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Nishita Jha
Nishita Jha is a Scroll.in staffer.
Name and shame list: Indian women students explain why they don’t trust official sexual abuse panels
A group of feminists has called for ‘due process’ to be followed in complaints about sexual harassment on campus. But many say official mechanisms don’t work.
Nishita Jha
· Oct 26, 2017 · 12:30 pm
After teen is lynched on train, young men from his village are afraid of looking ‘too Muslim’
Faridabad’s Khandawli village is still trying to make sense of the brutal attack on Junaid and his brothers on Thursday evening.
Nishita Jha
· Jun 27, 2017 · 06:30 am
Gujarat riot victim Bilkis Bano moved 20 homes in 15 years but never lost her faith in justice
Through court dates and a police cover-up, her husband stood by her like a rock.
Nishita Jha
· May 11, 2017 · 06:30 am
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
Yesterday · 10:03 am
‘They built the Ram temple. That is bigger than providing jobs.’
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Naga group lifts shutdown in 6 districts after responding to Election Commission notice
2 hours ago
How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
Apr 14, 2024 · 07:30 pm
How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Attacks on Africans: In India's satellite towns like Greater Noida, do black lives really matter?
Students from the developing world come to the educational hub near Delhi seeking a 'premium international experience'. What they find is sometimes different.
Nishita Jha
· Mar 30, 2017 · 01:40 pm
Demonetisation will hit the cash reserves – and health – of millions of sex workers
The access to healthcare and contraceptives for women and transgendered people in sex work is linked to their financially stability.
Nishita Jha
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Sambit Pal
· Dec 03, 2016 · 09:00 am
GPS-enabled rupee notes with spelling errors: Ten demonetisation rumours from the past fortnight
How many of these have you heard?
Nishita Jha
· Nov 22, 2016 · 02:30 pm
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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Apr 17, 2024 · 11:22 am
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Apr 16, 2024 · 01:04 pm
Note demonetisation: What of the women who hide cash to feed their children or to escape abuse?
A large section of women in India are out of the banking system, and the currency withdrawal has hit them hard.
Nishita Jha
· Nov 12, 2016 · 06:00 am
Three charts show how it is always a state of perpetual war on the Indo-Pak border
Reports suggest Indo-Pak relations have never been worse, but people on either side of the LoC – and indeed, the international border – live in an uneasy truce.
Nishita Jha
· Nov 08, 2016 · 05:30 pm
Is it rape only when the victim screams and fights back? A Supreme Court verdict calls for a debate
The apex court dismissed a case after questioning the victim's behaviour. But accounts of rape survivors show there is no normal response to such an assault.
Nishita Jha
· Oct 14, 2016 · 10:30 am
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
Yesterday · 10:00 am
‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
Yesterday · 08:00 am
‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
Yesterday · 07:45 am
As BSF chief clarifies force did not ask Punjab to evacuate border, parties want Badal to explain
An evacuation without any seeming plan has left lakhs of people stranded in relief camps with crops ripening in faraway fields.
Nishita Jha
· Oct 06, 2016 · 06:30 am
‘If border is risky, why is CM Badal flying here in a chopper?’ ask residents of evacuated villages
Though thousands have been shifted out of villages in Punjab, there is little to indicate that the evacuation was necessary.
Nishita Jha
· Oct 04, 2016 · 09:00 am
Border-village evacuation: Khalsa Aid volunteers step up to fill gaps in official services
The Sikh humanitarian organisation has provided aid around the world, most recently to refugees in Greece.
Nishita Jha
· Oct 03, 2016 · 08:00 am
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