A look at the headline right now:
- FBI joins investigation into shooting of Sikh man as a ‘potentially hate-motivated’ crime: The Kent Police has started questioning witnesses in the area.
- Two militants, one policeman killed after gun battle in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tral: Local residents hampered the operations by security forces, and started a protest march after the killings, police said.
- AAP will make Delhi look like London in a year, Arvind Kejriwal says ahead of MCD polls: The chief minister also accused the BJP and Congress, who have led the civic body in the past, of corruption.
- 637 HIV+ children write to Centre asking it to pay Cipla for live-saving drug, reports The Hindu: The pharma company has stopped production of the Lopainavir syrup saying it has not recovered its dues from the government.
- Human sacrifice suspected as four are arrested for 10-year-old girl’s mysterious death in Karnataka: The victim’s uncle believed he would be cured of paralysis if he killed the child, the police said.
- Why is Gayatri Prajapati still in the UP Cabinet, Governor Ram Naik asks chief minister: The governor wrote to Akhilesh Yadav asking him to justify keeping the minister, who is on the run after being convicted in a rape case.
- Shaun Marsh, Matt Renshaw’s half-centuries help Australia take 48-run lead on Day 2: Indian bowlers worked hard on Saturday but the visiting batsmen were resilient and slowly outplayed them.
- Karan Johar confirms he is now a father to twins via surrogacy: Roohi and Yash were born in Mumbai’s Masrani Hospital last month, but their birth was registered with the Public Health Department on Friday.
- All Aadhaar data is completely safe, says UIDAI: The government has dismissed reports of information breaches and misuse of biometric data.
- Facebook has started flagging fake news: The social media giant has rolled out an option allowing users to mark misinformation, which will then be verified by fact-checkers.
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