A look at the headlines right now:

  1. PM Narendra Modi inaugurates expressway that could relieve Delhi of 2 lakh vehicles daily:The prime minister also accused the Congress of acting as an ‘obstacle’ in the development of the country.
  2. ‘All regional parties are uniting to defeat the BJP,’ says Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu: Naidu said these parties will be kingmakers after the Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
  3. Bringing petroleum products under GST will not lower fuel prices, says Bihar deputy CM: Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan had said the Centre was considering bringing petrol and diesel under the new tax regime.
  4. Demonetisation didn’t have enough benefits as banks did not implement it properly, says Nitish Kumar: The Bihar chief minister also criticised bankers for being strict with small-scale borrowers but failing to prevent large loan defaults.
  5. North, South Korea leaders hold surprise summit in effort to save US meet: Kim Jong-un has expressed his ‘fixed will’ for the North Korea-United States meeting to go ahead.
  6. Ireland votes overwhelmingly to repeal anti-abortion law: One of the cases from Ireland that caught global attention was that of 31-year-old dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died of septicaemia in 2012.
  7. India is ready to hold talks if Pakistan shows initiative, Rajnath Singh tells Indian Express: The government may extend the ‘ceasefire’ in Kashmir even after Ramzan if the situation remains peaceful, the home minister said.
  8. Panel investigating Jayalalithaa’s death releases her last-known audio clips from hospital: Opposition leader MK Stalin said the government was using the panel to divert attention from the deaths in Thoothukudi.
  9. Pakistan general election to be held on July 25: The incumbent government’s tenure ends on May 31, but talks between the prime minister and Assembly speaker to name a caretaker PM have been deadlocked.
  10. Cyclone Mekunu kills four in Oman, seven on Yemen’s Socotra island: Many people are missing, while over 230 families have been relocated to better buildings and other locations in Socotra.