koregaon clashes, 43 in custody so far: Those taken in include people from both the Maratha and Dalit communities.
  8. Supreme Court says it will declare verdict on Cauvery dispute within four weeks: In September 2017, a three-judge bench had reserved its verdict on the matter after hearing appeals filed by Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
  9. Madrasas should be affiliated to CBSE or ICSE, says Shia Central Waqf Board chairperson: Religious education should be made optional, Waseem Rizwi suggested.
  10. Don’t give free water, electricity if you cannot pay pension to AIDS patients, Delhi HC tells state: The court was hearing a PIL it initiated after receiving a letter from a patient seeking an increase in his monthly allowance.