The Year In Review
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2020 year-ender: The most compelling Hindi web series and movies on the big and small screens
Web series gushed forth in a pandemic-afflicted year, while the movies shrunk themselves to fit the new normal.
Nandini Ramnath
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How India dealt with forest diversion, water shortage and waste management in 2019
India generated 9.46 million tonnes of plastic waste this year and ranked 13 on a list of water-stressed countries.
Bhasker Tripathi, IndiaSpend.com
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Five charts show how India fared on climate change, unemployment and women’s safety in 2019
Data released this year showed joblessness at a 45-year high and a record number of extreme weather events.
IndiaSpend Team
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Can BJP use Ram as a campaign tool during the election?
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Web series 2019: The best 10 characters, from family man Srikant Tiwari to the complex Tara Khanna
A bunch of web series were out this year. Some of them featured stellar performances.
Devarsi Ghosh
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2017: The year India’s stand-up comics took a stroll even as they had a chance to run wild
The good, the bad and the unfunny of stand-up comedy.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Video: Why 2017 was a watershed year for stand-up comedy in India
Scroll.in spoke with comedians like Kanan Gill, Radhika Vaz and a few others from the industry on how Indian stand-up comedy truly came into its own in 2017.
Shibika Suresh
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Video: How in 2017, Yogi Adityanath’s aggressive Hindutva politics finally paid off
His journey has quite a few highlights. But the year 2017 is a significant one for politician Adityanath.
Neelima
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Video: How the #MeToo protests broke the silence surrounding sexual assault and harassment
Feminist historian V Geetha on the list that named and shamed alleged sexual predators and how the struggle against sexual harassment took shape over the years.
Smitha Nair
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Video: Supreme Court restores Hadiya’s marriage to Shafin Jahan
Here’s an explainer on how Hadiya became the face of a woman’s fight for personal autonomy.
Smitha Nair
The Reel
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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
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future
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2017 in review: The year when Indian hip-hop cemented its place on the music charts
Artists have come of age with cutting-edge videos, provocative lyrics and a larger share of the mainstream spotlight.
Aakash Karkare
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The 2017 playlist: The year’s best earworms, from ‘Entammede Jimikki Kammal’ to ‘Karuppu Vellai’
A rundown of the film songs that rocked the charts across Indian languages this year.
Devarsi Ghosh
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Video: From jallikattu to Tamil Nadu politics, 2017 was an eventful year for Kamal Haasan
The actor finally seems to have answered whether he will dip his feet into electoral politics.
Ramakrishnan M
The Field
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IPL 2024: KL Rahul, Quinton de Kock power Lucknow to comfortable win over Chennai
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Aman loses in semi-final as Indian men fail to win Paris quotas
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Shooting, Indian Olympic trials: Esha Singh, Bhavesh Shekhawat lead in respective 25m pistol events
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Wrestling, Asian Olympic Qualifiers: Deepak Punia, Sujeet Kalkal fail to make weigh-ins in time
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Chess, Candidates 2024: Gukesh Dommaraju picks up win to become joint-leader with two rounds to go