A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Arun Jaitley accuses TMC, Congress of ‘fickle’ attitude on NRC, Mamata Banerjee claims BJP resorting to vote bank politics: NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela said all the 40 lakh people left out of its second draft cannot all be described as infiltrators, and the Rajya Sabha was adjourned over protests against the NRC.
  2. ‘Country, not government, loses the most due to Parliamentary disruptions,’ says Narendra Modi: The prime minister said it is important for MPs to express the voice of the poor and the marginalised.
  3. Cabinet agrees to introduce bill in Parliament to restore provisions of SC/ST Act: The Lok Janshakti Party had said it will join the Dalit protests against the government on August 9 if the Centre did not comply with the demand.
  4. RBI hikes repo rates by 25 basis points for second time in a row: Repo rate now stands at 6.5%, while reverse repo rate is at 6.25%.
  5. Imran Khan’s party wants to invite Narendra Modi for oath ceremony in Pakistan, say reports: Party spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry said Bollywood actor Aamir Khan and former cricketers Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar have already been invited.
  6. Skymet revises monsoon rain forecast from normal to below normal: The private weather forecaster said that the country would receive 88% of the average rain in August.
  7. Mathematician Akshay Venkatesh gets the Fields medal, the ‘Nobel Prize’ for maths: The medal is given every four years to mathematicians under the age of 40.
  8. SIT asks court to discard Amit Shah’s deposition for Maya Kodnani, says report: The investigation team said that the BJP chief’s statement was intended only to support former Gujarat minister Maya Kodnani.
  9. Scientists write to President Ram Nath Kovind, seek his intervention in transfer of ISRO scientist: Tapan Misra, who was the director of Space Applications Centre, was appointed senior advisor to ISRO chairperson K Sivan on July 19.
  10. India welcomes US decision to designate three Lashkar-e-Taiba militants as global terrorists: The designations call into question Pakistan’s sincerity in taking effective action against terrorists, the Ministry of External Affairs said.