# INTERNATIONAL RELATION

1. First policy shift in 16 yrs: India opens to foreign aid, ok to buying from China   pg – 01

# POLITY & GOVERNANCE

1. District-level plants push Chhattisgarh oxygen-surplus story  pg – 05

# ECONOMY

1. States implementing key institutional reforms can borrow 1.06 lakh cr more  pg – 10
2. Domestic institutions prop up mkts, replace FPIs as new bulls  pg – 10
3. CEA: India only country to bring seminal changes to the way we think about economy  pg – 10

# EXPLAINED

1. Govt leverage in vaccine pricing (Polity & Governance)  pg – 11
2. Major seismic hazard along Assam Faultline (Geography)  pg – 11
3. A single dose of Oxford and Pfizer vaccines cuts transmission rate by half (Science and Technology)  pg – 11

# GEOGRAPHY

1. Melting glaciers threaten China plan for dam over Brahmaputra  pg – 13

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. Vaccinate all for free (Polity & Governance)  pg – 08
2. The dirty truth (Social Issues)  pg – 08
3. Crisis as teacher (Polity & Governance)  pg – 09
4. Saviours or super-spreaders (Polity & Governance)  pg – 09
5. A reality check with the US (International Relation)  pg – 09

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY

1. New Delhi (Polity & Governance)  pg – 08