#  INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. Being battle ready    pg  12

#  ECONOMY

1. Income disparity in rural household   pg  09
2. Settlement in derivatives to attract same STT as equities   pg  13
3. EESL to get $300 mn from World Bank   pg  13

#  ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY

1. India’s most polluted: 30% have no clean plan   pg  01
2. Villagers resent loss of high value cattle   pg  05
3. Millions risk malnutrition as CO2 levels climb: study   pg  18
4. Traffic noises make birds age faster, cuts lifespan   pg  18

#  POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1. Government scraps scientific panels, forms council   pg  11

#  SOCIAL ISSUES

1. SC finds audit of child shelters ‘frightening’   pg  01
2. The path to gender parity   pg  02
3. Kudumbashree members clean Kerala   pg  07

#  SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Manned space mission before 75th I-day : ISRO chief   pg  07
2. Google to go local with technology, products   pg  13
3. Leading journalist join call for EU copyright reform   pg  18

#  HISTORY AND CULTURE

1. From unemployment to weaver shortage (Bathukamma sarees)   pg  05
2. The Indian National Congress   pg  09
3. For a good harvest   pg  18

#  EDITORIAL OF THE DAY

1. Easing tensions (International relations)   pg  08

#  ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. The final frontier of populism? (polity & governance)   pg  08
2. Pieces of the Asian dream (International Relations)     pg  08