A look at the headlines right now:
- ‘Make with India’ initiative is Israel’s priority, says PM Benjamin Netanyahu during Modi’s visit: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister to visit the West Asian country.
- Centre sends paramilitary troops after communal clashes break out in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas: This triggered a spat between Mamata Banerjee and Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi with the chief minister accusing the latter of insulting her.
- Achal Kumar Jyoti is the new chief election commissioner: A 1975 batch IAS officer, Jyoti was the Chief Secretary of Gujarat until January 2013.
- Give citizens with ‘genuine reasons’ another chance to deposit demonetised notes, SC tells Centre: The division bench has directed the government to file an affidavit in the case within two weeks.
- Cow protection is sacred, lynching in the name of cow protection is not, says BJP general secretary: The Shiv Sena has also condemned incidents of cow-related violence.
- Stores along denotified highways in cities can sell alcohol, says Supreme Court: NGO Arrive Safe Society of Chandigarh had accused the administration of mocking the apex court’s order.
- Data glitch triggers stock market confusion, shares of Amazon, Apple and Microsoft go haywire: The error reset the prices at $123.47 and also made them jump and plummet.
- Sri Ram Sene chief booked for saying Bengaluru temple that held iftar party must be ‘cleansed’: The controversial right-wing leader is believed to have threatened violence if any Islamic practices were conducted on Hindu premises.
- Boko Haram militants kidnap 37 women, slit throats of nine people in Niger village: The attack took place at the village of Ngalewa, near the border with Nigeria.
- Microsoft may lay off thousands of employees as it shifts its focus to cloud computing, say Reports: The tech giant has yet to confirm the news, though a spokesperson said the company was ‘implementing changes to better serve customers’.
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