India
1.Akhilesh Yadav 'Cycles' away after EC's nod.In what comes as the biggest development in the ongoing feud over the Samajwadi party symbol, the Election Commission has reportedly decided to give the party symbol, ‘cycle’ to Akhilesh Yadav-led SP ahead of the Uttar Pradesh polls.
2.Rahul Gandhi must be on drugs, says Union minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal.Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Monday attacked Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, saying the latter must be on drugs. Kaur’s remarks came in connection to Gandhi’s allegation that 70 per cent of the youth across Punjab are under the influence of addiction.
3.Ambedkar 'bigger leader' than Mahatma Gandhi: Owaisi.Terming B R Ambedkar a "bigger leader" than Mahatma Gandhi, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi has said it was because of the secular and class-free Constitution given by the Dalit icon which has ensured justice in society
4.Minor gan-graped by principal, three teachers in Bihar school.A 12-year-old student of a govt school here was allegedly gangraped by the principal and three teachers, said police on Monday.Principal of Kako Secondary School Aju Ahmed and three teachers -- Atul Rahman, Abdul Bari and Md Shakaut gangraped the girl on Sunday when she was alone in the building, said Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) P K Srivastava.
5.ATM withdrawal limit up at Rs 10,000, weekly limit stays at Rs 24000.In a major relief, the Reserve Bank today more than doubled the daily ATM withdrawal limit to Rs 10,000 but retained the weekly ceiling at Rs 24,000.
6.SC asks government to reply to plea on privacy in social media sites.The Supreme Court today sought responses of the government and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on a plea seeking framing of privacy policy to regulate commercial exploitaion of private communication through social networking sites like WhatsApp and Facebook.
7.Supreme Court permits termination of pregnancy at 24 weeks. The Supreme Court permitted a 22-year-old woman in her 24th week of pregnancy to undergo termination of pregnancy after medical reports found the foetus to be without a skull.
8.Food for troops: Delhi HC refuses urgent hearing on plea.The Delhi High Court today refused urgent hearing on a plea seeking a status report from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) following a BSF soldier's allegation that troopers posted along the LoC were being served poor quality food.
9.J-K opposition stalls Assembly, demands compensation for unrest deaths.Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly witnessed noisy scenes today as the opposition members stormed the Well of the House accusing the PDP-BJP government of adopting double standard on the issue of compensation to those killed during unrest in the Valley last summer.
10.Modi impinging upon autonomy of institutions like RBI: Rahul.Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of impinging upon the autonomy of institutions like the RBI, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi today said the Central Bank's Governor was informed of his decision on demonetisation just a day before the move.
11.Mehbooba Mufti announces compensation for 2008 Amarnath agitation victims.Asserting that Article 370, which grants special status to J&K, secures State’s pluralistic ethos, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti, on Monday announced exgratia relief to those people who were killed during Amarnath land row agitation in 2008.
12.GST roll-out deferred to July 1.In a major breakthrough, the Centre and states today reached a consensus on sharing powers for control over tax payers under GST but the new indirect tax regime will now be rolled out from July 1 instead of previously planned April 1.


World
1.Kyrgyzstan blames pilot error for Turkish cargo plane hitting village.A cargo plane attempting to land in thick fog crashed Monday into a village near Kyrgyzstan's main airport and killed at least 37 people, with authorities blaming "pilot error". 
2.South Korea seeks arrest of Samsung scion in graft scandal . In a departure from the leniency typically given South Korean big businesses, prosecutors on Monday requested the arrest of the de facto head of Samsung Electronics, the country's most valuable company, in an influence-peddling scandal that has toppled the country's president.
3.German ministers reject Trump remarks on car tariffs .Senior German officials reacted with surprise and defiance Monday to comments made by President-elect Donald Trump, who said in an interview that NATO was "obsolete" and threatened Germany's automakers with hefty import taxes.
4.Iraqi troops advance in eastern Mosul amid fierce clashes .Iraqi special forces troops began battling Islamic State militants in two eastern Mosul neighbourhoods Monday as they continued their push toward the Tigris River which divides the city, according to Iraqi media reports and field commanders.
5.Oman says it accepts 10 Guantanamo Bay detainees .Oman said Monday it accepted 10 detainees from the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay ahead of President Barack Obama leaving office, part of his efforts to shrink the facility he promised to close.The U.S. Defense Department did not immediately respond to questions about the transfer.
6.Qatari fuel arrives in Gaza, helping to ease power crisis .Fuel from Qatar arrived in the Gaza Strip on Monday, helping to ease a crippling power shortage that has sparked rare demonstrations against the territory's Hamas rulers, who have responded with a crackdown on protesters.
7.'One China principle' not negotiable, China tells Trump .Responding to remarks by Donald Trump, China's Foreign Ministry on Monday said the country's "one-China principle" regarding Taiwan is not negotiable and any attempt to reconsider the issue would be self-defeating.
8.Trump was a 'change candidate', don't underestimate him: Obama.US President Barack Obama has said Donald Trump was a "change candidate" and cautioned people against underestimating the President-elect, even as he
acknowledged that it has been an "unusual" transition.
9.Very important lessons learnt from Khobragade incident: US. The Indo-US diplomatic crisis that erupted in 2013 with the arrest of woman diplomat Devyani Khobragade was not only a "low point" in ties but both sides learnt "very important lessons" from it, a top official of the outgoing Obama administration has said.



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