A look at the headlines right now:

  1. ‘All parties should make their stand on Bangladeshi immigrants clear,’ says Amit Shah on NRC: The Supreme Court ordered the Centre not to take coercive action against people left out of the draft. Meanwhile, the names of two Assam MLAs were not included in the document.
  2. UK court seeks videos of Mumbai jail where Vijay Mallya will be held if extradited: The court granted bail to the businessman on Tuesday. 
  3. Centre seeks Parliament’s approval to grant Rs 980 crore to ailing Air India: The amount is part of the total gross additional expenditure of Rs 11,697.92 crore.
  4. India’s core sector growth climbs to 6.7% in June: The core industries are coal, crude oil, natural gas, refinery products, fertilisers, steel, cement, and electricity.
  5. Telangana Police rescue 11 minors during raid on brothel, arrest eight people: A doctor was allegedly injecting the girls with hormones to hasten their growth.
  6. Delhi government delinks pensions to senior citizens, widows and disabled persons from Aadhaar: Earlier in March, the Supreme Court had asked the Centre if people without Aadhaar would be denied benefits of state welfare programmes.
  7. Maharashtra Police book over 4,000 people for violence during Maratha protests in Chakan: A 35-year-old man allegedly killed himself in Beed district in support of the community’s demand for reservation in jobs and education.
  8. Supreme Court dismisses review petition against its earlier verdict in the Judge Loya case: In April, the top court had dismissed pleas for an independent inquiry into the death of the Central Bureau of Investigation judge.  
  9. DMK chief Karunanidhi will need ‘an extended period of hospitalisation’: Kauvery Hospital said there was overall decline in his ‘general health, altered liver functions and haematological parameters’.
  10. Gunmen take several hostage after suicide attack at government building in Afghanistan’s Jalalabad: No militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet.