A look at the headlines right now:
- Day after Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu says TDP ministers will resign from the Union Cabinet, BJP members quit state Cabinet: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley’s said the state can get a ‘special package’, but not special category status.
- Dawood Ibrahim aide and 1993 Mumbai serial blasts accused Mohamed Farooq extradited from Dubai: He will be produced before the Terrorist and Disruptive Activities court in Mumbai around 11 am on Thursday.
- Cabinet clears 2% increase in dearness allowance for central government employees: The move, expected to benefit about 48.41 lakh central government employees and 61.17 lakh pensioners, will be effective from January 1, 2018.
- UN human rights chief says he is disturbed by discrimination against Dalits, Muslims in India: Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein said he is concerned that criticism of the government is met by claims that it constitutes sedition or a threat to national security.
- Karnataka Lokayukta Justice PV Shetty stabbed inside his office in Bengaluru: He is in hospital and is now in a stable condition.
- Architect Balkrishna Vithaldas Doshi becomes the first Indian to win Pritzker Prize: It is the most prestigious award in the field of architecture.
- One student killed, another injured in shooting at high school in Alabama: The police said they were considering it a case of accidental shooting currently.
- BR Ambedkar’s statue vandalised in Meerut, six detained in Kolkata for damaging Jana Sangh leader’s bust: The Madras High Court toldthe Tamil Nadu government to protect statues of all leaders after Periyar’s bust was defaced in Vellore.
- Google Doodle shares stories of 12 female artists from across the world on International Women’s Day: The company said it had translated each story in more than 80 languages.
- Aadhaar not mandatory to apply for any national examination, rules Supreme Court: The bench on Wednesday heard a plea against the requirement of Aadhaar for students applying for NEET this year.
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