A look at the headlines right now:

  1. GST is not the achievement of any one party or government, says Modi at launch of tax regime: The Goods and Services Tax was launched by the prime minister and the president in Parliament’s Central Hall at midnight.  
  2. Former doctor kills one, injures six others in New York’s Bronx hospital shooting: The gunman later shot himself dead after a failed self-immolation bid.  
  3. Dhoni and spinners guide India to yet another easy win over West Indies: Kuldeep Yadav and Ashwin Ravichandran took three wickets each.  
  4. Mid-air collision averted after IndiGo and BSF aircraft came perilously close over Jammu and Kashmir: While Union Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi was on board the BSF aircraft, there were about 180 passengers on the IndiGo flight.  
  5. Kailash Mansarovar Yatra through Nathu La pass cancelled as India-China border standoff continues: New Delhi counters Beijing’s claim about ‘transgression’, calls for restraint.
  6. Senior advocate KK Venugopal to succeed Mukul Rohatgi as attorney general: President Pranab Mukherjee has approved his appointment.
  7. Delhi receives highest rainfall in June in 10 years, but Met Department says monsoon yet to arrive: The rains are expected to hit the national Capital only by July 2 or later.
  8. Watchdog says banned sarin gas was used in April’s deadly attack in Syria’s Idlib province: However, the report by the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons did not attribute responsibility to any party for the strike.
  9. Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan in a soup over comments against Army, faces two police complaints: The controversial politician had said security forces commit excesses, forcing ‘women to chop off their private parts’.
  10. Germany legalises same-sex marriage, Chancellor Angela Merkel votes against the Bill: The Bill grants full marital rights, including child adoption, to gay and lesbian couples.