A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Akhilesh will be the chief minister after the UP elections, says Mulayam Singh Yadav: The Akhilesh Yadav faction had asked the EC to decide on the Samajwadi Party’s symbol before January 17.
  2. Narendra Modi inaugurates BSE’s new international exchange in Gujarat: The Bombay Stock Exchange is planning to invest Rs 500 crore for trading and clearing at the bourse.
  3. CBSE postpones Class 10 and Class 12 board exams to March 9: The examinations were rescheduled in view of the Assembly elections in five states, which begin from February 4. 
  4. Pass ordinance to allow jallikattu this Pongal, Tamil Nadu chief minister requests Narendra Modi: In a letter to the prime minister, O Paneerselvam said the ban on the bull-taming sport had ‘caused widespread resentment’ in the state.
  5. May summon Narendra Modi if RBI governor’s reply is unsatisfactory, says PAC chief: KV Thomas, chairperson of the parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, accused the PM of misleading the country with the currency ban move. 
  6. In another shake up, Flipkart replaces Binny Bansal with Kalyan Krishnamurthy as CEO: Co-founder Sachin Bansal will continue to remain the executive chairman of the e-commerce company.
  7. Pakistan claims it has test-fired Babur-III – its first submarine-launched cruise missile: It has a range of 450 km and is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads. 
  8. Meryl Streep is an overrated actress, a ‘Hillary flunky’, says Donald Trump after Golden Globes jibe: The US president-elect denied ever mocking a disabled reporter after the actor called him out on the act at the awards function.
  9. Air India ranked world’s third-worst performing airline: Global aviation insights company FlightStats compiles the list every year based on the on-time performance records of international carriers. 
  10. Will end drug menace in 4 weeks, says Amarinder Singh as Congress releases Punjab manifesto: The party will undo the damage done by the previous governments in the state in the last decade, Former prime minister Manmohan Singh said.