A look at the headlines right now:
- Delhi Police start questioning students to trace source of the CBSE question papers leaked: The board complained to the police that the person who runs a coaching centre in New Delhi’s Rajinder Nagar locality could be behind the leak.
- Uttar Pradesh government says state records must use BR Ambedkar’s middle name ‘Ramji’ too: The spelling of his name in Hindi will also be slightly altered so it is pronounced ‘Aambedkar’.
- RBI fines ICICI Bank Rs 58.9 crore for violating bond sale guidelines: This is the highest penalty that the central bank has imposed on a lender for a single incident.
- 18,591 cups of tea served in Maharashtra chief minister’s office every day, claims Congress: The party’s Mumbai unit chief Sanjay Nirupam called it a ‘tea scam’, and claimed it cost the state over Rs 3.4 crore in 2017-’18.
- Investment company Softbank is mediating talks on Ola-Uber merger talks, say reports: The two ride-hailing companies have been in discussions for a year, and the deal may be completed in a couple of months.
- Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by the Taliban in 2012: The details of her visit have been kept under wraps for security reasons, but she is expected to meet Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbas during her trip.
- Centre seeks report on Ram Navami violence from West Bengal, spares Bihar: The Home Ministry has sought details from the Mamata Banerjee government of the steps taken to restore normalcy and action taken against those involved.
- Four men arrested for leaking Staff Selection Commission exam paper in police custody for a week: A joint team of the Uttar Pradesh Police and the Delhi Police arrested the accused on Tuesday from the Capital.
- IndiGo aircraft’s tyre bursts while landing at Hyderabad airport, passengers evacuated: Some on board argued with the flight’s crew about the doors not opening quickly for de-boarding.
- Employment fell in India between 2014 and 2016 even as the economy grew, finds study: Data from an RBI-supported research project found that jobs in India reduced by 0.1% in 2015-’16 and 0.2% in 2104-’15.
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