A look at the headlines right now:

  1. States asked to collate details of Rohingya in their region, says Rajnath Singh in Lok Sabha: The Rajya Sabha was adjourned briefly soon after it convened following uproar over Assam’s National Register of Citizens draft list.
  2. Congress social media team member arrested on sexual harassment charges, released on bail: Police had filed a case against Chirag Patnaik on July 3 after a former colleague accused him of sexual harassment.
  3. Narendra Modi congratulates Imran Khan, talks about peace, development in neighbourhood: Khan has reportedly said he will take oath as the Pakistani prime minister on August 11.
  4. TRAI chief RS Sharma advises people against sharing their Aadhaar number publicly: He said there was a sustained campaign under way against Aadhaar and the ‘modus operandi’ was ‘scaremongering’.
  5. Supreme Court reserves order on plea against use of NOTA option in Rajya Sabha elections: Questioning the Election Commission over the provision, the bench said a legislator has to vote according to the whip issued by their party in such polls.
  6. Over 40 lakh people left out of final draft of National Register of Citizens: The final NRC will be published by December 31, the Centre said.
  7. ‘Lynchings are a result of inability to find jobs,’ Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje says in an interview: Angst is spreading everywhere, and people are reacting angrily to their circumstances, she said.
  8. United States elevates India’s trade status, easing export controls on high-technology products: The US administration granted Strategic Trade Authorization Tier 1 status to India, largely accorded to its North Atlantic Treaty Organisation allies.
  9. Malaysian flight MH370 was likely taken off its route deliberately, says investigation report: Instead of giving answers, the report mainly disproved many theories about the aircraft’s disappearance in March 2014.
  10. Lok Sabha passes bill to allow death penalty for those who rape girls below 12: The bill will replace an ordinance promulgated by the government in April.