A look at the headlines right now:

  1. May summon Narendra Modi if RBI governor’s reply about demonetisation is unsatisfactory, says PAC chief: Discussing the demonetisation drive, Public Accounts Committee Chairperson KV Thomas said the panel has the right to summon anyone.  
  2. Three people killed in militant attack in Akhnoor area: They used to work as labourers with the General Reserve Engineer Force that develops and maintains roads in border areas.  
  3. La La Land wins big at the Golden Globes, Ryan Gosling Best Actor and Emma Stone Best Actress: Moonlight won the award for Best Motion Picture, Drama. Zootopia got the Best Animated Feature Film award.
  4. Former Merchant Navy officer stabs father to death, injures several others: Officials said he was prone to violence and had assaulted a woman in Delhi earlier.
  5. Vote for candidates on the basis of qualification, not caste, says RSS leader: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s joint general secretary Krishna Gopal said the use of caste for political gains was ‘not good in a democratic set up’. 
  6. Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani dead at 82: Known as a ‘pillar of the Islamic revolution’, the moderate leader’s death is a blow to the liberals in the country and the nation’s ties with the West. 
  7. Four killed after ‘IS sympathiser’ drives truck into group of Israeli soldiers: At least 17 people were injured in the attack on Sunday. 
  8. Sensex, Nifty make marginal gains amid positive Asian cues: However, the rupee opened at a weaker Rs 68.16 against the dollar.  
  9. Scroll.in’s Priyanka Vora wins international award for early childhood development reporting: She has reported on how disease coupled with poverty pose a threat to millions of children and mothers in India.  
  10. Beijing creates police force to fight rising pollution: The squad will target open-air barbecues, garbage incineration and burning of wood and other biomass, said acting mayor Cai Qi.