A look at the headlines right now:
- After NSG row, Chinese daily says India is a 'spoilt' and 'smug' nation backed by the West: An editorial in the Global Times argued that it was the rules, and not China, that prevented India from becoming a member of the group.
- New GST Bill will hold social media platforms responsible for the content they publish: The Internet and Mobile Association of India said with the new law, 'doing business in India just got complicated for Internet Service providers’.
- World No 1 golfer Jason Day withdraws from Rio Olympics citing Zika virus threat: The 28-year old Australian made the announcement on his official Twitter page.
- Nine more judges suspended in Telangana over demand for a separate high court: The president and secretary of the Telangana Judges Association were suspended on Monday.
- Woman kills self in Tamil Nadu after a morphed picture of her circulates on Facebook: Police said they have requested the social networking site to share details of the person who posted the photo.
- Special NIA court rejects Sadhvi Pragya's bail plea in 2008 Malegaon case: The investigating agency had filed a chargesheet in March giving a clean chit to her and five other accused in the case, citing lack of evidence.
- Aam Aadmi Party will win 35 out of 40 seats in Goa Assembly elections, says Arvind Kejriwal: The Delhi Chief Minister said the party's main agenda will be to deal with problems of corruption and substance abuse in the state.
- Volkswagen reaches $14.7-billion settlement in emission cheating scandal: The German automaker will either repay or buy back the polluting diesel vehicles and pay each owner $10,000.
- Ikea recalls 29 million chests and drawers after some fell on toddlers and killed them: The Swedish furniture giant has offered customers refunds and warned them to mount the items to walls if they still wish to keep them.
- J Jayalalithaa holds emergency meeting to look into law and order situation after Infosys techie’s murder: The victim's father said those present at the scene did not help his daughter, who bled for more than two hours before the police arrived.
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