Here's a quick glance at today's top stories:
1. >EPFO puts new withdrawal norms on hold till July 31
Facing protests in several parts of the country, the government today kept in abeyance for three more months the proposed move to bar withdrawal of employers' contribution to the provident fund corpus until an employee attains the age of 58.
2. >TN diocese faces U.S case for reinstating convicted priest
Joseph Jeyapaul had served a year in jail in the U.S after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 16-year old girl while working in the Diocese of Crookston, Minnesota.
3. > It is tricky times for tennis: Djokovic
Tennis is going through “tricky” times amid the swirling “rumours” of doping and betting, concedes Novak Djokovic but the World No.1 says he would not question the sport’s integrity till the time concrete evidence is presented to prove wrongdoing.
4. >Explaining Ola and Uber's surge pricing
Uber says surge pricing is to ensure there are more taxis on the roads. But is that really so?
5. >AP, Reuters, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners
The Associated Press won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for reporting on abuse in the seafood industry that helped free 2,000 slave labourers, and Reuters and The New York Times shared the breaking news photography award for images of the European refugee crisis.
6. >Don’t bar TASMAC, regulate it
Total prohibition has never worked. It is time for political parties in Tamil Nadu to have a Plan B.
7. > Rishivandhiyam no longer Captain’s pitch
A pattern in the choice of DMDK leader Vijayakant’s constituencies is slowly emerging. After Vriddhachalam in 2006, Mr. Vijayakant moved to the neighbouring Rishivandhiyam in 2011. On Monday, the party announced that he would contest from Ulundurpet, hardly a few km from Rishivandhiyam.
8. >When you’re at the top, you’re just waiting to be replaced, says Samantha
Samantha doesn’t believe in mincing words. Ask her about her goals while she was growing up and she says, quite bluntly, ‘making money’. Ask her about doing women-centric films aimed at critical acclaim, and she says that she’d rather see box-office collections. >
9. WATCH : >Who are the Houthis and why is Saudi Arabia fighting them in Yemen? The Saudi-Yemen crisis explained in under 3 minutes.
10.In pictures: >The European migrant crisis' Pulitzer connect
