A look at the headlines right now:
- Uber CEO Travis Kalanick resigns following pressure from investors: The 40-year-old agreed to step down from the post after investors maintained that the company was in need of new leadership.
- Thousands around the world strike a pose on International Yoga Day: Events marking the occasion were held across the globe, from the UN headquarters in New York City to Navy ships on the Indian Ocean.
- Two militants killed in encounter in J&K’s Baramulla, combing operations under way to trace others: An Army official said they had received information about the duo holed up in a house in Pazalpora village.
- Supreme Court refuses to stay CS Karnan’s six-month sentence or give him bail: The retired Calcutta High Court judge will be taken to the city’s Presidency Jail today.
- DMK moves no confidence motion in Tamil Nadu Assembly to demand fresh floor test: The Opposition accused a section of the AIADMK of horse-trading and sought an explanation from the chief minister.
- CBSE board exams may be held in February, not March, starting 2018-19: The chairman of the board, RK Chaturvedi, said the move was suggested as part of reforms to ensure the ‘error-free evaluation’ of answer scripts.
- Paris climate deal would have given India, China a free pass, cost US millions of jobs, says Mike Pence: The vice president said that Trump had, however ‘kept the door open’ to renegotiating the agreement or coming up with a new one.
- 300 pro-Islamic State militants storm school in Philippines, hold students hostage: BIFF militants have been holed up and fighting the Philippines military in Marawi city since May 23.
- US warns ally Saudi Arabia about the Qatar conflict: Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has appointed his son Mohammed bin Salman the heir to the throne.
- International fashion icon Carla Fendi dies at 79: Her Italian luxury brand announced that she had succumbed to an illness, without elaborating.
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