A look at the headlines right now:

  1. ‘Congress has blood on its hands, but we’ll accept it so that you learn from it’, says Salman Khurshid: The former Union minister said he made the statement ‘as a human being’.
  2. Venkaiah Naidu says he rejected CJI impeachment motion ‘in conformity with Constitution’, say reports: The Rajya Sabha chairperson said it was not a hasty decision as it was made ‘after over a month of due diligence’.
  3. Sushma Swaraj calls for decisive action against nations that sponsor terrorism: She also raised concerns about China’s Belt Road Initiative during a meeting of the foreign ministers of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation’s member nations.
  4. 18 killed in fire at karaoke lounge in China, man arrested for suspected arson: Five people are being treated for injuries sustained in the fire at a local hospital.  
  5. Coimbatore blasts convict booked for promoting enmity after making ‘threat’ against Modi: Mohammed Rafiq, however, confessed to the police that there was no such conspiracy, and he had only said those words to threaten a truck contractor.  
  6. Police say they have killed six more Maoists in encounter in Gadchiroli: The security forces had on Sunday claimed that 16 Naxals were killed in an operation.  
  7. Van mows down pedestrians in Toronto, 10 killed and 15 injured: The suspect has been arrested, but his motives are unclear.
  8. Two people arrested, seven booked for allegedly abetting Dalit woman’s suicide: Nineteen-year-old Pooja Sakat, whose house was burnt down during the violence in January, was found dead on Sunday afternoon.  
  9. NITI Aayog chief says states such as Bihar, UP and Chhattisgarh are holding back the nation: India needs to improve its position on the human development index, Amitabh Kant said in a lecture at Jamia Millia Islamia University.  
  10. Former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan in race for Bank of England top job, says report: United Kingdom Chancellor Phillip Hammond will select the British bank’s next chief.