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Arunachal: Anti-dam protesters vandalise NHPC office, police station after tear gas fired

Arunachal: Anti-dam protesters vandalise NHPC office, police...

Earlier on Friday, at least five women were injured in Siang district in clashes...

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As memories become entangled with machines, who controls what we remember?

As memories become entangled with machines, who controls...

History could now be determined by algorithms.

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US citizen Matthew VanDyke, 6 Ukrainians held in arms case allowed longer stay outside India

US citizen Matthew VanDyke, 6 Ukrainians held in arms case...

A Delhi court granted the permission after the National Investigation Agency said...

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‘I write to instil self-confidence and a new consciousness in the Adivasi’: poet Jacinta Kerketta

‘I write to instil self-confidence and a new consciousness...

‘Having a relationship with the community enables honest writing, whether I am offering...

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As memories become entangled with machines who controls what we remember?

As memories become entangled with machines who controls...

History could now be determined by algorithms.

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‘Will AI Murder Us All?’: Maybe the real question the book asks is, ‘Will we kill ourselves?’

‘Will AI Murder Us All?’: Maybe the real question the book...

But there is radical hope at the end of Aakash Singh Rathore’s book.

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‘Threats, detentions, militarisation’: How Arunachal government is choking anti-dam protests

‘Threats, detentions, militarisation’: How Arunachal government...

Residents say villages have been turned into ‘military zones’ to carry out a survey...

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A critical flaw in PHP, ‘backbone of the web’, has cyber experts scrambling for a fix

A critical flaw in PHP, ‘backbone of the web’, has cyber...

The incident shows that vulnerabilities will recur as long as the world treats open-source...

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Delhi HC rejects Neha Bora’s plea against notice to sign bond and ‘maintain peace’

Delhi HC rejects Neha Bora’s plea against notice to sign...

The student leader had been directed to furnish a personal bond of Rs 10,000 a day...

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From a new compilation of tales from mythology and folklore: Vasishtha looks for a place to meditate

From a new compilation of tales from mythology and folklore:...

An excerpt from ‘The Blue Lotus: Myths and Folk Tales of India’, by Meena Arora...

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Singer Diljit Dosanjh gets police clearance for Delhi concert

Singer Diljit Dosanjh gets police clearance for Delhi concert

‘Permission for the event had been temporarily withheld, not cancelled, and the...

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SBI says it informed customers after details of nearly 3,900 account holders leaked in cyberattack

SBI says it informed customers after details of nearly...

Around 3.75 lakh customer records were released on the dark web, of which 3,897...

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‘Gajab Raat’ review: Manoj Bajpayee fires up a thriller that runs out of steam

‘Gajab Raat’ review: Manoj Bajpayee fires up a thriller...

Ritesh Shah’s Hindi thriller, co-written with Neeraj Pandey, is out on Netflix.

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Uttar Pradesh: ‘Irregularities’ found in over 10,000 entries to Pilibhit electoral rolls

Uttar Pradesh: ‘Irregularities’ found in over 10,000 entries...

The Bharatiya Janata Party had won the seat by a margin of less than 7,000 votes...

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Face-off with China continues at several locations along Arunachal border: ITBP chief

Face-off with China continues at several locations along...

Reports of confrontations between Indian and Chinese troops in Arunachal Pradesh...

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Bangladesh has a higher per capita GDP than India. What does this mean for the BJP’s SIR push?

Bangladesh has a higher per capita GDP than India. What...

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

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FDA suspends licences of 8 Mumbai eateries, seizes 38 tonnes of food stock in Maharashtra

FDA suspends licences of 8 Mumbai eateries, seizes 38 tonnes...

The establishments whose permits were held include You Mee in Ghatkopar and a Domino’s...

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Indian swimmer sent back from Asian Para Games in Japan after sexual assault allegation

Indian swimmer sent back from Asian Para Games in Japan...

A lifetime ban has been recommended on the 40-year-old.

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‘Udta Teer’ review: Cartoonish spy comedy is low in general intelligence

‘Udta Teer’ review: Cartoonish spy comedy is low in general...

Ayushmann Khurrana leads Akash A Kaushik’s film.

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Cabinet Secretariat noted action on ECs’ complaints may be seen as ‘interference’: RTI reply

Cabinet Secretariat noted action on ECs’ complaints may...

The complaints concerned revision of work allocated to senior Election Commission...

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Why India needs citizen-centric governance for everyday democracy

Why India needs citizen-centric governance for everyday...

Significant effort is required to extract even basic accountability from the state.

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‘Little Thomas’ review: Tender humour as a boy tries deals with grown-up problems

‘Little Thomas’ review: Tender humour as a boy tries deals...

Kaushal Oza’s film stars Hridansh Parekh, Gulshan Devaiah and Rasika Dugal.

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‘Pyre’ review: A moving tale of loneliness and endurance

‘Pyre’ review: A moving tale of loneliness and endurance

Vinod Kapri’s film, starring first-time actors Heera Devi and Padam Singh, is out...

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What is the Socratic method? Could it be used to test students in the age of AI?

What is the Socratic method? Could it be used to test students...

Classrooms should encourage and asses dialogue as opposed to purely descriptive...

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Indian para swimmer sent back from Asian Para Games in Japan after sexual assault allegation

Indian para swimmer sent back from Asian Para Games in...

A lifetime ban has been recommended against the 40-year-old athlete, the Paralympic...

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In Bengal, Christians allegedly assaulted by Bajrang Dal mob, forced to perform Hindu rituals

In Bengal, Christians allegedly assaulted by Bajrang Dal...

The minor girls of the families were threatened with rape and abduction, while the...

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Rejoinder: Use of Kafka’s cockroach metaphor for Dalit identity undermines anti-caste politics

Rejoinder: Use of Kafka’s cockroach metaphor for Dalit...

The legacy of Dalit politics is resistance and defying dehumanisation.

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Amit Chaudhuri’s new novel: Paris bears little resemblance to a visiting writer’s idea of the city

Amit Chaudhuri’s new novel: Paris bears little resemblance...

An excerpt from ‘Château Rouge’.

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Saudi Arabia: Indian killed in Dammam airport attack

Saudi Arabia: Indian killed in Dammam airport attack

Two Indian citizens were also injured in the incident.

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Uttarakhand ends Friday off for madrasas, orders Sunday as weekly holiday

Uttarakhand ends Friday off for madrasas, orders Sunday...

The Congress alleged that the BJP government was resorting to ‘politics of polarisation...

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UPI is a popular mode of payment, but it is still limited by gender disparities and online scams

UPI is a popular mode of payment, but it is still limited...

An excerpt from ‘Cashless Nation: How UPI Changed Everything’, by Santanu Paul and...

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‘Akka’ trailer: Keerthy Suresh, Radhika Apte in a show about female gangsters on the warpath

‘Akka’ trailer: Keerthy Suresh, Radhika Apte in a show...

Dharmaraj Shetty’s Hindi series also stars Tanvi Azmi, Mahesh Manjrekar and Anshumaan...

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EC removes officials, orders UP voter list check as Congress alleges irregularities in 16,000 names

EC removes officials, orders UP voter list check as Congress...

Names of over 13,000 voters were changed in Pilibhit Sadar after the final rolls...

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Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman 2026 announces shortlists in fiction, nonfiction, debut categories

Ramnath Goenka Sahithya Samman 2026 announces shortlists...

The winners will be felicitated on December 2.

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‘Who is US blackmailing,’ asks Rahul Gandhi after Puri-Epstein photo, Rubio visit

‘Who is US blackmailing,’ asks Rahul Gandhi after Puri-Epstein...

In February, Union minister Hardeep Puri said that he met Epstein on a ‘few occasions’,...

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In Modi’s India, only ‘good’ OCIs are welcome

In Modi’s India, only ‘good’ OCIs are welcome

Just as they are expected to be ‘ideal’ immigrants in their adopted countries, the...

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Watch: A chaotic family reunion for Diwali in ‘Meethe Mein Kya Hai’

Watch: A chaotic family reunion for Diwali in ‘Meethe Mein...

Radhika Bansal’s film stars Rohini Hattangadi, Ritwik Bhowmik, Ayesha Raza, Abhay...

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‘Aadi Anant’ trailer: Comedy starring Ashok Saraf, Sankarshan Karhade explores the generation gap

‘Aadi Anant’ trailer: Comedy starring Ashok Saraf, Sankarshan...

Mahesh Limaye’s Marathi film also stars Sakhee Gokhale, Aarav Aeer, Yogesh Shirsat,...

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Pune: Schaeffler India CEO arrested months after carbon dioxide leak killed two workers

Pune: Schaeffler India CEO arrested months after carbon...

Three workers were also affected after ‘sudden and intense’ toxic gas leak at the...

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From taboo subject, menopause is now a big business opportunity

From taboo subject, menopause is now a big business opportunity

Does it genuinely meet women’s needs, or does it help create a new market?

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Diet homogenisation is shrinking biodiversity: Why India must revive local vegetable varieties

Diet homogenisation is shrinking biodiversity: Why India...

Vegetable biodiversity is important for nutritional security and climate resilience....

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Attack on Tiger Shroff: Five more arrested, being brought to Mumbai

Attack on Tiger Shroff: Five more arrested, being brought...

The three accused persons held earlier from Kota have been remanded to the custody...

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Rush Hour: Delhi court orders CJP leaders’ release, data of nearly 3,900 SBI customers leaked & more

Rush Hour: Delhi court orders CJP leaders’ release, data...

Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...

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Delhi court orders release of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das

Delhi court orders release of CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka,...

Ranka and Das, along with another campaign leader were detained on October 13 after...

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Fiction: Avdhi’s estranged mother’s death brings her back to Shimla, where the past awaits her

Fiction: Avdhi’s estranged mother’s death brings her back...

An excerpt from ‘The Things We Carry Home’, by Savi Sharma.

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Andhra EC directed to defer final civic polls nominee list after YSRCP alleges candidates obstructed

Andhra EC directed to defer final civic polls nominee list...

The Opposition party alleged that its candidates had been stopped from filing their...

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Personal details of nearly 3,900 SBI customers leaked on dark web in cyberattack

Personal details of nearly 3,900 SBI customers leaked on...

More than 3.75 lakh records had been compromised, a preliminary investigation by...

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India rejects its ‘negative characterisation’ at UN based on allegations of human rights abuse

India rejects its ‘negative characterisation’ at UN based...

A day earlier, the international organisation flagged the repeated ‘heavy-handed...

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A new book reconstructs the devastating Nam Ka Chu battle of the 1962 Sino-Indian War

A new book reconstructs the devastating Nam Ka Chu battle...

An excerpt from ‘1962: Death Trap in Nam Ka Chu’, by Ashok Kalyan Verma with Shiv...

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Punjab: CBI takes over probe into killing of anti-drug activist Parvinder Singh Jhota

Punjab: CBI takes over probe into killing of anti-drug...

Jhota was shot dead inside a medical store in Mansa district on October 13.

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India-US trade deal ‘very close’, says Marco Rubio

India-US trade deal ‘very close’, says Marco Rubio

The United States secretary of state said that during his visit to Jamnagar, he...

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Why a Bengaluru company’s ‘hiring ban’ on men from four northern states is flawed

Why a Bengaluru company’s ‘hiring ban’ on men from four...

Such an arbitrary policy will do little for women’s safety at the workplace and...

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Delhi air quality worsens to ‘poor’ category

Delhi air quality worsens to ‘poor’ category

The measures to curb pollution will take effect on November 1, said Chief Minister...

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Cartoonist Satish Acharya’s Instagram account blocked second time in three weeks

Cartoonist Satish Acharya’s Instagram account blocked second...

On September 28, Acharya’s profile was restricted in India after the social media...

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Bharatnatyam history: How stigmatised devadasis weathered social ostracism and moral outrage

Bharatnatyam history: How stigmatised devadasis weathered...

An excerpt from ‘From The Corner of Her Eye: The Many Histories of Bharatanatyam’,...

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‘Impinges on freedom’: Former Delhi HC Justice S Muralidhar on CJP leaders’ custody

‘Impinges on freedom’: Former Delhi HC Justice S Muralidhar...

An interview with Muralidhar on the oxymoron that is ‘executive magistrate’ and...

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UN experts flag ‘heavy-handed’ police response to peaceful protests in India

UN experts flag ‘heavy-handed’ police response to peaceful...

They called on the government to ‘cease use of excessive force, rescind blanket...

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The case of Christa Pike and the absurdity of the death penalty

The case of Christa Pike and the absurdity of the death...

No one who is concerned with building a just society can afford to ignore Christa...

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When mangrove restoration projects become big business

When mangrove restoration projects become big business

It has become a new kind of market. But it also distributes what it generates along...

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UN experts flag ‘heavy-handed’ response of police against peaceful protests in India

UN experts flag ‘heavy-handed’ response of police against...

They called on the government to ‘cease use of excessive force, rescind blanket...

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Rush Hour: RSS chief warns against ‘regime change’ bid, mosque near PM’s home faces eviction & more

Rush Hour: RSS chief warns against ‘regime change’ bid,...

Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...

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HC sets aside order directing details of foreign travel by Modi, Manmohan Singh be made public

HC sets aside order directing details of foreign travel...

Disclosing such information ‘may compromise the security arrangements put in place...

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Queer classic: This Bengali novel from the 1920s is a tender exploration of love between two boys

Queer classic: This Bengali novel from the 1920s is a tender...

An excerpt from ‘Those Boyhood Years’, by Shibram Chakraborty, translated from the...

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Western forces trying to destabilise India, ‘regime change won’t happen’: RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat

Western forces trying to destabilise India, ‘regime change...

‘They claim that changing a regime will change the situation, but that has never...

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Delhi: Heritage mosque near PM Modi’s official residence receives eviction notice

Delhi: Heritage mosque near PM Modi’s official residence...

The structure stands on government land and is ‘unauthorised’, the Ministry of Housing...

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A new book shows women how to read the fine print before investing their money

A new book shows women how to read the fine print before...

An excerpt from ‘I Am My Own Laxmi: Money, Agency, and Power to Choose’, by Aarti...

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India asks citizens in Italy, Albania to exercise caution amid unrest

India asks citizens in Italy, Albania to exercise caution...

Demonstrators in the European countries were protesting against rising living costs,...

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Two Indians among 28 charged with election fraud in US

Two Indians among 28 charged with election fraud in US

Both were accused of unlawfully registering to vote in the 2024 presidential polls.

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HC stays murder conviction of man who wants to contest Uttar Pradesh polls on BJP ticket

HC stays murder conviction of man who wants to contest...

Failing to get his life sentence suspended can lead to a loss of opportunity for...

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Months after its big political win, some lessons for India’s cockroach movement

Months after its big political win, some lessons for India’s...

The CJP is successful at galvanising youth anger but it must learn to provide organisational...

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Bangladesh history: How Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, chosen with overwhelming popular mandate, lost trust

Bangladesh history: How Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, chosen with...

An excerpt from the revised edition of ‘The Land of Monsoons and Martyrs: A New...

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Social media users must be given copy of takedown order: Punjab and Haryana HC

Social media users must be given copy of takedown order:...

Although the IT Rules do not mention the need to inform the account holder, it is...

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‘Vote chori’ protests: Congress leaders say aim is to put pressure on Supreme Court

‘Vote chori’ protests: Congress leaders say aim is to put...

The party hopes that putting pressure on judges will force them to function neutrally...

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France protests escalating into riots are a political gift for Marine Le Pen and far-right

France protests escalating into riots are a political gift...

Ahead of the April 2027 presidential elections, far-right politicians have vowed...

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CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das’ judicial custody extended by two days

CJP leaders Ashutosh Ranka, Saurav Das’ judicial custody...

Ranka and Das, along with another campaign leader were detained on October 13 after...

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