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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Twitter account that led to Mohammed Zubair’s arrest does not exist anymore
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The travelogue of an Indian maharaja who disliked China and loved Japan
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Why ex-servicemen in India don’t get many job offers after retiring from the armed forces
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A mysterious threesome in ‘Haraamkhor’ director’s new film
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‘This is hell,’ say HIV patients as government body stops supply of life-saving drug
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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: Dog teaches itself how to ride a bodyboard to retrieve balls that fall into the swimming pool
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‘Law is being weaponised’: Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa on the arrests of Zubair, Teesta Setalvad
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Watch: Abortion clinic in Alabama forced to turn away patients after Roe v Wade was overturned
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Watch: Chris Martin sings ‘A Sky Full of Stars’ at local pub after Glastonbury Festival in the UK
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Watch: Half a billion dollars worth of drugs set on fire in Myanmar on World Drug Day
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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: Ron Howard’s ‘Thirteen Lives’ revisits the 2018 Thailand cave rescue
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‘Saas Bahu Achaar Pvt Ltd’ trailer: Amruta Subhash in show about pickles and empowerment
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Watch: True crime series ‘Indian Predator’ kicks off with case of Delhi serial killer
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‘Subtle nuances of human relationships’: Why Satyajit Ray adapted ‘Postmaster’ and ‘Samapti’
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Watch: The trailer of series ‘Modern Love Hyderabad’ is out
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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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Rahul Dravid: ‘Rohit Sharma not yet ruled out of Test, stand-in captaincy call up to selectors’
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CWG 2022, Boxing: Nitu Ghanghas hopes for winds of change, Birmingham and beyond
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Cricket: Deepak Hooda on his first T20I century, competition in the team, mindset change and more
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Malaysia Open Super 750: Sindhu gets past Chochuwong, Kashyap through to Round 2; Nehwal defeated
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Hockey: Neha Goyal, the little kid from Sonepat who stood tall against adversity