Important Articles from the Hindu Newspaper : 17/2/2026


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Front Page

  • NGT clears ₹92,000-cr. Great Nicobar project
    • GS -3 Environment
    • Read about Great Nicobar Project – Importance – Concerns – Conflict between Environment protection and development
    • Prelims – NGT
  • India’s flagship AI summit opens to massive crowds
    • Prelims – AI Impact Summit
  • Women’s entry at Sabarimala temple: 9-judge SC Bench to commence review hearings from April 7
    • GS -2 Indian Constitution- historical underpinnings, evolution, features, amendments, significant provisions and basic structure.
    • Prelims – Review Petition
  • SC Bench to review if new data law delivers a ‘body blow’ to RTI
    • GS -2 Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation.
    • Read about Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act of 2023 – Key provisions – Conflict with RTI – Importance of RTI

Science

  • Single genome-editing strategy can help treat multiple disorders
    • GS -3 Biotechnology
    • Read about Genome Editing – Benefits – Applications – premature Termination codons 
  • ‘Godless’ lake in Japan warns of climate crisis
    • Prelims – Yatsurugi Shrine 

World

  • ‘Hasina’s presence will not be a deterrent to India ties’
  • BNP’s Tarique Rahman to be sworn in as Bangladesh Prime Minister today
  • Araghchi in Geneva for talks as IRGC begins drills near the Strait of Hormuz

Business

  • January trade deficit widens before U.S. tariff relief kicks in

News

  • SC to take a fresh look at pleas on ex post facto eco clearance regime
  • Global platforms must respect local culture and laws: Vaishnaw
  • Modi to meet Macron in Mumbai today, hold talks on strategic ties
  • Centre silent on Pannun case; officials await U.S. court documents after Gupta pleads guilty

Text & Context

  • How district cooling can ease India’s climate and urban planning troubles
  • A separate classification for denotified tribes

Opinion

  • Transitioning to green steel
  • Can India overtake Bangladesh in EU textile exports?

Editorial

  • India’s federalism is in need of a structural reset
  • A budgetary signal as banks cannot bear it all
  • Cities of debt
  • Transatlantic strains

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