#  EXPLAINED 

1. Why Russia faces sports ban? (Polity and Governance)  Pg – 11
2. How Sebi’s new default disclosure norms work (Economy)  Pg – 11
3. Punjab groundwater crisis: What it will take to move from paddy to maize (Economy)  Pg – 11

#  ECONOMY

1. Bad loans under Mudra Kishore jump 107% in six months  Pg – 01
2. Industrial Relations Code Bill to be tabled in Lok Sabha today  Pg – 17
3. Arbitral awards: SC strikes down ‘automatic stay’  Pg – 17

#  ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY

i India fourth largest emitter of greenhouse gases: UN report  Pg – 02

#  SECURITY

1. To keep check on ‘dark web’, narcotics bureau gets a boost  Pg – 03
2. Google: Nearly 500 users in India warned of govt-backed phishing attacks in 3 months  Pg – 09

#  INTERNATIONAL ISSUES

1. The battle for Brexitland  Pg – 15

#  EDITORIALS OF THE DAY

1. A bleak warning (Environment and Ecology)  Pg – 12

#  ARTICLES OF THE DAY   

1. The moral promise of 1989 (International Issues)  Pg – 13
2. Smarter than Aadhaar (Polity and Governance)  Pg – 13