A look at the headlines right now:

  1. PV Sindhu guaranteed an Olympic medal after crushing world No. 6 Nozomi Okuhara in badminton semi-final: The 21-year-old Indian won the match 21-19 21-10 and will play world No. 1 Carolina Marin in the final. 
  2. Narendra Modi ‘crossed red line’ by bringing up Balochistan on Independence Day, says Pakistan: Islamabad claimed that the Indian prime minister had violated a UN Charter by talking about the Pakistani province.
  3. Wrestler Babita Kumari loses opening bout of Rio Olympics, awaits repechage results: The Commonwealth Games gold medallist was defeated 1-5 by Maria Prevolaraki of Greece in the round of 16 of the women's 53 kg freestyle category.
  4. At least 7 killed in suspected Kurdish attacks in southeast Turkey: Policemen and other security personnel accounted for most of the casualties in the bomb blasts.
  5. ACB 'free to interrogate, question and arrest', says Delhi women's panel chief after raids in office: Swati Maliwal took to Twitter to deny allegations of 'nepotism and favouritism' levelled against her by a former head of the Delhi Commission for Women.
  6. Non-profit ICANN to be handed control of internet’s naming system by US government: The move has received criticism from politicians who said it will ‘significantly increase’ foreign governmental access to administration of the internet.
  7. Lecturer 'beaten to death' in Kashmir's Pulwama district in night raid by security forces: The police have lodged an FIR while the army said it is investigating the matter.
  8. Five-judge Constitution bench to decide whether Supreme Court falls under the RTI Act: The top court held that the matter needed the Constitution's interpretation as the independence of judiciary and people's right to know were in both question.
  9. US medical team to examine ex-LTTE fighters after claims they were injected with poison in rehab: The Tamil National Alliance alleged that 104 such fighters died because of the shots, but the Sri Lankan government said they were 'false allegations'.
  10. Gujarat to verify ‘gau rakshaks’, give them identification cards: The state said it will prepare a dossier on them, soon after Haryana had said it will issue them ID cards.