A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Farmers from Nashik reach Mumbai, to protest outside Maharashtra Assembly from Monday: Their demands include a complete waiver of loans and electricity bills and better safeguards.  
  2. Xi Jinping can remain China’s president for life as Parliament abolishes term limit: The Great Hall of the People passed a constitutional amendment removing the clause that restricted the president’s tenure to two consecutive terms.
  3. Voter turnout in Bihar’s Araria, Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seats nears 40% in bye-polls: Bye-elections are also being held in Uttar Pradesh’s Phulpur constituency and in the Jehanabad and Bhabua Assembly seats in Bihar.
  4. Vedas could help fight climate change, says PM Narendra Modi at first meet of global solar alliance: The prime minister also suggested less risky financial schemes to increase the contribution of solar power in providing electricity.
  5. People claim they were lured into attending Ravi Shankar’s Srinagar event with false promises: Some said they didn’t know the spiritual leader would be addressing the function, claiming they were promised cricketing kits and sewing machines.
  6. ‘We have completely forgiven our father’s killers,’ says Rahul Gandhi: The Congress president also accepted that the party lost the 2014 General Elections because of internal fighting and corruption.
  7. Two doctors, two nurses suspended after video shows accident victim using severed leg as pillow: The Uttar Pradesh government has set up a four-member committee to look into the case.  
  8. Panel of retired judges to investigate anti-Muslim violence in Sri Lanka’s Kandy: Authorities lifted the curfew in the district, but security will remain heightened till normalcy returns in the region.  
  9. Shoe thrown at former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Lahore: The ousted leader was attacked just as he took to the podium to address an event at the Jamia Naeemia university.
  10. In one day, CBI transfers 20 officers from special unit investigating Vyapam scam, says Times of India report: The Congress questioned the move and called for the branch to be shut down.