A look at the headlines right now:
- Would be ‘idiotic’ to criticise new RBI governor for being from Kenya, says Subramanian Swamy: The BJP legislator had launched an attack on the current governor, Raghuram Rajan, for allegedly trying to ‘wreck the Indian economy’.
- At least 30 killed, 94 injured after bomb attack at wedding in Turkey: The country’s Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Simsek said the incident appeared ‘to be a suicide attack’, but it was too soon to say which group was behind it.
- Urjit Patel appointed new RBI governor: He succeeds Raghuram Rajan as the 24th head of the Reserve Bank of India and will hold the post for the next three years.
- Brother of bloodied Syrian child in iconic video dies of injuries: The 10-year-old sibling of Omran Daqneesh died from wounds inflicted in an air strike at Aleppo last week.
- 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.
- Narendra Modi's suit enters Guinness Book of Records as 'most expensive clothing' sold at an auction: A Gujarat-based businessman bought the garment for around Rs 4.3 crore in a bid in February, and the money was used to fund the drive to clean River Ganga.
- Indians should treat the cow like their mother, says Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das: However, he said there should be no violence in the name of cow vigilantism, and said that such aggression will ‘not be tolerated’.
- Jammu and Kashmir opposition parties meet with Pranab Mukherjee over ongoing crisis in state: The opposition delegation, led by former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, urged the president to call for a 'meaningful process of political dialogue'.
- 550 litres of country liquor seized in Bihar's Khajurwani ward after Gopalganj hooch tragedy: Authorities are looking to impose a collective fine on the residents of the region, who are believed to be behind the preparation of the alcohol.
- West Bengal Congress faces flak for tweeting contentious comment Rajiv Gandhi made after 1984 riots: The unit deleted the post within 10 minutes, but the quote spread rapidly across the micro-blogging platform.
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