Election Battle
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What Sunday’s German elections mean for India
As Chancellor Angela Merkel’s 16-year reign ends, the change of guard in Europe’s largest country has significant implications for New Delhi.
Catharina Haensel
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Afghanistan voted in September but the final results are still not out. What’s happening?
Why Afghanistan is still waiting to hear who its next president will be – nearly four months after the election.
Kaweh Kerami, The Conversation
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Wikipedia is being weaponised in the Indian election battle
The online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers, ‘has become an active source of misinformation’.
Aria Thaker, qz.com
Trending
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Why BJP leaders’ comments on study about Muslim population in India are misleading
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Ordinary voters flagged Modi speech to Election Commission – and came up against a broken system
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Harsh Mander: Past, present and future – what Narendra Modi’s campaign of hate signifies
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Why are so many young Indians trading in cryptocurrency, especially in tier-two cities?
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PM Modi’s claim of dramatically enhancing India’s global standing a ‘mirage’, says report
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Numbers game: Why Congress, Telugu Desam Party will find it hard to unseat Telangana Rashtra Samithi
The former foes have formed a grand alliance to take on the incumbent party but voting data and pre-poll surveys offer them little hope.
Aditya Menon
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Bye-poll results: Samajwadi Party deals blow to BJP – wins Phulpur, Gorakhpur
Counting is on for bye-polls at three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats in UP and Bihar that were held on Sunday.
Scroll Staff
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Bye-poll results: Early trends show Samajwadi Party leading in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur and Phulpur
Counting is on for bye-polls at three Lok Sabha and two Assembly seats in UP and Bihar that were held on Sunday.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: Students in Pakistan enact moments from Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant’s pre-wedding event
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‘Hind’s Hall’: Rapper Macklemore releases poignant song in support of Palestine, US campus protests
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Met Gala 2024: From Alia Bhatt to Isha Ambani, what Indians in attendance wore
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Watch: South Korean band performs Rabindra Sangeet accompanied by traditional Korean instruments
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Watch: This man fused hip-hop with Bharatnatyam to dance to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
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Bye-poll results: Congress retains MP’s Mungaoli and Kolaras; Biju Janata Dal wins Odisha’s Bijepur
Mungaoli and Kolaras are part of Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia’s Guna constituency.
Scroll Staff
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Battleground Gujarat: Why the BJP is going all out to win over Adivasis and OBCs
The party fears erosion of support among the Patidars.
Dhirendra K Jha
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Karnataka bye-polls: How the BJP lost the plot in this precursor to 2018 state battle
Despite claims of strong anti-incumbency, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has managed to pull off a big upset in Nanjungud and Gundlupet.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
The Reel
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Watch: Politics, ambition and crime in Vasantha Balan’s ‘Thalaimai Seyalagam’
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How the fantasy film ‘Pathala Bhairavi’ heavily influenced Telugu cinema
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Watch: Manoj Bajpayee’s hundredth movie ‘Bhaiyya Ji’ is a revenge drama
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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How actor Shahana Goswami flies under the radar and above the competition
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Karnataka by-elections are an acid test for Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and BJP chief Yeddyurappa
The April 9 polls in Nanjangud and Gundlupet Assembly seats have ramifications for the 2018 state elections.
MB Maramkal
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Hat vs lamp post: A clash of symbols ahead of the by-election to Jayalalithaa's constituency
In the run-up to polling on April 12, voters in RK Nagar say Panneerselvam's lamp post cleverly resembles AIADMK's two leaves.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Sadiq Khan: For London’s first Muslim mayor, the British dream now a reality
Bus driver's son elected to top job in the British capital.
Parveen Akhtar, The Conversation
The Field
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IPL 2024: Virat Kohli stars as Bengaluru beat Punjab to stay in hunt for playoff spot
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India tour of Bangladesh: Radha Yadav stars in fifth T20I as visitors sweep series
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Athletics, Doha Diamond League 2024: In Olympic year, Neeraj Chopra keen to lay down the marker
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Hockey, FIH Pro League: Raheel, Dhami named in India’s 24-member men’s squad for Europe leg
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Table Tennis, Saudi Smash: Manika Batra beats world No 14 Nina Mittelham to enter quarter-finals