A look at the headlines right now:
- Amit Shah’s son files defamation case against news portal, hearing on October 11: Siddharth Varadarajan, the founding editor of ‘The Wire’, said they ‘won’t be intimidated by the Modi government’s attack on media freedom’.
- No sale of firecrackers in Delhi and NCR this Diwali, says Supreme Court: The apex court said it wants to assess the difference in air quality in the highly polluted region.
- Richard H Thaler gets Nobel for his contribution to behavioural economics: He is a professor of Behavioural Science and Economics at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
- Centre has no plans to remove ‘Muslim’ and ‘Hindu’ from AMU, BHU names, clarifies Prakash Javadekar: The suggestion was made to ensure that the secular nature of the universities is clear, an official had said.
- Nigerian national accused of theft tied to a pole, beaten up in Delhi’s Malviya Nagar: The man was handed over to the police with injuries to his head, face and limbs.
- CPI(M) has ‘anti-national sentiments’, says Kiren Rijiju on political violence in Kerala: The Union minister of state for home said that had the Congress been in power at the Centre, President’s Rule would have been imposed in the state.
- Red Cross to cut down on its operations in Afghanistan after repeated attacks on aid workers: However, it is not yet clear how many of its 1,800 staff would be affected by the decision.
- Former Jharkhand minister arrested in connection with murder of legislator in 2008: The National Investigation Agency said Gopal Patar had conspired with Naxalites to kill Ramesh Munda.
- Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant killed in gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian: Meanwhile, the forces also gunned down a top Jaish-e-Mohammad commander in Sopore.
- Ready to join India in efforts to maintain peace along the border, says China: Beijing’s statement comes a day after Nirmala Sitharaman’s maiden visit Nathu La border post in Sikkim.
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