# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY
- IMD increases monsoon rain outlook to 101% Pg – 01
# POLITY AND GOVERNANCE
- DM Act is of 2005 vintage, was first enforced during pandemic Pg – 08
# ECONOMY
- Higher borrowings seem inevitable for State govt. Pg – 02
# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Biggest lot of Sputnik vaccine lands in India Pg – 05
- BRICS will help India in fighting COVID-19, says China Minister Pg – 08
# EDITORIALS OF THE DAY
- COVID diplomacy 2.0, a different order of tasks (International Relations) Pg – 06
- Breaking the cycle of child labour is in India’s hands (Social Issues) Pg – 06
- When two is too little (Social Issues) Pg – 06
- What explains the surge in FDI inflows? (Economy) Pg – 07
- A fatal war on transparency (Polity and Governance) Pg – 07