# POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1. French judge to probe Rafale deal Pg – 01
2. Rajasthan ‘excess deaths’ 5 times official toll Pg – 01
3. Yediyurappa writes to Stalin on Mekedatu Pg – 01
4. Why did Tirath Singh Rawat have to resign? Pg – 06
5. Stan Swamy challenges validity of UAPA Section Pg – 06
6. Pregnant women eligible for vaccination: Health Ministry Pg – 08
7. We are complying with guidelines, says Twitter Pg – 08
8. Beggars should also work for country: Bombay High Court Pg – 08
9. Can some States serve as a bellwether for the third wave? Pg – 10
10. Time to tackle COVID-19 vaccine delivery bottlenecks Pg – 10

# ENVIRONMENT

1. Social structure differs in Asian and African elephants, find researchers           Pg – 10

# SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

1. ‘Covaxin demonstrated 77.8% efficacy against symptomatic COVID-19’          Pg – 01
2. Goldilocks Supernova Pg – 10
3. Detecting life from far Pg – 10
4. New source of gravitational waves detected Pg – 10

# INTERNATIONAL RELATION

1. ‘The U.S. has obviously failed in its mission to fight extremism in Afghanistan’ Pg – 07
2. Afghanistan fighting rages amid U.S. exit Pg – 09
3. China goes malaria-free with multi-pronged health strategy Pg – 09
4. What lies ahead for Afghanistan after U.S. exit? Pg – 11
5. EU’s ‘Green Passport’ Pg – 11

# ECONOMY

1. Can reducing cess levies ease high fuel prices? Pg – 11

# GEOGRAPHY

1. ‘43 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia’ (Location) Pg – 09
2. Pipeline rupture causes fire in Gulf of Mexico (Location) Pg – 09

# MISCELLANEOUS

1. After 26 years, Kerala bus driver gets relief from SC Pg – 01
2. Victory Flame arrives in Kerala capital Pg – 05