A look at the headlines right now:

  1. China to impose retaliatory import duties on over 600 items after US announces trade tariffs: The Chinese Commerce Ministry also said it will scrap deals to narrow Beijing’s trade surplus by purchasing more US goods.
  2. SIT says sixth suspect in Gauri Lankesh murder shot journalist with a country-made pistol: The police said Parashuram Waghmare told the investigation team that the gun was handed to him just a day before the murder.   
  3. India’s trade deficit widens to four-month high in May as imports surge by nearly 15%: However, exports grew by 20.18% last month, compared to just 5.17% in April.   
  4. One civilian killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag as youths clash with security forces: 16 protestors were injured as police used tear gas and fired pellets at them.   
  5. Man allegedly abducts, rapes and kills one-year-old girl in Pune, arrested: Malhari Bansode kidnapped the baby while she was sleeping next to her parents on the roadside in Loni Kalbhor village.   
  6. Will release 20,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu, says Karnataka chief minister: HD Kumaraswamy said his state would be able to give Tamil Nadu its full share of water if the monsoon continued to bring heavy rain.
  7. Rajiv Gandhi assassination convict Perarivalan’s mother wants mercy killing for her son: Arputhammal demanded euthanasia for AG Perarivalan after President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the Tamil Nadu government’s request to release the prisoners.    
  8. Trump says he wishes Americans ‘sit up at attention’ for him like North Koreans do for Kim Jong-un: Later, the United States president claimed he was joking.   
  9. Afghan security forces, Taliban militants celebrate Eid together after ceasefire: Deputy Interior Minister Masood Azizi said the ceasefire had held throughout the country so far.   
  10. UK court asks Vijay Mallya to pay consortium of Indian banks at least Rs 1.8 crore in legal fees: The businessman is accused of wilfully defaulting on about Rs 9,380 crore in loans for his now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines.