A look at the headlines right now:

  1. Four dead, 16 injured after fire breaks out at residential building in Parel area of Mumbai: The building’s fire fighting system was not working, said the deputy chief fire officer.   
  2. Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Gurudas Kamat dies at 63: He had also served as the president of the party’s Mumbai unit.   
  3. India may turn down UAE’s Rs 700-crore offer and other foreign aid for Kerala, say reports: The Ministry of External Affairs is yet to announce its stance on the matter.   
  4. Two Donald Trump aides found guilty of fraud, US president implicated: Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen pleaded guilty in a New York court to eight counts of making illegal campaign contributions.   
  5. Pakistan withdraws all political censorship in state-run media outlets: Information Minister Chaudhary Fawad Hussain said the development was part of Prime Minister Imran Khan’s vision.   
  6. UIDAI warns citizens against sharing Aadhaar number in public: The Aadhaar authority said people do not share their debit, credit or PAN card number openly.   
  7. Centre pushes for ‘green crackers’ this Diwali, opposes plea in Supreme Court for blanket ban: The top court was hearing several petitions that demanded a ban on the use, manufacture, licensing, sale, resale or distribution of firecrackers.   
  8. Facebook, Twitter take action against hundreds of accounts linked to Iran, Russia ahead of US polls: While Facebook removed 652 pages, groups and accounts, Twitter blocked 284 accounts.   
  9. Kerala likely to get cyclone warning centre within a month after ‘severe weather events’ hit region: The facility will come up in Thiruvananthapuram.  
  10. The thickest parts of the Arctic sea ice are moving away from the Greenland coast, say scientists: Warm winds and heatwave have led to an unprecedented breaking up of the ice twice this year already.