#Maharashtra | Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavisâ office said the amendments are aimed at attracting investments, generating employment and safeguarding the rights of workers. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10862... #workinghours
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#Maharashtra | Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavisâ office said the amendments are aimed at attracting investments, generating employment and safeguarding the rights of workers. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10862... #workinghours
Education, therefore, was much more than a tool for augmenting Indian human capital: it was a way to inculcate a more democratic culture, one which included womenâs rights and gender equality. scroll.in/article/1086... Dinyar Patel writes #dadabhainoroji #indianeducation
The Trinamool Congress said that the reform was a âvictory for common peopleâ that was âwrested from a tone-deaf regimeâ. scroll.in/latest/10862... #GSTReform
Since Sunali's detention over two months ago, her mother has spoken to her just once. That was when a stranger from Dhaka demanded âč35,000 to bring Sunali home. They couldnât afford it. Anant Gupta reports: scroll.in/article/1086...
Today on Scroll: newsletter.scroll.in/post/1224277/ -Pregnant woman from Bengal forced into Bangladesh. Family has land records from five generations ago -Governors must decide on bills immediately, even 3-month timeline too long: Opposition states to SC More—ïž
Chief Minister Mohan Yadav said that the government âwill not tolerate any negligenceâ, and added that he had instructed the collector and the health department to look into the matter, ANI reported. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10862...
The Citizenship Amendment Act stipulates a cut-off date of December 31, 2014 for providing a fast track to citizenship to refugees from the six religious communities, on the condition that they have lived in India for six years. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10862...
Anuparna Royâs debut feature was premiered at the Venice Film Festival. scroll.in/reel/1085831... âI never thought my film would be in Venice,â Roy told Nandini Ramnath. âI am so grateful that the selectors understood the essence of the film, and that it is very personal. I am super-happy.â
#ManojJarangePatilâs lawyers told the court that no public property had been damaged. scroll.in/latest/10861... âYou file an affidavit stating that you [Jarange-Patil and other organisers] were not the instigators,â the bench said in response. #Marathaquota
With the notification of the order, the Union government has also given foreigners tribunals the powers to summon any person and issue an arrest warrant against them if they fail to appear before it. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861...
"It's widely understood that the CEC and the BJP are aligned at the moment." Amitabh Dubey of the Congress explains why his party is talking about vote chori in the next episode of Scroll Adda with Shoaib Daniyal. Releasing on Friday, September 5. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A24...
A Pune couple died within days of a liver transplant â the wife after donating part of her liver to save her husband. The tragedy exposes ethical, medical and regulatory gaps in Indiaâs reliance on living donor transplants. scroll.in/article/1086... Sanjay Nagral reports
"Murar defended his people on various occasions with swift, decisive military action." scroll.in/article/1085... An excerpt from âMurarirao Ghorpade: The Accidental Catalyst Behind Robert Cliveâs March Over Indiaâ, by Reeta Ramamurthy Gupta and Indrajeet Ghorpade.
âKCR is being scapegoated,â Kavitha claimed. âIt was Harish Rao and Santosh Rao who handled key aspects of the project. They accumulated huge assets blinding KCR. They are the anacondas of corruption.â scroll.in/latest/10861...
However, the hospital authorities have claimed that the death was caused by pneumonia and not the rat bite. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861...
The reports highlight that women are disproportionately impacted, with 581.5 million women facing mental health disorders as compared to 513.9 million men. scroll.in/latest/10861... #Mentalhealth
#Lokah | Released on August 28 in Kerala and in other states with English subtitles, the supernatural fantasy adventure is already the rage. Take a look at the factors behind Lokahâs success and fame. scroll.in/reel/1086158...
359 voters were added to this booth in Bihar in 14 months. During the Special Intensive Revision, 351 were deleted. Locals call them fake voters and pin the blame on the Congress MLA. scroll.in/article/1086... Ground Report by Ayush Tiwari and Aryan Mahtta
Today on Scroll: newsletter.scroll.in/post/1222082/ -We went to a polling booth with one of the highest deletions in Bihar. Hereâs what we found -âLokah Chapter 1: Chandraâ: Five reasons why everyone is talking about the Malayalam superhero film More—ïž
India and the United States could finalise a bilateral trade agreement by November, Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday amid bilateral tensions over tariffs. scroll.in/latest/10861...
The court, however, allowed the Madhya Pradesh police to move for cancellation of relief if the cartoonist failed to cooperate with the investigation. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861...
"I am not dead," says a woman from Ansari tola village in the Seemanchal region. "I am from this village and I got married here itself." @sighyush.bsky.social & Aryan Mahtta meet voters who have been left out of Bihar's revised voter list. Watch the full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EbZ...
Beijing was aware that a second Trump presidency would pose significant geopolitical and geoeconomic challenges, which explains the growing warmth, since October 2024, with India. scroll.in/article/1086... Question is whether Chinese overtures are genuine, writes Gunjan Singh.
A bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta allowed the petitioners to withdraw the petition and told them to approach the High Court instead. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861...
#ManojJarangePatil had on Friday launched an indefinite hunger strike to reiterate his demand for reservations in government jobs and education for the Marathas under the Other Backward Classes category. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #MarathaReservation
On Tuesday, Delhi High Court denied bail to Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and eight others in #DelhiRiots2020 case. scroll.in/article/1079... Were students & activists a part of a premeditated plot to destabilise the city? Here's what a thorough examination of chargesheets revealed.
These were the prime ministerâs first comments on an incident from August 27, when a man was heard purportedly using a Hindi expletive against Modi, from a dais set up for the Oppositionâs âVoter Adhikar Yatraâ in Biharâs Darbhanga town. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #NarendraModi #Bihar
The incident in the Tarasin village took place on Sunday after several days of heavy rainfall in the region, Sudan Liberation Movement/Army said. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #Sudan
September is packed with big releases From Aryan Khan's Ba***ds of Bollywood to Anurag Kashyapâs Nishaanchi & more â hereâs your full watchlist. scroll.in/reel/1085346...
September is packed with big releases đŹ From Aryan Khan's Ba***ds of Bollywood to Anurag Kashyapâs Nishaanchi & more â hereâs your full watchlist. scroll.in/reel/1085346...
The majority of the deaths were reported from the Kunar province, where entire villages were wiped out, Al Jazeera reported. scroll.in/latest/10861... Rescue operations have been delayed as roadways remained damaged or blocked for more than 24 hours after the quake. #Afghanistan
"Viewing the story through an adult lens, the idea that took me beyond the last page was the notion of ghosts being rendered homeless, just as our many endangered peoples, birds and animals are becoming," reviews Tansy Troy. Read the full review here: scroll.in/article/1085... #bookreview
Gaps in evidence have been filled with questionable witness statements, protests been criminalised and individuals implicated on the basis of tenuous evidence, an examination of five chargesheets revealed. scroll.in/article/1079... Vineet Bhalla analyses #DelhiRiots2020 case
They sought bail primarily on the grounds of delay in their trial and also argued for parity with the other co-accused in the case â student activists Asif Iqbal Tanha, Devangana Kalita, and Natasha Narwal â who were granted bail in June 2021. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861...
So far, 14,936 persons have been rescued by the National Disaster Response Force, Army, Border Security Force and district authorities. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #punjab #PunjabFloods
Food and agriculture policy expert Devinder Sharma stated that diverting food grains into ethanol for fuel is a dreadful idea for a country that probably has one of the largest populations of hungry people in the world. scroll.in/article/1085... Ayushi Sharma writes Via @mongabayindia.bsky.social
#Telengana | This came after Chief Minister Revanth Reddy announced in the Assembly that the probe into the alleged irregularities in the construction of the lift irrigation project will be handed over to the CBI. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861...
Human rights activist Shabnam Hashmi, in a post on X, said that India was âneither a Hindu Rashtra nor an Islamic country, and there are a lot of atheists who have a right to live, speak freelyâ. scroll.in/latest/10861...
A bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Augustine George Masih questioned whether the verdict had âbeen correctly decidedâ. Datta held that the judgement had âunknowingly jeopardised the very foundation of universal elementary educationâ. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #minorityrights
A mason from Bengal, Mehebub Sheikh, was pushed into Bangladesh at gunpoint despite Indian ID cards. Later brought back, heâs lost his Mumbai job & lives in fear of being targeted again. Anant Gupta reports scroll.in/article/1086...
"In hindsight, Sunitaâs leadership was not merely a stopgap measure but a testament to the AAPâs adaptability under pressure. Her role exemplified a strategic response to adversity." scroll.in/article/1085... An excerpt by Sayantan Ghosh @juggernautbooksind.bsky.social #bookexcerpt
The bench made the observation during a special hearing on a petition filed by the Amy Foundation and others, despite a holiday for the Hindu festival of Ganesh Chaturthi. scroll.in/latest/10861... #ManojJarangepatil
#DonaldTrump also reiterated his claim that India buys most of its oil and military products from Russia, and âvery littleâ from the United States. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861...
Thadou organisations alleged that Jomhao was targeted for pursuing peace with the Meiteis notwithstanding diktats from several Kuki armed groups. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #manipur
In Seemanchal, #Biharâs poorest region, voters in nearly every village have lost their votes without any basis in the recent #voterslistrevision. www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EbZ... In part 1 of the series, Ayush Tiwari & Aryan Mahtta travelled to Ansari tola, where 22% of the voters have been deleted.
Our study shows long Covid disrupts futures, breaks connections, and creates daily struggles that ripple out to families, workplaces and communities. scroll.in/article/1085... âDanielle Hitch, Genevieve Pepin & Kieva Richards Via The Conversation #LongCOVID
Over 800 persons were killed and around 2,800 injured after a strong earthquake struck eastern #Afghanistan on Monday, Reuters reported. scroll.in/latest/10860... The deaths & injuries may increase as rescue teams reach the mountainous area, Taliban-controlled administration said. đ·AFP, Reuters
Speaking at the concluding event of his Voter Adhikar Yatra in Patna, #RahulGandhi reiterated his allegations that votes were âstolenâ in Maharashtra during the Assembly election. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #VoteTheft #allegedvotefraud
On Monday, the member states unanimously signed and adopted the Tianjin Declaration, which âexpressed deepest sympathy and condolences to the families of the dead and the woundedâ in the Pahalgam terror attack. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860... #SCO #pahalgamattack
The court noted that âthe process will continue until the last date of nominations and all inclusions/exclusions are integrated in the final roll." Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #bihar #voterlistrevision
#Rajasthan | Those held guilty of mass conversions will face 20 years to life imprisonment, and a fine of at least Rs 25 lakh. In the old bill, the offence carried a punishment of 3 to 10 years, and a minimum fine of Rs 50,000. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861...
Thanks to widespread literacy, exchange of letters now is seen as matter between the sender and the addressee. But in 15th century, it likely involved four different individuals: the sender, the writer, the recipient and the reader. scroll.in/article/9805... âïžAparna Kapadia #WorldLetterWritingDay
While there is no publicly available data on how many of the millions of cars and motorbikes sold before 2023 are compliant with E20 fuel, experts estimate most of them are not. scroll.in/article/1085... By Bhasker Tripathi
Filed by advocate Akshay Malhotra, the petition had said that vehicles manufactured in India before April 23 were not compatible with E20 fuel and sought that non-blended petrol be made available. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10861... #ethanolpetrol
Exempting disability aids from GST is not charity. It is recognition of rights. It is acknowledgement that independence and mobility are not privileges to be taxed, but freedoms to be enabled. scroll.in/article/1085... Nipun Malhotra & Harshita Kumari write #Disability #GST
White House trade adviser Peter Navarro also described India as ânothing but a laundromatâ for Moscow. scroll.in/latest/10860...
The casualties from the damage caused by the quake, measuring six in magnitude, are expected to increase, said the Afghan government. scroll.in/latest/10860... #AfghanistanEarthquake
"The slow burn of gloom helped me realise that my intellect or Ivy League education or wealth or relationships may not always help me control the outcomes." scroll.in/article/1085... An excerpt by Namita Devidayal. @westlandbooks.bsky.social #bookexcerpt
The teams consisting of police personnel have faced criticism for harassing couples in consensual relationships. scroll.in/latest/10860...
Pawan Kheraâs statements came days after Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said that no political party had lodged objections after the draft roll was published. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860...
How coffee is solving Western Ghats' biodiversity crisis? scroll.in/video/108606... In this week's #EcoIndia, our top story looks at how the Western Ghats is degrading due to natural tree felling, domination of invasive species and development activities. #Watch —
Anna Katharine Green gave us a Victorian crime novel thatâs clever, theatrical, and surprisingly modern in its take on secrecy, suspicion, and the limits of what people are willing to believe. scroll.in/article/1085... âSwati Daftuar #TheLeavenworthCase #detectivenovel
BJP had earlier filed a complaint against Mahua Moitra in West Bengalâs Krishnanagar for saying that Amit Shahâs head should be cut off for allowing undocumented immigration into India. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860... #MahuaMoitra
"I have learned this through my own journey with the tamate: it needs to be touched, it needs the warmth of the human body. Its sound is born, grows and changes through the warmth of touch," Bharath Dingri tells Shruthi Menon. Read the full interview here: scroll.in/article/1085...
Meanwhile, Xi told Modi during the meeting that China and India âare cooperation partners, not rivalsâ, reported state-run CGTN. scroll.in/latest/10860... A âcooperative pas de deux of the dragon and the elephantâ should be the right choice for the two countries, he further said. #IndiaChina
The novel works on many levels â a small group of adults showing up for each other, men who do not just pretend to be good, two sweet love stories, a bossy cat, and a heroine whoâs quirky and unapologetically herself. scroll.in/article/1085... #Bookrecommendation by Sayari Debnath
One of Ashoka's edicts is in the outskirts of Kandahar, in Afghanistan. What makes it special is that it is inscribed in both Greek and Aramaic. scroll.in/article/1085... TM Krishna tells Nayanjot Lahiri about his challenges and liberties taken to transform these epigraphic scrawls into music.
âIn view of the inability of carriers to transport US-bound mail, and undefined regulatory mechanisms, it has now been decided to completely suspend booking of all categories of mail,â said the notice issued on Sunday. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860... #IndiaPost
"What Katabasis reveals is that academia, despite its insistence on being superior to the corporate world, thrives on, at the very least, a small degree of sucking the soul out of its patrons," writes Pulari Meera Baskar. Read the full review here: scroll.in/article/1085... #bookreview
âHarjinder Singh was involved in an unfortunate, fatal accident, and yet somehow, the entire Sikh community,â said Arjun Sethi, a human rights attorney. scroll.in/article/1086... The case has also widened the rift between some Hindu & Sikh groups in the US. Prajwal Bhat reports
#Delhi | A group of men had entered the premises for darshan and demanded chunni prasad, which includes a headscarf and blessed food. When Yogendra Singh told them that the offering was no longer available, an argument broke out. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860... #kalkaji
Why ecological health equals economic survival? scroll.in/video/108605... In this week's #Econdia, we discuss, how our morning coffee could preserve biodiversity, why green farming is profitable, and how mass tourism could be made more sustainable. #Watch —ïž
Even though 36% of Indiaâs 355 million menstruating women use sanitary pads, they are met with improper waste facilities, leaving poor outcomes for future generations. scroll.in/article/1085... â Amir Bin Rafi & Mansi Rathee Via @mongabayindia.bsky.social
Freedom and the fruits of development have bypassed many of Indiaâs denotified tribes. Homelessness, landlessness and the collapse of their traditional occupations have left them vulnerable. scroll.in/article/1086... Ravinder Kumar writes how renaming the tribes has only ended the legal stigma.
#Uttarakhand | The cases were registered based on a complaint by Siddhartha Agarwal, the Dehradun district president of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860...
One crucial factor for the decline is the flight of the moneyed Hindu and Sikh elite during Partition, says Kabir Altaf, researching on the topic. These landed & merchant families had formed the core patronage base for classical music in Pakistan. scroll.in/magazine/108... By Malini Nair
This article was originally published in our weekly #newsletter #SlowLane, which goes out exclusively to Scroll Members. If you would like to get perceptive pieces of reporting and analysis like this directly, become a Scroll Member. scroll.in/contribute?u...
#Slowlane | India will be cautious about Chinaâs intentions because the relationship is âcompetitiveâ and New Delhi will be keen to build deterrence so that a border skirmish is not repeated, experts say. scroll.in/article/1086... Nachiket Deuskar examines India-China rapprochement.
Today on Scroll: newsletter.scroll.in/post/1217236/ - Hindustani musicâs decline in Pakistan began the day the nation was born - Modi in China: New dĂ©tente or a progressive trajectory? - Vimukti Divas: 73 years on, Indiaâs âdenotifiedâ communities still await true liberation More —ïž
The EC said it had also served notices to around 3 lakh voters for providing âdubiousâ details or âinadequate credentials for citizenshipâ, which could push deletions beyond the 65 lakh names already omitted, the Hindustan Times reported. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860...
The court said it was prima facie satisfied that the petitioner was pursuing cases against âa very powerful individualâ and was facing constant threats. scroll.in/latest/10860...
The case against Mishra, who is now the Delhi law minister, also pertained to a social media post he allegedly wrote stating that there would be an âIndia vs Pakistanâ contest on the âstreets of Delhiâ during the 2020 Assembly elections in the national capital. scroll.in/latest/10860...
The development came amid the Trinamool Congress repeatedly raising concerns about several Bengali-speaking migrant workers being detained in parts of the country on the suspicion of being Bangladeshis. scroll.in/latest/10860...
A PhD scholar from Bangladesh expelled from Delhiâs South Asian University after a clash over serving fish curry on Mahashivratri. Sudeepto Das says the university punished him and ignored ABVP violence. scroll.in/article/1086... Rokibuz Zaman reports
Today on Scroll: newsletter.scroll.in/post/1215787/ -How row over âfish curryâ led to Bangladeshi scholarâs expulsion from a Delhiâs university -Most Trump tariffs illegal, overstep presidential powers, rules US appeals court More—ïž
The judges allowed the levies to remain in place to give the Trump administration time to challenge the ruling in the Supreme Court. scroll.in/latest/10860... #TrumpTarrifs
"If you are going to ignore the constraints of nature, you are simply inviting disaster. The people of neither state want foolhardy development. They want sustainable development," Rohit Chopra tells Tanvi Deshpande. Read the full interview here: scroll.in/article/1085... Via IndiaSpend
The rupee fell by 0.65% to end at 88.19, marking its biggest one-day loss in nearly three months. The currency had hit its previous lowest level of 87.95 in February. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860... #indiancurrency
By treating âdigital propagandaâ like a crime and pairing it with sweeping police powers, Uttarakhandâs amendments risk turning the internet into an evidentiary trap for interfaith couples & censorship zone for pro-freedom-of-religion speech. scroll.in/article/1085... âNidah Kaiser & Sabah Gurmat
This marked the highest growth rate in five quarters. The gross domestic product, or GDP, growth rate for the same three-month period last year was 6.5%. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860... #GDP
#Mumbai | Activist Manoj Jarange-Patil accused the Maharashtra government of ânon-cooperationâ on the matter and vowed not to back down until the demand was met this time. This is the ninth protest held by him in the past two years. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860...
A political comedian in the Modi age. Watch Varun Grover on the latest episode of #ScrollAdda with Shoaib Daniyal youtu.be/QqCyXfvp93U
Military cadets who have been medically discharged because of suffering disabilities were earlier ineligible for the scheme because they did not have the status of ex-servicemen. scroll.in/latest/10860... They will now be able to avail of free out-patient department services at polyclinics.
#EyeSpy is a newsletter by our film editor Nandini Ramnath, which explores weekâs big themes, trends and talking points in the world of cinema. Like reading about the movies? Then sign up, if you want the #newsletter straight in your inbox every week âĄhttps://eyespyreel.stck.me.
#EyeSpy | A set of documentaries examine the intricate footwork involved in the dance of democracy. eyespyreel.stck.me/post/1214538/ Plus: Reviews of Param Sundariâ, âThe Rosesâ, â4.5 Gangâ, âSongs of Paradiseâ and more. Here are this week's top reads from The Reel —
Under the scheme, titled the Mukhyamantri Mahila Rozgar Yojana, one woman from each family in the state will be given Rs 10,000 as the first instalment, with which she can start an employment venture, Nitish Kumar announced on X. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860... #Bihar
The petition demanding that the Ram Setu be declared a national monument was filed by Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Union minister Subramanian Swamy. Read more: scroll.in/latest/10860... #RamSetu #nationalmonument
Chamoli Police urged residents living along the riverbanks to move to safe locations immediately. scroll.in/latest/10860... âDue to the continuous heavy rainfall in the Chamoli district, the water levels of the rivers have risen to a dangerous level,â the police advisory added. #flooding
#MamataBanerjee asserted that she would not allow even one name to be deleted from West Bengalâs voter rolls. scroll.in/latest/10860... She claimed that the BJP had âbrought over 500 teamsâ to #WestBengal from other states to carry out surveys for omitting the names of voters.
Param Sundari is ultimately too inane to be offensive. The film doesnât want to be mistaken for one of those ignorant Bollywood movies that confuses Mohanlal with Rajinikanth, Malayalam with Tamil, mundu wearing for lungi dancing. scroll.in/reel/1085978... Nandini Ramnathâïž #paramsundarireview
