# POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1. SC paves way for ad-hoc judges in HCs Pg – 08
2. Cannot club remaining poll phases: ECI Pg – 09

# ECONOMY

1. Exporters fret over delay in rebate rates Pg – 14
2. Oil slips as India’s COVID surge dents outlook Pg – 14
3. Care Ratings lowers FY22 GDP forecast to 10.2% Pg – 14
4. Farm exports rose 16.9% in April-Feb. FY21 Pg – 14

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. The last word on the state and temples (Polity & Governance) Pg – 06
2. Strengthening the process of choosing the police chief (Polity & Governance) Pg – 06
3. A recipe for vaccine inequity (Social Issues) Pg – 07
4. Data and a new global order (IR) Pg – 07
5. A fresh push for green hydrogen (Polity & Governance) Pg – 07

# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. India should be a ‘country of particular concern’: U.S. panel Pg – 08
2. Sri Lanka detects nuclear material on China-bound vessel Pg – 13
3. U.S. lawmakers back $100 bn science push to take on China Pg – 13

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY

1. Open and safe (Polity & Governance) Pg – 06

# SOCIAL ISSUES

1. Indian ads further gender stereotypes, shows study Pg – 09

# SECURITY

1. 4 more Rafale jets arrive in India Pg – 09

# ENVIRONMENT

1. Modi to participate in climate summit today Pg – 09

# SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. Variant in Bengal can evade immune system Pg – 10
2. What the comet left behind (Feature) Pg – 11
3. Covaxin phase 3 trial shows vaccine has 78% efficacy Pg – 01
4. Very few post-vaccine infections: ICMR Pg – 01

# MISCELLANEOUS

1. India at 142nd rank on press freedom index Pg – 01
2. Poet Sankha Ghosh passes away at 89 Pg – 09