# POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Centre sticks to its guns on Special Category Status   pg – 06

# ECONOMY

1. House panel shies from quantifying black money  pg – 01
2. NHAI to raise Rs 5000 crore in new bed for toll roads  pg – 13
3. Will follow all security norms: Huawei  pg – 15
4. Little surprise in Acharya’s resignation  pg – 15
5. RBI unveils online portal for filling grievances  pg – 16

# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY AND BIODIVERSITY

1. Then and now  pg – 07
2. Red delicacy  pg – 08

# HISTORY AND CULTURE

1. ASI carries out restoration of Mughal-era parts of Red Fort  pg – 04
2. Preparations on for the Nehru Trophy Boat Race in Kerala  pg – 08

# SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. NASA’s Curiosity finds methane spike on Mars  pg – 22

# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. It’s premature to count India out of RCEP: Centre  pg – 01
2. Sanctions slapped on Iran’s Khamenei  pg – 14
3. Pakistan blacklisting absolutely a possibility: FATF president  pg – 14
4. Palestinians reject US-Bahrain peace plan  pg – 14

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. Basic needs, basic rights (Polity & governance)  pg – 10
2. A war of masks between Iran and US (Society and social issues)  pg – 10
3. Upgraded plane in tough skies (Internal Security)  pg – 11
4. A sound foundation (Social Issues)  pg – 11

# DATA POINT

1. Down to the basics  pg – 11