A look at the headlines right now:

  1. More than 100 militants gearing up to launch attack on India, Ajit Doval tells Narendra Modi: The national security adviser said Pakistan will try to send a large number of militants across the LoC before winter sets in.
  2. Pakistani-Americans launch anti-India online petition on White House website: The signature campaign asked the US government to designate India as a state that is spreading terrorism in the South Asia region.
  3. Discrimination against HIV/AIDS patients now punishable as Cabinet approves amendments to Bill: It also made antiretroviral therapy a legal right to such patients, and said a fine can be applied to those who do not comply with the order.
  4. US vice presidential candidates Tim Kaine and Mike Pence clash over immigration and ISIS: Both candidates tore into their opponent's running mates early on, and exchanged words on issues that included abortion, taxes and law enforcement.
  5. Google launches Pixel smartphones with built-in Google Assistant: In India, pre-orders start from October 13, and the starting price will be Rs 57,000.
  6. India’s GDP to grow by 7.6% in 2016-’17, IMF says in fresh report: The organisation revised its earlier growth figures for the country, citing reasons including ‘effective policy actions’.
  7. Do not use funds released by the BCCI, Lodha panel instructs state cricket boards: The SC-appointed committee was clarifying an earlier direction it had given to banks to freeze the sports body’s money.
  8. More than 500 call centre employees detained in Thane for allegedly defrauding US citizens: The callers posed as US tax officials and threatened people to get their financial details before siphoning money from their bank accounts.
  9. Indian Army agrees to release footage of surgical strikes along Line of Control: Eye-witnesses have also supported reports of India having carried out the military operation on September 29.
  10. Centre makes Aadhaar mandatory for subsidised cooking gas: The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has set a deadline of November 30 for enrolling to get subsidised gas.