A look at the headlines right now:
- Centre considering unions’ demand to hike minimum wage further after 7th Pay Commission announcement: According to the workers' representatives, entry-level salaries should be at least Rs 26,000, and not Rs 18,000 as promised by the government.
- Priyanka Gandhi will lead 150 rallies across Uttar Pradesh, says Congress: While there was no confirmation on whether she will be the party's chief ministerial candidate, her campaign role has been broadened exponentially.
- Thousands of anti-Brexit protestors march through London's streets: More than 35,000 people were believed to have joined the demonstration, carrying posters declaring, 'We are all immigrants' and 'Bremain'.
- Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel, who survived Auschwitz, dies: After losing his mother, father and younger sister in Nazi concentration camps, the Romanian-American wrote widely about the Holocaust.
- India draw 3-3 against Argentina in Six Nations Hockey: Ramandeep Singh and Devindar Walmiki helped India fight back from a 1-3 deficit.
- Reserve Bank of India should also be audited, says CAG chief: Shashi Kant Sharma said in light of the high number of financial fraud cases, the audit should examine the financial sector’s risks and vulnerabilities closely.
- Indian teenager among 20 victims in Dhaka terror attack, confirms Sushma Swaraj: Tarishi Jain was a 19-year-old student enrolled at Berkeley.
- World No 1 Novak Djokovic crashes out of Wimbledon 2016 in the third round: The Serb lost 6-7 1-6 6-3 7-6 in a rain-interrupted match to United States of America's Sam Querrey.
- Rajasthan MLA's son reportedly drives BMW into auto, kills three: The car, belonging to BJP legislator Nand Kishor, then hit a Police Control Room van and injured four more people.
- 14 bodies recovered so far after Uttarakhand cloudburst, weather hampers rescue operations: The death toll in Pithoragarh district alone has risen to nine, and the Met department issued a warning for several areas on Saturday.
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