Important Articles from The Hindu Newspaper : 7/8/2026

Front Page

• DMK lays down conditions to support delimitation Bill

Science

• Growing your own food, time for leisure: what life is like in a blue zone

World

• ‘Proposed deal will give Tehran control over inbound strait traffic’
• Bangladesh to hold presidential election on August 20, says EC
• China-Japan row escalates after Tokyo terms Beijing ‘greatest strategic challenge’

Business

• Govt. okays ₹23,371 cr. GOBARdhan scheme
• July auto retail sales surged 26% to almost 26 lakh units
• Taxation bill passed in the Lok Sabha

News

• Govt. opposes income-based creamy layer in SC/ST quotas
• BCI asks varsities to inspect law colleges, bars weekend classes
• Panel grills Defence Ministry on payment delay, hospital lapses
• Starvation pushing mother to kill child a ‘collective failure’: HC
• FCRA Bill is ‘religion-neutral’, Shah assures Christian bodies
• House panel flags fertilizer shortage, calls for proper mechanism to address it
• RS clears Appropriation Bill for expenditure of ₹54,067 crore
• Celebrate National Handloom Day: PM
  

Text & Context

• The Beijing model of innovation
• Why are households pledging gold instead of selling it?
  

Opinion

• Should the Commonwealth Games be scrapped?

Editorial

• Donald Trump in the Persian labyrinth
• Handloom — weaving India’s heritage into global growth
• Access paradox
• Stop the scam