A look at the headlines right now:

  1. 25 seats up for grabs in Rajya Sabha elections today, BJP looks to win big in Uttar Pradesh: The terms of 58 Rajya Sabha members from 16 states will end in April and May this year.  
  2. Woman publicly flogged in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr on panchayat’s orders: The police arrested the woman’s husband Shaudan Singh, former panchayat head Shersingh and his son Shravan after a video of the assault went viral.  
  3. Donald Trump appoints former US Ambassador John Bolton as national security advisor: Meanwhile, John Dowd, Trump’s lead lawyer handling the Russia investigation, also resigned.
  4. Indices sink on fears of US-China trade war, Nifty 50 below 10,000 for the first time in five months: Only three out of 31 stocks gained on the Sensex.  
  5. Indians can sell their data to get better healthcare and easier loans, says Nandan Nilekani: He said India could be the first country in the world to have a ‘data empowerment infrastructure’ for its people.  
  6. Anna Hazare to start hunger strike in Delhi for Lokpal, claims Centre cancelled trains to stall protests: ‘This sly attitude of the government is not done,’ the social activist said.
  7. Centre will launch national healthcare scheme by July end, says JP Nadda: The health minister said seven teams were working on the operational guidelines for the programme.  
  8. Sonia Gandhi flown to Delhi after falling ill during visit to Shimla: The Congress leader is in a stable condition.  
  9. 13 dead, 27 injured in fire at high-rise building in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City: The fire broke out in the basement parking area of a residential complex with more than 700 apartments in Ho Chi Minh City
  10. Air India’s first flight to Tel Aviv, with permission to fly over Saudi Arabia, takes off from Delhi: This is the first time Riyadh has allowed flights to Israel – a country it does not recognise – through its airspace.