A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Delhi Police start questioning students to trace source of the CBSE question papers leaked: The board complained to the police that the person who runs a coaching centre in New Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar locality could be behind the leak.
  2. Uttar Pradesh government says state records must use BR Ambedkar’s middle name ‘Ramji’ too: The spelling of his name in Hindi will also be slightly altered so it is pronounced ‘Aambedkar’.
  3. Centre seeks report on Ram Navami violence from West Bengal, spares Bihar: The Home Ministry has sought details from the Mamata Banerjee government of the steps taken to restore normalcy and action taken against those involved.
  4. ICICI Bank backs Chanda Kochhar after report alleges conflict of interest in loans given to Videocon: The lender issued a clarification after a report raised questions about a deal between the husband of the bank’s CEO and Videocon CEO Venugopal Dhoot.
  5. Employment fell in India between 2014 and 2016 even as the economy grew, finds study: Data from an RBI-supported research project found that jobs in India reduced by 0.1% in 2015-’16 and 0.2% in 2104-’15.
  6. Cabinet approves amendments to National Medical Commission Bill: Doctors had objected to proposals in an earlier version of the bill, including one to allow practitioners of alternative medicine to pursue allopathy.
  7. IndiGo aircraft’s tyre bursts while landing at Hyderabad airport, passengers evacuated: Some on board argued with the flight’s crew about the doors not opening quickly for de-boarding.
  8. Chandrababu Naidu plays video clips in Andhra Pradesh Assembly of PM Modi promising special status: The chief minister also accused the BJP of ‘resorting to tricks’ to prevent the no-confidence motions against the Centre from being discussed in Parliament.
  9. SC seeks attorney general’s help after another transgender woman says she cannot link PAN, Aadhaar: Reshma Prasad told the bench the government must introduce a third gender option in the PAN card database.
  10. Existing defence budget enough for Indian Army to keep up preparedness, says General Bipin Rawat: His comments come just weeks after the Indian Army leadership told a Parliamentary panel that the allocation had ‘dashed our hopes’ of modernisation.