20 rebel TMC MPs who had merged with Tripura-based NCPI to join BJP
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24d ago
Rebel Trinamool Congress leader Jagadish Chandra Barma Basunia said on Monday that 17 of the 20 party MPs, who had merged with the Tripura-based Nationalist Citizens Party of India, will join the...
Food history: How the French ‘stole’ and transplanted cloves in their colonies in the 18th century
Scroll.inby Fred Czarra·24d ago
Nations that controlled islands where spices were grown were extremely protective of their crops. The Dutch, above all, were highly sensitive about protection.
China ‘significantly reduced’ Army deployment along northern border in 2025, says New Delhi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·24d ago
China “significantly reduced” its Army deployment along India’s northern borders in 2025, the Ministry of Defence has said in its annual report.
Manipur: Four Kuki civilians killed in suspected militant attacks
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25d ago
Four persons from the Kuki community were killed in two incidents in Manipur on Sunday. The first attack occurred at about 4 am at L Tollen village in Tamenglong district, Kuki organisations said.
Start the week with a film: ‘Call My Agent! The Movie’ brings back the charm of the original show
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25d ago
The first piece of good news is that the superb French show Call My Agent! has a film sequel. The second piece of good news is that Call My Agent! The Movie works.
‘Calibrated capitulation’: Congress on PM Modi’s meeting with Xi Jinping
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25d ago
The Congress on Sunday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approach to normalising relations with China was “calibrated capitulation”.
Sunday book pick: In ‘The Others’, immigrants’ fates hang in the balance as the Berlin Wall teeters
Scroll.inby Sayari Debnath·25d ago
“And it’s always at this point, the point of change, that we must take greatest care.” The most important incident in Sheena Kalayil’s novel, The Others, takes place in the first few pages.
Elon Musk, Sam Altman say they agree with Anthropic CEO on ‘slowing down’ AI development
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25d ago
Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI chief Sam Altman and xAI’s Elon Musk on Saturday said that they agree with Anthropic’s Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei on the need to slow the development...
TMC rebels says they will not field candidate if Mamata Banerjee contests Nandigram bye-poll
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·25d ago
The Trinamool Congress faction led by Ritabrata Banerjee on Saturday said that it will not field a candidate for the bye-elections in West Bengal’s Nandigram Assembly constituency if party chief...
When artists put ‘people back into the pictures’, marking a critical moment in India’s modernism
Scroll.inby Kathleen L Wyma·25d ago
Emerging against the backdrop of Indira Gandhi’s Emergency (1975-77) and her subsequent return to power in 1980, the landmark exhibition Place for People mirrored the pedagogic approach and...
AI in election governance technology should be a global concern
Scroll.inby Lisa Poggiali, Rest of World·26d ago
This article was originally published in Rest of World, which covers technology’s impact outside the West.
Snow will vanish forever from East Africa’s iconic mountain peaks
Scroll.inby Rainer Prinz, The Conversation·26d ago
East Africa’s shrinking mountain glaciers on three peaks in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania will soon be no more.
Peace along India-China border essential to development of ties, Modi tells Xi
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·26d ago
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that peace and tranquillity along the India-China border were essential to the continued development of bilateral ties during a meeting with Chinese...
‘Taipei Story’: Rebecca F Kuang grapples with anxieties of being estranged by and within language
Scroll.inby Pulari Meera Baskar·26d ago
There is no doubt that Rebecca F Kuang is obsessed with language (rightly so). Having recently completed a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale University, she also unpacks questions...
BRICS leaders condemn Pahalgam terror attack
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·26d ago
The BRICS countries on Saturday condemned the April 2025 Pahalgam terror attack and called for combating terrorism in all its forms, including the cross-border movement of terrorists, terrorism...
Saharanpur mosque demolition: HC stays Rs 6.41 crore recovery, seeks government reply
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·26d ago
The Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed the recovery of Rs 6.41 crore in damages from the committee that managed a mosque that was demolished at the Saharanpur Collectorate last week, The Hindu...
Richie Mehta’s film on Phoolan Devi was inspired by ‘a light that shines so bright’
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·26d ago
A gang of dacoits is surrounded in a village by hundreds of policemen. Over 48 hours, the brigands try to escape the siege, relying on their knowledge of the terrain to outwit superior numbers and...
What is the difference between the Census and National Population Register?
Scroll.inby K Narayanan Unni, The India Forum·27d ago
In 2010, the population enumeration for preparing a National Population Register along with the house listing operations of the Census of 2011, evoked frequent criticism of the NPR.
West Asia war: Saudi Arabia says key oil pipeline hit by drones launched from Iraq
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·27d ago
Saudi Arabia on Friday expressed its “strongest condemnation” after a key oil pipeline was struck by drones originating from Iraq.
‘Shake off the aura’: Novelist Amitabha Bagchi on originality and borrowing in literary writing
Scroll.inby Amitabha Bagchi·27d ago
As per Umberto Eco, “Books always speak of other books, and every story tells a story that has already been told.” Eco neglected to mention if books only speak of other books, and if it is okay if...
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