A look at the headlines right now:
- India will ratify Paris climate change agreement on October 2, says Narendra Modi: The prime minister's announcement comes weeks after Arvind Panagariya had said the country would not ratify the accord this year.
- Treat Muslims as your own, Narendra Modi tells party leaders at national meet: The prime minister also asked BJP members to reach out to other minority groups, saying 'no one is untouchable’.
- US calls Kremlin's strikes barbaric, Russia says ending war is impossible as dozens more die in Aleppo: At least 231 people have died in rebel-held parts of the city in the past week, in one of the biggest offensives yet, rights groups said.
- Isro launches 37th Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle from Sriharikota: This is the PSLV's longest and most complex mission as it will place eight satellites into two different orbits.
- Maratha reservation guaranteed, says Devendra Fadnavis as protests for quota continue in Maharashtra: The chief minister also assured the agitators that his government would that those who raped and murdered a 14-year-old in Kopardi get the death penalty.
- Punjab is only for Punjabis, says Amarinder Singh as Arvind Kejriwal reaches state: While the AAP chief vowed to end the 'raid raj' in Punjab, former party leader Sucha Singh Chotepur said he will soon float a new party.
- Six arrested in Gujarat after assaulting pregnant Dalit woman, family 'for not picking up cow carcass': The group belonged to the dominant Darbar community, the police complaint said.
- Stop offering Pakistan advice, find solutions to end militant attacks, Mayawati tells Narendra Modi: The BSP chief accused the prime minister of trying to divert the public's attention from his government's shortfalls by making speeches targeting Islamabad.
- Jordanian writer Nahed Hattar shot dead minutes before trial over controversial cartoon: The prominent author was arrested in August for sharing a caricature on Facebook that was deemed offensive to Islam.
- Reconsider stance on triple talaq, minorities panel chief tells Muslim personal law body: The practice is a 'huge social problem' that could lead to the imposition of a uniform civil code, Abid Rasool Khan of Andhra and Telangana's commission said.
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