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COP31: ‘35 by 35’ electrification goal is unrealistic for...
In developing countries, access and affordability will shape how electricity can...
British author M John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize...
At 81, Harrison is the oldest author to win the prize. He has received a cash reward...
They lost their homes as Delhi developed. A pavement became...
Neither the state nor Union government provides housing to people with disabilities...
Are China’s underwater data centres a green solution?
Experts to break down the good news and the bad for the environment.
Delhi air pollution: Several monitoring stations did not...
Peak air pollution levels are historically observed during and immediately after...
‘War happens, and light becomes the enemy’: These ‘visual...
An excerpt from ‘Let the Smithereens: Visual Poems’, by Karthika Naïr.
Fiction: Samuel, a young magician, travels from India through...
An excerpt from ‘Hocus Pocus’, by Brinda Charry.
Mumbai records 137 fires on Diwali, bans aerial fireworks...
The city had seen 80 firecracker-related blazes in 2024 and 113 in 2025.
PM Modi gave ‘political speech to uniformed personnel’...
Speaking to CRPF officers on the Hindu festival of Diwali, the prime minister had...
Monsoon Session has not been formally closed for record...
If the session remains open, the government can call special sitting within two...
For children: In 18th-century Delhi, Meera and her friends...
An excerpt from ‘Lights for the Jamuna’, by Mamta Nainy, illustrated by Bhavana...
Bengal: Rape-murder accused killed in gunfight with police...
This was the fourth such incident since the Bharatiya Janata Party came to power...
‘The Lights of Shantinagar’: A heartwarming novel about...
Author Nidhi Arora develops nuanced characters and, more importantly, intricate...
Chennai Open tennis final postponed because of poor air...
The Air Quality Index in the city on Sunday was 138, placing it in the ‘moderate’...
Trump says his deportation policy was ‘too tough’
In an interview to ‘CBS News’, the US president said he thinks his immigration measures...
At COP31, world will cut more climate deals but where are...
The gap between setting ambitious targets and actually achieving them needs to be...
‘Severe’ air quality recorded in several parts of Delhi...
On Monday, 98 of the 100 most polluted cities globally were in India.
HC questions municipal body about disconnection of electricity...
‘You cannot disconnect electricity without notice,’ the Delhi High Court said.
Which migraine remedies actually work?
Complexity is one reason to be cautious about simple explanations for headache hacks
India’s deep-sea fishing ambitions are floundering
Traditional fishers can’t afford the central scheme that provides vessels and equipment...
Delhi: GRAP-3 curbs imposed as 26 monitoring stations record...
At 5.05 pm, the national capital recorded an average AQI of 380.
Thriller: Aruna risks everything to protect her baby niece...
An excerpt from ‘The Hit’, by Amitabh Pandey.
EC gives deleted voters in Delhi, six states another chance...
The six states are Maharashtra, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, Telangana and...
‘Dilwali Diwali’ review: For once, a film is too short...
Ritesh Menon’s Hindi film is out on Netflix.
How Saudi’s blasphemy laws find a mirror in India’s anti-beef...
The India Fix: A newsletter on Indian politics from Scroll.in.
This book on personal finance suggests ways to take a loan...
An excerpt from ‘How to Be Debt Free’, by Abhijeet Kolapkar.
Delhi: Three contractors arrested in connection with Chawri...
On Thursday, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said that the municipal corporation had...
Double hoax: Takedown notices from RSS, Delhi Police to...
The original notice was sent from an email address likely created hours before the...
How Saudi’s blasphemy laws find a mirror in India
The India Fix: A newsletter on Indian politics from Scroll.in.
Visas must for members of non-Muslim communities who entered...
The Centre also amended several provisions relating to travel by Indian, Bhutanese...
Do data centres actually create jobs where they are built?...
A study of 1,500 facilities in the US found small employment gains in supporting...
Nithya Raman’s win in Los Angeles mayoral race is a major...
At least 50 candidates backed by the organisation won their races, offering a glimpse...
Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam move SC seeking bail in Delhi...
Even after more than six years in jail as an undertrial, the prosecution had failed...
Fearing that Bengaluru flyover project has undercounted...
Citizens fear the ‘garden city’ is losing green cover to large-scale infrastructure...
EC announces annual revision of electoral rolls in 4 states,...
The special summary revision was paused after the 2024 Lok Sabha elections due to...
Fiction: An actor is at the centre of an obsessive artistic...
An excerpt from ‘The Pictures of Darpan Ray’, by Samit Basu.
‘Dilwali Diwali’ review: For once, a film is too short...
Ritesh Menon’s Hindi film is out on Netflix.
Assam: Guwahati hotel shooting accused shot dead by police...
The police claimed that it had to use ‘extreme measures’ to protect its personnel...
India has made progress in reducing poverty, but World...
The calculations rely on data, which is no longer comparable, and the final figure...
Indian firms, citizens among entities sanctioned by US...
The measures by the Donald Trump administration are aimed at hurting Tehran’s ability...
‘Everything is political’: The anger driving India’s young...
Many see the fight for women’s rights as part of larger political struggles, against...
Manipur: Four killed in gunfight between rival Nagas armed...
Several persons were injured in the incident in the Noney district.
Binance: $6.3 billion stolen in 20 minutes is a wake up...
As financial institutions, funds and payment systems become connected to crypto...
‘I, however, am gooey like the inside of an egg’: Poems...
An excerpt from ‘When You Whirl Round and Round with a Dead Man’s Shadow You Must...
Karnataka HC quashes case against man who shouted ‘Pakistan...
The petitioner had shouted the slogan in the heat of the moment due to a ‘slip of...
Delhi government grants consent for contempt case against...
Singh had alleged that a judge of the Saket District Court and the Delhi Police...
Rush Hour: Agniveer tenure extended by two years, Democrats...
Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...
Ved Mehta Prize in Creative Nonfiction: Six shortlisted...
This year’s winner will be invited to attend a ceremony at Balliol College on November...
Keralam orders probe into fresh bribery allegations against...
A contractor alleged that Kumar had sought Rs 2 crore from a Malaysian engineer...
US midterms: Angry Trump could vent frustrations abroad...
US presidents whose parties perform badly in midterm elections often become more...
Second Indian injured in October 10 Riyadh airport attack...
The attacke had killed 14 persons and injured more than 300, making it the deadliest...
MP: Six Bhopal schools declare holiday ahead of BJP’s ‘save...
The district education officer had asked schools to assess traffic disruptions expected...
US midterm polls: Democrats take control of Congress from...
The elections are being viewed as a verdict on Donald Trump’s second term as the...
FIR against Prashant Bhushan for sharing fake Russian foreign...
India’s Ministry of External Affairs and the Russian embassy said that the video...
SC orders Mumbai municipal commissioner salary to be withheld...
The court initiated contempt proceedings against the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation...
Jantar Mantar should never have been designated as protest...
The ‘public road’ used for demonstrations was denotified as it can only accommodate...
As energy needs of data centres draw scrutiny, their hardware...
It is unclear what will becomes of equipment like servers, processors, storage devices,...
In layers of Himalayan sediment lie the knowledge of communities
Instead of extractive forms of research, there are ways to understand multilayered...
Srinagar MP quits National Conference, resigns from Lok...
Several party MLAs had expressed their discontent with Omar Abdullah three days...
Centre says Krishi Bhawan mosque ‘incompatible with secular...
The Union government plans to remove the century-old Qadeemi Masjid to make way...
Science fiction: A single fruit starts a mayhem that ends...
An excerpt from ‘Maya: Seed Takes Root’, by Anand Gandhi and Zain Memon.
Cyclone Murasu makes landfall, heavy rainfall in coastal...
Several trains and flights to and from Vijayawada had been cancelled because of...
Mumbai: BMC deletes Dia Mirza video calling for pollution-free...
‘We do not need lessons on how to celebrate Diwali from Dia Mirza,’ said Ameet Satam,...
HC ‘disturbed’ by politicians’ comments targeting Dia Mirza...
‘When we are speaking about health and pollution and environment...there is no room...
Ahmedabad: 61 allegedly undocumented immigrants detained...
The police claimed that most of those held were Bangladeshi citizens. Women and...
‘I try to create a chasm between the word and the image...
An interview with comic artist Nishant Saldanha, the creator of Mr Good Guy.
How Indians in post-war Japan rebuilt their lives under...
From finding new business opportunities to debating whether to become Indian citizens,...
Two arrested in connection with poaching of Kuno cheetah...
The 19-month-old male cub had died from pellet injuries on October 26, a day after...
When the government disregards its own laws: The case of...
The tribal ministry distancing itself from gram sabha clearance for projects shows...
31% Rajya Sabha MPs facing criminal cases, 14% have assets...
Two hundred and thirty members of the Upper House of Parliament have combined wealth...
The all-risk gamble behind ‘Gondhal’ as it charts its journey...
Santosh Davakhar’s Marathi-language thriller is playing all the cards after being...
SIR: Amit Shah claims three crore deleted voters are ‘Bangladeshi...
The Congress wanted to come to power through bogus votes, the Bharatiya Janata Party...
‘The country has grown teeth’: Translated poems of resistance...
‘Its roads/ its offices/ its railway stations/ its parks/ are baring their angry...