The Biggest Stories of January 18, 2017

Thousands of people, mostly students and young professionals, have gathered since last night at Chennai's famous Marina Beach in protest to bring back Jallikattu or the bull-taming festival. They have refused to leave till the ban on Jallikattu is lifted; Urjit Patel, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India, today told a parliamentary committee that since the notes ban was introduced in November, 9.2 lakh crores (about $135 billion dollars) of new currency notes have been introduced to help replace the bills that were abolished; Movie star Salman Khan was given the benefit of doubt today by a court in Rajasthan's Jodhpur, which held him "not guilty" of keeping an unlicensed weapon and using it during an alleged deer hunt in 1998. He had been charged under the Arms Act as part of several cases linked to the poaching of blackbuck; all this and more in our news wrap of the day.