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WHO’s first chief scientist talks about her journey, interest in TB and her father MS Swaminathan
Soumya Swaminathan and her colleagues were among the first to scale up the use of molecular diagnostics for TB surveillance.
Papiya Bhattacharya
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Mattel’s Rosa Parks Barbie doll peddles a simplistic version of history
Mattel’s description of Parks’s life after 1955 reflects a widespread habit of presenting the Civil Rights Movement as having a successful mid-1960s endpoint.
David Ballantyne, The Conversation
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With their bravery at Peterloo massacre, British women changed English politics forever
In 1819, a peaceful rally for political reform in Manchester turned violent after police attacked protestors, especially women, with truncheons and sabres.
Robert Poole, The Conversation
Trending
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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Readers’ comments: Article on South Asia’s view of India is ‘horribly biased’
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The woman who defied market traditions and men’s opposition to create Barbie
In the 60th anniversary year of the world’s most famous doll, a look back at the journey of its creator, Ruth Handler.
Bertrand Venard, The Conversation
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Queens, poets, academics, mystics: A calendar celebrates 12 inspirational women of Kashmir
The Kashmiri Women’s Design Collective pays tribute to the women who have impacted their lives.
Onaiza Drabu
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Shamed and sidelined for too long, plus-size women in Pakistan are now speaking up
Fashion bloggers and celebrities in Pakistan are embracing their curves and putting haters to shame.
Annam Lodhi
Video
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Uproar over Malala’s jeans: For Pakistan, women’s autonomy is a threat to national integrity
Pakistanis use women as easy targets to vent cultural anxiety, be it Mahira Khan smoking or Malala wearing Western clothes.
Zoya Rehman
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Maryam Mirzakhani’s success showed us the challenges women in maths still face
It took 80 years for a woman to be awarded the highest prize in mathematics, the Fields Medal.
Vicky Neale, The Conversation
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Maryam Mirzakhani, first woman to win Fields Medal in mathematics, dies of cancer
The Iranian had breast cancer.
Scroll Staff
The Reel
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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The first woman to run the Boston Marathon does it again 50 years later
Kathrine Switzer, 70, completed the run just a few minutes slower than she did in 1967.
Scroll Staff
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The 19th-century women doctors of India whose pioneering work has been forgotten by history
Charlotte Ellaby and her peers changed the rules, when women were only considered fit to be nurses or midwives.
Anu Kumar
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Why even a great writer like Adichie should not be an expert on everything
Why do we expect a writer to have a position on everything under the sun?
Hani Yousuf
The Field
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India tour of Bangladesh: Visitors register commanding win in rain-affected fourth T20I
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra stuns world No 2 Wang Manyu; Desai-Ghorpade beat fifth seeds
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh Tamta, Aryan Hooda shine as India bag five gold medals
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Olympics, Athletics: India’s men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams make the cut for Paris Games 2024
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IPL 2024: Kolkata Knight Riders move to the top spot after comfortable win over Lucknow Super Giants