High Seas
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Once an unsolvable security threat, Somali piracy has almost stopped. Here’s why
The success of the Somali case illustrates what a high degree of shared interests among international actors can achieve.
Peter Viggo Jakobsen, The Conversation
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Why is India being accused of abducting an Arab princess?
The daughter of Dubai’s ruler was allegedly captured by Indian forces off the Goan coast when she fled the UAE in 2018.
Nachiket Deuskar
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Drama, luxury and the vast depths of the ocean: Why the Titanic continues to fascinate
The excess of the voyage and its defeat by the sea, like the Titanic, are now driving the current global interest in the Titan submersible disaster.
Kristie Patricia Flannery, The Conversation
Trending
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‘Knowing we’re mortal gives us purpose’: Nobel laureate Venki Ramakrishnan on his new book
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Start the week with a film: Why ‘Manjummel Boys’ was a blockbuster
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Ramachandra Guha: How Narendra Modi has undermined the practice of science in India
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The BJP wants an Opposition-free Gujarat. But some are putting up a fight
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‘No Muslim can win, now or in the future’: In Assam’s Barpeta, delimitation fears confirmed
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There is no global treaty to govern the high seas. Here’s why we need one
The UN’s attempt to frame such an agreement has been delayed due to Covid-19.
Jennifer Silver, The Conversation, Leslie Acton, The Conversation, Lisa Campbell, The Conversation & Noella Gray, The Conversation
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While India and its neigbours spar over Bay of Bengal borders, their fishers languish in jails
Dwindling fish numbers is forcing fisherfolk to cross the drawn-up Exclusive Economic Zones.
Mohammad Arju
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What UN court actually said: India's Supreme Court has final say on Italian marine's bail
The Indian apex court can set conditions on Salvatore Girone's return.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
Video
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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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Watch: Comedian hilariously mimics different types of announcements at railway stations
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Eco India: A new buzzword for a protein rich animal feed: Insect farming
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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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India's hopes of becoming a maritime superpower begin with the 'biggest naval base east of the Suez'
Scroll Staff
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How an Indian ship proved to be the undoing of notorious pirate Captain Kidd
There was a protocol in the high seas and even pirates knew that. Captain Kidd violated this code when he captured the Quedagh Merchant as it sailed from Surat to Calcutta.
Anu Kumar
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Why heroin smuggling from Pakistan has moved to the seas and how it funds terror
Authorities have seized two Pakistani boats with heroin worth hundreds of crores off Gujarat's coast.
Rohan Venkataramakrishnan
The Reel
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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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‘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