Important Articles from Indian Express : 9/2/2021

Front Page

• Rescue ops centre on a 1.9-km tunnel with 35…
• PM says reforms here to stay, can fix loose ends:
• Govt looks for cyber volunteers to report ‘anti-national activities’
• V K Singh LAC remark counters India position, China says trespass clear

In Parliament

• Bill to merge J&K cadre with AGMUT gets RS nod, Opp questions intention

Govt & Politics

• PM speaks to Biden: Committed to rules-based international order

Editorial

• A time to spend
• The Pandemic Gag
• The form of reform

Ideas Page

• External scrutiny, Internal divide
• Foreign hand again
• Protest of the privileged

Express Network

• Biological reason behind slow spread of mutant strain in Asia: NIBMG study
• Alleging ‘Khalistan, Pak links’, govt wants 1,200 Twitter handles out
• Number of glacial lakes rising, as is threat of similar incidents
• Govt estimates damage worth Rs 1,500 cr to project

Explained

•  How to tackle a glacial burst
• World’s smallest reptile? How it compares to other reptiles
• Decades ago, when Centre-Akalis stalemate plunged Punjab into violence

World

• Mynamar Junta imposes curfew, meeting bans as protests swell
• US plans to reengage with UN rights council
• Getting cloudier: Debate over whether there is life on venus intensifies

Economy

• Free medical check-up, 4-day work week among draft rules
• Bulk drug PLI: More cos to be named by Feb-end