# POLITY & GOVERNANCE
- SC refuses to stay amendments to SC/ST Act pg – 12
# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY
- Hope for Kerala in Bandipur deadlock pg – 07
- NGT seeks report on solid waste management pg – 09
- 18 Indian institutions to study nitrogen pollution pg – 09
- Sri Lankan farmers battle powerful worm pg – 14
# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- India, South Africa revise 22 year-old Strategic partnership pg – 13
# SECURITY
- Report on AQIS’s growing influence alarmist: official pg – 13
# SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- ISRO tastes first success of 2019 pg – 09
# ARTICLES OF THE DAY
- A tragedy that was long in the making (Environment) pg – 10
- Season’s worst (Social Issues) pg – 10
- Are we undermining our scientific temper (Social issues) pg – 11