High Seas
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Once an unsolvable security threat, Somali piracy has almost stopped. Here’s why
The success of the Somali case illustrates what a high degree of shared interests among international actors can achieve.
Peter Viggo Jakobsen, The Conversation
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Why is India being accused of abducting an Arab princess?
The daughter of Dubai’s ruler was allegedly captured by Indian forces off the Goan coast when she fled the UAE in 2018.
Nachiket Deuskar
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Drama, luxury and the vast depths of the ocean: Why the Titanic continues to fascinate
The excess of the voyage and its defeat by the sea, like the Titanic, are now driving the current global interest in the Titan submersible disaster.
Kristie Patricia Flannery, The Conversation
Trending
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BJP worker’s son claims in video he cast eight votes in Uttar Pradesh’s Farrukhabad
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International Booker Prize 2024: Quick reviews of the six shortlisted novels
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Bow and arrow or torch? In Maharashtra, confusion over new election symbols may help BJP, allies
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Listening to 41 Modi interviews: Few tough questions, no rebuttals, no fact checks
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Varanasi poll: As 33 nominations are rejected, eight applicants allege that the process was rigged
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There is no global treaty to govern the high seas. Here’s why we need one
The UN’s attempt to frame such an agreement has been delayed due to Covid-19.
Jennifer Silver, The Conversation, Leslie Acton, The Conversation, Lisa Campbell, The Conversation & Noella Gray, The Conversation
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While India and its neigbours spar over Bay of Bengal borders, their fishers languish in jails
Dwindling fish numbers is forcing fisherfolk to cross the drawn-up Exclusive Economic Zones.
Mohammad Arju
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What UN court actually said: India's Supreme Court has final say on Italian marine's bail
The Indian apex court can set conditions on Salvatore Girone's return.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Video
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Watch: Two musicians simultaneously play the violin with one hand and the piano with another
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Caught on camera: Streaking meteorite turns night sky blue across Portugal and Spain
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Watch: Ed Sheeran sings Punjabi remix of ‘Shape of You’, accompanied by Bhangra dancers
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Eco India: Even as technology lends a hand, India's farmers grapple with an uncertain future
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Eco India, Episode 260: Can technology's societal benefits extend to environmental sustainability?
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India's hopes of becoming a maritime superpower begin with the 'biggest naval base east of the Suez'
Scroll Staff
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How an Indian ship proved to be the undoing of notorious pirate Captain Kidd
There was a protocol in the high seas and even pirates knew that. Captain Kidd violated this code when he captured the Quedagh Merchant as it sailed from Surat to Calcutta.
Anu Kumar
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Why heroin smuggling from Pakistan has moved to the seas and how it funds terror
Authorities have seized two Pakistani boats with heroin worth hundreds of crores off Gujarat's coast.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Reel
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Is Anirban Bhattacharya Bengali cinema’s white knight?
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Start the week with a film: Why Farah Khan’s ‘Main Hoon Na’ endures
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‘Chandu Champion’ trailer: Kartik Aaryan in biopic of Paralympic gold medalist Murlikant Petkar
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‘It Ends With Us’ trailer: Blake Lively stars in drama about an abusive relationship
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‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’ review: Overcooked and unsavoury