# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. India signs landmark defence pact with U.S   pg – 01
2. India’s interest secured in new pact: officials  pg – 10

# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY

1. Plantation sector may have suffered Rs 5,000 cr. loss due to floods: UPASI  pg – 13

# POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1. SC decriminalises homosexuality  pg – 01
2. Odisha House nod for Legislative Council  pg – 06

# SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Rainbow coalition (Data point)  pg – 09

# SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. ‘Industry must lift PSLV output’  pg – 07

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY

1. The right to love (Polity & Governance)  pg – 08

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. For all that we may become (Polity & governance)  pg – 08
2. Sexual equality affirmed (Social issues)  pg – 08
3. Ending TB (Science & Technology)  pg – 09
4. For a world free of chemical weapons (International Relations)  pg – 09
5. Nature deficit disorder(Social Issues)  pg – 09