# POLITY & GOVERNANCE
1. A new framework around caste and the census pg 06
2. A.P. challenges HC order to hold polls pg 08

# INTERNATIONAL RELATION
1. India proposes to expand research, tourism in the Arctic pg 10
2. Biden respects successful India-U.S. ties: WH pg 13

# SOCIAL ISSUES
1. Flu among the feathers (Health & Disease) pg 07
2. Covaxin’s efficacy against U.K. strain not proven yet pg 09

# ECONOMY
1. RBI moots scale-based tighter regulatory framework for NBFCs pg 14
2. ‘Pandemic pushes States’ borrowings up by 82.5%’ pg 14

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY
1. Helpful pause (Polity & Governance) pg 06

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY
1. A pick between dark politics or collective resistance (Polity & Governance) pg 06