# SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

1. Key virus strain found in October but its gene study stalled; a new variety appears Pg – 01
2. NASA’s Mars helicopter completes first ever flight on another planet Pg – 12

# POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1. SC orders retired judge to head panel to manage Gokarna temple Pg – 07
2. Proposal to amend animal cruelty Act: strict measures suggested Pg – 10

# SECURITY

1. First unit of indigenously-built chopper ALH inducted into Navy Pg – 07

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY

1. The JMM example (Polity & Governance) Pg – 08

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. Test, track and mask up (Science and Technology) Pg – 08
2. Biotech boost for farming (Science and Technology) Pg – 08
3. The great Afghan microcosm (International Relation) Pg – 09
4. Abuse of Aadhaar ultimatum (Polity & Governance) Pg – 09
5. RBI’s never-ending dilemma (Economy) Pg – 09

# EXPLAINED

1. Helicopter lift-off on Mars: what does the future hold? (Science and Technology) Pg – 11
2. Vaccine ingredients from US (Science and Technology) Pg – 11
3. How dominant coronavirus strain binds to host cell (Science and Technology) Pg – 11

# INTERNATIONAL RELATION

1. EU sets out Indo-Pacific plan, says not ‘anti-China’ Pg – 12

# ECONOMY

1. As telcos raise red flags DoT set to ask e-com cos to halt sale of network boosters Pg – 13
2. Britcoin’: UK considers new digital currency Pg – 13