A look at the headlines right now:
- Malaysia confirms debris found near Tanzania is from missing aircraft MH370: Investigators are studying the debris, an outboard flap, for more clues.
- Shivpal Yadav resigns from UP cabinet, Samajwadi Party posts after meeting brother Mulayam Singh: Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav had stripped him of key ministerial posts soon after Shivpal was announced Uttar Pradesh’s SP chief ahead of upcoming elections.
- India requests Pakistan to speed up 26/11 attack trials: In a letter Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar asked his counterpart Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry ‘to cooperate through legal channels’.
- India to sign Rafale aircraft deal with France on September 23, reports NDTV: According the deal, which is worth around €7.87 billion, the IAF will also get spares, Meteor missiles and other weaponry from Dassault Aviation.
- PDP legislator from Srinagar-Budgam Tariq Hameed Karra resigns from party and Parliament: The senior party leader said that the People's Democratic Party has become ‘a collaborator for fascist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh-governed BJP’.
- Monsoon starts withdrawing from west Rajasthan, as Met department sounds heavy rain alert in Mumbai: According to the weather department, states like Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Maharashtra will receive rain till September 18.
- Apple reveals prices of iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, slashes cost of 6S, 6S Plus models by Rs 22,000: The company also introduced 32GB and 256GB variants of the older models and discontinued the 64GB versions.
- Vijay Mallya can return to India by applying for Emergency Certificate, says External Affairs Ministry: Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said their embassies provided this facility especially to grant citizens with requisite travel documents.
- Search operations for missing AN-32 aircraft ends, victims presumed dead, air force tells families: A letter to the kin informed them of rescue efforts made and requested them to sign a 'certificate of presumption of death' to start the compensation process.
- GST Network project very complex, Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka says after meeting with Arun Jaitley: He said the Union government is looking to address 'pockets of weak preparedness' before the rollout of the new tax regime.
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