Important Articles from The Hindu Newspaper : 29/7/2026

Front Page

• Release all minors held over student protests: SC
• Industrial growth hits 23-month high of 7.3%

Science

• Urban Indian private schools at risk of proximity to toxic lead sites: report
• Andromeda: galactic middle age

World

• ‘Many people’ feared trapped in mall after earthquake in Japan
• Oman presents Iran with plan for fees to use Hormuz

Business

• India curtailed 8,133 GWh solar power to maintain grid security
• India, strongest growth market for Germany
• ‘Indian space technology firms raised $200 mn in 2025 led by Bengaluru’

News

• Centre reissues draft on Western Ghats eco-zone
• Study finds multiple dengue virus strains circulating together in India
• Paper leak Bill a milestone, says govt.; Opposition calls it ‘cosmetic exercise’
• RAF diary entry shows Delhi Police authorised pellet gun use on July 20
• SC hearing on pleas over NEET protests yet to reveal if police kept Ministry in the loop
  

Text & Context

• Curbs on panchayat powers in Bengal
• Will the govt. relax rules on airport-airline ownership?
  

Opinion

• Over 70% of police back immunity for using force
• Co-existing with tigers outside reserves

Editorial

• The urban nightmare — a fire with no escape
• Iran’s Afghan balancing act amid regional upheaval
• Diminishing relevance
• Protecting protest