A look at the headlines right now:

  1. O Panneerselvam visited Jayalalithaa’s memorial in Chennai, while Sasikala left the Golden Bay resort: The late chief minister’s niece Deepa Jayakumar also present at the memorial.
  2. India’s wholesale price inflation rises to 5.25% on the back of higher fuel rates: Fuel inflation went up by 18.14% in January from 8.65% in December because of a markup in petrol and diesel prices.
  3. Three militants killed, one soldier injured in Kashmir’s Handwara encounter: They were members of the Lashkar-e-Taiba, reports said.
  4. Kalimpong is now West Bengal’s 21st district: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced several development projects at the ceremony.
  5. Rohith Vemula’s mother given 15 days to prove that she is a Dalit, or face action: The family is thinking of moving court against the District-Level Scrutiny Committee report that has concluded that their Scheduled Caste certificate was fake.
  6. Rules altered to help married civil service officers get posted in one area: They can opt for the immediate next cadre selected in their application form if their spouse is posted in their home cadre.
  7. ‘Do not demonise Donald Trump, analyse him’, says Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar: ‘He represents a thought process, it’s not a momentary expression,’ the senior diplomat said.
  8. India had the most bombings in the world in 2016, says report: The country faced 406 such explosions, as against 221 in Iraq, which had the second-highest number.
  9. India and China accounted for half of the air pollution-related deaths in the world in 2015, says study: Around 1.1 million people died in each country from pollution-triggered conditions during the period.
  10. India retain 16-member squad for first two Tests against Australia: Virat Kohli will lead the same team as the one that won the Bangladesh Test on Monday.