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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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Ramachandra Guha: Why 2024 is India’s most important election since 1977
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‘The Kerala Story’: Why did Catholics re-release a Hindutva movie days before polling?
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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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 Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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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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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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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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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: Marcus Stoinis helps Lucknow breach the Chennai fortress with unbeaten century
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Archery, World Cup Stage I: Jyothi Surekha Vennam finishes second in women’s compound qualification
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Table Tennis: Sreeja Akula overtakes Manika Batra as India’s highest ranked women’s singles paddler
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit