#  INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. Singapore backs India in patrol of Malacca Straits  Pg  05
2. India, Russia to build stealth frigates  Pg  07

#  ECONOMY

1.  Farmers badly hit by demonetisation: Agriculture Ministry  Pg  07 
2.  Board committees to assist RBI  Pg  13
3. More than half of gas-based power plants ‘stranded’  Pg  13

#  ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY

1. BASIC nations push for ‘climate finance’  Pg  10

#  POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Naidu launches “Bhudhaar’ in AP  Pg  05
2. Odisha House passes 33% reservation for women  Pg  06

#  SOCIAL ISSUES 

1. Stop atrocities on Dongria kondh Tribals  Pg  03

#  EDITORIALS OF THE DAY

1. Give and Take  (Economy)  Pg  08
2. When giants clash ( International Relations)  Pg  08

#  ARTICLES  OF THE DAY

1. Make it the Indian way (Science & Technology)  Pg  08
2. Amid institutional decline (Polity & Governance)  Pg  08
3. The Maine example (Polity & Governance)  Pg  09