A look at the headlines right now:
- Apple's new iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus will be sold in India from October 7: The tech major said India will be the second country to get the water-resistant phones that are priced at Rs 60,000 for models with storage capacity of 32GB.
- As hajj row escalates, top Saudi cleric says Iranian leaders are not Muslims: The remarks followed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's allegation that the Saudi authorities were responsible for a stampede during the annual pilgrimage in 2015.
- Motorists will soon be able to carry digital versions of licence and registration certificate: The move, announced as part of the government’s DigiLocker scheme, will help reduce corruption and increase transparency, Union minister Nitin Gadkari said.
- India reviewing free trade pacts after domestic industry concerns on benefits, says Nirmala Sitharaman: The Union Commerce Minister further said that the country’s farmers and traders are ‘not yet’ ready for foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail trading.
- Sanatan Sanstha member Virendra Singh Tawade named key conspirator in Narendra Dabholkar chargesheet: Two other members of the Hindutva group, Vinay Pawar and Sarang Akolkar, have also been listed as co-accused by the CBI.
- Railways increases Rajdhani, Duronto, Shatabdi fares through surge pricing: The tickets will cost more as soon as 10% of the seats get booked. The price will be capped at 1.5 times the base fare.
- All-party delegation says it will release a report on its visit soon, calls for dialogue: The draft is not the Centre or Home Ministry's view, but a compilation of all the contingent's observances and suggestions on the unrest, they clarified.
- Startups are made to look sexy, but are not going anywhere, says Future Group CEO Kishore Biyani: The companies should work on a larger scale to create more employment opportunities, he said.
- SBI stocks hit 52-week high after it issues bonds to Yes Bank worth Rs 2,100 crore: The public bank’s shares rose 2.74% to close at Rs 266.55. The company has outperformed the Sensex in the last quarter, advancing 30.34% to the index’s 8.22%.
- Government is running against time to meet April 1 GST deadline, says Arun Jaitley: The finance minister admitted that India, one of Asia's largest economies, is performing 'far below its best'.
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