The big news: PM Modi launches Samsung factory in Noida, and nine other top stories
Other headlines: Rescue teams evacuated four more children from flooded cave in Thailand, and British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned.
A look at the headlines right now:
- PM Narendra Modi, South Korean President Moon Jae-in launch Samsung factory in Noida: The new facility, which is spread over 35 acres, is dubbed as the world’s largest mobile factory.
- Four more boys rescued, eight children taken out of cave so far: Four boys, along with their football coach, are still trapped inside.
- British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigns just before PM’s address to Parliament: Johnson’s resignation came hours after Brexit Secretary David Davis quit.
- Supreme Court upholds death penalty of three convicts in 2012 gangrape case: It was hearing a review petition filed by Mukesh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma to reduce their death penalty to a life sentence.
- Arvind Kejriwal accuses Delhi lieutenant governor of being selective with SC order: The chief minister said Anil Baijal refused to comply with the court order on control of the bureaucracy.
- Situation in Kashmir is not conducive for elections, says Omar Abdullah: The former chief minister also reiterated his party’s demand for dissolution of the Legislative Assembly.
- Maharashtra CM says Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide’s comments about saints will be investigated: The Shiv Pratishthan Hindustan chief had reportedly said that the Manusmriti was superior to the teachings of saints Dnyaneshwar and Tukaram.
- Tourism ministry discontinues scheme to provide free SIM cards to foreign tourists: Tourism Secretary Rashmi Verma said tourists use social media apps and Wi-Fi facility, which is available at most airports.
- Only one male Great Indian Bustard left in India, says report: The Wildlife Institute of India and Bombay Natural History Society blamed the ‘callousness and negligence of the government and forest department’.
- Godrej Group moves Bombay HC against acquisition of its land for bullet train project, say reports: The conglomerate’s property is valued at over Rs 500 crore.