1. GST Council not for inclusion of petroleum products: FinMin| Centre turns down States’ plea for compensation beyond June 2022
2. SC Collegium on mission mode to fill vacancies| Recommendations include 8 new Chief Justices across HCs
3. Act and friction| A national commission is essential to make appointments to tribunals
4. Picking up the threads from the Afghan rubble| Of all the countries involved in Afghanistan, India possibly has the best credentials to enable Kabul’s neutrality
5. 10-year time frame available to implement NEP: Kasturirangan
6. Jaishankar calls for early resolution of LAC issuesIn Dushanbe talks, Wang expresses hope that ‘India will meet China halfway to move the situation towards stability’
7. Council raises GST on low-cost footwear, garments to 12% from 8%. Approves composition scheme for brick kilns to curb evasion but skips gutkha
8. ‘WTO’s agriculture pact tilted against developing countries’| Historical asymmetries must be corrected, says Goyal