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"I swear, I can die in peace now. I can die smiling," says author-activist Arundhati Roy on the 'Cockroach Revolution'.

Stay tuned for Roy's full conversation with Scroll's Executive Editor @sharmasupriya from Jantar Mantar.

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The High Court’s Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma on Monday decided to opt out of hearing cases following protests by lawyers against him.

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Even with alleged GDP computing errors, India’s economic rank has slipped to sixth place from fourth just last year. Far from $5 trillion, India is yet to even reach the $4 trillion mark, the Modi government told Parliament. https://t.co/IeLS7Hr8WT

Shoaib Daniyal explains why missing the deadline should also worry all Indians.

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In 2025, Rafikul Biswas was picked up from his home in Bengaluru and accused of being Bangladeshi.

After a year, he was detained again. This time, even after the Karnataka HC declared him an Indian. https://t.co/D1cahxDFUm

@ZamanRokibuz_ reports how, even in a non-BJP state, migrant Bengali Muslims workers are harassed.

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The 7.8% growth rate does not convey ‘the decidedly depressed private investment sentiment in the economy’, said party leader Jairam Ramesh.

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Mood Muralinaik was killed in Operation Sindoor. https://t.co/f6XIBT557y

The government honoured his sacrifice, but has not yielded to his parents' demand to treat him at par with other fallen soldiers.

Reason? He was an Agniveer. One army, but two kinds of martyrs? Anant Gupta reports

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My personal favourite Hindi film album with Punjabi lyrics by Gulzar is Shaad Ali’s Jhoom Barabar Jhoom.

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Jhoom, the extended version of the title track, invokes brotherhood across borders. It is deeply rooted in the countryside of the Punjab of Gulzar’s childhood.

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The most infuriating device to protect this person, because he shares your ideology, is the regurgitation of the conspiracy theory that the entire case is framed by the fascist party. https://t.co/Yas0gPKER1

You not only give him a clean chit, but actually signal that the survivor may be in cahoots with those carrying a political vendetta. By Arundhati Ghosh

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The government assured the court that no fresh FIR will be filed in connection with the incidents mentioned in the application. It also said that if any similar FIR is filed later, the authorities will not oppose its quashing.

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It's not the first time Nepal or other nations have faced the impact of melting glaciers. Yet there have been no changes in the developmental models followed in Himalayan states. https://t.co/3Onn45WG95

From dams to hydropower projects, Vaishnavi Rathore notes how these only exacerbated floods.

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- In Congress-ruled Karnataka, Bengali Muslim migrant workers come under citizenship scrutiny

- 955 dead in Nepal-China flash flood, MEA says 158 Indians rescued

- When an Indian politician pushed for an anti-communist alliance of Asian democracies

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“Shockingly, this bird list has only 29 names,” said Asad Rahmani, former director of Bombay Natural History Society, and one of India’s foremost ornithologists.

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However, it includes species “that have never been reported from Great Nicobar”, he said.

Pankaj Sekhsaria reports

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What is to be seen is how these indicators are interpreted & translated into macroeconomic policymaking. https://t.co/qI7TFixTn7

It's through this translation that GDP is actually operationalised from being a statistical measure to a powerful instrument shaping employment, income & well-being.

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More than 11,300 persons have been rescued in Nepal as of 6 pm on Monday, the country’s disaster management authority said. This included 158 Indians, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Monday.

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“Most incidents don’t come to light because the employers quietly take care of it, pay for treatment and send them home with a small amount,” said a a social worker, Kiran Kumar.

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Johanna Deeksha reports

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Supreme Court refuses to stop CJP’s September 5 march

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A bench headed by Chief Justice Surya Kant said that it could not presume that a law and order problem will arise because of the protest.

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Maharashtra SIR: 21% voters removed from draft electoral rolls

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More than two crore voters have not been included in the provisional voter list released on Monday.