# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY

1. M.P. gets its first elephant colony in Bandhavgarh forest   pg – 01 
2. Red Sand boa rescued in M.P., five nabbed  pg – 05 
3. World Biodiversity Day in Gurgaon (Image)  pg – 07

# SOCIAL ISSUES

1. 3 years on, a mere 30% of Poshan Abhiyan funds used  pg – 09 

# POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. No legal rules framed yet for NRC: Ravi Shankar Prasad  pg – 01
2. Flare-up on Maharashtra-Karnataka border  pg – 07

# INTERNATIONAL 

1. Taliban council agrees to ceasefire in Afghanistan  pg – 14 

# SECURITY ISSUES

1. Navy plans 24 submarines to strengthen fleet  pg – 09
2. Due process is a must to seek damages  pg – 12

# EDITORIALS OF THE DAY

1. Governance Index (Polity and Governance)  pg – 10 

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. For a humane and autonomous police (Police Reforms)  pg – 10  
2. India needs a bottom-up growth model (Economy)  pg – 11