Toxic Watch
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Red pill, unicorn, beta: Decoding the language used by online male supremacists
An expert shows how the language of the ‘manosphere’ creates a culture of exclusion, denigration (of women and men), male power and entitlement.
Robert Lawson, The Conversation
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Eight terrifying things we found about pesticide regulation and use in India
Key takeaways from Scroll.in’s two-part series.
Mridula Chari
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Indian farmers spray a deadly cocktail of pesticides because government lacks staff to guide them
The government’s farm extension system is crumbling. Private companies have stepped into the vacuum but they have commercial interests in overselling pesticides
Mridula Chari & Vinita Govindarajan
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Fact-checking five days of Narendra Modi’s speeches: A catalogue of lies
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Banana republic in the making?: A South Asian perspective on India from Kathmandu
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Uttarakhand restricts sale of land for agriculture as locals protest tourism infrastructure boom
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Karnataka forms SIT to probe ‘obscene videos’ case allegedly involving JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna
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Why Calcutta HC struck down 25,000 teachers’ appointments and how it could impact the election
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Lethal dose: Indian farmers are dying because the government is regulating pesticides poorly
India has approved around 280 pesticide molecules for use in its farms. At least 99 of those molecules are banned in other countries.
Mridula Chari & Vinita Govindarajan
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Ill-conceptualised health component could end up undermining new pollution index, experts warn
The Central Pollution Control Board wants to use data from local hospitals to ascertain pollution impact around industries.
Sruthisagar Yamunan
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How painting hand pumps red could save thousands from poisoning in north Bihar
The state is refusing to notify West Champaran as arsenic-affected despite evidence of high levels of toxicity in the water.
Nidhi Jamwal, IndiaSpend.com
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Video: Listen to this acapella version of Shankar Mahadevan’s ‘Breathless’ by four singers
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Watch: Argentinian woman is crowned Miss Universe Buenos Aires at 60
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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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