A look at the headlines right now:
- Delhi Police files FIR after Congress and Rahul Gandhi’s Twitter accounts are hacked: A series of explicit tweets were posted from the party vice president’s verified profile on Wednesday night and again on Thursday morning.
- Fuel pumps, airport ticket counters won’t accept old Rs 500 notes after December 2: The earlier deadline to use these scrapped notes at petrol pumps was December 15.
- Reliance Jio to offer free data, voice and video services till March 31, says Mukesh Ambani: The RIL Chairman also accused other telecom operators of ‘anti-competitive behaviour’.
- Flight carrying Mamata Banerjee was never low on fuel: Indigo contradicts conspiracy claims: The civil aviation minister has said the DGCA will look into the matter.
- Price of subsidised LPG hiked by Rs 2.07, jet fuel rates slashed by 3.7%: The cost of non-subsidised cooking gas was increased by Rs 54.5, and a litre of kerosene now costs Rs 17.51.
- RBI claims there is enough cash to deal with payday rush, but banks say they are out of money: A Finance Ministry official said plenty of Rs 500 notes will be ‘routed through the banking system every day from December 1’.
- Over 1 million Android phones compromised by ‘Googlian’ malware security breach: The infection allows the virus access to Google accounts data in devices that run on the Jelly Bean, KitKat and Lollipop versions of the operation system.
- Cabinet approves Rs 2,000-crore aid package for people displaced from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir: Each of the 36,384 identified families will get Rs 5.5 lakh, a senior government official said.
- Opec agrees to first oil output cut since 2008, Russia to join agreement: However, Indonesia refused to comply with the proposed production reduction and said it would suspend its membership with the body.
- Donald Trump announces intention to step away from businesses before assuming US presidency: The president-elect said he was not mandated to divest himself from his ventures, but it was ‘visually important’ to not have a ‘conflict of interest’.
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