1. Will create a Bench to hear Karnataka hijab ban case: CJI; page 4 (GS II)
2. ‘Panchayati Raj cannot be a substitute for Assemblies’; page 4 (GS II)
3. Picking the watchdog; page 6 (GS II)
4. Clean-tech as the next big thing in rural India; page 6 (GS III)
5. Creative formulas; page 6 (GS II)
6. Supreme Court eases norm for selection of consumer court presidents, members; page 8 (GS II)
7. Border issue should be kept ‘in proper place’, says China; page 9 (GS II, III)
8. World Bank to lend $1 billion to support India’s health sector; page 9 (GS II)
9. India scores 74.4 in World Bank index on working women; page 10 (prelims)
10. Biden, Scholz to weigh next steps for Ukraine; page 11 (GS II)

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