A look at the headlines right now:
- Cannot condone the use of pellet guns in Kashmir, says Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in Parliament: The leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha asked the government to differentiate between militants and common people and not target civilians.
- PDP legislator Mohammad Khalil Band in critical condition after reported mob attack: His vehicle overturned after a horde allegedly pelted stones at it, but a state government spokesperson denied any such incident and said it was an accident.
- Five men gangrape Haryana student for the second time in three years: The men kidnapped the 20-year-old from near her college, drove to a nearby place, drugged her and assaulted her before dumping her body in some bushes.
- Three policemen killed in Baton Rouge shooting, suspect identified as an ex-Marine: President Barack Obama said an attack on officers was an attack on 'the rule of law that makes society possible'.
- Separatist Syed Ali Geelani seeks support from UNSC heads, other nations to end Kashmir dispute: He wrote to Pakistan, Turkey and Iran, among other nations and global bodies, saying they have a 'responsibility to intervene, to stop this reign of terror'.
- Beijing to hold three-day military drill in South China Sea, will bar access to part of the region: The exercise will be held near the disputed Paracel and Spratly islands, and entry to the area will be 'prohibited', according to China's maritime authority.
- Supreme Court gives BCCI six months to implement Lodha recommendations: All but one of the panel's suggestions were upheld by the bench, after the cricket board had said they were not feasible.
- NGT bans all diesel vehicles more than 10 years old in Delhi: The green court had earlier asked the registration of 15-year-old vehicles in the capital to be cancelled.
- Cancelling flight, denying boarding to passengers will soon cost domestic airlines massively: The DGCA has revised guidelines and now directed compensation of up to Rs 10,000 for flights that are cancelled or delayed by more than two hours.
- WHO report finds 57% of 'allopathic doctors' in India do not have medical qualifications: A study titled 'The Health Workforce in India' revealed that in 2001, one-third of the practitioners were educated only till secondary school level.
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