A look at the headlines right now:

  1. India ignored international law by stopping China’s construction activities in Sikkim, says Xinhua: In an editorial, the Chinese state-run agency said the move had cast a shadow over bilateral relations.
  2. Security forces hunt for trapped militants in J&K’s Malangpora area in Pulwama: Villagers, however, tried to disrupt the joint search operation conducted by the Army, local police and CRPF.
  3. Saudi-led bloc agrees to Kuwait’s request, gives Qatar 48 more hours to accept demands: Qatar had been given time till Sunday midnight to comply with the list of 13 demands made by four Arab states.
  4. Donald Trump posts WWE-inspired video of him violently assaulting ‘fake news’ CNN: The news organisation described the tweet as ‘juvenile behaviour far below the dignity of his office’.
  5. Tamil Film Producers Council is against the theatres’ strike over unclear tax rates: The body warned that producers of films that were recently released or are awaiting release ‘will be gravely affected’.
  6. Hindu-Muslim riots, caste conflicts should be excluded from school textbooks, says ICSSR chief: Braj Bihari Kumar said universities like JNU had become a ‘nurturing ground’ for activists.
  7. India denied consular access to Kulbhushan Jadhav for the 18th time: Pakistan’s Foreign Office said India was suppressing facts by calling the former naval officer a ‘common prisoner’.
  8. Shift all Aadhaar enrolment centres to government premises by August 31, UIDAI tells states: The agency believes the move will ensure direct supervision of the process and tighter control over private agencies.
  9. Top Jet Airways official arrested in Ghaziabad for allegedly encroaching on civic body’s land: Authorities of the Sahihabad Nagar Nigam said that when the 5,690-sqm plot was examined on May 30, 954 sqm of it was found occupied illegally.
  10. Woman attempts to smuggle in pork sausages from India, sentenced to community service in New Zealand: The government department responsible for protecting the border wanted her to pay at least NZ$20,000 in fine.