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Apoorvanand
Apoorvanand is a regular Scroll.in contributor
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JNVST 2023: NVS Class 6 registration deadline today, here’s apply link
Today is the deadline to submit online applications for admissions to Class 6 for the session 2023-24 at the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS).
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AFCAT 01/2023 admit card released at afcat.cdac.in; here’s download link
Eligible candidates can download their hall tickets from the official website afcat.cdac.in.
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Hard work to invite Harvard: Why UGC’s plan for foreign university campuses in India rings hollow
The prime minister has been consistent in his contempt for Western academic learning while the UGC has completely undermined Indian universities.
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Trending
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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Rahul Gandhi sentenced to two years in jail for remarks about Modi surname
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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What the hounding of Shah Rukh Khan and Indian Muslims says about the deep rot in our society
Indian Muslims cannot end this violence. It is for Hindus to fight the evil within.
Apoorvanand & Alishan Jafri
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Democracies do not beget democracies: The flaws in the UN envoy’s defence of India’s credentials
As Ruchira Kamboj asserted India’s ancient and democratic past, here’s an account of a minor, recent incident for her to reflect on.
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South Koreans blame rulers for the crowd crush tragedy in Seoul. Why are Indians silent about Morbi?
People do not want to trouble their political rulers. It is evident from the attitude of the government and officials that they have no fear of anger either.
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Video
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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Umar Khalid’s real crime? Challenging the government as a Muslim
For the justice system today, the call for revolution and threats of violence can mean different things, depending who said it.
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Hijab debate: In Iran and in India, Muslim women are fighting for control of their bodies
Hindutva supporters are deceptively using the Iran protests to justify their attempt to ‘secularise’ the public image of Muslim women.
Apoorvanand & Alishan Jafri
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Opinion: Is it intolerant to turn down an invitation to tea with people who support intolerance?
You cannot politely discuss a brutally discriminatory policy like apartheid with its proponents – you reject it outright.
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The Reel
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Watch: Oppression and rebellion in Independence-era drama ‘August 16 1947’
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‘Gumraah’ trailer: Crime thriller stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a double role, Mrunal Thakur as a cop
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab
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Are professors not expected to be original thinkers? How the JNU VC has undermined her own role
After Santishree Pandit’s comments on religion and women drew ire, she said she was only quoting BR Ambedkar and that she is not an ‘original thinker’.
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First Ram, now Ganesh: How the gods are being drafted into the battles of Hindutva politics
All kinds of tricks are being used to evict Muslims from public places or take away their collective spaces.
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How India has become a land of conspiracies that turns warriors battling injustice into villains
From Bhima Koregaon to the Delhi riots, from the cases against Teesta Setalvad and Mohammed Zubair, reality has been inverted.
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The Field
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Women’s Boxing World C’ships: Nitu, Nikhat Zareen, Lovlina Borgohain, Saweety reach finals
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IND v AUS: Rohit Sharma on workload management for World Cup – ‘Up to IPL franchises and players’
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ISSF World Cup Bhopal: Rhythm-Varun win mixed pistol silver; Rudrankksh-Narmada claim rifle bronze
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Watch: When Mesut Ozil produced 19 assists for Arsenal in the 2015-’16 Premier League season
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Football: India earns narrow win over Myanmar in tri-nation opener; Women’s team draw against Jordan