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‘The country has grown teeth’: Translated poems of resistance and protest

‘The country has grown teeth’: Translated poems of resistance...

‘Its roads/ its offices/ its railway stations/ its parks/ are baring their angry...

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The link between gut microbes and antibiotic resistance: Findings from a study in Nairobi

The link between gut microbes and antibiotic resistance:...

Antibiotics that severely disrupted the gut microbiota facilitated direct takeover...

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Not ‘necessary’ for Nicobar tribal leaders to join plea on FRA: Ministry of Tribal Affairs to court

Not ‘necessary’ for Nicobar tribal leaders to join plea...

The Calcutta High Court is hearing a petition questioning legitimacy of gram sabha...

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Delhi: GRAP-2 pollution curbs enforced as air quality drops to ‘very poor’ category

Delhi: GRAP-2 pollution curbs enforced as air quality drops...

Three monitoring stations recorded “severe” pollution with the Air Quality Index...

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Rush Hour: SC allows green firecrackers in Delhi, Imran Khan told to apologise for protesting & more

Rush Hour: SC allows green firecrackers in Delhi, Imran...

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Subhash Chandra faces ED probe over alleged Rs 1,322 crore LIC Housing Finance fraud

Subhash Chandra faces ED probe over alleged Rs 1,322 crore...

The agency registered the case against the media baron based on an FIR filed by...

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Punjab: Three AAP MLAs join BJP ahead of Assembly polls

Punjab: Three AAP MLAs join BJP ahead of Assembly polls

Two leaders were left out of the Aam Aadmi Party’s first list of candidates released...

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For children: A new book explores how protests have shaped laws and public discourse in India

For children: A new book explores how protests have shaped...

An excerpt from the Introduction to ‘10 Indian Protest Movements that Shaped the...

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Cyclone Murasu: Heavy rain alerts in five states, Chennai schools closed

Cyclone Murasu: Heavy rain alerts in five states, Chennai...

The severe cyclonic storm is expected to make landfall near Ongole in Andhra Pradesh...

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Police shoot Andhra man, who attacked schoolgirl, while allegedly trying to escape custody

Police shoot Andhra man, who attacked schoolgirl, while...

In Mathura, the police shot at a suspect in a murder case who allegedly ‘attempted...

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Delhi’s latest proposal for Ladakh is complete subservience

Delhi’s latest proposal for Ladakh is complete subservience

The home ministry’s draft on the legal status of the Union Territory weakens provisions...

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Delhi air quality worsens to ‘very poor’ category

Delhi air quality worsens to ‘very poor’ category

This was the highest Air Quality Index in the national capital since February even...

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How an El Niño winter could worsen pollution in Delhi

How an El Niño winter could worsen pollution in Delhi

Lower temperatures, wind speed and rain all contribute to an increased accumulation...

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Help Shape What Comes Next: Contemporary Arts & Cultural Practice

Help Shape What Comes Next: Contemporary Arts & Cultural...

18/13 (2026). Research-led sculptural study examining representation and political...

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Why the common myna has become Australia’s ‘most hated bird’

Why the common myna has become Australia’s ‘most hated...

Attitudes towards mynas have shifted greatly over their 164 year presence in the...

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Assam: Over 4,000 evicted after homes of 640 Bengali Muslim families demolished in Dhubri

Assam: Over 4,000 evicted after homes of 640 Bengali Muslim...

The action took place on 650 bighas of government-owned land in Alamganj Part-IX...

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‘Gulliver’s Travels’ at 300: A satire of the Anglo‑Irish and the folly of allegiance to empire

‘Gulliver’s Travels’ at 300: A satire of the Anglo‑Irish...

The text is shaped in fundamental ways by Swift’s experience as a member of Ireland’s...

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INDIA bloc rally: Rahul Gandhi alleges CEC Gyanesh Kumar helped Modi become PM

INDIA bloc rally: Rahul Gandhi alleges CEC Gyanesh Kumar...

TMC’s Mamata Banerjee, Samajwadi Party’s Akhilesh Yadav, CPI(M)’s MA Baby and National...

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Sunday book pick: ‘Old Herbaceous’ is a comforting novel about the endless pleasures of gardening

Sunday book pick: ‘Old Herbaceous’ is a comforting novel...

Reginal Arkell’s ‘novel of the garden’ was published in 1950.

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Indian November fiction: Two new collections of short stories and four novels for the festive season

Indian November fiction: Two new collections of short stories...

Translated novels from Thamizh and Malayalam, a murder mystery, a horror novel,...

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Jet fuel prices raised by Rs 1.3 per litre, commercial LPG by Rs 10

Jet fuel prices raised by Rs 1.3 per litre, commercial...

This marks the fourth consecutive monthly hike in jet fuel prices and the third...

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Manipur: Five Kuki men killed in 24 hours

Manipur: Five Kuki men killed in 24 hours

The deaths came as Meitei organisations, backed by Nagas, held a rally in Imphal...

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Mukul Kesavan: Growing up in Lutyens’ Delhi – an urban history in anecdotes

Mukul Kesavan: Growing up in Lutyens’ Delhi – an urban...

The common thread between the many Delhis that I lived in was that they were all...

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Can’t watch the Modi-Adani documentary? Read these reports instead

Can’t watch the Modi-Adani documentary? Read these reports...

Much of what the documentary, which the court has ordered to be taken down, goes...

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Manipur: Three Kuki men killed in gunfight between armed groups

Manipur: Three Kuki men killed in gunfight between armed...

The killings came as Meitei organisations, backed by Nagas, held a rally in Imphal...

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A place of error or mistakenness: Finding Nobel Laureate Anne Carson in translation

A place of error or mistakenness: Finding Nobel Laureate...

Anne Carson was awarded the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature on October 8.

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UP poll panel orders deactivation of computer operators’ ECINET login IDs after misuse allegations

UP poll panel orders deactivation of computer operators’...

This came after the Congress alleged that names of over 13,000 voters were replaced...

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Indian cities need to move beyond building more roads. They need better road networks

Indian cities need to move beyond building more roads....

Cities must move from a congestion-focused approach to a connectivity-focused one.

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How Sylvester Stallone fought to change the original ending of his blockbuster film ‘Rocky’

How Sylvester Stallone fought to change the original ending...

An excerpt from the memoir ‘The Steps’, about Sylvester Stallone’s journey from...

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Are younger consumers buying cars like they buy phones?

Are younger consumers buying cars like they buy phones?

Traditional factors like brand prestige and mechanical engineering, steadily losing...

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‘Didn’t want to do anything else’: Why Louise Kennedy studied creative writing and became an author

‘Didn’t want to do anything else’: Why Louise Kennedy studied...

The Irish author was shortlisted for the 2022 Women’s Prize for Fiction for her...

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Odisha: 12 missing after landslide in Ganjam, four killed in Kandhamal

Odisha: 12 missing after landslide in Ganjam, four killed...

Seventeen districts of the state have been receiving heavy rainfall under the influence...

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In ‘public impeachment’ of Gyanesh Kumar, INDIA bloc accuses CEC of ‘conspiring to steal votes’

In ‘public impeachment’ of Gyanesh Kumar, INDIA bloc accuses...

Alleging irregularities in the SIR, the Opposition parties accused the chief election...

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In photos: Saving orangutans from Indonesia’s burning forests

In photos: Saving orangutans from Indonesia’s burning forests

Wildfires are destroying habitats and pushing local primates close to extinction.

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‘Moms’: Shivani Sibal’s novel on domestic abuse upturns the definition of a ‘charmed’ life

‘Moms’: Shivani Sibal’s novel on domestic abuse upturns...

Sibal’s chilling depiction challenges the stereotyped view that only men from low-income...

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Ramachandra Guha: Nehru and Patel argued frequently – but ended every dispute with unity

Ramachandra Guha: Nehru and Patel argued frequently – but...

Rajmohan Gandhi’s ‘Patel: A Life’, now available in a new edition, is the most detailed...

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Punjab polls: AAP announces first list of 40 candidates, Bhagwant Mann to contest from Dhuri

Punjab polls: AAP announces first list of 40 candidates,...

State Industries Minister Sanjeev Arora, who is in jail in connection with an alleged...

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HC orders Tamil Nadu Police to deny permission for protests ‘targeting’ judges

HC orders Tamil Nadu Police to deny permission for protests...

If a permitted gathering ‘turns into a personal attack', the officers must ‘end...

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November Indian nonfiction: Sonia Gandhi’s memoir and five more titles to read this month

November Indian nonfiction: Sonia Gandhi’s memoir and five...

A history of Cochin, a study of Indian communalism, a Muslim woman’s protest, and...

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How a US university became an unlikely home for Carnatic music and dance

How a US university became an unlikely home for Carnatic...

Wesleyan University’s 50-year-old Navaratri Festival grew from decades of engagement...

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India’s extreme poverty falls to 2.6%, but top 10% workers earn 13 times of bottom 10%: World Bank

India’s extreme poverty falls to 2.6%, but top 10% workers...

The international financial institution sets the international extreme poverty line...

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Air pollution: 50% office staff to work from home in Gurugram, Noida from November 5

Air pollution: 50% office staff to work from home in Gurugram,...

The Commission for Air Quality Management announced the precautionary measure citing...

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Gujarat HC restores meat ban near Somnath temple hours after scrapping it

Gujarat HC restores meat ban near Somnath temple hours...

The state government filed an urgent appeal before a division bench, before the...

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‘Foreign funding’ farce: The hypocrisy of the Modi government’s allegations against protesters

‘Foreign funding’ farce: The hypocrisy of the Modi government’s...

The BJP has cornered thousands of crores through opaque finances, choked funds to...

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‘Château Rouge’: Amit Chaudhuri shows a new Paris through the poetics and politics of its streets

‘Château Rouge’: Amit Chaudhuri shows a new Paris through...

The sum of accidental and incidental encounters sculpts the life of Chaudhuri’s...

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Weekend watch: In ‘The Farewell’, grandma is dying and nobody has the heart to tell her

Weekend watch: In ‘The Farewell’, grandma is dying and...

Lulu Wang’s film, led by Awkwafina, can be rented on Prime Video.

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How the touristification and casinofication of Panjim have made life miserable for residents

How the touristification and casinofication of Panjim have...

Residents are mere exhibits in a tableau to be tolerated at best, irritating obstacles...

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Extreme poverty in India falls to 2.6%, but top 10% earn 13 times more than bottom 10%: World Bank

Extreme poverty in India falls to 2.6%, but top 10% earn...

The international financial institution sets the international extreme poverty line...

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In focus on protein intake, don’t forget about dietary fibre

In focus on protein intake, don’t forget about dietary...

Dietary fibre has health benefits and can also help to keep you feeling fuller for...

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Uttarakhand: Six killed as helicopter crashes near Joshimath

Uttarakhand: Six killed as helicopter crashes near Joshimath

The IMD had warned of thunderstorms in Chamoli and light to moderate rainfall in...

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Rush Hour: BJP promises UCC in Uttar Pradesh, Saurav Das faces HC notice over nationality & more

Rush Hour: BJP promises UCC in Uttar Pradesh, Saurav Das...

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UP SIR: Supreme Court asks EC to take steps against bulk filing of Form 7s to delete voters

UP SIR: Supreme Court asks EC to take steps against bulk...

The poll panel acknowledged that such applications had been submitted in bulk but...

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‘Wicker’ review: An exquisitely crafted fairy tale romance

‘Wicker’ review: An exquisitely crafted fairy tale romance

Directed and written by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, the film stars Olivia...

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Flood alerts, evacuations in Bengal, Assam after Bhutan glacial lake outburst

Flood alerts, evacuations in Bengal, Assam after Bhutan...

The flood water from the Sintaphu lake in Bhutan was predicted to flow downstream...

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Amit Shah promises UCC in Uttar Pradesh if BJP retains power in 2027

Amit Shah promises UCC in Uttar Pradesh if BJP retains...

On the other hand, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav said a Uniform Civil Code...

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A new book of investigative reporting finds out how Jamtara became India’s ‘phishing capital’

A new book of investigative reporting finds out how Jamtara...

An excerpt from ‘Jamtara Calling: The Underbelly of Cybercrime’, by Chitradeep Chakraborty.

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Madras HC issues notice on plea seeking probe into CJP leader Saurav Das’ identity

Madras HC issues notice on plea seeking probe into CJP...

The petition also sought the blocking of Das’ Instagram and X accounts for allegedly...

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‘Akka’ review: An engrossing bejewelled catfight

‘Akka’ review: An engrossing bejewelled catfight

Keerthy Suresh and Radhika Apte lead Dharmaraj Shetty’s Netflix series.

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In her art, Jayasri Burman shows how India’s old stories still speak to the present

In her art, Jayasri Burman shows how India’s old stories...

Women occupy the centre as bearers of memory, tenderness and transformation.

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Arunachal Police seeks search warrant against journalist Tongam Rina over anti-dam protest violence

Arunachal Police seeks search warrant against journalist...

The deputy editor of ‘The Arunachal Times’ said that the ‘intimidation’ would not...

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SIR: EC extends claims deadline in Delhi and Maharashtra, processing period in four states

SIR: EC extends claims deadline in Delhi and Maharashtra,...

In Maharashtra, the period for filing objections which ended on October 26, was...

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Does Modi want to prevent middle-class Indians from investing abroad?

Does Modi want to prevent middle-class Indians from investing...

The India Fix: A newsletter on Indian politics from Scroll.

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Review: ‘Love Always’ takes its title way too seriously

Review: ‘Love Always’ takes its title way too seriously

The eight-episode Tamil series is out on JioHotstar.

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What kind of cities is India’s infrastructure rush building?

What kind of cities is India’s infrastructure rush building?

Between all the metros, highways and riverfronts, India is building the pieces of...

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Arun Ferreira’s 2011 re-arrest violated fundamental rights, state to pay Rs 2 lakh compensation: HC

Arun Ferreira’s 2011 re-arrest violated fundamental rights,...

In September 2011, Ferreira was held again from near Nagpur Central Jail’s gate...

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Ireland mulls language test for citizenship. It will increase pressure on teaching resources

Ireland mulls language test for citizenship. It will increase...

Any new requirement would need investment, enough teachers and better coordination...

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Samuel Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’ has new meaning in the age of climate change

Samuel Beckett’s ‘Happy Days’ has new meaning in the age...

‘Happy Days’ serves as a necessary reminder to look after our planet while we still...

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SIR: Around 1,600 foreigners identified on voter rolls in six states, reports ‘Hindustan Times’

SIR: Around 1,600 foreigners identified on voter rolls...

While launching the the exercise in 2025, the poll panel said that ‘inclusion of...

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Podcast: From race to caste and gender, Ramachandra Guha on arguments with Gandhi

Podcast: From race to caste and gender, Ramachandra Guha...

The historian tells host Dinyar Patel why it is impossible to assign neat black-and-white...

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Activist Arun Ferreira’s re-arrest in 2011 violated fundamental rights, says HC

Activist Arun Ferreira’s re-arrest in 2011 violated fundamental...

In September 2011, Ferreira was held again from near Nagpur Central Jail’s gate...

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Why are Indians continuing to fall prey to digital arrest scams, asks CJI Kant

Why are Indians continuing to fall prey to digital arrest...

The chief justice also asked why banks could not intervene when transactions appeared...

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Rush Hour: CJI asks why Indians still fall for cyber fraud, new UP rules for government jobs & more

Rush Hour: CJI asks why Indians still fall for cyber fraud,...

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Fiction: An abandoned house in the neighbourhood becomes the site of three young people’s friendship

Fiction: An abandoned house in the neighbourhood becomes...

An excerpt from ‘All Our Evenings’, by Ruthvika Rao.

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Delhi: Demolition of heritage mosque near PM Modi’s official residence paused for four weeks

Delhi: Demolition of heritage mosque near PM Modi’s official...

While the government has claimed that the structure is ‘unauthorised’, it is listed...

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