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‘Jeans jihad’: How Delhi’s industries minister shut down a booming, Muslim-dominated garment hub
Why a court ban on encrypted email service Proton Mail has sparked digital privacy fears
Literature, icons, history: How Indian nationhood was built through local languages
UK says it will recognise Palestine unless Israel agrees to Gaza ceasefire
The Himesh Reshammiya comeback is a rebellion against polished, curated celebrity culture
Indian states are racking up debt, but it’s a problem if they can’t manage their economies
Banned in several countries, India continues to support the use of this cancer-causing mineral
Fiction: Two cousins in Nepal face the challenges of pending womanhood in a country of men
‘A land of churches upon mosques upon churches’: Aatish Taseer searches for Spain’s Muslim past
Meghnad Desai, Indian-origin economist, dies at 85
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‘In our house of the omnipresent / we are more than vaastu compliant’: Mani Rao’s new book of poems
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Aadhaar law does not allow use of biometric data for crime investigation, says UIDAI
Scroll Staff
· Jun 22, 2018 · 10:12 pm
Stop-and-spit: In some US cities, police are collecting the DNA of even those not charged with crime
Lauren Kirchner
· Sep 14, 2016 · 11:30 pm