A look at the headlines right now:
- Narendra Modi calls for peace as Opposition readies for month-long Parliament session: The passage of the GST Bill is likely to be affected, as Congress and other parties prepare to corner the NDA over demonetisation.
- Sartaj Aziz to visit India in December, hints at improving ties between New Delhi, Islamabad: The trip by the Pakistani Prime Minister foreign affairs advisor will be the first by a senior official since the Uri militant attack.
- Indelible ink to be used on those exchanging demonetised cash at banks, says economic secretary: The Supreme Court refused to stay the government’s decision to discontinue Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes
- Cyrus Mistry denies accusations of his business missteps that Tata Sons made in newspaper ads: The conglomerate’s ousted chairperson claimed the group’s advertisement, dated November 11, was aimed at ‘misleading the public and stakeholders’.
- PM Modi took Rs 25-crore bribe from Aditya Birla as Gujarat chief minister, alleges Arvind Kejriwal: He demanded a rollback of the currency ban and asked for a Supreme Court-monitored inquiry into the demonetisation move.
- Najeeb Jung lifts ban on construction, pushes trucks’ entry to the city to midnight: The lieutenant governor reviewed the air quality in the Capital, which has improved significantly after it deteriorated during Diwali.
- Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump discuss bilateral cooperation over the phone: The Russian president’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the two shared a common foreign policy outlook.
- Cyrus Mistry denies accusations of his business missteps that Tata Sons made in newspaper ads: The conglomerate’s ousted chairperson claimed the group’s advertisement, dated November 11, was aimed at ‘misleading the public and stakeholders’.
- Zakir Naik’s NGO Islamic Research Foundation banned for five years: The Centre said his ‘objectionable and subversive’ speeches and the criminal cases against him were behind the decision.
- Mossack Fonseca fined $440,000 in British Virgin Islands: Regulator identifies eight breaches by law firm at centre of Panama Papers, but campaigners say it is ‘too little too late’.
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