A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Telugu Desam Party moves no-trust motion against Centre in Lok Sabha, House adjourned till Monday: The Sensex lost over 500 points after the TDP quit the NDA, making it the biggest single-day fall in six weeks.
  2. Bhagwant Mann quits as AAP Punjab chief after Kejriwal apologises to Shiromani Akali Dal leader: The Lok Sabha MP said he would continue his fight against the drug mafia and corruption in the state.
  3. Forty students in Uttar Pradesh’s Etah admitted to hospital with food poisoning after eating school meal: The district magistrate has ordered an inquiry and sent samples of the food prepared at the Kasturba Gandhi School for testing.
  4. British foreign secretary says Vladimir Putin may have ordered the nerve agent attack on ex-spy: But the Kremlin called Boris Johnson’s allegations ‘shocking and an inexcusable breach of diplomatic propriety’.  
  5. Stephen Hawking said the Vedas have a theory superior to Einstein’s E=mc^2, claims science minister: Union minister Harsh Vardhan made the statement at the 105th Indian Science Congress. 
  6. Ex-Karnataka DGP defends his controversial remark on Delhi gangrape victim’s mother as a ‘non-issue’: At an event on Women’s Day, HT Sangliana had said Asha Devi has ‘such a good physique’ and ‘people like Nirbhaya attracted the attention of miscreants’.
  7. JNU professor facing sexual harassment case resigns from administrative role: The police said investigation is underway, but they are yet to summon Atul Kumar Johri, professor in the School of Life Sciences.  
  8. Top North Korean diplomat meets prime minister of non-aligned Sweden ahead of Trump-Kim talks: Prime Minister Stefan Lofven said his country would involve itself in the ties between Washington and Pyongyang only if requested. 
  9. Ola, Uber drivers threaten to go on indefinite strike from Monday: They said they will protest along with their families outside the companies’ offices.
  10. Ram Setu won’t be touched, we’ll find other ways to build shipping canal, Centre tells SC: The court had asked the government to clarify its stand on the Sethusamudram project in the region.