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Editorial

• A cycle of low growth, higher inflation (GS-3)
• Long overdue (GS-2)
• The draw of space and nuclear technologies (GS-3)

OPED

• Pegasus, a blemish on democracy (GS-2)
• The benefits of breastfeeding (Prelims)

News

• Assam, Mizoram agree to ease border tension (GS-2)
• GST revenues hit ₹1.16 lakh crore in July (GS-3)
• Pak. finalises Bill to grant new status to Gilgit-Baltistan: report (GS-2)
• CIC flays govt.’s denial of details on oxygen panel (GS-2)
• Punjab paddy farmers taking to new technique (GS-3)
• UNSC Presidency: Jaishankar lays out policy perspective (GS-2)
• As monsoon recovers, Kharif sowing lag drops below 5% (GS-3)
• ‘States too must ensure cases are not filed under Sec. 66A’ (GS-2/3)
• India, China establish hotline in north Sikkim (GS-2)
• ‘Police stations must display legal aid info’ (GS-2)
• Exercise held to fine-tune integrated theatre commands (GS-3)

Editorial

• Law and lawmakers (GS-2)
• Patchwork progress (GS-3)
• Visualising the Himalaya with other coordinates (GS-1/3)

Business

• Core sectors grew 8.9% in June (GS-3)
• Deficit reached 18.2% of year’s target in June (GS-3)

News

• SC to hear plea against snooping next week (GS-2)
• ‘Excess deaths’ in Punjab are 3 times official COVID-19 toll (GS-2)
• Pak, U.S. NSAs discuss Afghan settlement (GS-2)
• Delta variant as contagious as chicken pox: CDC document (GS-2)
• Farming ideas sprout on social media, and it’s a rich harvest (GS-3)
• Govt.’s denial of manual scavenging deaths flayed (GS-1)
• CMC Vellore to hold mixed-vaccine trial (GS-2)
• Govt. introduces Bill on insurance firms (GS-2)
• Organised blockade on border ends (GS-2)

Editorial

• Vaccinating the young (GS-2)
• Shared values (GS-2)
• The wings of Pegasus, the epoch of cyberweapons (GS-3)
• The long road to winning the battle against trafficking (GS-2)

OPED

• In the interest of the public (GS-2)
• Are the Taliban returning to Kabul? (GS-2)

Business

• ‘Upturn V-shaped but small firms, urban poor hit harder’ (GS-3)
• High fiscal borrowings won’t crowd out private sector: CEA (GS- 3)
• Rupee rises to 3-week high on Fed’s stance (Prelims)

News

• 27% for OBCs, 10% for EWS in national quota medical seats (GS-2)
• Asthana posting violates SC verdict: Delhi Assembly (GS-2)
• Chola idols among 14 art works to be returned by Australia (GS-1)
• Key nasal vaccine data likely in 2 months (GS-2)
• Engineering course in 11 languages (GS-2)
• List issues that couldn’t be taken up: Venkaiah (Prelims – Zero Hour)
• SC swings into action after judge’s death (GS-2 – Independence of Judiciary)
• Tharoor says privilege motion has ‘no validity’ (Prelims – Privilege Motion)
• Chola idols among 14 art works to be returned (GS-1)

Editorial

• Needed, a more unified Asian voice for Afghanistan (GS-2)
• Dangerous conflagration (GS-2)

OPED

• Needed: an anti-trafficking law (GS-2)
• Let’s make room for the river (GS-1/3)

Business

• IMF cuts emerging Asia, India growth forecasts (GS-3)
• Panel raps govt. over MSMEs, urges larger economic package (GS-3)

News

• ‘Jabs for children as early as August’ (GS-2)
• ‘21.5 mn lost jobs in tourism sector’ (GS-3)
• Centre seeks more time for CAA rules (GS-2)
• SC mulls PM CARES Fund for orphans (GS-2)
• Right to health has taken back seat: plea in SC (GS-2)
• Media network wants Blinken to flag threats to press freedom (GS-2)
• Dholavira in Gujarat on UNESCO World Heritage list (Prelims)
• No landless farmers in new database (GS-2)