#  ENVIRONMENT & BIODIVERSITY

1. NGT directs U.P. govt. to take remedial action  Pg – 03
2. Committee constituted to oversee clean air programme  Pg – 07
3.  Lawyer fighting palm oil industry wins ecology prize  Pg – 18 
4. 3,000 kg of garbage collected from Everest  Pg – 18 

#  HISTORY & CULTURE

1. Rare stucco statue put on show in Hyderabad  Pg – 07

#  SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. Army invokes emergency powers for missile deal  Pg – 07
2. Genes of climate-resistant chickpea varieties identified  Pg – 18
3. ‘Drug-resistant diseases could kill 10 million a year by 2050  Pg – 18

#  ECONOMY

1. India notifies pact with U.S. on MNC tax evasion  Pg –  13
2. India- China team on pharma to meet next month  Pg – 13

#  INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. Afghan ‘grand assembly’ begins  Pg – 12

#  ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. Line of confidence (International Relations)  Pg – 08
2. No good options in Afghanistan (International Relations)  Pg – 08
3. The ideological crisis of liberal democracy (Social Issues)  Pg – 09
4. For a malnutrition free India (Social Issues)  Pg – 09