‘Can English be considered non-native?’ asks SC in challenge to CBSE’s three-language policy
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday said that it would have to examine whether English can be classified as a “non-indigenous” language under the Central Board of Secondary Education’s three-language...
BJP MLA alleges she faced caste discrimination at Uttar Pradesh temple event
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
The Bharatiya Janata Party MLA from Uttar Pradesh’s Malihabad has alleged that she was discriminated against based on her caste at a land-worship ritual before the renovation of a temple in Kakori...
Two Khalistan supporters warned by Canadian Police about threats to life
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
The Canadian police have sent letters warning at least two Sikh persons in the country of threats to their lives because of their advocacy for Khalistan, The Canadian Press reported on Tuesday.
BJP’s unpopularity might be growing – but destruction of Opposition gives it breathing space
Scroll.inby Shoaib Daniyal·3d ago
Welcome to The India Fix by Shoaib Daniyal. A newsletter on Indian politics. As always, if you’ve been sent this newsletter and like it, to get it in your inbox every week, sign up here (click on...
Casteist slurs made in private not offence under SC/ST Act, says Supreme Court
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·3d ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday held that uttering casteist slurs in private does not meet the statutory requirement of being considered an offence under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes...
‘7 Dogs’ review: Barking-mad action propels a routine plot
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·3d ago
Right from its opening sequence, in which a camera travels through a hole in a plane’s windshield and then through a pilot’s head into a cabin where an agent is wrestling with a criminal, 7 Dogs...
‘Dalit women need to be allowed to speak for themselves’: Writer Kalyani Thakur Charal
Scroll.inby Kalyani Thakur Charal·3d ago
Within the larger category of Dalit writing, where can we situate Dalit women’s writing? Dalit girls, tribal girls, and girls from the minority sections of society are educationally and...
‘1942: A Love Story’ review: A treat for the eye and the ear
Scroll.inby Nandini Ramnath·3d ago
Before Vidhu Vinod Chopra tried to become a jack-of-all filmmaker trying his hand at different genres, he made one type of film brilliantly: the crime drama.
How a bureaucrat has forced Maharashtra’s eateries and other food businesses to clean up their act
Scroll.inby Tabassum Barnagarwala·3d ago
On August 8, a packed auditorium in Pune rose to applaud Tukaram Mundhe. Some took videos of the bureaucrat walking up to the stage. Others shouted out compliments.
Singapore is culling ‘pest’ birds but their population keeps growing
Scroll.inby Robin Hicks·4d ago
On a Friday afternoon in July, a pest control officer patrols the grounds of Sungei Tengah Lodge, Singapore’s largest dormitory for migrant construction workers, picking up birds in various stages...
What the panic over Gen Z’s reading habits gets wrong
Scroll.inby Rachel Noorda, The Conversation·4d ago
A trove of recent articles bemoan the collapse in recreational reading among younger Americans, with Covid-related reading declines, artificial intelligence and social media often described as...
Youth protests: SC forms panel to probe police excesses, violence against security forces
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
The Supreme Court on Thursday formed an enquiry committee to investigate the alleged police excesses during last month’s youth protests and violence against security forces.
In Arunachal Pradesh, genetic study is helping conserve mithun population
Scroll.inby Barasha Das·4d ago
In Arunachal Pradesh, conversations in mithun-rearing communities often find their way to the animal.
Israel admits its soldiers fired at car in which five-year-old Hind Rajab was killed in Gaza
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
The Israeli military on Wednesday admitted that its soldiers had opened fire on a vehicle with five-year-old Hind Rajab and six family members on board in Gaza in January 2024, saying that it has...
Rush Hour: Centre re-evaluating UGC caste bias rules, 1984 convict Sajjan Kumar dies & more
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
The Union government told the Supreme Court that it is reconsidering the regulations issued by the University Grants Commission in January to address caste-based discrimination in colleges and...
UGC equity rules being reconsidered, Centre tells SC
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
The Union government on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it is reconsidering the regulations issued by the University Grants Commission in January to address caste-based discrimination in...
Collectors in Bengal, J&K, six other states empowered to decide on citizenship under CAA
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
The Union home ministry on Wednesday notified rules empowering district collectors in eight states and Union Territories to process pending applications under the Citizenship Amendment Act instead...
Pakistan honours two Mumbai doctors who kept Jinnah’s terminal illness secret before Partition
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
Pakistan has announced that it will confer its highest civilian honour on two Mumbai-based Parsi doctors for not revealing that Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the country’s first president, had a terminal...
Journalist Tarun Tejpal moves SC against conviction in 2013 rape case
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
Journalist Tarun Tejpal on Thursday moved the Supreme Court challenging the Bombay High Court’s decision to convict him of raping and sexually harassing a junior colleague in 2013, Bar and Bench...
US panel on religious freedom seeks sanctions against RSS ahead of Mohan Bhagwat’s visit
Scroll.inby Scroll Staff·4d ago
A United States panel on religious freedom on Wednesday called for sanctions against members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and said its leaders should not be given high-level meetings or...
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