THE HINDU (Edition : NEW DELHI)

# POLITY AND GOVERNANCE

1. Lok Sabha passes two Bills amid Protests by Opposition Pg – 09

# INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

1. India ‘engages Taliban’ but questions Pakistan’s support Pg – 09
2. Tunisian President sacks government Pg – 11

# ENVIRONMENT, ECOLOGY & BIODIVERSITY

1. Microbes from human, animal excreta found above desirable limits in Yamuna Pg – 03
2. Thane sanctuary proposed as MMR’s Ramsar site Pg – 05
3. U.P. gets big chunk of Clean Ganga funds Pg – 08
4. Land use change disrupted Kinnaur’s ecology, says study Pg – 10
5. Southern Europe battles wildfires as north cleans up after floods (Disaster Management) Pg – 11

# ECONOMY

1. T.N., U.P. acquired land for defence industrial corridors Pg – 08

# MISCELLANEOUS

1. Puri becomes India’s first city to provide quality drinking tap water Pg – 04

# EDITORIAL OF THE DAY

1. Wounded mountains (Environment & Ecology) Pg – 06

# ARTICLES OF THE DAY

1. Evaluating India’s options in Afghanistan (International Relations) Pg – 06
2. An emigration Bill that does not go far enough (Polity & Governance) Pg – 06