# POLITY & GOVERNANCE
1. Centre fast-tracks approval for more vaccine candidates pg 01
2. Russian shot gets DCGI nod for imports pg 01
3. Sushil Chandra takes over as CEC pg 11

# ECONOMY
1. Customs, excise fuel indirect tax surge in COVID-hit year pg 16
2. All gold jewellery must bear hallmark from June pg 16

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY
1. In climate change noise, India’s role as conductor (Environment) pg 08
2. BIMSTEC needs to reinvent itself (International Relations) pg 09
3. Lessons from COVID-19 (S&T) pg 09
4. Economy improves but pessimism persists (Data Point) pg 09

# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1. ‘Global cooperation benefits India, world’ pg 10
2. U.S. to withdraw troops from Afghanistan pg 15

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY
1. Another beginning (Polity & Governance) pg 08
2. A small step ((Polity & Governance)) pg 08

# GEOGRAPHY
1. Skymet forecasts a ‘healthy normal’ monsoon pg 01
2. Egypt presses for $900 million compensation, seizes megaship pg 15

# SECURITY
1. S-400 delivery to begin by November pg 10

# MISCELLANEOUS
1. Festive moment (Culture) pg 01

# ENVIRONMENT
1. Last two rhinos translocated under IRV 2020 pg 12