Fighting Extremism
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Far-right extremists are using video games to recruit vulnerable youngsters
Extremists often interpret games to suit their positions. Or use them to find and build connections with others who share their views.
Helen Young, The Conversation
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What makes people get radicalised? Researchers are looking for the answer in young men’s brains
Brain scans of radicals prove that social exclusion contributes to an increased willingness to engage in violence for extremist values.
Clara Pretus, The Conversation & Nafees Hamid, The Conversation
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Google, YouTube to introduce new measures to tackle extremist content online
Google said its engineers have developed technology to prevent such content from being re-uploaded.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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We will leave India if told to break encryption: WhatsApp tells Delhi HC
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By mixing Carnatic and Hindustani, Mysore’s kings helped create a unique body of music
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‘Be freed from what holds you back’: Poems by Buddhist women from the Murty Classical Library
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Why is BJP wooing Bengali-origin Muslims in Assam?
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Yamini Aiyer interview: With jobless growth, welfare has become a ‘compensation’, not a public right
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In Germany, a bid to rehabilitate two kinds of extremists – Islamists and neo-Nazis
Both groups are similar – they both think they have historical missions, that they are superior, and both have hyper masculine ideas.
Bhavya Dore
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What drives young people to terror?
This is a time for introspection – Bangladesh’s future depends on it.
Matthew Islam
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Bangladesh’s accommodation of extremism spells danger for the region
With a series of attacks and no crackdown on extremism, Bangladesh retreats from its secular and democratic beginnings.
Sumit Ganguly
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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It's time for Bangladesh to prove that it cares about free expression: Edit from Dhaka Tribune
The government is failing to protect basic rights.
Rubaiyat Kabir
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Fanatics are acting with impunity: Dhaka Tribune editorial on Bangladesh hackings
As another writer is murdered across the border, the prominent newspaper urges the government to stop the culprits.
Tribune Editorial
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How big a threat is Islamic State in Central Asia?
Islamic State has been spreading its influence beyond the Middle East – and Central Asia could be in the firing line.
John Heathershaw and David W. Montgomery, The Conversation
The Reel
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The story behind the ‘Kuch Kuch Hota Hai’ title track: ‘Just write very simple poetry’
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‘Juna Furniture’ review: A simplistic crusade against the neglect of senior citizens
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‘Late Night with the Devil’ review: A deft satire on the price of success
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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How ISIS has changed international law
The urgent need to respond to the terror group has redefined the use of 'self-defense' to include attacking a nonstate threat in another country.
Michael Scharf, The Conversation
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Lahore attack: Where do the real fault lines lie?
The place where you could not touch flowerbeds without a guilty conscience was riddled with human flesh and blood.
Akhtar Abbas
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In pictures: Allahabad University students protest to stop Yogi Adityanath from entering the campus
The BJP MP from Gorakhpur was to inaugurate a new building in Allahabad University on the invitation BJP's students wing but the president of the union called for protests.
Mayank Jain
The Field
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IPL 2024: Jonny Bairtsow shines as Punjab Kings beat Kolkata Knight Riders in record-breaking match
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IPL 2024: ‘Save the bowlers’ – Reactions as Punjab chase down record total against Kolkata
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Paris Olympics 2024: Nethra Kumanan secures India’s second quota in sailing
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ISL: Kerala Blasters FC axe Ivan Vukomanovic as head coach
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Archery, World Cup Shanghai: Jyothi Vennam and Abhishek Verma reach the mixed compound final