# ENVIRONMENT AND BIODIVERSITY
- Govt plans drive to restrict plastic use pg – 17
- Australia downgrades Great Barrier Reef to ‘very poor’ status pg – 16
# SOCIAL ISSUES
- Maharashtra govt schools for tribals to turn English medium pg – 12
# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- UK joins France, Germany to express concern over South China Sea tensions pg – 16
- EU fear of no-deal Brexit soars as UK defends move to suspend parliament pg – 16
# POLITY & GOVERNANCE
- Govt issues orders to place 9 professionals as joint secys pg – 11
# ECONOMY
- Plan to monetise Defence land assets discussed at meet with Finance panel pg – 08
- Good move but bad bad timing: experts on bank merger pg – 19
- Fiscal deficit touches Rs 5.47 lakh cr at July-end pg – 19
- New FDI norms may not help boost inflows pg – 19
- India to be largest coking coal importer by 2025 pg – 20
# EDITORIALS OF THE DAY
- Bigger, Better (Economy) pg – 14
- Gloomy numbers (Economy) pg – 14
- Alas, poor MRD (Science & Technology) pg – 14
# ARTICLES OF THE DAY
- Beyond economic band-aid (Economy) pg – 14