A look at the headlines right now:
- Hillary Clinton outdid Donald Trump by a mile in US presidential debate, says CNN poll: While the Democratic nominee won the support of 62% of the viewers surveyed, the Republican had just 27%.
- India to review 'Most Favoured Nation' status granted to Pakistan: Narendra Modi called for a meeting on the matter, a day after he said 'blood and water can't flow together' while discussing the Indus Waters Treaty.
- Peace deal officially ends five decades of conflict between Farc rebels and Columbia government: The leaders signed the treaty to end the violence that killed around 2,20,000 people, but citizens will have to ratify it in a referendum on October 2.
- Markandey Katju gets panned for Facebook post offering Pakistan a Kashmir-Bihar 'package deal': The former Supreme Court judge later said most people in India ‘lack a sense of humour’.
- Former bureaucrat and son commit suicide in wake of bribery charges: BK Bansal's wife and daughter had killed themselves in July after he was arrested by the CBI.
- Delhi school teacher dies after two Class 12 students stab him with knife: According to reports, the teens attacked Mukesh Kumar after one of them was rusticated for low attendance. The two have been detained.
- US police identify Houston mass shooter as lawyer named Nathan Desai: Police shot and killed Desai after he opened fire in public, injuring nine, and claim he was wearing a Nazi emblem when he was killed.
- SP leader Azam Khan to get CBI notice for calling Bulandshahr gangrapes a political conspiracy: The Supreme Court gave the order after the Samajwadi Party legislator failed to appear before it during a hearing in the case.
- More than 30 injured as typhoon Megi makes landfall in Taiwan: The storm hit public transport, forcing the bullet train to suspend services and buses to remain off roads. Hundreds of international flights were cancelled.
- Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain under I-T Department radar for Rs 17-crore worth transactions: The AAP leader said it was an assessment of his investments in a few companies, while Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said Jain had been framed.
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