A look at the headlines right now:
- PM Narendra Modi says G20 members should ban leaders of nations supporting militancy: At least 76 police officers injured in anti-G20 protests in Hamburg, say officials
- BJP tells Nitish Kumar after CBI raids to end alliance with Lalu Prasad Yadav: Government, BJP have no role in CBI raids against Lalu Yadav, says Venkaiah Naidu
- Supreme Court stays counselling, admissions to IITs over grace marks controversy: The apex court directed all high courts not to entertain any plea on the matter.
- Constitution bench should decide on Aadhaar-related cases, says Supreme Court: The top court asked the Centre and petitioners to urge the chief justice of India to set up the proposed panel.
- Maharashtra Police to start using meat detection kits from August, say Reports: A single kit can test at least 1,000 samples of meat, a senior police officer said.
- One of the world’s biggest icebergs is about to break off from shelf in Antarctica: While some scientists believe that the split may be a sign of global warming, others disagree.
- Prevent farmer suicides instead of distributing compensation, SC tells Tamil Nadu government: Attorney General KK Venugopal recuses himself from Tamil Nadu Assembly trust vote case.
- RBI limits customer liability in online fraud cases, directs banks to register all for SMS alerts: The central bank said people cannot be made liable at all if they report unauthorised transactions within three working days.
- Why should CJI, governors be exempted from RTI queries, asks Supreme Court: Ganga, Yamuna lose living entity status as Supreme Court stays Uttarakhand HC order.
- Microsoft confirms thousands of layoffs, mostly outside the US: The tech giant is shifting its sales strategy to focus more on cloud services than on its traditional server and desktop business.
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