A look at the headlines right now:

  1. President Ram Nath Kovind signs ordinance to allow death penalty for those who rape girls below 12: The minimum punishment for the rape of girls below 16 has been increased from 10 years to 20 years.
  2. Siddaramaiah to contest Karnataka Assembly elections from two constituencies: Besides Chamundeshwari in Mysuru, the chief minister will also contest from Badami in North Karnataka.
  3. 17-year-old kills his two-month-old baby in Delhi after suspecting he was not his biological father: Meanwhile, the Delhi Police arrested a merchant navy officer for allegedly stalking and harassing five women.
  4. Nine killed, dozens injured in Kabul suicide bombing: The blast took place at a voter registration centre in Dasht-e-Barchi locality.
  5. Police refute report questioning whether eight-year-old was raped in Kathua case: A Hindi daily had claimed that medical tests had not found any trace of sperm.
  6. World’s oldest person, a 117-year-old Japanese woman, dies: Nabi Tajima became the oldest person in the world after the death of Jamaican Violet Brown in September.
  7. Investigation on after pharma company allegedly conducts human clinical trials of new drug in Jaipur: The labourers were reportedly admitted to hospital as their health deteriorated after they were administered the drug on March 19.
  8. To mark Earth Day, today’s Google Doodle has a message from conservationist Jane Goodall: In the video, the ethologist says she hopes the doodle ‘reminds people across the globe that there is still so much in the world worth fighting for’.
  9. Kerala Police arrest former RSS worker, four others for hoax call for shutdown against Kathua rape: Their message spread on social media, and the shutdown led to several incidents of violence across the state on April 16.
  10. Linking bank accounts with Aadhaar mandatory if the Centre gives a deadline, says RBI: In March, the Supreme Court had indefinitely extended the deadline to link Aadhaar with bank accounts.