A look at the biggest stories right now:
1. Politicians should not comment on Raghuram Rajan’s reappointment, says Assocham: The industry body’s comments come after BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has repeatedly called for the sacking of the RBI Governor.
2. Sunrisers Hyderabad win against Gujarat Lions, move into IPL final: An unbeaten 93 off just 58 balls from David Warner helped the Sunrisers chase the Lions' total of 162/7 with four wickets in hand.
3. Lalu Prasad Yadav proposes a ‘federal front’ after Mamata Banerjee is sworn in as West Bengal chief minister: The Rashtriya Janata Dal leader was joined by National Conference chief Farooq Abdullah in his call for a new alliance against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.
4. Missing files in Ishrat Jahan case still not found: Additional secretary BK Prasad, who is investigating the issue, told the Home Ministry he has not been able to locate the missing files relating to the alleged fake encounter.
5. Rahul Gandhi to lead torch procession against AAP, BJP in Delhi: The Congress vice-president is protesting against the water and power crisis in the capital.
6. Tata group forays into e-commerce, launches TataCLiQ.com: The website will sell electronics, footwear and apparel among other things.
7. Barack Obama becomes first American president to visit Hiroshima: He said the world has a shared responsibility to prevent such disasters from happening again, but said his visit was meant to honour victims and not apologise for the nuclear bombing.
8. Flipkart value cut by Morgan Stanley for second straight quarter: The mutual fund has marked down the price of its shares in the company by 15.5%, which takes the online retailer’s value to below $10 billion.
9. Rafael Nadal drops out of French Open: The nine-time winner of the tournament said he had a wrist injury that would not allow him to play further, while Andy Murray wins against Ivo Karlovic.
10. Thirty-three men gang-rape 16-year-old in Rio de Janeiro: The assault, which lasted more than 36 hours, comes around two months before the Olympics begin in the Brazilian city.
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