Important Articles from Indian Express : 4/9/2021

Front Page

• Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar to lead interim govt in Afghanistan
• Supreme Court Collegium clears 68 for HCs; 10 women, 44 from Bar
• Textile, apparel orders, especially from US, power India export surge
• PM Narendra Modi likely to visit US this month, meet Joe Biden

Govt & Politics

• Cooking oil prices likely to start cooling from Dec but not ‘dramatically’, says top officer

Explained

• Explained: How Supreme Court judges are appointed
• Mu variant: Newly classified by WHO as a SARS-CoV-2 variant of interest. Where is it circulating?

Editorial

• Surveillance State
• Biden Doctrine

Ideas Page

• The idea of a teacher
• Illusion of social justice

World

• Restoration of Kabul’s closed airport begins as soe Afghan aid resumes
• Japan’s struggling PM Suga steps down

Economy

• IMF’s asset allocation a booster shot, forex reserves jump by record $16.6 bn
• FSDC discusses IBC, stressed assets, financial inclusion
• FinMin panel likely to address ‘anomalies’ in RoDTEP rates: Piyush Goyal