# INDIAN ECONOMY
i. Core sector growth climbs to five-month high at 4.9% in Aug.    pg – 13
ii. Manufacturing PMI stuck at 51.2: Nikkei    pg – 13
iii. ‘Recovery in energy demand not abiding’    pg – 13
iv. ‘India’s main challenge will be finding jobs amid automation’    pg – 14
v. China’s value-chain climb to help India, others: Fitch    pg – 14

# INTERNATIONAL
i. India set to ink $4.5-bn credit deal with Bangladesh    pg – 10

# POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
i. SC issues notice on donation to parties    pg – 11

# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY
i. 3-fold rise in extreme rainfall events in Central India    pg – 18

# SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
i. Cosmic chirps    pg – 01
ii. Submarine Khanderi begins sea trials    pg – 11
iii. Bakshali, Jambudvipa and India’s role in science    pg – 12
iv. U.S. trio wins Physics Nobel for gravitational waves    pg – 18

# SOCIAL ISSUE
i. Untrained teachers can now access training material    pg – 07
ii. Food for thought (Data Point)    pg – 09

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY
i. In need of a psycho-economic boost (Economy)    pg – 08
ii. Awaiting police reforms (Governance)    pg – 09

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY
i. The cold facts (Health)    pg – 08

# PERSONALITY IN NEWS
i. Soumya Swaminathan WHO Dy.DG   pg – 07