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How lunch and sleep pressure can cause the ‘3pm slump’
A better way to push back against the afternoon dip is using natural light, or even...
In Brazil, giant data centre plan sets off worry in town...
The project in Paracatu will be larger than the combined total of all data centres...
Delhi SIR notices seem ‘machine-generated’, clarity needed...
More than 33 lakh voters in the national capital had been served notices on ‘flimsy...
Bihar minor harassment case: Main accused shot in leg ‘while...
Nandan Yadav and his two accomplices were arrested on Tuesday, while three minors...
Odisha SIR: Over 17 lakh names deleted from final voter...
The voters in the state reduced to 3.1 crore from 3.3 crore before the exercise...
Rajya Sabha polls for 12 seats in UP, Uttarakhand and Bengal...
The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to retain nine seats in Uttar Pradesh and...
Not singing all six stanzas of ‘Vande Mataram’ should not...
The Centre was asked to respond to a plea filed by Carnatic singer TM Krishna challenging...
Ram temple donations case: SIT finds 105 instances of alleged...
This marks an increase from the 70 alleged instances of embezzlement recorded in...
Two babies die in Telangana hospital fire
Two nurses and several staff were injuries while rescuing 28 infants.
‘Srishti’s crime is empathy’: Who is the young artist jailed...
Srishti Gupta has spent more than five months in jail. Her friends say all she did...
10-year-old Namibian cheetah dies in Kuno National Park...
He was among the first batch of eight cheetahs brought to India from Namibia in...
Journalist Ravi Nair to remain in jail as Gujarat HC gives...
He was taken into custody on September 17 and sent to jail for failing to appear...
A new book examines how socially entrenched food biases...
An excerpt from ‘The Meat of the Matter: How the Politics of Food Shapes Our Health’,...
Who is Durga’s mother? Assam elephant’s transfer to TN...
Indian law accords elephants the highest protection. But a contradiction allows...
Women were excluded from decades of scientific studies...
These practices have continued to inform, perhaps mistakenly, our understanding...
Bihar: Three arrested after videos show minor girl, boy...
Those arrested so far are also minors while the other suspects were being identified...
‘Exotic’ pets are a growing health risk for humans and...
Poor traceability, inadequate surveillance and close human-animal contact can make...
Rush Hour: IIT-Bombay removes professor as dean, forgery...
Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...
Court sets aside order refusing FIR against Sonia Gandhi...
The court directed the magistrate to hear the petition afresh and pass a ‘reasoned...
‘I learn not to carry the hurt / like a loaded gun’: These...
An excerpt from ‘Call Me Home’, by Harman Kaur.
Fiction: A man’s descent from respectability to despair...
An excerpt from ‘Termite’, by Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay, translated from the Bengali...
IIT-B student suicide: Professor accused of caste discrimination...
The instructor, Suryanarayan Doolla, will continue as a member of the teaching faculty.
‘Wild witch hunt’: HC rejects plea seeking CBI probe into...
An inquiry committee formed by the Lok Sabha had in August said that all the charges...
This book tries to understand why sportspersons make the...
An excerpt from ‘Why Kenyans Win Marathons and Estonians Build Unicorns: Excellence,...
‘Dupahiya’ season 2 trailer: Bhugol and Amavas are back...
The Prime Video show stars Sparsh Shrivastava, Bhuvan Arora, Gajraj Rao, Renuka...
Italy plans to ban burqas in schools, limit foreign students...
The proposed measures would also require parents of immigrant students facing ‘difficulties...
Nagaland SIR: Over 11% voters removed from draft list
More than 1.5 lakh persons were removed from the provisional electoral roll.
Delhi SIR: MP Kapil Sibal asks why he received ‘unmapped’...
The Rajya Sabha MP is among 33 lakh electors, including foreign minister S Jaishankar,...
National law school Bengaluru cancels Umar Khalid documentary...
The censor board has flagged that the film, ‘Prisoner No: 626710 is Present’, has...
Turtles nested in record numbers at Great Nicobar project...
Turtle nesting sites qualify for the highest levels of coastal protection, contradicting...
Why Indian zoos are unsafe for staff
As a recent tragedy in Jaipur showed, the country does not have standardised guidelines...
Start the week with a film: In winning comedy ‘Best of...
Lena Khan’s movie, starring Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Priyanka Kedia, is out on...
WIFEY MATERIAL™
“ASIAN GIRLS WHO GO TO NOTTING HILL CARNIVAL & AFRO NATION ARE NOT READY TO BE WIFED”...
Delhi SIR: Election Commissioner SS Sandhu, CM Rekha Gupta...
Those who have been sent notices account for about one-third of the number of voters...
Canada’s overqualified immigrants suffer at work but companies...
Managers cannot fix broader systemic causes but can influence what happens once...
Bengaluru’s Hebbal tunnel is a risk to groundwater and...
A part of the tunnel road will run close to the Hebbal Lake, one of the city’s few...
Toll in Nepal-China flash floods may reach 10,000, says...
As of Saturday, the toll had reached 1,411 and 5,875 were missing.
‘Dechoma and the Women of Mahe’: This novel maps girlhood...
J Devika’s translation of Fathi Salim’s Malayalam novel preserves a densely local...
Chhattisgarh: 19 Bengali workers detained on suspicion...
The records of four others who had been picked up were being checked, said the police.
How AI could influence our understanding of mathematics:...
Perhaps the new age of mathematics will favour a mind that delights in speculation,...
Bengal SIR: EC says it may increase number of appellate...
Of the 38.2 lakh appeals filed against decisions taken during the voter roll revision...
Sunday book pick: A murder is announced in Gabriel García...
First published in Spanish in 1981 as ‘Crónica de una muerte anunciada’, it was...
HC directs Uttar Pradesh Police to provide protection to...
The court noted that the petitioners were adults and had the freedom to live together...
Following a Goan photographer across empires and a global...
Moving between Portuguese Goa, British India, princely Gwalior and wartime Mesopotamia,...
Being an Indian woman biker isn’t easy
‘Men tend to show their machismo by constantly riding either next to me, or trying...
Delhi SIR: Rekha Gupta, Arvind Kejriwal among 33 lakh voters...
Those who have been sent notices account for about one-third of the number of voters...
‘White Elephant’: Jeyamohan’s excellent novel is backed...
Set in the 19th century, Jeyamohan brings to life the Dalit protests at the Madras...
Ramachandra Guha: India needs fearless civil liberties...
Ankita Pandey’s recently published ‘Becoming Allies’ explores the role of those...
‘I’m not Mr Political’: Ed Sheeran’s stance has larger...
The musician has allowed Macklemore’s political views to be removed at the behest...
What is fascism in the present? Two recent books attempt...
How can fascism in the present help explain contemporary technological, social and...
Mumbai Police pressured 2 venues into cancelling Umar Khalid...
The Mumbai Police is yet to comment on the allegations.
At least 82% of voters deleted during Bengal SIR have appealed...
Only 3.1% of the total appeals filed have been decided upon, the poll panel submitted.
Snakebite treatment: Promising research on nanobody antivenoms
A shared set of nanobodies could potentially be combined and adapted for different...
How dreaded dacoit Phoolan Devi became an irresistible...
To revisit the bandit’s intensely eventful life is to be reminded of all that was...
‘Murder of democracy’: Rahul Gandhi on Nandigram candidate’s...
Mamata Banerjee questioned the timing of Milan Pradhan’s arrest and said that it...
‘The Yellow Metaphor’: Jiban Narah’s poetry signifies luminous...
Anindita Kar’s translation does not simply transpose language but preserves the...
Pakistan: 31 killed in suspected militant attack at police...
A car allegedly packed with explosives rammed into the entrance of a mosque inside...
Eco India, Episode 335: How sustainable eating is reshaping...
Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener...
Mumbai Police searched activist’s home after Palestine...
Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine group alleged that the police searched...
After Nandigram, Banerjee’s Rejinagar bye-poll candidate...
Rabiul Alam Chowdhury said he initially wanted to withdraw his nomination but decided...
Mumbai Police searched activist’s home for Palestine kite...
Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine group alleged that the police searched...
After Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee’s Rejinagar candidate...
On Friday, the Banerjee-led Trinamool group’s Nandigram candidate withdrew from...
Kalinga Literary Festival Book Awards announces its 2026...
The winners will receive a cash prize of Rs 1 lakh.
Mumbai Police searched activist’s home for flying kites...
Indian People in Solidarity with Palestine group alleged that the police searched...
Why do the forever friends of our 20s become strangers...
Friendship is a shared present that lasts as long as two people occupy the same...
Trump announces Greenland security deal with Denmark
The United States president said the agreement addresses all of Washington’s security...
September global fiction: Six new books (including Pulitzer...
New novels by John Gree, Min Jin Lee, and Louise Kennedy too release this month.
Trump signs bill allowing 100% tariffs on India, other...
After the US Congress passed the bill, India said it will continue to ensure energy...
‘Robust streak of common sense’: How Sree Narayana Guru’s...
An interview with the author of ‘The Sage Who Reimagined Hinduism’.
The far-right AfD just won big in Germany but most Indian...
Many Hindu migrants believe that Alternative for Germany is a problem for Muslims...
Why are leaders of AI giants calling for a coordinated...
A coordinated safety pause could be a convenient public reason for a plateau in...
Digital rights group says its post about Instagram blocking...
It referred to a story by the factchecker that mentioned Hizbul Mujahideen militant...
‘I am dancing. Because Ma couldn’t’: Poems that recount...
An excerpt from ‘Mother Wound’, by Gauri Awasthi.
Maharashtra FDA suspends license of Nair Hospital canteen,...
The hospital’s Dean told ‘Scroll’ that they were yet to receive a report from the...
Rush Hour: Mamata’s TMC gets new name and symbol, Umar...
Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories...