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Nishita Jha
Nishita Jha is a Scroll.in staffer.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Trending
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‘I’m a small man but my music is huge’: Wasifuddin Dagar on the AR Rahman plagiarism row
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Mumbai man arrested for allegedly killing live-in partner, chopping her body into 20 pieces
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Three Doordarshan-era anchors recall what a dignified era of television news looked like
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Why Assam’s farmers are furious at Himanta Biswa Sarma’s ‘fertiliser jihad’ jibe
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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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.
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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.
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GPS-enabled rupee notes with spelling errors: Ten demonetisation rumours from the past fortnight
How many of these have you heard?
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Video
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Timelapse videos show extent of air-pollution as New York turns orange from Canadian wildfires
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Caught on CCTV: Escalator abruptly changes direction at busy metro station, leaves 14 injured
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‘Call got cut’: BJP spokesperson moments after anchor corrects him on budget for new train tracks
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Watch: Coldplay’s Chris Martin arrives by train for concert, joins railway worker’s video
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Watch: Advertisement gives popular nursery rhymes a grim twist to amplify message of climate change
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Reel
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‘Dhoomam’ trailer: Fahadh Faasil headlines Pawan Kumar’s crime thriller
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Bring out the earplugs – ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’ is back
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Pastel shades, tableau shots: Recreating the Wes Anderson aesthetic
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Watch: Trailer of ‘The Night Manager’ part two is out
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‘Satyaprem Ki Katha’ trailer: Romantic film stars Kartik Aaryan, Kiara Advani
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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.
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‘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.
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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.
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The Field
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Intercontinental Cup 2023: Sunil Chhetri and Co hope to win title as India’s packed schedule begins
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Singapore Open Super 750: Srikanth, Priyanshu, Dhruv-Arjun lose as India’s campaign ends
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Boxing: IOC’s board recommends expulsion of IBA but sport likely to remain at Paris Olympics
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Hockey, Women’s Junior Asia Cup: India finish group stage unbeaten to qualify for semis
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