Maharashtra declares drought in 74% of the state
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The Maharashtra government on Saturday declared drought conditions in 75% of the state’s subdistricts amid a deficit in rainfall during the southwest monsoon season.
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top 15%Bihar: Social media user booked for posting purported AI videos of Jamui teen who was harassed
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff16d ago
The Bihar Police has filed a case against a social media user for uploading purportedly artificial intelligence-generated videos of a girl who was molested by a group of men in Jamui district last...
What fish can teach us about AI: Reflections on reading ‘What a Fish Knows’ alongside ‘Scary Smart
Scroll.inby John Kurien16d ago
Having worked extensively with small-scale fishing communities around the world, I am acutely aware of fishers’ perspectives about the fish they harvest.
How Krishna Bisht crossed Delhi’s cultural divide to carry the Dilli gharana into a new era
Scroll.inby Malini Nair16d ago
The distance between Mausiqi Manzil in Daryaganj and the small, manicured bungalows on Rouse Avenue near ITO was not great.
BJP allies seek EC clarification after report that poll commissioners objected to SIR decisions
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff16d ago
Leaders of three parties in the ruling National Democratic Alliance have said that Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar must “dispel misgivings in the minds of the people” and issue a...
A prestigious documentary festival in Keralam is in censorship limbo
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath16d ago
Another film event, another instance of censorship. This time, it’s the turn of the International Documentary & Short Films Festival of Keralam.
‘I was interested in writing a character who believes in the reality of the dreamworld’: Avni Doshi
Scroll.inby Sukant Deepak16d ago
The First House begins with the end of a marriage. Avni Doshi does it coldly, almost unsentimentally – watching the ambush like a guerrilla leader who has been planning it all her life.
Ramachandra Guha’s new book: Gandhi’s nonviolence prepared Indians to use their freedom responsibly
Scroll.inby Ramachandra Guha16d ago
In the past, the argument that Gandhi’s reliance on non-violence delayed the country’s freedom from British rule was put forward most insistently by Marxists, themselves enchanted with the examples...
What explains the recent wave of protests at the IITs?
Scroll.inby Johanna Deeksha16d ago
On September 18, 2026, Sahil Wakode, a BTech student from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay died by suicide.
Screenings of Umar Khalid documentary in Pune, Nashik cancelled after police say events ‘illegal’
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff16d ago
Screenings of a documentary on jailed activist Umar Khalid, scheduled for Saturday in Pune and Nashik, were cancelled after the police allegedly told the organisers that such events would be...
‘The leaves tremble to your tune’: These poems ask enduring questions about mortality and meaning
Scroll.inby Siddhartha Menon17d ago
Playtime And what do we foretell of the kids beneath these high windows? Through all the goings on a stab right out of Bruegel’s Children’s Games: “Can I play with you?” and feet after a painted...
Son of SC judge who heard election commissioner appointment act case is EC lawyer
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff17d ago
Opposition leaders and legal observers have raised questions about alleged judicial impropriety by Supreme Court Justice Satish Chandra Sharma for hearing petitions regarding the constitutionality...
Never mind the sunglasses. Nepal’s Balen Shah gives the UN a powerful argument about climate justice
Scroll.inby Faisal Mahmud17d ago
There are better ways to spend the early hours of a Friday morning than waiting in Dhaka for a prime minister to speak in New York. Journalism, unfortunately, does not always offer them.
Rush Hour: Protesters demanding CEC’s ouster detained, Brij Bhushan’s acquittal challenged and more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff17d ago
Several leaders of a student-led protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar were detained by the police.
SC seeks response from Goa to journalist Tarun Tejpal’s appeal against conviction in 2013 rape case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff17d ago
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Goa government, seeking its response to an appeal by journalist Tarun Tejpal against the Bombay High Court convicting him of raping and sexually...
Translated fiction: Four young women navigate a rapidly-changing Kolkata in the 1970s
Scroll.inby Kabita Singha17d ago
The four of us are out flying for the whole day. Get it? F-L-Y-I-N-G! Bulan, Renu, Suman, and Chuni. Hey, let’s have a bet. Here we are – four of us walking together.
Student leaders, activists detained for Jantar Mantar protest against CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff17d ago
Several leaders of a student-led protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar demanding the arrest of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar were detained by the police on Friday.
After teen’s rape, BSF personnel deployed in park in Delhi’s diplomatic enclave
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff17d ago
Twenty-two Border Security Force personnel were deployed at Nehru Park in the national capital’s diplomatic enclave of Chanakyapuri on Thursday, three days after a 17-year-old girl was gangraped at...
President returns Bengal bill allowing preventive detention for ‘anti-social’ activities
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff17d ago
President Droupadi Murmu has returned a West Bengal bill that proposes to allow the preventive detention of “anti-social” persons for up to a year after the Union government raised concerns that...
CJP to start nationwide protest on October 2 if CEC Gyanesh Kumar does not resign
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff17d ago
The Cockroach Janta Party on Friday said that it will launch a nationwide protest on October 2 if Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar does not resign by Saturday.