A look at the top headlines of the day: Issue of judicial vacancies will persist until procedure to appoint judges is changed, says law minister: The government has limited powers over appointments of judges, Kiren Rijiju told the Rajya Sabha. Nirav Modi’s plea to appeal against extradition in UK Supreme Court rejected: The fugitive businessman was arrested in the United Kingdom on March 19, 2019, and has been lodged in London’s Wandsworth jail ever since. ‘China gained a lot over time,’ says former Army chief on LAC status quo: In an interview to ANI, General Manoj Mukund Naravane said the…