A look at the headlines right now:
- Supreme Court refuses to stay its order on SC/ST Act, asks all parties to file detailed replies: A two-judge bench was hearing a plea against the order a day after at least nine people died and hundreds of others were detained during protests in several states.
- PM Narendra Modi orders retraction of Centre’s order on regulation of fake news: Website promoted by ministers questioning news stories linked to Modi’s Exam Warriors book, a report said.
- CBSE decides against re-test for Class 10 mathematics paper: School Education Secretary Anil Swarup said the decision was taken ‘keeping in mind the paramount interest of students’.
- Both Houses adjourned for the day, Rajnath Singh briefs MPs on Dalit protests amid din: The home minister urged citizens and members to maintain peace in the aftermath of Monday’s violence.
- UP Police detain RSS leader mistaking him for a Dalit protestor, apologise after ‘realising mistake’: Rakesh Sinha, a Delhi University professor, said the police shoved him into a jeep and allegedly verbally abused him until they confirmed his identity.
- AIADMK workers begin hunger strike in protest against Centre’s delay in setting up Cauvery board: Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam also joined a protest in Chennai.
- Puducherry Lt Governor Kiran Bedi asks PM Modi to set up Cauvery management board immediately: Her letter to the prime minister follows the chief minister’s announcement to file a contempt plea against the Centre on the matter.
- US President Donald Trump has invited Vladimir Putin to the White House, says Kremlin: Russia first revealed the invitation, indicating it may be trying to move beyond the US diplomatic expulsions in response to attack on an ex-Russian spy in UK.
- IAF helicopter catches fire after crash landing at helipad near Kedarnath temple: Four people, including the pilot, suffered minor injuries.
- Armed men shoot dead four members of Christian family in Pakistan’s Quetta: The police said the attack was a targeted one and an act of terrorism.
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