dna Morning Must Reads: Kejriwal sacks Sandeep Kumar, John Kerry extends stay and more

Arvind Kejriwal sacks minister Sandeep Kumar over 'objectionable' CD

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday sacked his women and child development and social welfare minister, Sandeep Kumar, after receiving an "objectionable CD" of him. Kejriwal announced the decision on Twitter. Read full story

John Kerry extends stay, will now fly to China: Diplomatic message to Beijing?

US secretary of state John Kerry's decision to extend his stay by two more days has sent plans of officials both at the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) as well at American Embassy haywire. Originally, Kerry was supposed to leave at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, but rescheduled his departure after concluding last official engagement of meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Read more

Brazil's Rousseff ousted by Senate, Temer sworn in; impeachment opens diplomatic rift

The Brazilian Senate voted 61-20 to convict the country's first female president, Dilma Rousseff, of illegally using money from state banks to bankroll public spending. The vote ended 13 years of progressive Workers Party rule and brought to power her conservative former vice president, Michel Temer. Read details

Law ministry advises Centre to tread cautiously against Zakir Naik

Equipped with the latest legal opinion, the Centre has decided to tread cautiously against televangelist Zakir Naik and his NGOs, the Islamic Research Foundation (IRF) and IRF Educational Trust. According to highly placed sources, a legal opinion from the law ministry has advised the union home ministry to go deeper and examine more speeches of Zakir Naik in detail as the evidence produced until now is insufficient to proceed against Naik and his NGO. Read more

Tata Power, Javelin JV to develop, produce anti-armour missile system

Tata Power has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with US-based Javelin Joint Venture for its Strategic Engineering Division (SED) to explore development and production of anti-armour missile system. The Javelin Joint Venture is a partnership between Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin. Read details