What to Read in The Hindu
6 August 2025
FRONT PAGE
- Flash floods in Uttarakhand leave four dead
[GS III: Disaster Management, Case Studies, Current Developments] - India-Philippines relations elevated to level of strategic partnership, says PM Modi
[GS II: International Relations—Bilateral Relations; India & South-East Asia; India’s Act East Policy; Security and Maritime Affairs][GS II: India and its Neighbourhood Relations] - Will hike tariff on India ‘very substantially’ over the next 24 hours, says U.S. President
[GS III: Indian Economy – Effects of Liberalization and Globalization, Tariffs and Trade Wars, India-US Relations]4
NEWS
PAGE 4
- ED records statement of Reliance ADAG Group chairman Anil Ambani (Bank Loan Case)
[GS III: Indian Economy—Money Laundering; Role of Regulatory Bodies (ED, RBI); Ethics Case Studies][GS IV: Ethics in Administration] - In top court, Centre rejects any move to lower age of consent
[GS II: Governance—Welfare Schemes for Vulnerable Sections; Issues Relating to Children; POCSO Act; Social Justice; Judiciary][GS I: Society] - Govt. must register every citizen, issue IDs to them: Centre
[GS II: Polity—Government Policies; Citizenship Act; NRC & NPR; Internal Security][GS III: Security: Basics of ID and Registration, Role of Technology]
PAGE 6
- Restore special status, say J&K parties amid protests
[GS II: Polity—Federalism, Centre-State Relations, Special Status to States, Article 370][GS II: Democratic Rights and Protest] - Ayush Ministry and FSSAI release a list of ‘Ayurveda Aahara’ food preparations
[GS II: Health—Government Policies, Regulation, Traditional Knowledge; GS III: Science & Tech—Ayush and FSSAI, Food Security, Indian Heritage]
EDITORIAL (Page 8)
- Dangerous turn (US-Russia Nuclear Escalation; Ukraine War)
[GS II: International Relations—Major Global Groupings; India’s Foreign Policy in Multipolar World; Security Challenges] - Bullying tactics (India’s pushback against US/EU ‘targeting’ over Russian oil and trade)
[GS II: International Relations—Economic Diplomacy; GS III: Indian Economy—External Sector, Energy Security] - India’s presence amid a broken template of geopolitics
[GS II: International Relations—Emerging World Order, Multi-Alignment; GS III: Economic Policy and Geopolitics] - The technocratic calculus of India’s welfare state
[GS II: Governance—Welfare State, Technology in Service Delivery, Challenges of Digital Governance; GS IV: Ethics, Accountability, Transparency]
TEXT & CONTEXT (Pages 10-11)
- Necropolitics: who is allowed to live and who may die
[GS I: Society—Social Stratification, Inequality, Violence; GS II: Social Justice; GS IV: Ethics—Moral Philosophy, Human Values] - How is China extending its policing network overseas?
[GS II: International Relations—China’s Global Initiatives, Security and International Law, Transnational Policing] - Data Point: Bihar electoral rolls after SIR show concerning trends
[GS II: Polity—Representation of People’s Act, Electoral Reforms, Voter Rolls; GS I: Indian Society (Migration, Minorities)]