A look at the headlines right now:

  1. PV Sindhu to get Rs 1 crore from the Telangana government after clinching Olympics silver: The 21-year-old shuttler will also receive a BMW, and Rs 50 lakh each from the Badminton Association of India and the Madhya Pradesh government.
  2. Low fares help passenger traffic on domestic flights grow by 26% in July: While 67.62 lakh people took flights within India in the same month last year, it grew to 85.08 lakh in 2016.
  3. Donald Trump’s campaign chairman Paul Manafort quits two months after joining: The veteran Republican adviser had been facing scrutiny for his links with Russia and former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych.
  4. Restrict ambulance services at night, treat patients away from Srinagar, Kashmir officials tell hospitals: The announcement came a day after a man driving an emergency response vehicle was pumped full of pellets by CRPF officials.
  5. Uber driver arrested in Mumbai for allegedly molesting Italian passenger: The police acted after a Facebook post by the woman went viral.
  6. Two reports of transgression by Chinese army in Arunachal Pradesh in one month, says Kiren Rijiju: The minister of state for home clarified that it was not an incursion as the Chinese army just crossed the “perceived area along the Line of Actual Control’.
  7. Pokémon GO developer Niantic Labs begins issuing permanent bans to cheaters: The company said its aim for the app was to ‘provide a fair, fun and legitimate game experience for all players’.
  8. CBI takes over investigation into Bulandshahr gangrapes on Allahabad High Court's orders: The agency filed a case of gangrape, kidnapping and dacoity under the Indian Penal Code as well as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
  9. Twitter suspended 2.35 lakh accounts in the past six months for promoting terrorism: The micro-blogging site took down the profiles for ‘violating policies’, emphasising that there was no ‘magic algorithm’ to identify such content.
  10. DMK challenges suspension of its MLAs from Tamil Nadu Assembly in high court: Advocates have also asked the court to quash Section 121 of the legislative assembly rules that allows legislators to be suspended for an entire session.