What's In A Name
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Mumbai: Eight railway stations to be renamed
Mumbai Central will be renamed as Nana Jagannath Shankarsheth, Marine Lines as Mumbadevi and Charni Road as Girgaon, according to a proposal.
Scroll Staff
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Scientists leap beyond Latin, add Indian identifiers while naming new species
Naming species after the locations where they are found aims to foster a connection with the local community.
Laasya Shekhar
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‘FRAIDS’ to AIDS, monkeypox to ‘mpox’: Why changing the names of diseases became important
Curbing stigma against patients and disassociating the place of occurrence of the disease from the disease itself are the main reasons.
Pradeep Krishnatray
Trending
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‘We are living in perpetual fear’: Prajwal Revanna video leaks spark panic among women in Hassan
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In Amit Shah’s Gandhinagar, three Lok Sabha candidates allege they faced pressure to withdraw
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Unnatural sex between husband and wife not rape, woman’s consent immaterial: Madhya Pradesh HC
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Why is the 2024 Congress manifesto silent on pushing back against majoritarianism? History has clues
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Identity, mispronunciations, heritage: Seven Goa writers consider what’s in a name
Are names mere tags, designed to set everyone apart? A selection of posts from an online discussion by the Goa Writers Group.
Goa Writers
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Monkeypox: Why many experts believe the disease needs a better name
A group of 29 scientists has advocated for a non-discriminatory and non-stigmatising nomenclature.
Moses John Bockarie, The Conversation
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‘GAY’ code for Gaya airport is inappropriate, says parliamentary panel, tells Centre to change it
The international body that assigns airport codes said it cannot be changed unless it involves a ‘justifiable’ reason regarding air safety.
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Video
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Eco India, Episode 259: How future-proof innovations can revolutionize the way we protect nature
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Video: What will it take to bring back peace to Manipur?
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‘Physical building of WhatsApp University’: Satire on viral video of Galgotias University students
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Watch: Meet Sparkles, the new avatar of Boston Dynamics’ robot dog with a special costume
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Watch: Diljit Dosanjh invites young fan on stage, dances with him during his sold-out Vancouver show
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There is a reason why Yash is rocking, Venkat is a fish and Srinivasan is a coconut
The stories behind some of the most inventive screen names of southern film personalities.
Archana Nathan
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What the falling popularity as ‘Donald’ as a baby name tells us about the politics of naming
A Rose by any other name might not choose to become a gardener, and other odd quirks in how names affect us.
Philip Seargeant, The Conversation
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My name is Khan: Inter-religious marriages still draw questions and incredulity in India
Many assume I am Muslim as I have a Muslim surname. It says as much about them as it does about our deeply entrenched patriarchal mindset.
Radha Khan
The Reel
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‘Presumed Innocent’ trailer: Jake Gyllenhaal plays a lawyer accused of murdering his lover
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‘Lampan’ trailer: Marathi series is based on Prakash Narayan Sant’s stories
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Watch: ‘Murder in Mahim’ series is based on Jerry Pinto’s crime novel
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‘Women Of My Billion’ review: What happens when women get talking
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‘The Broken News’ S2 review: A competent second round of TV channel rivalry
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Would you have read ‘The Great Gatsby’ if it was titled ‘The High-Bouncing Lover’?
Naming a book can be as difficult, as agonising, as writing the novel.
Debika Lahiri
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Czechia – is the Czech Republic’s new name real?
It might face an uphill battle for the world to adopt the proposed name change.
Jan Culik, The Conversation
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'You think we have nothing else to do?': SC dismisses plea asking for India to be renamed Bharat
The apex court bench told the petitioner, a social activist from Maharashtra, that public interest litigations are for ‘the poor’.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Kolkata beat Mumbai in a thriller at Wankhede for the first time in 12 years
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Brijesh, Aryan and five other Indians enter finals
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Cricket, ICC rankings: India remain No 1 in ODIs and T20Is, ranked second in Tests
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Watch, ICC Men's T20 World Cup: Sean Paul and Kes combine to create tournament's official anthem
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Boxing, Asian U22 & Youth C’ships: Four Indians move to semi-finals with comprehensive wins