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<title>Bengal passes bill allowing year&#45;long preventive detention for ‘anti&#45;social’ activities</title>
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<title>23 Opposition parties raise concerns about SIR in letter to chief justice</title>
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<title>Queer love: A new book brings stories of lesbian couples and non&#45;binary persons from across India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Homo and Juliet: Queer and Lesbian Love Stories’, by Shruti Chakravarty. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi SIR process to include persons whose homes have been demolished, says poll panel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Booth level officers will visit the registered address of electors even if it is a pillar under a flyover, the chief electoral officer said. ]]></description>
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<title>Indian writer Tashan Mehta’s novel ‘Mad Sisters of Esi’ shortlisted for 2026 Ursula K Le Guin Prize</title>
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<title>How Mulk Raj Anand and WEB Du Bois found common ground at a moment of anti&#45;imperialist solidarity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A rare 1958 photograph from Tashkent captures the two writers at a literary gathering that defied Western Cold War scepticism. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Act of aggression’: India condemns Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The airstrikes on Sunday had killed 36 civilians, the Taliban government in Kabul said. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal passes OBC amendment bills, removes 77 Muslim communities from list</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The changes will revise the share of the Other Backward Classes quota in the state to 7% from 17%. ]]></description>
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<title>Where did your father vote in 2003? Why demand for legacy documents under SIR has no legal basis</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The revision of electoral rolls cannot retrospectively impose a burden of proof that is not provided for in the Representation of People Act. ]]></description>
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<title>Pakistani airstrikes killed 36 civilians in Afghanistan, says Taliban</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Islamabad said it carried out strikes on targets linked to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, blaming the militant group for an attack on a paramilitary facility in Karachi. ]]></description>
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<title>Monsoon updates: 10 killed in Arunachal, railway bridge collapses in Assam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Heavy rain returned to Mumbai on Monday after a brief lull, leading to waterlogging in several parts of the city overnight. ]]></description>
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<title>To counter drugs, Ladakh promotes alcohol. Experts say it won’t work</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Leaders fighting for more autonomy for the Union territory oppose the move, calling it another example of Centre imposing its writ on the region. ]]></description>
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<title>UN report on Israel targeting children in Gaza raises serious legal questions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The commission on inquiry found that more than 20,000 Palestinian children have been killed and more than 44,000 injured since October 2023. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 22:30:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Ayodhya Bar Association refuses to represent accused persons in Ram temple donations case</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/ayodhya-bar-association-refuses-to-represent-accused-persons-in-ram-temple-donations-case</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Any lawyer who represents them will be fined Rs 5 lakh, the president of the association said. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Tragically funny’: Typos in Seychelles citation for Modi spark questions about authenticity, AI use</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/tragically-funny-typos-in-seychelles-citation-for-modi-spark-questions-about-authenticity-ai-use</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The document misspelt ‘republic’ as ‘repubblic’ and Seychelles as ‘Seycheeles’. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 20:00:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Rush Hour: ‘Chauhaan’ film teaser sparks backlash, Telangana BJP leader held for assaulting teacher</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: The trailer of cult director Robert Eggers’s new horror film ‘Werwulf’ is out</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/watch-the-trailer-of-cult-director-robert-eggerss-new-horror-film-werwulf-is-out</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The film, set in 13th-century England, stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Lily-Rose Depp, Willem Dafoe and Ralph Ineson. Out on December 25 in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 19:30:17 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Telangana: BJP leader arrested for assaulting teacher over ‘unauthorised’ Urdu classes</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/telangana-bjp-leader-arrested-for-assaulting-teacher-over-unauthorised-urdu-classes</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ One case was registered against the BJP’s Armur town chief and the other named the authorities at the school where the classes were reportedly conducted. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Ikka’ trailer: Sunny Deol is a top lawyer and Akshaye Khanna a difficult client in legal drama</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/ikka-trailer-sunny-deol-is-a-top-lawyer-and-akshaye-khanna-a-difficult-client-in-legal-drama</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Siddharth P Malhotra’s Hindi film also stars Tillotama Shome, Dia Mirza and Sanjeeda Shaikh. Out on Netflix on July 10. ]]></description>
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<title>Pakistani airstrikes kill 36 civilians in Afghanistan, says Taliban</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/pakistani-airstrikes-kill-36-civilians-in-afghanistan-says-taliban</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Islamabad said it carried out strikes on targets linked to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, blaming the militant group for an attack on a paramilitary facility in Karachi. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Irresponsible, disrespectful’: Teaser of film ‘Chauhaan’ criticised by Kshatriya group</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/irresponsible-disrespectful-teaser-of-film-chauhaan-criticised-by-kshatriya-group</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The teaser, which depicts Kashmiri protesters injured by pellet guns, has sparked widespread criticism on social media. ]]></description>
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<title>Monsoon updates: Ten killed in Arunachal, railway bridge collapses in Assam</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/monsoon-updates-ten-killed-in-arunachal-railway-bridge-collapses-in-assam</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Heavy rain returned to Mumbai on Monday after a brief lull, leading to waterlogging in several parts of the city overnight. ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: Latest ‘Sense and Sensibility’ film stars Daisy Edgar&#45;Jones, Esme Creed&#45;Miles</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/watch-latest-sense-and-sensibility-film-stars-daisy-edgar-jones-esme-creed-miles</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Georgia Oakley’s version of the Jane Austen classic also stars Frank Dillane, George MacKay and Herbert Nordrum. Out in October in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<title>For children: The animals on Great Nicobar protest when the island is threatened by human greed</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/for-children-the-animals-on-great-nicobar-protest-when-the-island-is-threatened-by-human-greed</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/for-children-the-animals-on-great-nicobar-protest-when-the-island-is-threatened-by-human-greed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Great Nicobar Journey’, by Tansy Troy. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Tragically funny’: Typos in Seychelles citation for PM Modi spark questions about authenticity</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/tragically-funny-typos-in-seychelles-citation-for-pm-modi-spark-questions-about-authenticity</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The document misspelt ‘republic’ as ‘repubblic’ and Seychelles as ‘Seycheeles’. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:30:16 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Why a scholar of citizenship is taking on Bengal SIR exclusions</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-a-scholar-of-citizenship-is-taking-on-bengal-sir-exclusions</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The new BJP government is excluding deleted voters from welfare schemes even as most of the 34 lakh appeals filed after the SIR remain undecided. ]]></description>
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<title>Telangana: BJP leader assaults teacher for allegedly unauthorised Urdu classes, two FIRs filed</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/telangana-bjp-leader-assaults-teacher-for-allegedly-unauthorised-urdu-classes-two-firs-filed</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ One case was registered against BJP’s Armur town chief and the other named the school authorities of the alleged language lessons. ]]></description>
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<title>Jharkhand: Over 100 schoolgirls fall ill after drinking water from plastic storage tank</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/jharkhand-over-100-schoolgirls-fall-ill-after-drinking-water-from-plastic-storage-tank</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Garhwa district administration suspended the residential institute’s warden, a full-time teacher and a cook. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the week with a film: In ‘Bowfinger’, an actor stars in a movie without his knowledge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Frank Oz’s comedy stars Steve Martin and Eddie Murphy. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The US military has dropped ‘Indo’ from the name of its Pacific command. Should India make Atlantic lemonade from a Pacific lemon? ]]></description>
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<title>Europe heatwave: More than 1,300 excess deaths recorded, says WHO</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Germany and the Czech Republic recorded their record high temperatures of nearly 42 degrees Celsius on Sunday. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘For the Love of Stories: Confessions of an Accidental Feminist’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The use of land for both electricity generation and food production is  a promising solution. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Haiku builds a scene and then breaks it. Climate change has exactly that shape, which means the form itself can carry the science. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ R Rajagopal’s plight highlights the misery that millions of Indians are being put through because of the voter list revision, the news association said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ But by 2070, much of central and southern India is projected to become unsuitable for the Indian gazelle. ]]></description>
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<title>‘My questions were affected by fiction’: Carlo Ginzburg (1939&#45;2026), pioneer in microhistory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ginzburg’s work helped define microhistory and influential approaches to evidence, interpretation, and cultural history. He died on June 17. ]]></description>
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<title>CJP protest: Activist Sonam Wangchuk begins hunger strike in Delhi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several farm leaders were put under house arrest to prevent them from participating in the demonstrations, alleged Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke. ]]></description>
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<title>Venezuela quake toll rises to 1,430</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ At least 68,900 persons were reported missing as of Saturday. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ At least 68,900 persons had been reported missing as of Saturday. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: In ‘Diary of a Void’, a fake pregnancy brings unexpected benefits at the workplace</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ First published in Japanese in 2020 as ‘Kūshin techō’, Emi Yagi’s novel has been translated by David Boyd and Lucy North. ]]></description>
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<title>US, Iran continue to exchange strikes in Gulf, accuse each other of violating peace deal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ US President Donald Trump said there may come a point when his country ‘will be forced to militarily complete the job’ that it started. ]]></description>
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<title>Name changing in India: From decolonisation to neo&#45;colonialism?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A minister wants Mumbai’s KEM Hospital rechristened to give it a more Indic identity. But who decided to name a street in Hyderabad after the US president? ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Urban designers seem unaware of what nature looks like in this part of the world while relying on imported flora that projects the idea of a ‘world-class’ city. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The government said some social media accounts ‘selectively quoted’ Singh’s speech to imply that he claimed no Indian soldiers were killed during the operation. ]]></description>
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<title>An ex&#45;editor writes: My name was deleted during SIR. Now police won’t clear my passport application</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ One can only imagine what the truly marginalised must endure, notes the former editor of ‘The Telegraph’. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Blatant loot’: Opposition questions minister who reportedly got Rs 99&#45;lakh subsidy for his own farm</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bhagirath Choudhary received the subsidy through a scheme under his own agriculture ministry, ‘The Indian Express’ reported on Thursday. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Choosing to learn English and all that it made available gave many what they needed to lead India’s independence movement. ]]></description>
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<title>Ramachandra Guha: How the Indian frontier service worked selfless to build the new nation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nehru created the specialised cadre in 1954 to administer the North East Frontier Agency, as present-day Arunachal Pradesh was known at the time. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The resumption of travel will show that the people of the two countries have not actually drifted as far apart as the political rhetoric would suggest. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Researchers say 90-120 minutes of strength training a week can lower the risk of dying. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The female cannibals are literal man-eaters, pushing the boundaries of traditional idealised femininity. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ One of the three persons added to the chargesheet was among the key conspirators in the case, the National Investigation Agency said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a state where meat is widely consumed, a crucial protein source is being replaced by ‘vegetarian’ alternatives to suit ideological demands. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ SBL Energy Limited supplied over 200 shipments of explosives and explosives-related material to a Sudan-based company, the Treasury Department alleged. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ SBL Energy Limited supplied over 200 shipments of explosives and explosives-related material to a Sudan-based company, the Treasury Department alleged. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ British Indian Army public relations officer PRS Mani’s writings about Japan’s invasion of North East India have been published as ‘Captain Mani’s War.’ ]]></description>
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<title>Maharashtra teacher eligibility test postponed after alleged paper leak</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Documents recovered during a raid in Thane contained some questions that matched those in the test paper, the state examination council said. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India, Episode 326: How resilient societies are building a quiet resistance to climate crises</title>
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<title>India’s silence on Gaza cannot be explained rationally or morally, says Sonia Gandhi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi had slipped into Israel’s ‘strategic orbit’ when the world was ‘pivoting away from it’, the Congress leader wrote in ‘The Indian Express’. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Ties of language and culture are stronger than political borders’: Punjabi translator Navdeep Suri</title>
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<title>Persons who convert to Islam cannot claim Backward Class Muslim status: Madras HC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A 2024 Tamil Nadu government order that allowed individuals from seven sects to be part of the category after converting was unconstitutional, the bench said. ]]></description>
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<title>The search for a lost fragment of Netaji Bose’s Singapore memorial</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/the-search-for-a-lost-fragment-of-netaji-boses-singapore-memorial</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ After the British demolished an Indian National Memorial memorial, a surviving piece vanished across the India-Pakistan divide. ]]></description>
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<title>United States strikes Iran after cargo ship attack</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The US military said it targeted Iranian ammunition storages and coastal radars after a Singapore-flagged vessel was hit by a drone on Thursday. ]]></description>
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<title>After 12 years of Modi, I’m not sure if my decades&#45;long friendships can survive politics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ How long I can keep loving people whose politics I find morally corrosive? ]]></description>
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<title>‘August 17’ by S Hareesh: Few novels inhabit India’s unrealised future with such conviction</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jayasree Kalathil’s translation preserves the novel’s historical playfulness without sacrificing its emotional and political weight. ]]></description>
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<title>Venezuela earthquakes toll rises to 920, UN aid chief says over 50,000 missing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ More than 3,300 persons were injured. ]]></description>
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<title>Adani case: US judge asks prosecutors to justify dropping fraud charges</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/adani-case-us-judge-asks-prosecutors-to-justify-dropping-fraud-charges</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The government had asked the court to dismiss the case citing ‘prosecutorial discretion’ after reports that Gautam Adani proposed to invest billions in the US. ]]></description>
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<title>Eggs to go off school menus, West Bengal’s Hindutva agenda will deprive children of vital nutrition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a state where meat is widely consumed, a crucial protein source is being replaced by ‘vegetarian’ alternatives to suit ideological demands. ]]></description>
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<title>How Canada’s inconsistent immigration rules are affecting international students</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-canadas-inconsistent-immigration-rules-are-affecting-international-students</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The sharp decline in student arrivals underscores the need for greater accountability and transparency in immigration processes. ]]></description>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: Toll from ammonia leak at seafood processing unit rises to 15</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/tamil-nadu-toll-from-ammonia-leak-at-seafood-processing-unit-rises-to-15</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Forty persons are being treated, including two on ventilator support, the government said. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Ram temple trust chief resigns, Karnataka mandates FIR in revenge porn cases and more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>In Gujarat, pastoral nomads are losing ties with grass preserves</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/in-gujarat-pastoral-nomads-are-losing-ties-with-grass-preserves</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The rakhals in arid Kachchh are under increased pressure from urban development, endangering traditional ecological knowledge and biodiversity. ]]></description>
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<title>Venezuela earthquakes toll rises to 589</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/venezuela-earthquakes-toll-rises-to-589</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several countries were sending search and rescue teams after widespread damage. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 19:00:15 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>From militant to chief minister: The remarkable life of Mizoram’s Zoramthanga |</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Zoramthanga about his days as a Mizo National Front fighter, his tenure as Mizoram chief minister, and the Manipur crisis. ]]></description>
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<title>Video: At 80, veteran RTI activist Aruna Roy finds hope in fighting the ‘little battles’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In this special episode with Harsh Mander, she recalls her days in the RTI movement and reflects on why this ‘powerful weapon’ is being destroyed. ]]></description>
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<title>Names of six military personnel killed during Operation Sindoor made public for the first time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The names will be inscribed on the ‘Tyag Chakra’ at the National War Memorial in Delhi. ]]></description>
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<title>Ram temple trust chief resigns on ‘moral grounds’ amid donations embezzlement row: Reports</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Eight persons, who were involved in counting the cash and valuables donated at the temple, have been arrested. ]]></description>
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<title>Karnataka mandates FIRs in revenge porn, sextortion complaints</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/karnataka-mandates-firs-in-revenge-porn-sextortion-complaints</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The police officers who refuse to file cases citing prior consent given by the complainants may face departmental action, the state home minister said. ]]></description>
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<title>Canada rejected 71% football world cup visitor visa applications by Indians: Report</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The overall approval rate for more than 160 countries was 41%, ‘CTV News’ reported citing data from the Canadian immigration authorities. ]]></description>
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<title>Cookbook: Two summer&#45;friendly recipes that combine culinary traditions of India and Nepal</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/cookbook-two-summer-friendly-recipes-that-combine-culinary-traditions-of-india-and-nepal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Memories on a Platter: My Fusion Cookbook’, by Rohini Rana. ]]></description>
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<title>Madhya Pradesh HC closes defamation case against Rahul Gandhi filed by Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s son</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/madhya-pradesh-hc-closes-defamation-case-against-rahul-gandhi-filed-by-shivraj-singh-chouhans-son</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench noted that Gandhi had expressed regret for erroneously naming Kartikey Singh Chauhan and that the latter did not want to escalate the matter. ]]></description>
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<title>US trade deal to take effect only when India secures tariff advantage over competitors: Piyush Goyal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The 18% rate was lower than all neighbouring countries and most South East Asian nations, which ‘is why the deal was attractive for us’, the minister said. ]]></description>
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<title>Why are so few economists willing to ask awkward questions about India’s development trajectory?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ At a time of economic uncertainty and a polarised discourse dominated by influencers, expert commentators are needed more than ever. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:30:17 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>‘Welcome to the Jungle’ review: A non&#45;stop hodgepodge</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/welcome-to-the-jungle-review-a-non-stop-hodgepodge</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/welcome-to-the-jungle-review-a-non-stop-hodgepodge</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ahmed Khan’s multi-starrer comedy is out in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:30:17 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>India reopens tourist visa services in Bangladesh after nearly two years</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi had suspended the processing of applications in August 2024 citing security concerns amid protests against the Sheikh Hasina government. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 11:30:16 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>A new book shows how, in India’s overcrowded hospitals, antibiotics are asked to do the impossible</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘A World of Resistance: India and the Global Antibiotic Crisis’, by Assa Doron and Alex Broom. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 09:00:15 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>India lifts restrictions on commercial LPG supplies amid US&#45;Iran peace talks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Millions of small and unnecessary requests can add up over time. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Should foreign countries ‘believe that a person with an Indian passport is not necessarily an Indian’, asked Congress leader Supriya Shrinate. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi’s attempt to balance ties has turned into a tilt, still deemed insufficient by Washington. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: Mehr, a graphic novelist, stumbles upon Queen Jind Kaur and is immediately taken in by her</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Fourteen Springs of Separation’, by Sakoon Singh. ]]></description>
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<title>164 killed, nearly 1,000 injured as twin earthquakes over magnitude 7 strike Venezuela</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The southwest monsoon continued to advance in western and central India. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Videos posted on social media showed widespread damage. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Strategy For Life: Seven Steps to Personal and Professional Success’, by Surya Ramkumar. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) MP Anil Desai expressed confidence that the speaker ‘will ensure justice is done’. ]]></description>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: Toll from ammonia leak at seafood processing unit rises to 10</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Cash and jewellery offerings made by devotees had been swindled by staffers of the temple in Ayodhya, Opposition leaders and a whistleblower have claimed. ]]></description>
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<title>How two men refused to bend to press censorship during the Emergency</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ AD Gorwala defiantly printed and distributed his weekly ‘Opinion’ while Minoo Masani successfully fought a legal battle to restrict the censors. ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: Twin earthquakes over magnitude 7 strike Venezuela, buildings collapse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A statement by the Ministry of External Affairs, in the middle of the Special Intensive Revision of the electoral rolls, has generated confusion and anxiety. ]]></description>
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<title>Kolkata: Five killed as under&#45;construction warehouse collapses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several others were injured in the accident in the Taratala area. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The FSSAI closed its case against Bournvita, despite its main concern about the drink being marketed to children remaining unaddressed. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bengaluru&#039;s industries consume at least 440 million litres of water every year, a demand that continues to surge despite severe groundwater depletion. ]]></description>
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<title>The Brexit effect: How the politics of grievance devoured British Prime Minister Keir Starmer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ten years after the vote to quit the European Union, Leave and Remain is the most comprehensive faultline in the United Kingdom. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leader Aaditya Thackeray described the statement as ‘absurd’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ G42 signed an agreement to deploy an AI supercomputer in India powered by US chipmaker Cerebras. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Congress seeks probe into MP CM land purchases, Kolkata warehouse collapse kills 3 &amp;amp; more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>BJP is splitting parties to secure two&#45;thirds Lok Sabha majority, end reservations, alleges Congress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jairam Ramesh claimed that the BJP was ‘breaking’ the TMC and the Uddhav Sena because Amit Shah suffered ‘humiliation’ after the delimitation bill’s defeat. ]]></description>
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<title>Kolkata: Three killed after under&#45;construction warehouse collapses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Eighteen others are believed to be trapped beneath the rubble. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ State Congress chief Jitu Patwari asked whether farmers in Ujjain knew about projects that were to come up in areas where Mohan Yadav’s family bought land. ]]></description>
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<title>The SpaceX reckoning: Elon Musk’s empire is built on taxpayer money, government subsidies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The SpaceX IPO is the logical culmination of this arc of public risk and private reward, paid for by those who can least afford it. ]]></description>
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<title>UN maritime body, Oman to evacuate ships, 11,000 seafarers stranded in Strait of Hormuz</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/un-maritime-body-oman-to-evacuate-ships-11000-seafarers-stranded-in-strait-of-hormuz</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ While the waterway had effectively been blocked since the war began on February 28, maritime traffic has increased over the past week amid peace talks. ]]></description>
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<title>How does the depreciating rupee affect one’s personal savings and finances? A new book explains it</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Economy Is Personal: How Big Economic Forces Shape Your Money – And What You Can Do About It’, by Nupur Pavan Bang and Anisha Sircar. ]]></description>
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<title>Review: ‘Gram Chikitsalay’ gets it right in its second season</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amol Parashar leads the Prime Video series. ]]></description>
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<title>Israel ‘deliberately targeted’, killed 20,000 Palestinian children since 2023: UN inquiry panel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ By targeting minors, Tel Aviv was attacking the capacity of the Palestinian people ‘to exist and to determine their future’, the independent commission said. ]]></description>
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<title>43% rain deficit so far, kharif crops likely to be hit: Centre</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ About 315 districts are likely to have been affected by low monsoon rainfall, said Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. ]]></description>
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<title>Eggs will be replaced with soyabean, rajma and paneer in Bengal mid&#45;day meals: ISKCON</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the Budget presented on Monday, the BJP government said that the Hindu religious organisation will provide food in Kolkata schools. ]]></description>
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<title>How a Ritwik Ghatak restoration will make us see the master filmmaker in a new light</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-a-ritwik-ghatak-restoration-will-make-us-see-the-master-filmmaker-in-a-new-light</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ “He didn’t believe in any standard filmmaking style that was prevalent at the time – he created his own storytelling.” ]]></description>
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<title>How India can keep cool as energy demands overheat its power grid</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-india-can-keep-cool-as-energy-demands-overheat-its-power-grid</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-india-can-keep-cool-as-energy-demands-overheat-its-power-grid</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AC ownership is surging due to long, hot summers but vulnerable groups are bearing the brunt of electricity failures. ]]></description>
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<title>Why is the BJP celebrating Bengal’s Partition?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-is-the-bjp-celebrating-bengals-partition</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The India Fix: A newsletter on Indian politics from Scroll. ]]></description>
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<title>Are all fruits and vegetables good for heart health?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/are-all-fruits-and-vegetables-good-for-heart-health</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Health-boosting bioactive compounds are present in only some. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 23:30:16 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Tamil Nadu moves Supreme Court against HC allowing lighting of lamp atop Thiruparankundram hill</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/tamil-nadu-moves-supreme-court-against-hc-allowing-lighting-of-lamp-atop-thiruparankundram-hill</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The High Court had observed that the stone pillar is located on the land that belongs to the Subramania Swamy temple. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 21:30:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Iran’s lesson to the Global South on standing up to Donald Trump</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/irans-lesson-to-the-global-south-on-standing-up-to-donald-trump</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/irans-lesson-to-the-global-south-on-standing-up-to-donald-trump</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The war has cemented Iran’s status as a major regional power, with lasting consequences for Middle Eastern geopolitics. ]]></description>
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<title>United States allows Iran to sell oil</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The 60-day general licence was issued after ‘productive talks’ with Tehran to end the war in West Asia, the US treasury secretary said. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Row over Madhya Pradesh CM’s land purchases, TMC tells EC Mamata is party chief and more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Centre directs NGOs to list publications, social media accounts for seeking foreign funding</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/centre-directs-ngos-to-list-publications-social-media-accounts-for-seeking-foreign-funding</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/centre-directs-ngos-to-list-publications-social-media-accounts-for-seeking-foreign-funding</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Under amended rules, organisations will have to choose from a pre-defined list of areas of work and specify the states where they will function. ]]></description>
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<title>Convinced AI was not used to write the 2026 winning stories, says Commonwealth Short Story Prize</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/convinced-ai-was-not-usedtowrite-the-2026-winning-stories-says-commonwealth-short-story-prize</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/convinced-ai-was-not-usedtowrite-the-2026-winning-stories-says-commonwealth-short-story-prize</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A furious controversy had broken out with allegations of at least one and maybe three stories being written by AI. ]]></description>
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<title>Congress alleges ‘engine of loot’ in MP after report on CM Mohan Yadav’s land transactions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Since he took oath, the chief minister and his family bought 168 acres of land in areas that will benefit from road projects, reported ‘The Indian Express’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A group of legislators led by Ritabrata Banerjee named party leader Arup Roy as the chief of ‘real TMC’ on Monday. ]]></description>
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<title>Readers’ comments: Historians need not defend Hindutva’s simplistic caricatures of Akbar</title>
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<title>This book shows how a crisis manager handled a disagreement repackaged as a criminal complaint</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Relax, It’s Only a Raid: Confessions of a Crisis Manager’, by Vineet Relia. ]]></description>
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<title>When Nehru trekked through the Himalayas to build diplomatic bridges with Bhutan</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Before the Sino-Indian War, Jawaharlal Nehru crossed Tibet to visit Bhutan, hoping to deepen ties with a kingdom emerging cautiously from isolation. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Go to Calcutta HC’: SC on plea against Bengal denying ration to persons excluded in SIR</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/go-to-calcutta-hc-sc-on-plea-against-bengal-denying-ration-to-persons-excluded-in-sir</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/go-to-calcutta-hc-sc-on-plea-against-bengal-denying-ration-to-persons-excluded-in-sir</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The petitioners argued that 35 lakh to 60 lakh beneficiaries would become ineligible if the state government applies the new criterion. ]]></description>
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<title>Lucknow: Four arrested in connection with fire that killed 15</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/lucknow-four-arrested-in-connection-with-fire-that-killed-15</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/lucknow-four-arrested-in-connection-with-fire-that-killed-15</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Uttar Pradesh government suspended four officials after the blaze in the Aliganj area on Monday. ]]></description>
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<title>Centre tightens NGO foreign funding rules on declaring purpose, operating areas</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/centre-tightens-ngo-foreign-funding-rules-on-declaring-purpose-operating-areas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Non-profit organisations will have to choose from a pre-defined list of purposes and specify the states in which they will work. ]]></description>
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<title>For local democracy to flourish in India, State Election Commissions must be reformed</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/for-local-democracy-to-flourish-in-india-state-election-commissions-must-be-reformed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Seven ways to strengthen the State Election Commissions. ]]></description>
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<title>Rights for the world’s forgotten 1.3 million vulnerable child widows must be strengthened</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/rights-for-the-worlds-forgotten-13-million-vulnerable-child-widows-must-be-strengthened</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Child widows are often not covered by aid programmes for children, yet organisations concerned with the plight of widows fail to recognise their rights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:30:17 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>12 Indians among 13 killed in explosion at Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG hub</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The blast was ‘an accident and not sabotage or hostile in nature’, said the country’s energy minister. ]]></description>
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<title>In Ayodhya, it’s Sangh Parivar vs Sangh Parivar as Ram temple fund ‘theft’ charges blow up</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ From RSS volunteers to seers allied with the Ram Janmabhoomi movement, many are calling for action against the temple trust. ]]></description>
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<title>How Tibetan nomads deal with life amidst China’s giant solar and wind farms</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The once alpine grasslands where herders moved freely and grazed across a boundless horizon are now covered by rows of solar panels. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ For decades, a big tech job has been the North Star for India’s elite tech workers. Now, some are setting their sights on returning home. ]]></description>
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<title>Indians among 13 killed in explosion at Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG hub</title>
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<title>Rush Hour: Six Uddhav Sena MPs switch sides, 14 students die in Lucknow fire and more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Lucknow: 14 killed in fire in coaching centre</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The strength of the Shinde Sena in the Lower House of Parliament has increased to 13. ]]></description>
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<title>Meena Kandasamy’s new novel: A scandalous deepfake video of an Indian Marxist woman goes viral</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Fieldwork As A Sex Object’. ]]></description>
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<title>Bihar: Nine detained for allegedly writing NEET re&#45;exam in place of registered candidates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An FIR will be registered after written complaints are received from the centre superintendents in Lakhisarai, said the police. ]]></description>
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<title>Andy Burnham: The man who could replace Keir Starmer as UK’s new prime minister</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The ‘king of the north’ who was mayor of Manchester believes he has the recipe to revitalise the Labour Party, British politics and the UK itself. ]]></description>
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<title>Podcast: Why a historian of capitalism believes the neoliberal order is dying</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sven Beckert tells a world-spanning story with some very revisionist takes in this discussion with host Dinyar Patel. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the week with a film: In ‘Strange Days’, a dystopia that is already here</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kathryn Bigelow’s cult thriller is available on JioHotstar. ]]></description>
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<title>Demolition of at least 14 mosques, dargahs in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh draws Opposition criticism</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Notices have been issued to hundreds of other religious sites, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi alleged. ]]></description>
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<title>In a new book, a doctor provides ways to decide which supplements to take and which to avoid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The 100 Year Blueprint: An Indian Doctor’s Guide to Longevity’, by Navin Gnanasekaran. ]]></description>
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<title>Odisha speaker dismisses BJD plea to disqualify 8 MLAs for alleged cross&#45;voting in Rajya Sabha polls</title>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: Five workers killed, 67 in hospital after ammonia leak at seafood processing unit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ending Israel’s attacks on Lebanon will be the first ‘real test’, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Prevalence has fallen to 20%, but in absolute numbers that is still millions of girls entering marriage before the age of 18. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Akin to Kashmir’: Josy Joseph’s new book recounts the dramatic accession of the North East</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Birth of a Nation: The Twenty-One Days That Made India’, by Josy Joseph. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Critics say this is an attempt to ‘brahmanise’ Sikh religion, and is driven by the AAP government’s electoral calculations. ]]></description>
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<title>Distrust, misinformation have fuelled disease outbreaks around the world this year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The outbreak of Ebola, hantavirus, and diphtheria in different parts of the world has played out similarly. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘The Tale of KAHO’ has been advertised as Murakami’s first novel featuring a solo female protagonist. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Representatives from Washington and Tehran are meeting days after signing a preliminary agreement to end the war in West Asia. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The trend is partially triggered by viral videos of China’s dancing humanoid robots and flying cars. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nearly 120 migrant workers, most of whom are women, were staying on the factory premises in Tiruvallur district. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Huthuka Sumi’s book features a 12-year-old mute protagonist and is set in the 1940s. ]]></description>
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<title>Long before AI ‘food dramas’, there was Arabic and Persian culinary poetry</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ These decidedly less cringe-worthy tales from the early modern era featured treacherous fruits, a warmonger mutton, and rice with ambitions of the throne. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Demonstrations were held on Friday as well as Saturday demanding the arrest of the accused persons. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: Dorothy Baker’s jazz novel ‘Young Man With a Horn’ gets you grooving</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Published in 1938, Baker’s debut novel was adapted for the screen in 1950. The movie starred Kirk Douglas in the role of Rick Martin, the protagonist. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ These decidedly less cringe-worthy tales from the early modern era featured treacherous fruits, a warmonger mutton, and rice with ambitions of the throne. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ If the alliance has to go beyond handing the BJP occasional setbacks and have a real shot at power, it must do more than meet every two months. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Air and water quality, noise levels, land use and energy costs are all impacted with poorer families bearing the brunt of it. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Lyse Doucet writes an immersive history of the sweeping changes that Afghanistan has faced since it opened in 1969. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The announcement came on the day Israeli strikes in Lebanon killed at least 32 persons. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The findings could help develop conflict-mitigation strategies, says a researcher. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Cockroach Janta Party founder said that the demonstration will continue until Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan resigns. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘The romance of train travel is everything combined: the people you meet, the food, the scenery, and the slowness.’ ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds of protesters gathered at Jantar Mantar in Delhi to seek Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The protesters who had gathered at the site shouted ‘Go Pradhan Go’ while banging plates and spoons. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The National Testing Agency claimed that its records show the city was selected through the candidate’s login and was later changed on request. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India, Episode 325: What big ideas do we need as climate change and resource scarcity grow?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every week, Eco India brings you stories that inspire you to build a cleaner, greener and better tomorrow. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Das was also a talented painter and an art historian, specialising in Odisha’s neglected forms of visual art. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The complaint against DK Shivakumar had been an attempt to implicate him only because he was the Congress’ state unit chief at the time, the counsel argued. ]]></description>
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<title>How a geologist built a Hindustani music oasis in a steel town</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bimalendu Mukherjee mined ore by day and taught sitar by night, turning Bhilai into a legendary stopover for masters like Amir Khan. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ After running the tech backbone of Western business for decades, Indian companies are looking to make a profitable pivot. ]]></description>
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<title>June global fiction: Six new novels that make the perfect mid&#45;year reads</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new novel by Maggie O’Farrell, a Swedish work of climate fiction in translation, a sci-fi horror novel about AI, and more. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amid speculation about six of his faction’s MPs defecting, Thackeray said he was willing to resign as the party chief if the cadre did not have faith in him. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Prime Minister Indira Gandhi declared Emergency on June 25, 1975. This anthology comprises 280 poems in 15 languages against it. ]]></description>
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<title>The Hindu disciple of a Muslim saint in Shah Jahan’s India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A 17th-century manuscript indicates that identity and religion in the Mughal Empire were intertwined in ways that defy modern, polarised accounts. ]]></description>
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<title>In deal with Iran, US is giving up a lot for very little in return</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A point-by-point breakdown of some of the promises and the biggest problems in the deal. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: Former minister Jyotipriya Mallick quits TMC posts, party’s Siliguri mayor resigns</title>
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<title>From cloning romance authors to YouTube piracy, AI is transforming audiobooks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Voice actors are concerned about the erosion of skilled jobs and the use of cloning technologies to infringe on their vocal rights. ]]></description>
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<title>True Story: The link between ‘witch’ murders and ‘love jihad’ in Jharkhand</title>
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<title>Addiction, disrupted sleep cycle, tech tantrums: This book shows how digital devices affect toddlers</title>
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<title>How India’s long&#45;running Jazz Yatra festival challenged the ideological divisions of the Cold War</title>
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<title>‘Cocktail 2’ review: A fizz&#45;free, tedious love triangle</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Homi Adajania’s spiritual sequel to ‘Cocktail’ stars Shahid Kapoor, Kriti Sanon and Rashmika Mandanna. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ We recorded outdoor temperatures as high as 84°C, posing a serious risk to many who have no option but to remain outdoors during the hottest parts of the day. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The MPs who violated the party whip are Nagesh Aashtikar, Sanjay Deshmukh, Sanjay Jadhav, Sanjay Dina Patil, Omprakash Rajenimbalkar and Bhausaheb Wakchaure. ]]></description>
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<title>Review: ‘The Furious’ battles its way to the top of the best&#45;ever action films list</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The industry is mobilising large populations to work in robotics data collection. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Graphic novels have the potential to build reading-to-learn skills, such as fluency and (ultimately) reading comprehension. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Crime data claims that domestic violence against women has reduced but surveys and the NFHS findings say otherwise. ]]></description>
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<title>Horror fiction: As hauntings intensify in a haveli, the legend of a cursed queen starts to feel real</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A June 30 deadline has been set for departments in the national capital to amend recruitment rules, the lieutenant governor said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Fifty-two Indian universities were in the 2027 QS World University Rankings. ]]></description>
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<title>Six Uddhav Sena MPs skip party meeting amid speculation of defections</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Action will be taken against the legislators if they do not respond to a notice issued to them within seven days, the leaders of the faction said. ]]></description>
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<title>Calcutta HC refuses to stay recognition of rebel TMC MLA as leader of opposition by speaker</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The judge said that he did not find a preliminary case in favour in favour of the petitioner, Trinamool Congress leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay. ]]></description>
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<title>Legal eagle Tushar Mehta recounts instances of the famous British humour as seen in law courts</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/legal-eagle-tushar-mehta-recounts-instances-of-the-famous-british-humour-as-seen-in-law-courts</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Lawful and the Awful: Quirky Tales from the World of Law’. ]]></description>
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<title>Trinamool leader asks bank to freeze account, citing uncertainty over party control</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/trinamool-leader-asks-bank-to-freeze-account-citing-uncertainty-over-party-control</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Aroop Biswas was removed as treasurer on June 5, but the letter was sent on June 12, unidentified persons in the party told ‘NDTV’. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi HC seeks Centre’s response on Telegram’s challenge to ban until NEET re&#45;exam</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/delhi-hc-seeks-centres-response-on-telegrams-challenge-to-ban-until-neet-re-exam</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-hc-seeks-centres-response-on-telegrams-challenge-to-ban-until-neet-re-exam</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The court asked the government about the extent of the alleged illegal activity on the platform. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur Police say suspected militant killed in gunfight, locals claim he was a civilian</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/manipur-police-say-suspected-militant-killed-in-gunfight-locals-claim-he-was-a-civilian</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/manipur-police-say-suspected-militant-killed-in-gunfight-locals-claim-he-was-a-civilian</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ BJP MLA Letzamang Haokip also condemned the killing of the man ‘at the hands of those entrusted with his protection’ and sought an independent inquiry. ]]></description>
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<title>A new book examines India’s federal weakening and aggressive centralisation of power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Federalism Making and Unmaking a Union of States’, by Avinash Kumar. ]]></description>
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<title>US, Iran presidents sign interim peace agreement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The document envisages a 60-day negotiating period, during which the parties will seek a permanent settlement to the conflict in West Asia. ]]></description>
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<title>West Bengal to Maharashtra, party absorption threatens to disintegrate India’s opposition</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/west-bengal-to-maharashtra-party-absorption-threatens-to-disintegrate-indias-opposition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Instead of the legal constraints of defections and splits, this new strategy makes the defeated opposition useful to the ruling establishment. ]]></description>
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<title>How an Israeli soldier accused of war crimes in Gaza was tracked down in India</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-an-israeli-soldier-accused-of-war-crimes-in-gaza-was-tracked-down-in-india</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-an-israeli-soldier-accused-of-war-crimes-in-gaza-was-tracked-down-in-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ However, given close ties between Modi and Netanyahu there is little likelihood of action being taken against such Israeli soldiers in India. ]]></description>
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<title>Why anti&#45;foreigner sentiment is growing in Japan</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-anti-foreigner-sentiment-is-growing-in-japan</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The economic case for accepting more foreign workers is clear. But it sits uneasily alongside deep-rooted ideas of cultural cohesion and ethnic homogeneity. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Has been happening throughout time’: Trump on deaths of three Indian seafarers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States ‘will help India if it was attacked’, the US president told Modi during the first bilateral meeting in 16 months. ]]></description>
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<title>What does the ‘avant‑garde’ look like today? Two new novels give very different answers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The novels ‘Ruins, Child’ and ‘Hello, World?’ abandon conventional chapter and paragraph forms, prioritising ‘fragments’ as the unit of construction. ]]></description>
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<title>25&#45;26 Samajwadi Party MPs ready to defect, claims Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/25-26-samajwadi-party-mps-ready-to-defect-claims-uttar-pradesh-deputy-chief-minister</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/25-26-samajwadi-party-mps-ready-to-defect-claims-uttar-pradesh-deputy-chief-minister</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Keshav Prasad Maurya claimed that the BJP was ‘not breaking’ them away as the MPs would automatically leave ahead of the 2027 state elections. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Uddhav Sena leader alleges MPs offered Rs 50 crore to defect, comedian booked &amp;amp; more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-uddhav-sena-leader-alleges-mps-offered-rs-50-crore-to-defect-comedian-booked-more</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Telegram challenges Centre’s temporary ban in Delhi High Court</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/telegram-challenges-centres-temporary-ban-in-delhi-high-court</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The messaging platform argued that the government had singled it out and that the blocking order had affected more than 150 million users. ]]></description>
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<title>Gurugram: Comedian Pranit More, audience member Himanshu Jangra booked in viral video row</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/gurugram-comedian-pranit-more-audience-member-himanshu-jangra-booked-in-viral-video-row</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/gurugram-comedian-pranit-more-audience-member-himanshu-jangra-booked-in-viral-video-row</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A case was filed against the two men for posting allegedly obscene material and making sexually-coloured remarks. ]]></description>
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<title>Asia is warming faster than global average, making regional cooperation vital, says a new report</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/asia-is-warming-faster-than-global-average-making-regional-cooperation-vital-says-a-new-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As the number of extreme weather events rises, it will be imperative for countries to coordinate action, advises the World Meteorological Organization. ]]></description>
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<title>Musk has become the world’s first trillionaire but can wealth concentration coexist with democracy?</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/musk-has-become-the-worlds-first-trillionaire-but-can-wealth-concentration-coexist-with-democracy</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/musk-has-become-the-worlds-first-trillionaire-but-can-wealth-concentration-coexist-with-democracy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A system capable of producing trillionaires can surely ensure adequate nutrition, housing, healthcare and education for everyone. ]]></description>
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<title>Uddhav Sena MPs being offered at least Rs 15 crore to switch sides, alleges party leader Sanjay Raut</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/uddhav-sena-mps-being-offered-at-least-rs-15-crore-to-switch-sides-alleges-party-leader-sanjay-raut</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The allegation comes amid growing speculation that several MPs from the party may join the rival Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde. ]]></description>
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<title>Why do football fans react so violently when their team loses? A new book looks for answers</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-do-football-fans-react-so-violently-when-their-team-loses-a-new-book-looks-for-answers</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-do-football-fans-react-so-violently-when-their-team-loses-a-new-book-looks-for-answers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Shortest History of Football’, by Brian D Bunk. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Alpha’ trailer: Alia Bhatt, Sharvari in action thriller about assassins who take on a dreaded enemy</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/alpha-trailer-alia-bhatt-sharvari-in-action-thriller-about-assassins-who-take-on-a-dreaded-enemy</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Shiv Rawail’s contribution to the YRF Spy Universe also stars Bobby Deol, Anil Kapoor and Hrithik Roshan in a cameo. Out in cinemas on July 3. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Three injured Kuki men moved from Imphal hospital under heavy security after protests</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/manipur-three-injured-kuki-men-moved-from-imphal-hospital-under-heavy-security-after-protests</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/manipur-three-injured-kuki-men-moved-from-imphal-hospital-under-heavy-security-after-protests</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The authorities have not disclosed where the men were taken. ]]></description>
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<title>NDA shifts Jharkhand MLAs to Ranchi hotel ahead of Rajya Sabha election</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/nda-shifts-jharkhand-mlas-to-ranchi-hotel-ahead-of-rajya-sabha-election</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A candidate requires at least 28 first-preference votes to win, while the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance only has 24 MLAs. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Going Solo’: In a film about long&#45;distance female cyclists, endurance and a yearning for freedom</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/going-solo-in-a-film-about-long-distance-female-cyclists-endurance-and-a-yearning-for-freedom</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/going-solo-in-a-film-about-long-distance-female-cyclists-endurance-and-a-yearning-for-freedom</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ameya Gore’s documentary follows Gareema Shankar and Renu Singhi on a mission to complete the tough London-Edinburgh-London event. ]]></description>
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<title>Uddhav Sena writes to Lok Sabha speaker, urges him not to recognise any other group</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/uddhav-sena-writes-to-lok-sabha-speaker-urges-him-not-to-recognise-any-other-group</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The letter comes amid growing speculation that several MPs from the party may join the rival Shiv Sena faction led by Maharashtra Deputy CM Eknath Shinde. ]]></description>
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<title>Uprooting a forest for a park: The destructive ‘restoration’ of Delhi’s Central Ridge</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/uprooting-a-forest-for-a-park-the-destructive-restoration-of-delhis-central-ridge</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The invasive Vilayati Kikar trees must go. But not by supplanting local biodiversity with more non-native species and themed parks and forests. ]]></description>
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<title>At G7 summit, Modi calls for safe maritime routes, protection for seafarers</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/at-g7-summit-modi-calls-for-safe-maritime-routes-protection-for-seafarers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ‘The safety of seafarers, who connect all nations through global maritime trade, is our responsibility,’ the prime minister. ]]></description>
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<title>How 19th century Goans who arrived in Zanzibar became one of East Africa’s wealthiest communities</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-19th-century-goans-who-arrived-in-zanzibar-became-one-of-east-africas-wealthiest-communities</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-19th-century-goans-who-arrived-in-zanzibar-became-one-of-east-africas-wealthiest-communities</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Guts, Glory and Empire: The Epic Story of Goans in Zanzibar, 1865–1910’, by Selma Carvalho. ]]></description>
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<title>Himanta calls Miya Muslims declaring Assamese their mother tongue a ‘fraud’. Assam writers disagree</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The community has played a crucial role in “safeguarding” the language in every Census since the 1950s, they said. ]]></description>
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<title>Smart watches, health trackers can cause anxiety among some users</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hypervigilance towards the body can quickly lead to a cycle of worry and seeking reassurance. ]]></description>
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<title>Mumbai: Only 10% water remaining in reservoirs, says municipality</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Additional restrictions that include 20% supply cut for commercial units will take effect on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title>Margaret Cavendish’s ‘The Blazing World’ pioneered speculative fiction 400 years ago</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The novel follows the journey of a woman who lives by the sea and is abducted by a travelling merchant from a strange land. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: TMC’s Tapash Chatterjee who lost seat by 316 votes challenges poll result in HC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Trinamool Congress leader was defeated by the BJP’s Piyush Kanodia and had alleged irregularities in the counting process. ]]></description>
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<title>Mumbai: 10% water remaining in reservoirs, says municipal body</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Additional restrictions that include 20% supply cut for commercial units will take effect on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title>Mumbai is emptying groundwater reservoirs to quench its thirst</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As water levels plunge and the monsoon is delayed, the city is dependent on the unregulated tanker economy and borewells to meet its needs. ]]></description>
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<title>Gurugram: 13 allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants detained</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/gurugram-13-allegedly-undocumented-bangladeshi-immigrants-detained</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The persons were found to have Bangladeshi identity documents and had been ‘calling Bangladeshi phone numbers to contact their families’, the police alleged. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Telegram access curbed ahead of NEET, over&#45;the&#45;counter sale of cough syrups banned &amp;amp; more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Daisy Rockwell makes a case for translation as a ‘three&#45;legged race’ and ‘a huge goddamn wedding’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Mixed Metaphors: The Art of Translation’. ]]></description>
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<title>Centre bans sale of cough syrups without doctor’s prescription</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/centre-bans-sale-of-cough-syrups-without-doctors-prescription</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The rules have been amended following a series of cases of contaminated cough syrups leading to deaths of children. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Protesters oppose treatment of three Kuki men at Imphal hospital, tear gas fired</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Regional Institute of Medical Sciences said that it bears the responsibility to provide medical care to all patients brought for treatment. ]]></description>
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<title>Monsoon updates: Delayed onset, rising temperatures and water scarcity</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/monsoon-updates-delayed-onset-rising-temperatures-and-water-scarcity</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The weather department has forecast a heatwave in parts of Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Odisha and Telangana this week. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The National Testing Agency claimed that the message-editing feature had been used to fabricate ‘paper leak’ evidence after the examination. ]]></description>
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<title>Akal Takht declares Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann ‘Guru betrayer’ and ‘anti&#45;Khalsa Panth’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The row concerns Mann’s reported remarks about theft from gurdwara donation boxes and a video where a person is seen sprinkling alcohol on Sikh symbols. ]]></description>
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<title>VD Savarkar filed 10 mercy petitions before British, grandnephew tells Pune court</title>
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<title>United States: Eight killed as B&#45;52 bomber jet crashes during test flight in California</title>
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<title>MIFF 2026 kicks off with a song of ice and fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Mumbai International Film Festival will run until June 21. ]]></description>
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<title>Abdullah Ibrahim (1934&#45;2026): A jazz musician who embodied South Africa’s resistance and resilience</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/abdullah-ibrahim-1934-2026-a-jazz-musician-who-embodied-south-africas-resistance-and-resilience</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The maestro from Cape Town contributed to a new culture under apartheid – and after it. ]]></description>
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<title>Data analysis: How SIR deletions shaped BJP’s landslide in Bengal</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Bengal, constituencies where the roll contracted more in the SIR tended to move further toward the BJP relative to the TMC. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The peace deal announcement is a confirmation that Washington and Tel Aviv failed altering the regional order to their advantage. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The council said that it will continue to depict the original version of the 4,500-year-old ornamented sculpture. ]]></description>
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<title>Where did language come from? Nobody really knows, but the theories are fascinating</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Language probably emerged gradually through combination of gestures, vocalisations, facial expressions, social cooperation and increasing cognitive complexity. ]]></description>
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<title>View from Bangladesh: Why Indian envoy’s ‘shared skies’ remark has sparked a row in Dhaka</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Dinesh Trivedi’s seemingly warm words set off old anxieties about India’s overbearing approach to smaller neighbours amid strained bilateral ties since 2024. ]]></description>
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<title>Cockroach Janta Party founder Abhijeet Dipke slapped during Jaipur protest</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ While the police detained two persons, it was not immediately clear what their motive was for attacking Dipke. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Markets rally, oil prices fall after US&#45;Iran deal, wholesale inflation at 9.6% and more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Global stocks rise, oil prices drop on Iran peace deal announcement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Indian benchmark indices ended the trading session on a strong note. ]]></description>
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<title>Bangladesh summons Indian diplomat after PM Tarique Rahman’s adviser stopped at Delhi airport</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Zahed Ur Rahman, who arrived for a meeting hosted by the MEA, returned to Dhaka after spending over two hours in the immigration process, according to reports. ]]></description>
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<title>Wholesale inflation jumps to 9.6% in May under new series</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The wholesale price index-based inflation in fuel and power jumped to 30.3% as compared to 24.8% in April, the data showed. ]]></description>
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<title>Expelled BJP MLA held over audio clip allegedly linking party leader to Ankita Bhandari murder</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Suresh Rathore faces cases for allegedly circulating audio and video clips that identified a BJP leader as the ‘VIP’ who had sought ‘special services’. ]]></description>
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<title>Trump says Iran peace deal ‘is now complete’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The agreement, which includes ending the attacks in Lebanon, will be signed on June 19, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said. ]]></description>
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<title>SC stays proceedings before High Courts in petitions challenging amended trans rights law</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Petitions against the amended legislation are pending in the High Courts of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Kerala and Delhi. ]]></description>
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<title>For young readers: A good Samaritan helps a man from an ‘enemy’ community in distress</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘A Heart Full of Kindness: Stories of Courage and Compassion’, by Sunita Pant Bansal, illustrated by Shubham Lakhera. ]]></description>
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<title>Expelled ex&#45;BJP MLA held over audio clip allegedly linking party leader to Ankita Bhandari murder</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Suresh Rathore faces cases for allegedly circulating audio and video clips that identified a BJP leader as the ‘VIP’ who had sought ‘special services’. ]]></description>
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<title>Global stocks rise, oil prices drop on US&#45;Iran peace deal announcement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Indian benchmark indices also opened higher on Monday morning, with the Nifty reclaiming the 24,000 mark. ]]></description>
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<title>Madhya Pradesh: 3 women, child crushed by incoming train after jumping onto track over fire rumour</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ They had jumped off the train they were travelling in after a passenger in a general coach pulled the alarm chain due to the rumour of a blaze. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The film was blocked in India fearing damage to ties with Israel. With its release, may that indeed happen and create some distance with a genocidal regime. ]]></description>
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<title>Uttar Pradesh: Dalit man beaten to death allegedly for refusing to massage coworkers’ feet</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Three persons have been arrested in the matter, the police said. ]]></description>
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<title>In a new book, a queer activist examines the LGBTQIA+ community’s health and mental well&#45;being</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Unfinished Equality: Discrimination, Resistance and Hope in Queer India’, by Pawan Dhall. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the week with a film: ‘Resurrection’ is a visionary, transcendent experience</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bi Gan’s Chinese movie is out on Prime Video. ]]></description>
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<title>India’s food regulator flagged over 160 misleading claims. Years later, 120 are still around</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Poor regulation is allowing food companies to get away with misleading claims, we find in the second part of our series on unhealthy packaged food. ]]></description>
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<title>Fake citations, nonexistent studies: Five times AI hallucinations put governments in a spot</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI-generated text or citations have slipped into official or quasi-official documents, raising concerns about accountability. ]]></description>
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<title>Twenty TMC MPs to merge with Nationalist Citizens Party, back NDA: Kakoli Ghosh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This came soon after party General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee told the Lok Sabha speaker not to recognise the rebel faction as a separate bloc. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Creeping Shadows’: Horror short stories trace cultural history, caste conflicts, national tragedies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Aruna Chakravarti’s collection has 13 short stories. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: ‘Great Granny Webster’ is a handbook on how to remember someone who refuses to die</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Caroline Blackwood’s novel was a finalist for the 1977 Man Booker Prize. Poet Philip Larkin, the chair of jury, argued that the novel should not win. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Indian Embassy in Muscat said that the crew, who were all Indian, were transferred to a liferaft. ]]></description>
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<title>Rahul Gandhi says PM Modi listening to US ‘like an obedient servant’ after Indian sailors killed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Congress leader’s remarks came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told S Jaishankar that vessels in the Strait of Hormuz must obey America’s orders. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Crew members alleged that the man’s body remained on board for two days without proper refrigeration, and they used water bottles to slow down decomposition. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ PC Saidalavi’s book also shows how caste-based practices in Islam are distinct from those in Hinduism. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ On Friday, Sejal Pawar submitted a written apology acknowledging that some of her statements were inappropriate and may have caused distress. ]]></description>
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<title>How an album of my great grandmother’s paintings  helped me piece together a portrait of her</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sonabai Kothare died long before the author was born. But her 30 watercolours offer clues about her life. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Adani’s reported proposal to invest $10 billion in the US economy if fraud charges were dropped seemed to be an ‘egregious quid pro quo offer’, they remarked. ]]></description>
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<title>In pictures: On the banks of the Ganga in Mirzapur, enter the world of Chotta Bruce Lee</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ramdas, 25, explains why he started shooting social-media videos that pay tribute to the Hong Kong martial arts star. ]]></description>
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<title>At Vizag plant where nine died, workers highlight production pressure, safety hazards</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ While the company asked workers to adhere to safety norms during production, workers blame the management for creating conditions that are leading to lapses. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The essays in the book remind the reader that castelessness myths represent particularly insidious caste politics by rendering domination invisible. ]]></description>
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<title>Ramachandra Guha: Why Modi and Shah are unlikely to drive the economic reforms India needs urgently</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The country’s two most powerful men are obsessed with expanding their political power. Strengthening the economic security of all Indians is not a priority. ]]></description>
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<title>Good sleep and a proper diet could help reduce chronic stress caused by work – but exercise may not</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new research study suggests that not all healthy habits offer the same protection. ]]></description>
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<title>Five Air Force personnel killed as AN&#45;32 transport aircraft crashes in Assam’s Jorhat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The accident occurred while the plane was landing at an airbase in the district. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Land’: Maggie O’Farrell flattens 19th&#45;century Ireland into a theme‑pub cliché in her new novel</title>
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<title>S Jaishankar protests deaths of three Indian seafarers in US strikes in call with American official</title>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/prey-habitat-quality-play-key-role-in-restoring-tiger-populations</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Research in Panna Tiger Reserve’s showed that rewilding cannot focus only on predators. ]]></description>
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<title>Iran&#45;US peace deal expected in 24 hours, says Pakistani PM</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The signing of the agreement will be followed by technical level talks next week, Shehbaz Sharif said. ]]></description>
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<title>June global nonfiction: Six new books on healthcare, gambling, and more re&#45;examine our histories</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new book on codebreakers during the wars, a history of women’s pleasure, a transman’s memoir about cooking, and three other books. ]]></description>
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<title>Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam file fresh bail pleas in Delhi riots conspiracy case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The applications came nearly a month after the Supreme Court criticised its own January verdict that had denied them interim relief. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: Police searches at TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee’s home trigger row</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This came as the Enforcement Directorate on Saturday conducted raids at premises linked to Trinamool MLA Madan Mitra in a municipal recruitment scam case. ]]></description>
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<title>Romila Thapar’s memoir, ‘Just Being’: A fearless journey of an autonomous woman</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The 94-year-old historian’s deeply personal writings also ruminate on India across a hundred years. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Indian Air Force said that a court of inquiry had been ordered. ]]></description>
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<title>The art of painting Urdu</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Contemporary artists have used the script in their explorations of the politics of identity and belonging. ]]></description>
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<title>India, Bangladesh discuss ‘illegal and forced border crossings’ at meeting of security forces</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The talks came against the backdrop of allegations by Dhaka that it had thwarted attempts by the Border Security Force to force persons into its territory. ]]></description>
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<title>In pictures: The fisherfolk in the path of Mumbai’s $1.8 billion Coastal Road</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The highway in the sea will speed up car movement along the western coast. But it has sparked a debate about who the city is being built for. ]]></description>
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<title>Jaishankar protests deaths of 3 Indian seafarers in US strikes in call with American official</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hours earlier, Ministry of External Affairs had summoned a United States diplomat to convey India’s protest against US strikes on ships in West Asia. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Compelled to Collect’: A sound historical account of how material heritage survived the Partition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mrinalini Venkateswaran argues in her book that collecting ‘tangible history’ for museums is a way to articulate a national past. ]]></description>
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<title>Why India’s Opposition parties should be worried about the cockroach movement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ People no longer see political parties as useful platforms for channeling their dissent. ]]></description>
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<title>Artificial lights might be causing kites in Kerala to hunt at night</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is growing evidence that bright lights can change the activity patterns of birds of prey that are normally active during the day. ]]></description>
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<title>Trump claims Iran attacked Indian ships leaving Strait of Hormuz</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Meanwhile, Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson criticised US strikes that killed three Indian seafarers. ]]></description>
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<title>How Silicon Valley misreads JRR Tolkien’s ‘The Lord of the Rings’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The author’s deep suspicion of power can be found throughout his work, but especially in the Shire’s utopian social system. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi High Court refuses to order reopening of CBSE re&#45;evaluation portal for Class 12</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Doing so would delay the announcement of final results, said the bench, adding that it did not want to interfere with the ongoing process. ]]></description>
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<title>Interview: How will El Niño affect the monsoon in India?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Unprecedented measures’ should be taken as a weak monsoon will have a varying effect on food and water security, says scientist Raghu Murtugudde. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>FIR against Mamata Banerjee for allegedly hurting religious sentiments ahead of Bengal polls</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The complaint alleged that the former chief minister had said in March that if ‘a particular community united, it could have dire consequences for others’. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/mea-summons-us-diplomat-again-protests-against-continued-strikes-on-ships-with-indian-crew</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ New Delhi said that the United States military’s actions were ‘unacceptable’ and undermine the safety of maritime commerce. ]]></description>
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<title>For children: Why kindness and compassion go a long way and make you happy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Kind Hearts!’, by Gauranga Darshan Das. ]]></description>
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<title>Archaeological Survey seeks protection for Gujarat mosque amid protest plan: Report</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is a ‘likelihood of an untoward incident’ during a June 15 rally by a Hindutva group as the monument is ‘sensitive in nature’, the government body said. ]]></description>
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<title>Jaspal Rana, champion shooter and coach, dies at 49</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He remains India’s most successful Commonwealth Games athlete, having won 15 medals in four editions of the event. ]]></description>
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<title>Women’s Prize winners: ‘The Correspondent’ for Fiction, ‘The Finest Hotel in Kabul’ for Nonfiction</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The winners of the 2026 prize received cash award of £30,000 each. ]]></description>
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<title>Congress leader Meenakshi Natarajan’s plea against rejection of Rajya Sabha candidature dismissed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench refused to invoke its writ jurisdiction under the Constitution, but said that Natarajan could file an election petition in the High Court. ]]></description>
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<title>Industrial, commercial consumers barred from buying petrol, diesel at retail outlets</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Fuel supplies meant for regular users getting diverted had created the ‘potential for localised shortages’, the government said. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: 3 members of a family killed in fire at residential building in Govindpuri</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-3-members-of-a-family-killed-in-fire-at-residential-building-in-govindpuri</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Two other members of the household were critically injured in the blaze, which broke out in the early hours of Friday. ]]></description>
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<title>SC declines to entertain Congress leader’s plea against rejection of Rajya Sabha polls nomination</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench refused to invoke its writ jurisdiction under the Constitution, but said that Meenakshi Natarajan could file an election petition. ]]></description>
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<title>This play imagines India’s first woman particle physicist Bibha Chowdhuri’s fight against prejudices</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Encounters with Infinity: Three Plays on Science History’, by Nilanjan P Choudhury. ]]></description>
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<title>Comedian Pranit More, others booked for allegedly objectionable content</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A case was also registered against Himanshu Jangra and Dr Sejal Pawar, who were members of the audience in two separate episodes of More’s show. ]]></description>
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<title>Kolkata: 4,000 EVMs destroyed in government building fire, minister flags sabotage possibility</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The electronic voting machines had been used in 10 constituencies during this year’s Assembly elections in West Bengal, state minister Kaushik Chowdhury said. ]]></description>
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<title>Trump says he ‘cancelled’ strikes against Iran, announces ‘great settlement’ with Tehran</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that the country had not yet arrived at a final conclusion on any agreement. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: Calcutta HC questions expelled TMC MLA’s appointment as leader of opposition by speaker</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Trinamool Congress told the Calcutta High Court that Speaker Rathindra Bose’s decision violated constitutional provisions. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata’ review: A gripping account of uncommon courage against terror</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kangana Ranaut leads Manoj Tapadia’s Hindi film about the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. ]]></description>
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<title>Review: In ‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’, to love is to remember and to remember is to love</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Imtiaz Ali’s decades-spanning romance stars Naseeruddin Shah, Diljit Dosanjh, Vedang Raina and Sharvari. ]]></description>
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<title>India must realise that resilience isn’t an economic strategy – it needs a clear economic philosophy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The country’s economic challenge is not a shortage of optimism. It is a shortage of institutional imagination. ]]></description>
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<title>Who corners AI profits? Samsung’s labour showdown sparks debate</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/who-corners-ai-profits-samsungs-labour-showdown-sparks-debate</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The technology giant’s worker union demanded a larger share of profit from the company’s chip division. ]]></description>
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<title>Haryana teacher suspended two days after attending Cockroach Janta Party protest</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ She had ‘violated the conduct rules for government employees by leaving her station and taking part in the protest without approval’, read the order. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Trump says US will hit Iran ‘very hard tonight’, relief for Abhishek Banerjee &amp;amp; more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>US will hit Iran ‘very hard’ tonight, says Trump</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/us-will-hit-iran-very-hard-tonight-says-trump</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States president also threatened that his country’s military will take over the key Iranian oil export terminal of Kharg Island. ]]></description>
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<title>Exclusion of Dalit converts from Scheduled Caste status revives constitutional dilemma</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Can the law deny protection against caste-based discrimination simply because an individual has changed religion? ]]></description>
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<title>SC quantifies Rs 30,000 as monthly value of homemakers’ labour in motor accident claims</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The determination shall be revised by 10% cumulatively every three years, the bench said. ]]></description>
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<title>20 Indians being evacuated from ship off Oman after ‘security incident’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ While it was unclear what had caused the fire, the Indian embassy said that it was coordinating with the local authorities. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Choose me or Abhishek Banerjee,’ TMC leader tells Mamata Banerjee</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/choose-me-or-abhishek-banerjee-tmc-leader-tells-mamata-banerjee</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/choose-me-or-abhishek-banerjee-tmc-leader-tells-mamata-banerjee</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Kalyan Banerjee said that he was senior to Abhishek Banerjee in politics and that he cannot be disrespected or humiliated. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Welcome to the Jungle’ trailer: A multi&#45;starrer comedy about a fake film shoot</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/welcome-to-the-jungle-trailer-a-multi-starrer-comedy-about-a-fake-film-shoot</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Ahmed Khan’s Hindi movie, led by Akshay Kumar, will be released on June 26 in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Two Kukis killed, homes burnt down in militant attack</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The fresh violence came after bodies of six Naga men abducted on May 13 were recovered on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title>Three Indians killed as US attacks ship near Oman, New Delhi summons American diplomat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The external affairs ministry said that the targeting of commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region must end. ]]></description>
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<title>Bhima Koregaon case: NIA seeks cancellation of bail for activists Arun Ferreira, Vernon Gonsalves</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The agency alleged that they violated their bail conditions by taking part in a meeting at the Mumbai Press Club, where other accused persons were present. ]]></description>
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<title>TMC’s Prakash Chik Baraik resigns as Rajya Sabha MP, third to quit in four days</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He said that he was ‘accepting the opinion’ of the people of West Bengal. ]]></description>
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<title>Petrol with 22%&#45;30% ethanol blend exempted from central excise duty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Bureau of Indian Standards had in May notified norms for fuel containing 22%, 25%, 27% and 30% ethyl alcohol by volume. ]]></description>
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<title>Two Indians killed after US attacks ship near Oman, New Delhi summons American diplomat</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The external affairs ministry said that the targeting of commercial shipping and civilian infrastructure in the region must end. ]]></description>
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<title>Bihar to Bengal, the great Indian disenfranchisement now has the Supreme Court’s approval</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The exclusion of voters has upturned the constitutional principle that the legitimacy of a government rests on the popular will of the people. ]]></description>
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<title>Congress moves SC against rejection of Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha poll nomination</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The party had argued before the poll body on Tuesday that the returning officer had wrongly rejected Natarajan’s nomination based on the BJP’s objections. ]]></description>
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<title>Bharathiraja (1941&#45;2026): The earth remembers its own</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every dark-skinned lead photographed without apology, every village rendered as a moral organism rather than a postcard walks a path cut by Bharathiraja. ]]></description>
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<title>A tourist rush is swamping Himachal Pradesh – and the environmental cost is heavy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Roads from Shimla to popular destinations have been choked with vehicles while the rush of visitors is straining the state’s fragile ecology. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi HC quashes FIR, ED case against ‘NewsClick’, calls it ‘gross abuse of law’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The criminal proceedings amounted to an arbitrary attack ‘on the free and impartial journalism of the petitioners’, the judge said. ]]></description>
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<title>Israel and India show how democracies drift towards digital authoritarianism</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/israel-and-india-show-how-democracies-drift-towards-digital-authoritarianism</link>
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<title>Kashmiri human rights activist Khurram Parvez granted bail in one case</title>
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<title>Cockroach Janta Party announces nationwide protests to demand education minister’s resignation</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cockroach-janta-party-announces-nationwide-protests-to-demand-education-ministers-resignation</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cockroach-janta-party-announces-nationwide-protests-to-demand-education-ministers-resignation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The satirical campaign’s founder said they will return to Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for an indefinite sit-in on June 20 if Dharmendra Pradhan doesn’t quit. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Six Naga hostages found dead, Congress says Rajya Sabha candidate wrongly rejected &amp;amp; more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-six-naga-hostages-found-dead-congress-says-rajya-sabha-candidate-wrongly-rejected-more</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Quad and India take second place as US, China cement ties</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/quad-and-india-take-second-place-as-us-china-cement-ties</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Washington has restructured its foreign policy but remained firm on US interests that keep New Delhi in an asymmetrical position and lower grade. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Six Naga hostages found dead day after 14 Kukis released</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/manipur-six-naga-hostages-found-dead-day-after-14-kukis-released</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ They were abducted on May 13 after three church leaders were killed and five others injured amid tensions between the two communities. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: 18&#45;year&#45;old Shiv is reluctant when he is handpicked by Gandhi to study law in England</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The English Problem’, by Beena Kamlani. ]]></description>
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<title>Meenakshi Natarajan’s Rajya Sabha nomination wrongly rejected, Congress tells EC</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/meenakshi-natarajans-rajya-sabha-nomination-wrongly-rejected-congress-tells-ec</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The returning officer rejected her candidature even though ‘there is no criminal case that she could have disclosed’, said the Opposition party. ]]></description>
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<title>Court sets aside order denying FIR against Rahul Gandhi for describing Ram as ‘mythological’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/court-sets-aside-order-denying-fir-against-rahul-gandhi-for-describing-ram-as-mythological</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/court-sets-aside-order-denying-fir-against-rahul-gandhi-for-describing-ram-as-mythological</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Varanasi special court ordered the magistrate to hear the matter again based on decisions by the Supreme Court and the High Court. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/kashmiri-human-rights-activist-khurram-parvez-granted-bail</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/kashmiri-human-rights-activist-khurram-parvez-granted-bail</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency in November 2021 under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in a terror funding and recruitment case. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/bombay-hc-imposes-rs-2-lakh-costs-on-lt-subsidiaries-adani-group-linked-firm-on-slum-project-pleas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The judge ruled that the companies had consumed a considerably long time of the court while arguing against the commercial suit. ]]></description>
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<title>Court denies bail to Al&#45;Falah group chief in ED case, says wife’s cancer doesn’t require his care</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/court-denies-bail-to-al-falah-group-chief-in-ed-case-says-wifes-cancer-doesnt-require-his-care</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/court-denies-bail-to-al-falah-group-chief-in-ed-case-says-wifes-cancer-doesnt-require-his-care</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Medical records showed that Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui’s wife was not incapable of managing her daily routine, the court held while rejecting his six-week bail plea. ]]></description>
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<title>The Nobel Prizes, hygge, crime fiction: How ‘Scandimania’ has taken over the world</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/the-nobel-prizes-hygge-crime-fiction-how-scandimania-has-taken-over-the-world</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-nobel-prizes-hygge-crime-fiction-how-scandimania-has-taken-over-the-world</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Shortest History of Scandinavia’, by Mart Kuldkepp. ]]></description>
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<title>Bombay HC imposes Rs 2 lakh fine on L&amp;amp;T subsidiaries, Adani Group&#45;linked firm on slum project pleas</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bombay-hc-imposes-rs-2-lakh-fine-on-lt-subsidiaries-adani-group-linked-firm-on-slum-project-pleas</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/bombay-hc-imposes-rs-2-lakh-fine-on-lt-subsidiaries-adani-group-linked-firm-on-slum-project-pleas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The judge ruled that the companies had consumed a considerably long time of the court while arguing against the commercial suit. ]]></description>
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<title>Bimal Roy’s ‘Do Bigha Zamin’ and the never&#45;ending race against poverty</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bimal-roys-do-bigha-zamin-and-the-never-ending-race-against-poverty</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/bimal-roys-do-bigha-zamin-and-the-never-ending-race-against-poverty</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Balraj Sahni’s Shambhu still walks among us – as the daily-wage earner, the construction site labourer and the gig worker. ]]></description>
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<title>J&amp;amp;K: Two soldiers killed in accidental grenade blast in Uri</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/jk-two-soldiers-killed-in-accidental-grenade-blast-in-uri</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/jk-two-soldiers-killed-in-accidental-grenade-blast-in-uri</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The explosion took place during the routine handover of equipment at a camp, officials said. ]]></description>
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<title>India focusing on long&#45;range nuclear weapons capable of hitting China: Global arms watchdog</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/india-focusing-on-long-range-nuclear-weapons-capable-of-hitting-china-global-arms-watchdog</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The organisation, SIPRI, said that India has 190 nuclear warheads, 10 more than last year, while Pakistan has 170, the same as in 2025. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi court stays order for FIR against Abhijit Iyer&#45;Mitra for posts on ‘Newslaundry’ journalists</title>
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<title>View from Bangladesh: India forcing people across the border is becoming a test of ties</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ These incidents have transformed what was once a recurring border management issue into a significant diplomatic flashpoint. ]]></description>
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<title>US strikes Iran after Trump blames Tehran for downing Army helicopter</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/us-strikes-iran-after-trump-blames-tehran-for-downing-army-helicopter</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Iran has vowed to respond, escalating the latest tensions in West Asia that could threaten a fragile ceasefire that took effect on April 8. ]]></description>
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<title>Why the Trinamool Congress is collapsing like a house of cards</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-the-trinamool-congress-is-collapsing-like-a-house-of-cards</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The rebels blame dynastic control, while the loyalists accuse the BJP of wrongdoing. Both are understating the importance of a third factor. ]]></description>
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<title>Electric SUV sales soar, contradicting promise of green energy shift</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/electric-suv-sales-soar-contradicting-promise-of-green-energy-shift</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The future of transport should be electric but also lighter, healthier, more affordable and less car-dependent. ]]></description>
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<title>Madhya Pradesh: Congress Rajya Sabha candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination rejected</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/madhya-pradesh-congress-rajya-sabha-candidate-meenakshi-natarajans-nomination-rejected</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ BJP leaders had raised objections, alleging that she concealed details of a criminal case in her election affidavit. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: CID searches Mamata Banerjee’s home in forged signature case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The action came after Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee skipped summons issued to him, according to reports. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: 14 Kuki hostages released after 27 days</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United Naga Council said that it hoped the six Naga men who continue to be held by armed groups would also be released soon. ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: In ‘Enola Holmes 3’, a wedding is complicated by the kidnapping of Sherlock Holmes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Philip Barantini’s film stars Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Louis Partridge, Himesh Patel and Helena Bonham Carter. Out on July 1 on Netflix. ]]></description>
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<title>How heat affects you depends on your pincode</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Concretised and congested areas experience higher temperatures. ]]></description>
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<title>Rajya Sabha polls: Congress takes Madhya Pradesh MLAs to Karnataka amid BJP poaching fears</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Bharatiya Janata Party is expected to win two of the three Upper House seats in the June 18 elections, and the Congress the third. ]]></description>
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<title>Anand Patwardhan says YouTube removed his film ‘Father, Son and Holy War’, alleges censorship</title>
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<title>Bombay HC strikes down Centre’s retrospective spectrum charge on telecom operators</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Union government cannot change the consideration for a licence after the parties had already acted upon the contract, the bench said. ]]></description>
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<title>Assam: Muslim woman arrested, son detained for allegedly forcing Hindu students to eat ‘beef’ tiffin</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The police were questioning four other Muslim students for also allegedly trying to feed the meat to their classmates. ]]></description>
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<title>By Ruskin Bond: A boy finds a purple stone that glows in the sunlight. But this is no ordinary stone</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Wonderful Stone’. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal restores general consent for CBI to investigate central government employees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Mamata Banerjee-led government had withdrawn the permission in 2018, alleging that the Centre was misusing the agency for political vendetta. ]]></description>
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<title>UP: Eight booked after ‘I love Muhammad’ posters found during Sambhal mosque demolition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ MP Ziaur Rahman Barq asked which section of the law could be applied in the matter and alleged that the razing of the mosque was illegal. ]]></description>
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<title>Trump warns Netanyahu against further attacks on Iran; Tel Aviv and Tehran halt hostilities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The developments came a day after Israel struck military targets in Iran in response to Tehran’s missile strikes on the country. ]]></description>
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<title>Patna court blocks action against Bihar educator, YouTuber ‘Khan Sir’ in firing case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Faizal Khan had been booked for attempted murder after his security guards alleged that he had ordered them to open fire outside his coaching institute. ]]></description>
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<title>Donald Trump’s $100,000 H&#45;1B visa fee is unlawful, US judge rules</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court held that the fee amounted to an unlawful tax that Congress had not authorised. ]]></description>
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<title>Welfare economist Jean Drèze wins global award for research on poverty and inequality in India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He was also recognised for his advocacy for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and the National Food Security Act. ]]></description>
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<title>The ‘Peddi’ problem that can’t be fixed – and won’t go away</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Buchi Babu Sana’s sports drama, starring Ram Charan, has caused outrage for its sexualised depiction of Janhvi Kapoor’s heroine. ]]></description>
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<title>The chipped cup, the service lift and other things I had forgotten about India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A year since returning from the US, the mundane ways of casteism still feel hard to explain to my children. ]]></description>
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<title>Donald Trump’s $1,00,000 H&#45;1B visa fee is unlawful, US judge rules</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court held that the fee amounted to an unlawful tax that Congress had not authorised. ]]></description>
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<title>24 Indian sailors rescued from ship hit by US missile</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States Central Command said that it had disabled the Palau-flagged vessel after it violated the American blockade of Iranian ports. ]]></description>
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<title>How philosopher KC Bhattacharyya appealed for liberation from British ‘cultural subjection’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Languages of Freedom: The Idea of India in Political Theory, Bombay Cinema and Progressive Urdu Poetry’, by Neera Chandhoke. ]]></description>
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<title>A Sangh organisation is leading the demand that Christian tribals be delisted</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Activists argue that the demand is part of a larger push by the Sangh to subsume Adivasi culture and identity into Hinduism. ]]></description>
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<title>Ebola outbreak is third&#45;largest in history but swift global response may prevent catastrophe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Cases will continue to rise before authorities successfully contain the current outbreak. ]]></description>
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<title>Andhra Pradesh: Eight workers die as molten metal falls on them at Vizag Steel Plant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A blast was reported at one of the units after a ladle carrying liquid steel exploded. ]]></description>
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<title>Women’s Prize for non‑fiction 2026: Six quick reviews of the shortlisted books</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The list features powerful biographies, moving histories, and creative approaches to health. ]]></description>
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<title>Farmers want to give up fertilisers but need policy support</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chemical fertilisers, like urea, are sourced from West Asia, where the Iran War has disrupted supplies ahead of the monsoon sowing season. ]]></description>
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<title>Ex&#45;HC judge Gautam Patel faces threats over 2024 Dawoodi Bohra verdict</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/ex-hc-judge-gautam-patel-faces-threats-over-2024-dawoodi-bohra-verdict</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Since August, his family members have received threatening letters and his daughter was physically assaulted in London in April. ]]></description>
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<title>20 Trinamool MPs write to Lok Sabha speaker extending support to BJP&#45;led NDA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Led by Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, the group said the new bloc was formed as ‘we need to support [the] NDA for Bengal’s development’. ]]></description>
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<title>India asks citizens to leave Iran amid fresh Israeli strikes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tel Aviv and Tehran exchanged missile fire for the first time since a ceasefire took effect on April 8. ]]></description>
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<title>INDIA bloc demands Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan’s resignation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He presided over the ‘betrayal’ of youth who took the NEET and the CBSE exams, the alliance alleged. ]]></description>
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<title>Trinamool’s Falta candidate Jahangir Khan arrested</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He was held at the India-Nepal border in northern Bengal when he was allegedly trying to flee the country. ]]></description>
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<title>In his new book India’s Solicitor General Tushar Mehta studies the bizarre behaviour of AI bots</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Bench, the Bar, and the Bizarre: The Unfamiliar, the Curious, and the Extraordinary in Law’. ]]></description>
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<title>TMC leader Sukhendu Sekhar Ray resigns as Rajya Sabha MP, quits party</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The voters in West Bengal had given the BJP a ‘huge mandate’ to end the ‘15-year anarchical rule” of the Trinamool Congress, Ray said. ]]></description>
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<title>Jadavpur: Left leaders detained during protest against bulldozing of hawkers’ structures</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A large crowd had gathered near Jadavpur railway station in Kolkata on Sunday to stop the demolitions. ]]></description>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: TVK government may not last three months, says DMK chief MK Stalin</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A day earlier, the former chief minister had said that his party had allowed its allies to support the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam to avoid president’s rule. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:30:17 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Israel hits Iran with retaliatory strikes despite Trump’s call for restraint</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/israel-hits-iran-with-retaliatory-strikes-despite-trumps-call-for-restraint</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tehran had launched a missile strike on Sunday, the first such bombardment since a ceasefire took effect on April 8. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Suvendu Adhikari said that 836 more ‘illegal infiltrators’ kept in holding centres will also soon be deported to the neighbouring country. ]]></description>
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<title>View from Bangladesh: On border killings, Dhaka is helping defend New Delhi’s use of lethal force</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Dhaka has put Indian goodwill first in willingly accepting New Delhi’s justifications of ‘self-defence’. ]]></description>
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<title>Varanasi will order meat, fish shops to move to outskirts</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/varanasi-will-order-meat-fish-shops-to-move-to-outskirts</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The civic body claimed that the decision is intended to improve sanitation while ensuring that consumers are not denied access to food of their choice. ]]></description>
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<title>New regimes in Bangladesh and Bengal could improve cooperation over shared rivers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There are opportunities for both the Teesta and the Ganges rivers, but there are also domestic caveats to overcome. ]]></description>
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<title>How India’s ambitious plan to curb unhealthy food failed</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Modi government in 2017 launched a plan to combat foods high in fat, salt and sugar. In the first part of a new series, we examine why it never took off. ]]></description>
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<title>Biometric technology is everywhere and constantly evolving – but not without risks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ From gait analysis to even skin texture and micro-grip patterns, the human body is being closely researched and deployed by digital technologies. ]]></description>
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<title>A new mode of storytelling: Why we need stories that can foreground the non&#45;human worlds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What kind of stories do we want in these intense times? Simply put, stories that can be meticulous in depicting the more-than-human worlds around us. ]]></description>
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<title>Not seeking third&#45;party mediation in border talks with India, says Nepal foreign minister</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nepal PM Balendra Shah had earlier stated that his country had held discussions with China and the UK about the Kalapani-Limpiadhura-Lipulekh region. ]]></description>
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<title>Regime change in Bangladesh and Bengal could improve cooperation over shared rivers</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/regime-change-in-bangladesh-and-bengal-could-improve-cooperation-over-shared-rivers</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There are opportunities for both the Teesta and the Ganges rivers, but there are also domestic caveats to overcome. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Aaj Tak’ anchor Anjana Om Kashyap files defamation suit against Bihar educator, YouTuber ‘Khan Sir’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The journalist had accused online educators of being frauds during a broadcast about NEET, following which Khan alleged that she was spreading fake news. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: A hawk is an elegant metaphor for a disintegrating marriage in ‘The Pilgrim Hawk’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Published in 1940, this was Glenway Wescott’s penultimate novel. He did not publish any fiction after 1945 until he died in 1987. ]]></description>
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<title>Cockroach Janta Party protest will not stop till education minister resigns, says Abhijeet Dipke</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The campaign’s founder said the demonstration on Saturday ‘showed the government a trailer of what cockroaches are capable of when we unite’. ]]></description>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: Four former AIADMK ministers join TVK</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/tamil-nadu-four-former-aiadmk-ministers-join-tvk</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ MC Sampath, NR Sivapathi, Kadambur C Raju and Udumalai K Radhakrishnan joined the state’s ruling party in Chennai. ]]></description>
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<title>At least 731 died in Manipur relief camps over three years: RTI data</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/at-least-731-died-in-manipur-relief-camps-over-three-years-rti-data</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ More than 43,000 persons remain displaced and continue to reside in relief camps nearly three years after the conflict began, the state home department said. ]]></description>
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<title>June fiction: Geetanjali Shree’s first short story collection in translation and five titles to read</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/june-fiction-geetanjali-shrees-first-short-story-collection-in-translation-and-five-titles-to-read</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A novel about a scandalous deepfake video, an anthology of Kashmiri writing, a coming-of-age novel translated from the Malayalam, and more. ]]></description>
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<title>DMK allowed allies to back Vijay’s TVK to avoid President’s rule, says Stalin</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Soon, we must take a pledge to bring down the TVK government,’ the former chief minister said. . ]]></description>
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<title>Paan once symbolised courtly status in India. Then it became an unsanitary, ‘native’ habit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Paintings and texts show that European travellers in the 18th-19th centuries were curious about the practice, accepting it as part of socialising. ]]></description>
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<title>The journalist who asked Modi a question</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ I met Helle Lyng Svendsen in Oslo. She was clear about what journalists ought to do. ]]></description>
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<title>27&#45;month&#45;old Indian&#45;born cheetah dies in Kuno National Park while being treated for injuries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The cheetah, officially named KGP11, was found injured near the Pahargarh area of the Morena district on June 1. ]]></description>
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<title>Domestic LPG prices hiked by Rs 29 for 14.2&#45;kg cylinders</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A 14.2-kg LPG cylinder in Delhi will be priced at Rs 942 per cylinder from Sunday, as against Rs 913 earlier. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Glittering Prize’: An entertaining record of the FIFA World Cup from its genesis to the present day</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/glittering-prize-an-entertaining-record-of-the-fifa-world-cup-from-its-genesis-to-the-present-day</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/glittering-prize-an-entertaining-record-of-the-fifa-world-cup-from-its-genesis-to-the-present-day</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jonathan O’Brien’s three-volume series culminates with the 2022 FIFA World Cup hosted by Qatar. The 2026 World Cup begins on June 11. ]]></description>
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<title>Goodbye Marjane Satrapi (1969&#45;2026): Your graphic odes to unceasing rebellion are everlasting</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Iranian-French cartoonist and filmmaker who taught a generation how comics could be both confession and weapon recently died at 56. ]]></description>
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<title>To stem rupee’s slide, India should first fix its fragile domestic economy</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/to-stem-rupees-slide-india-should-first-fix-its-fragile-domestic-economy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The depreciation of the rupee stems from stagnating wages and slowing consumption growth, problems that predate the West Asia crisis. ]]></description>
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<title>‘They have sold themselves’: At ‘cockroach’ gathering in Delhi, protestors rage against the system</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/they-have-sold-themselves-at-cockroach-gathering-in-delhi-protestors-rage-against-the-system</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Questions of ideology mattered neither to the organisers of the protest nor to those who showed up in support. Accountability was the word of the day. ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: ‘Balan – The Boy’ is a new survival drama from the ‘Manjummel Boys’ director</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chidambaram’s film, written by ‘Aavesham’ director Jithu Madhavan, will be out on June 19 in cinemas. The cast includes Farazana Palathingal and Adisheshan. ]]></description>
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<title>In images: Day after Kolkata flower market demolitions, vendors return to work and hope for the best</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ On Friday, more than 200 makeshift shops built on government land in the old market were demolished. ]]></description>
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<title>Pakistan’s increase in women voters masks a democratic paradox</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The country has been successful in documenting women as citizens, but less effective at ensuring their meaningful political participation. ]]></description>
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<title>Jürgen Habermas (1929&#45;2026): The utopian thinker’s intuitions for the civic and the public self</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The German philosopher’s work primarily addressed communicative rationality and the public sphere. He died on March 14. ]]></description>
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<title>Singapore blocks posts targeting Indian community, says content likely from China&#45;based platform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The government said that it had taken a ‘serious view of threats’ to social cohesion and racial harmony, including from external actors. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ It remains to be seen how these indicators are interpreted and translated into macroeconomic policymaking. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ While the cause was unclear, the health department has collected food samples for testing. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Two biographies of forgotten royalties, a translator’s manifesto, a new reckoning of AI and more. ]]></description>
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<title>Readers’ comments: Scroll should use the official rupee symbol. It’s not even a BJP&#45;era invention</title>
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<title>Cockroach Janta Party protest: Youth kept trapped in Hindu&#45;Muslim politics, says Abhijeet Dipke</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hundreds gathered at Jantar Mantar to demand the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over recent examination-related lapses. ]]></description>
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<title>1,174 Indians deported from US so far in 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 3,576 Indian nationals were deported from the United States in 2025, the Ministry of External Affairs said. ]]></description>
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<title>The Indian freedom fighter who ended his career as a captain on ‘Star Trek’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Born to indentured labourers, Reginald Lal Singh was at various times a jungle child, Congress worker, wartime rescuer, author and Hollywood actor. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Indecorous’: Indian mission in UK condemns audience member’s question on dissent at CJI’s lecture</title>
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<title>Penguin won’t distribute Joe Sacco’s graphic novel on 2013 riots, ‘The Indian Express’ reports</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ One concern was that a map in the book showed the boundaries of India inaccurately, an official of the publishing house said. ]]></description>
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<title>Bihar educator, YouTuber ‘Khan Sir’ booked in case linked to firing outside his coaching institute</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An FIR was filed against Faizal Khan after two of his security guards alleged that he had ordered them to open fire during the incident on June 2. ]]></description>
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<title>Penguin will not distribute journalist Joe Sacco’s book on 2013 riots, reports ‘The Indian Express’</title>
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<title>‘DMK became careless’: A month after Tamil Nadu upheaval, voters in Stalin’s former seat take stock</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The sitting chief minister was ousted from the constituency he had held for three terms. In Kolathur, voters explained their ideas about maatram – change. ]]></description>
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<title>‘I come not to praise AI but to bury it’: A novelist opens up on writing during the AI apocalypse</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Fiction writer Aishwarya Jha makes a case for ‘human writing’ and the literary value of rejection. ]]></description>
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<title>Beyond the Modi phenomenon, what makes up the anatomy of India’s new regime?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The new order is made up three interwoven ‘body parts’: Hindutva as the head, civil society for the arms, and the state for the legs that kick hard. ]]></description>
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<title>A murder in the UK reopens debate on whether Sikhs should be allowed to carry kirpans in public</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Within Sikh tradition, the ceremonial dagger is linked to the duty to protect others. However, this does not create a legal right to use force. ]]></description>
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<title>Bangladesh claims it thwarted attempt by India to force 30 persons into its territory</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Dhaka claimed that BSF personnel were confronted by members of the Border Guards Bangladesh, leading to a standoff. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: PM claims growth moment strong even as RBI cuts GDP forecast, Annamalai quits BJP &amp;amp; more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Become a Scroll member to get Rush Hour – a wrap of the day’s important stories delivered straight to your inbox every evening. ]]></description>
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<title>Does Abhijeet Dipke’s popularity signal a new age of Dalit leaders?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Anant Gupta speaks to Amit Ahuja about Cockroach Janta Party’s rise and its upcoming protest at Jantar Mantar ]]></description>
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<title>To mitigate climate change, global policy must intersect with granular human incentives</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The future of the habitable world will not be written exclusively in the halls of parliaments but in the micro-decisions of the millions who inhabit it. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ However, those whose appeals are pending before tribunals or have applied under the Citizenship Amendment Act will receive benefits till the process ends. ]]></description>
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<title>Education ministry denies reports of data breach of candidates for JEE (Advanced) exam</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Earlier this week, a social media user claimed that a public cloud storage linked to the result system was configured to allow access without authentication. ]]></description>
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<title>HC stays arrest of ‘News24’ journalist for post allegedly promoting enmity, defaming municipal body</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Shahnawaz said he had only shared a video that was in the public domain and was ‘not the originator’ of the content as per the Information Technology Rules. ]]></description>
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<title>HC declines to urgently hear plea seeking preventive action ahead of Cockroach Janta Party protest</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The satirical political campaign is planning to hold an agitation on Saturday to seek the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. ]]></description>
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<title>Karnataka minister resigns over portfolio allocation two days after Shivakumar Cabinet takes office</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ While Ramalinga Reddy said that he had been promised the Bengaluru development department, the chief minister said that the matter will be resolved. ]]></description>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: Ex&#45;BJP state chief K Annamalai quits party, announces new political ‘movement’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The former Indian Police Service officer said that his organisation would contest the next Assembly elections. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Three killed, seven houses burnt in Kangpokpi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Those who died in the suspected militant attack were all residents of the Loibol Khullen village. ]]></description>
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<title>RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 5.25%</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The prolonged disruptions of supply chains, increased volatility in financial markets and weather-related shocks pose risks to growth, the Reserve Bank said. ]]></description>
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<title>K Annamalai resigns from BJP</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This came amid speculation that the former Indian Police Services officer would set up his own political party in Tamil Nadu. ]]></description>
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<title>Readers’ comments: Article makes false equivalence between Sabarimala, ghoonghat and hijab</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/readers-comments-article-makes-false-equivalence-between-sabarimala-ghoonghat-and-hijab</link>
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<title>‘100 is just a number’: PM’s economic adviser, says rupee should ‘find its own value’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/100-is-just-a-number-pms-economic-adviser-says-rupee-should-find-its-own-value</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Shamika Ravi said that intervention in a market ‘working fine right now’ would lead to inflation and the currency should be allowed to ‘settle’ on its own. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Brown’ review: Gripping series overcomes plotting holes through memorable characters</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/brown-review-gripping-series-overcomes-plotting-holes-through-memorable-characters</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Abhinay Deo’s ZEE5 show is led by Karisma Kapoor and Surya Sharma. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:30:15 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Interview: ‘Good chance that BJP will co&#45;opt Cockroach Janta Party’s demands’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/interview-good-chance-that-bjp-will-co-opt-cockroach-janta-partys-demands</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Political Scientist Amit Ahuja explains what the Cockroach Janta Party’s online popularity could mean for Indian politics. ]]></description>
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