A look at the headlines right now:
- 63% voter turnout in first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections: The BJP’s demonetisation decision will be put to the test in the key state, with the SP-Congress alliance and the BSP close at its heels.
- Minister Mafoi Pandiarajan and veteran AIADMK leader C Ponnaiyan join team O Panneerselvam: VK Sasikala met her MLAs at a resort near Chennai and asked to prove her majority in the Assembly.
- India test fires interceptor missile off Odisha coast: It has been developed to intercept an incoming ballistic missile.
- India has expressed H-1B visa concerns to ‘right quarters’ in US, says IT minister: Ravi Shankar Prasad said the contribution of Indian firms to foreign economies needs to be ‘presented in a more cogent way’.
- Centre moves to introduce a single entrance exam for engineering students from 2018: The government said the Entrance Examination for Engineering and Architecture will replace all existing tests.
- At least 74 people injured during jallikattu in Madurai’s Alanganallur: More than 23 of them had to be taken to hospital.
- Hindustan Motors sells Ambassador brand to Peugeot for Rs 80 crore: The Kolkata-based company had stopped the production of the iconic car in 2014.
- Chinese soldier returns home after five decades in India: Wang Qi, now 77, had ‘strayed across the border’ in 1963.
- At least 17 dead and hundreds injured in stampede at football stadium in Angola: The crowd pushed down barriers after they failed to gain entry into the facility before the match began, said officials.
- Peru offers reward for capture of ex-President Alejandro Toledo: Officials said an arrest warrant has been issued against the former leader, currently a Stanford University scholar, in connection with a corruption scam.
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