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. RBI fines ICICI Bank Rs 58.9 crore for violating bond sale guidelines: This is the highest penalty that the central bank has imposed on a lender for a single incident.
  4. 18,591 cups of tea served in Maharashtra chief minister’s office every day, claims Congress: The party’s Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam called it a ‘tea scam’, and claimed it cost the state over Rs 3.4 crore in 2017-’18.  
  5. Investment company Softbank is mediating talks on Ola-Uber merger talks, say reports: The two ride-hailing companies have been in discussions for a year, and the deal may be completed in a couple of months.
  6. Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by the Taliban in 2012: The details of her visit have been kept under wraps for security reasons, but she is expected to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbas during her trip.
  7. 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.  
  8. Four men arrested for leaking Staff Selection Commission exam paper in police custody for a week: A joint team of the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Delhi Police arrested the accused on Tuesday from the Capital.  
  9. 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.  
  10. 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.