Important Articles from The Hindu Newspaper : 19/8/2026

Front Page

• Ready to drop FIRs against student protesters, says SC

Science

• Bihar’s alcohol ban has been a success for social wellness, data show
• Helicase: the DNA separator

World

• Pakistan SC directs shifting of Khan from prison to hospital for check-up
• ‘Bangladesh does not want India ties to decline over Teesta’
• UAE accuses Iran of firing two ballistic missiles at territory

Business

• Meta faces 29-state trial that could reshape Instagram and Facebook
• India’s crude import bill up 41% in July on West Asia crisis

News

• BRICS calls EU’s carbon tax ‘punitive, unilateral’
• H1N1 cases on the rise, experts say no cause for alarm
• SC dismisses petition seeking alternative to execution by hanging
• Census questionnaire seeks data on parents’ religion, place of birth
• SC to check ‘proportionality’ of use of facial recognition at NEET protest
• NTA removes 600 experts; four-tier paper checking system to be put in place
• Why is PM CARES Fund keeping large sums idle, asks RTI activist

Text & Context

• What drives corporate investment?
  

Opinion

• Education must change to account for AI
• PM CARES donations have dropped, and utilisation is abysmal

Editorial

• Employment guarantee has slipped into limbo
• A vision for an inclusive Bangladesh
• Time to push back
• Beyond America