A look at the headlines right now:
- India raises import duties on several US products in retaliation to hefty tariffs: Some of the new rates will be effective immediately, and others from August 4, the government said.
- Modi kicks off International Yoga Day in Uttarakhand: Several Union ministers are expected to mark the event in different parts of the country.
- Passport officer in Lucknow allegedly harasses interfaith couple, asks man to convert to Hinduism: The officer allegedly asked the woman to change her name in all her documents or her passport application would be rejected.
- At least 15 killed as tractor hits car in Morena district of Madhya Pradesh: The tractor was allegedly carrying illegally mined sand.
- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gives birth to a girl: Ardern is only the second elected leader to give birth while in office, the first being former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
- Seventy-second witness in Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case turns hostile: Sheikh was a wanted criminal who was killed by the Gujarat Police in an encounter, which is alleged to have been staged, in 2005.
- YouTube channel of government’s media unit back online five days after being blocked: A YouTube India official said videos on some sites were blocked as the company was updating its partner agreements.
- Lawyer arrested for role in protests against Sterlite plant in Thoothukudi: The Madras High Court had on Monday dismissed S Vanchinathan’s petition for anticipatory bail.
- United States President Donald Trump signs executive order to keep migrant families together: The order instructs officials to continue its ‘zero-tolerance’ policy, but asks them to maintain family unity.
- New Panama Papers ‘leak’ includes 12,000 documents linking Indians to secret tax havens: The files show that Mossack Fonseca served a notice to actor Amitabh Bachchan, naming him the a director of a firm from which it threatened to resign as agent.
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