# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY

1. IMD increases monsoon rain outlook to 101% Pg – 01

# POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. DM Act is of 2005 vintage, was first enforced during pandemic Pg – 08

# ECONOMY

1. Higher borrowings seem inevitable for State govt. Pg – 02

# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. Biggest lot of Sputnik vaccine lands in India Pg – 05
2. BRICS will help India in fighting COVID-19, says China Minister Pg – 08

# EDITORIALS OF THE DAY

1. COVID diplomacy 2.0, a different order of tasks (International Relations)         Pg – 06
2. Breaking the cycle of child labour is in India’s hands (Social Issues) Pg – 06
3. When two is too little (Social Issues) Pg – 06
4. What explains the surge in FDI inflows? (Economy) Pg – 07
5. A fatal war on transparency (Polity and Governance) Pg – 07