Important Articles from The Hindu Newspaper : 12/8/2026

Front Page

• Amid backlash, Centre set to refer FCRA Bill to JPC
• Karnataka told to release water to T.N.

Science

• Ladakh’s giant ‘rivers of ice’ are slowing as the mountains warm
• Surface area: daily life champ

World

• Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia over atrocities
• U.S., Iran close to ‘some sort’ of deal: Pakistan
  

Business

• Centre approves 1 billion ₹10, ₹20 polymer banknotes
• Human judgment at risk as AI advances: RBI Governor cautions
• Net direct tax mop up rises 23% so far

News

• Centre relaxes construction hurdles in Ganga floodplain
• Aravali panel did not visit villages hit by mining: activists
• NASA invites ISRO to join its mission for lunar outpost
• Candidates trained under rural skilling programme not getting jobs, says panel
• Railways to deploy AI-based cameras at level crossing gates
• Vande Mataram Bill gets President’s assent, becomes law
• Everyone must take part in Har Ghar Tiranga campaign on Independence Day: Modi
• Panel seeks enhanced relief, counselling for SC/ST victims
• Panel on demographic changes reaches Jammu, interacts with local groups
• Centre stresses need for peace in border areas amid Chinese incursion allegations
  

Text & Context

• India’s rising dependence on U.S. LPG
• The work that won Deepak Dhar the Dirac Medal
  

Opinion

• Are regional parties losing relevance in India?

Editorial

• The Mecca Pact and the rise of strategic hedging
• In the way
• No path to peace