A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Five civilians killed in cross border shelling in Jammu and Kashmir’s Mendhar sector: A police official said Army troops were retaliating appropriately to the attack.
  2. Three doctors from AIIMS killed, 4 injured in accident on Yamuna Expressway: The doctors were travelling from New Delhi to Agra when their car crashed into the truck while trying to overtake it near Mathura.
  3. Statue of Jawaharlal Nehru defaced in West Bengal’s Burdwan: The Congress and the Trinamool Congress have blamed BJP workers for the act.  
  4. Pakistan to skip World Trade Organisation meeting in New Delhi amid diplomatic standoff: Islamabad’s envoy to India Sohail Mahmood would not return to India till the problem was resolved, reports said.
  5. Congress calls for return to use of ballot paper, speaks against simultaneous elections: The Congress said it was ready to cooperate with other parties to defeat the BJP in the 2019 elections.  
  6. 14 killed after bus falls off bridge in Bihar’s Sitamarhi district: The accident occurred when the bus attempted to overtake a vehicle, the police said.
  7. RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav complains of chest pain in jail, admitted to a Ranchi hospital: Doctors at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences said the former Bihar chief minister was now in a stable condition.
  8. DRDO scientist Prakash Chand Jain conferred Homi Bhabha Memorial Award: Prakash Chand Jain received the award at the 105th Indian Science Congress, particularly for his achievements in the field of aerospace engineering.  
  9. Economist Paul Krugman warns India of mass unemployment if manufacturing sector does not grow: The Nobel laureate noted that the country does not yet have the jobs essential to sustain the projected growth in demography.
  10. SEBI fines NDTV, four executives for failing to disclose Rs 450-crore income tax demand: The market regulator conducted the investigation on the basis of a complaint filed by a shareholder.