A look at the headlines right now:

  1. I am fighting the demonetisation war for you, Narendra Modi says at Uttar Pradesh rally: The prime minister said rich people were queuing up outside the houses of the poor to get them to store their undisclosed wealth.
  2. GST Council meet inconclusive, but Arun Jaitley optimistic about reaching a consensus soon: Demonetisation was also discussed after states insisted on it.
  3. One convict in the 2012 Delhi gangrape case was not in the bus during assault, says amicus curiae: The senior lawyer said cellphone data showed the man, Mukesh, was not at the location where the 23-year-old student and her companion were assaulted.
  4. Jet Airways issues statement about Mumbai-Bhopal flight delay after booking 17 extra passengers: People on board claimed a marriage party, reportedly connected to a state minister, tried to bribe and intimidate the cabin crew into making people deboard.
  5. Goa police file chargesheet against singer Remo Fernandes for verbally abusing a minor girl: The 2015 case is related to a road accident where the victim was knocked down by a car driven by the singer’s son, and later abused by him at a hospital.
  6. Indonesian plane goes missing with 15 people on board: The two-engine police aircraft is believed to have crashed between the Islands of Mensanak and Sebangka or Gentar.
  7. China lodges complaint with US against Donald Trump’s call to Taiwanese president: Beijing urged Washington ‘to cautiously, properly handle Taiwan issue to avoid unnecessary disturbance to Sino-US relations’.
  8. India and Qatar sign agreements to ease visa norms, step up cyber security cooperation: External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Vikas Swarup said that four deals and an MoU were signed between the two countries.
  9. Demonetisation causes diplomatic row as Pakistan High Commission lodges protest on staffers’ pay: A senior diplomat said they were ‘finding it difficult’ to perform their duties because the bank handling their accounts was refusing to let them withdraw cash.
  10. Government employee killed during anti-insurgency operation in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district: Police officers said the militants managed to escape from the area where the encounter took place.