A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Myanmar court sentences two Reuters journalists to seven years in prison in secrets case: Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were convicted of breaching the Official Secrets Act, 1923.  
  2. Price of petrol rises to all-time high of Rs 86.56 a litre in Mumbai, breaches Rs 79 in Delhi: Diesel prices also rose to record highs on Monday.  
  3. With 94% results out, Congress has more seats in Karnataka urban local body polls: The Janata Dal (Secular) is trailing at the third spot.
  4. Massive fire breaks out at 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro: The National Museum of Brazil has more than 20 million items in its collection – including dinosaur bones and a 12,000-year old human skeleton.  
  5. Strong GDP data helps rupee recover, stock indices reverse early gains: Data released after market hours on Friday showed India’s GDP growth surged to a two-year high in the April-June quarter.
  6. Manipur University Vice Chancellor AP Pandey back at the helm, bans two protesting outfits: The protestors said Pandey’s orders were ‘null and void’ as an inquiry into his actions is still pending.  
  7. Hardik Patel draws up will as fast enters ninth day: He declared that his assets would go to his parents and sister, a cow shelter and the family of the 14 Patidars who died during a quota agitation in 2015.
  8. Loan defaults by small businesses have doubled in a year, says Reserve Bank of India: Public sector banks account for a bulk of these defaults, the central bank said in its response to a RTI query filed by ‘The Indian Express’.
  9. Mehul Choksi’s properties are money laundering assets, rules PMLA authority: The Enforcement Directorate, which had provisionally attached properties worth Rs 1,210 crore in February, will now seize them.
  10. Nine people have died of leptospirosis in Kerala in the last two days: The state has issued a high alert in 13 districts.