Important Articles from Indian Express : 13/7/2021

Front Page

• Retail inflation eases but still over RBI mark for 2nd month running
• In a blow for K P Oli, Nepal SC asks President to…
• Dominican court grants Mehul Choksi bail, allows him to go to Antigua
• 60% districts with high positivity in Northeast, PM to meet CMs today

Govt & Politics

• Covid protocol in place ahead of House session

Express Network

• After the photos, the numbers: over 32,000 in Nainital for weekend, 20,000 in Mussoorie
• Heavy rain triggers flash floods in Himachal ; cars buildings swept away
• Days of third-degree over, Centre in talks for radical changes to criminal laws: Shah

Editorial

• Family mis-planning
• Doyen of Ayurveda

Ideas Page

• Taliban 2.0 and the Afghan test
• Not by market alone
• Lessons against prejudice

Explained

• Explained: ‘Kongu Nadu’, a region not formally defined, yet the subject of a ‘bifurcation’ debate in Tamil Nadu

World

• In symbolic end to war, US general steps down from command in Afghanistan
• Afghan forces moved in on Taliban only to find they had melted away
• Cuba sees biggest protests in decades; Biden back protesters

Economy

• RBI Retail Direct scheme to woo individual investors for G-secs
• Supreme Court deadline looming, govt to rope in CSC, private players for migrant registration