# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
1. Taliban seize three more Afghan cities pg01
2. Putin to join Modi in UNSC debate today pg08
3. Afghan forces fighting to retake cities: govt. pg11
4. Will respond to Israel strike: Hezbollah pg11

# SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. Covishield-Covaxin mix gives better protection, says ICMR pg01

# POLITY
1. Human rights at risk in police stations: CJI pg01

# SECURITY
1. ITBP inducts first women officers on combat service pg10

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY
1. Tightrope walk(Economy) pg06

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY
1. The looking glass of history in Afghanistan (International Relations) pg06
2. Revisit the idea of ‘aging out’ India’s coal plants(Environment) pg06
3. The sovereign right to tax is not absolute(Economy) pg07