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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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<title>Domestic LPG prices hiked by Rs 29 for 14.2&#45;kg cylinders</title>
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<title>‘Glittering Prize’: An entertaining record of the FIFA World Cup from its genesis to the present day</title>
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<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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<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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<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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<title>What has changed in how India measures economic growth?</title>
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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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<title>Kerala: Over 140 Wayanad school students fall ill in three days, 38 taken to hospital</title>
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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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<title>June Indian nonfiction: Six new titles that will take you closer to your reading goals</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/june-indian-nonfiction-six-new-titles-that-will-take-you-closer-to-your-reading-goals</link>
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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>‘The Complex’: Karan Mahajan’s new novel is pacy but does not create a lasting impression</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The complex, A-19 Modern Colony, the novel’s spatial and emotional anchor, does not shape up to be a pivotal character despite lending its name to the title. ]]></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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<description><![CDATA[ Responses to articles in Scroll.in. ]]></description>
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<title>Cockroach Janta Party protest: Youth kept trapped in Hindu&#45;Muslim politics, says Abhijeet Dipke</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cockroach-janta-party-protest-youth-kept-trapped-in-hindu-muslim-politics-says-abhijeet-dipke</link>
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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>
<link>https://surattimes.com/1174-indians-deported-from-us-so-far-in-2026</link>
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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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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Difference of opinion are a natural party of democratic society’ but they must be expressed in a ‘civil and respectful’ manner, the High Commission said. ]]></description>
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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>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bihar-educator-youtuber-khan-sir-booked-in-case-linked-to-firing-outside-his-coaching-institute</link>
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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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<description><![CDATA[ One of the concerns was that a map in the book showed inaccurate boundaries of India, the head of the publishing house told the newspaper. ]]></description>
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<title>‘DMK became careless’: A month after Tamil Nadu upheaval, voters in Stalin’s former seat take stock</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/dmk-became-careless-a-month-after-tamil-nadu-upheaval-voters-in-stalins-former-seat-take-stock</link>
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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>
<link>https://surattimes.com/i-come-not-to-praise-ai-but-to-bury-it-a-novelist-opens-up-on-writing-during-the-ai-apocalypse</link>
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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>
<link>https://surattimes.com/a-murder-in-the-uk-reopens-debate-on-whether-sikhs-should-be-allowed-to-carry-kirpans-in-public</link>
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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>Does Abhijeet Dipke’s popularity signal a new age of Dalit leaders?</title>
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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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<title>Bengal to remove persons excluded in SIR from public distribution system</title>
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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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<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[ 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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<guid>https://surattimes.com/manipur-three-killed-seven-houses-burnt-in-kangpokpi</guid>
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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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<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>‘100 is just a number’: PM’s economic adviser, says rupee should ‘find its own value’</title>
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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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<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>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/interview-good-chance-that-bjp-will-co-opt-cockroach-janta-partys-demands</guid>
<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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<title>‘It’s like gradual death’: Afghan women academics struggle to cope with ban on education, employment</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/its-like-gradual-death-afghan-women-academics-struggle-to-cope-with-ban-on-education-employment</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite the challenges, the women that researchers spoke to had not given up. Some are finding quiet ways to keep teaching. ]]></description>
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<title>NEET aspirant dies by suicide, Rahul Gandhi says Modi government ruined education system</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/neet-aspirant-dies-by-suicide-rahul-gandhi-says-modi-government-ruined-education-system</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The student had reportedly said in a handwritten note that she did not have the ‘courage to take the NEET exam again’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The series, which earned her worldwide acclaim, was an account of her childhood struggles with the restrictions after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. ]]></description>
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<title>Waste collectors do crucial work but need safety, pay. NGOs are trying to bridge the gap</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/waste-collectors-do-crucial-work-but-need-safety-pay-ngos-are-trying-to-bridge-the-gap</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Despite playing an outsized role in India’s waste management, workers lie outside the country’s formal recycling governance framework. ]]></description>
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<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-dmk-to-skip-india-bloc-meeting-rahul-gandhi-says-modi-wont-be-pm-in-a-year-and-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>Marjane Satrapi, author of graphic novel series ‘Persepolis’, dies at 56</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/marjane-satrapi-author-of-graphic-novel-series-persepolis-dies-at-56</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/marjane-satrapi-author-of-graphic-novel-series-persepolis-dies-at-56</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The series, which earned her worldwide acclaim, was an account of her childhood struggles with the restrictions after Iran’s 1979 Islamic revolution. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: Ashwini’s mind spirals as denial and loneliness take over when she’s diagnosed with cancer</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/fiction-ashwinis-mind-spirals-as-denial-and-loneliness-take-over-when-shes-diagnosed-with-cancer</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Snowed Under’, by Nirmala Thomas, translated from the Malayalam by Radhika P Menon. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi fire: Families of those killed to be given Rs 10 lakh each, injured persons to get Rs 5 lakh</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/delhi-fire-families-of-those-killed-to-be-given-rs-10-lakh-each-injured-persons-to-get-rs-5-lakh</link>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: SC rejects Hindu group’s plea to light lamp atop Thiruparankundram hill</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ However, the bench reduced the cost imposed by the High Court on the Hindu Dharma Parishad for filing a plea allegedly for political benefits. ]]></description>
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<title>Southwest monsoon has arrived in Kerala, says IMD</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/southwest-monsoon-has-arrived-in-kerala-says-imd</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ It is expected to advance into Goa, parts of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and the northeastern states over the next two to three days. ]]></description>
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<title>Bhopal university drops freedom fighter Mohamed Barakatullah Bhopali’s name</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The institute will be renamed Vagdevi Bhojpal University, its executive council decided. ]]></description>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/modi-may-impose-something-like-emergency-wont-be-pm-in-a-year-claims-rahul-gandhi</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An ‘economic tsunami’ will hit India because the BJP government removed the country’s ‘shock absorbers from international systems’, the Congress leader said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The institute will be renamed as Vagdevi Bhojpal University, its executive council decided. ]]></description>
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<title>For young readers: How wrestler Aman Sehrawat became the youngest Indian to win an Olympic medal</title>
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<title>Modi will not remain PM within a year, claims Rahul Gandhi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is anger among public and the BJP government ‘may try to suppress [it] and impose something like an Emergency’, the Congress leader said. ]]></description>
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<title>Israel, Lebanon agree to renew ceasefire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The countries said that they will continue to negotiate a broader peace deal. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Peddi’ review: Cricket, wrestling, running – and hyperbole</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Buchi Babu Sana’s Telugu/Hindi sports drama, led by Ram Charan, is out in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: Building owner arrested after fire kills 21</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bed-and-breakfast establishment was operating beyond its permitted capacity limit, police said. ]]></description>
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<title>Bihar: Four killed in fire at Muzaffarpur hospital</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Officials said preliminary findings suggested that the fire may have been caused by a short circuit, though the exact cause is yet to be determined. ]]></description>
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<title>Mumbai is worried about water, but its control over mainland dams is depriving others</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The city receives the highest per capita supply in the metropolitan region while its control over mainland water resources is depriving others. ]]></description>
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<title>A new book brings an eyewitness account of Japan’s invasion of North East India during World War Two</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Captain Mani’s War’, by PRS Mani, edited by Inderjeet Mani. ]]></description>
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<title>An ‘indigenous’ Assamese woman was pushed into Bangladesh. A year later, she is still stuck there</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A family in Dhaka gave Sakina Begum shelter, bailed her when she was imprisoned. Ethnic Assamese Muslim groups, however, have not spoken up for her. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: Expelled TMC leader claims rebel group led by him has been accepted as main opposition</title>
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<title>Jeff Bezos says poetry without rhyming is easy – but it’s not that simple</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Poetry was never identical with rhyme. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: Bhushan, a refugee from East Bengal, wanders about Calcutta’s streets searching for himself</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Register Me As Kulbhushan’, by Alka Saraogi, translated from the Hindi as John Vater. ]]></description>
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<title>Iran war: Indian killed in attack on Kuwait airport</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This was the ninth Indian fatality due to the conflict that began in February. ]]></description>
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<title>Not supplying grounds of arrest to accused becoming ‘routine practice’, says Allahabad HC</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This violated directives issued by the Supreme Court, observed the bench. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: 21 killed in fire at Malviya Nagar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Forty-seven persons were rescued. ]]></description>
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<title>Trinamool dissolves all Bengal committees after losing state election, plans restructuring</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The structure of the party and its organisations will be reconstituted based on the findings of an internal review, the Mamata Banerjee-led party said. ]]></description>
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<title>Odisha enhances reservation for SCs, STs, in medical, technical courses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The quota for students from the Scheduled Tribes has increased to 22.5% from 12% and for those from the Scheduled Castes, it has gone up to 16.25% from 8%. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: 20 killed in fire at Malviya Nagar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Thirty-seven persons were rescued, the fire department said. ]]></description>
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<title>Ahmedabad: 290 allegedly undocumented Bangladeshi immigrants detained, being interrogated</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The police said they were checking the persons’ documents and verifying their identities to determine whether they are permitted to be in India. ]]></description>
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<title>Centre denies report that RBI may have sold gold worth $12 billion to support forex reserves</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The government said that the claim by ‘Bloomberg’ was false and cited central bank data showing that the share of gold in India’s reserves had risen. ]]></description>
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<title>US proposes up to 12.5% tariffs on India, 59 countries for alleged failure to curb forced labour</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The development came at a time when Washington and New Delhi are holding talks to finalise a bilateral trade agreement. ]]></description>
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<title>Pro&#45;Palestine NGO urges India to arrest Israeli reservist in Himachal for alleged crimes in Gaza</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/pro-palestine-ngo-urges-india-to-arrest-israeli-reservist-in-himachal-for-alleged-crimes-in-gaza</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Hind Rajab Foundation said that New Delhi was obligated under the Geneva Conventions to detain Eitan Gilboa who is vacationing in the northern state. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ to be released in India on June 19 with ‘A’ certificate</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-to-be-released-in-india-on-june-19-with-a-certificate</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The CBFC cleared the movie, depicting the story of a Palestinian girl who was trapped inside a car attacked by Israeli forces in Gaza, without any cuts. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ to be released in India on June 19</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-voice-of-hind-rajab-to-be-released-in-india-on-june-19</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The CBFC cleared the film with an adults-only certificate and no cuts, months after media reports said that the film’s release had been blocked. ]]></description>
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<title>In a new book, portraits of India’s arts community by the scion of an iconic Delhi photo studio</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ajay Shanker’s project pays tribute not only to artists but also to gallerists, museum directors, philanthropists, art writers and curators. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: TMC sends fresh letter to speaker on LoP selection amid signature forgery row</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trinamool Congress had suspended two MLAs after they alleged that their signatures were forged in document in support of Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay’s appointment. ]]></description>
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<title>Why India is not able to fully use the solar power it generates</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The increase in solar power generation has not been accompanied by the needed push to develop transmission and storage systems, experts say. ]]></description>
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<title>Class 12 results row: Opposition seeks education minister resignation after CBSE officials’ transfer</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/class-12-results-row-opposition-seeks-education-minister-resignation-after-cbse-officials-transfer</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Congress leader Rahul Gandhi described the government’s action as a ‘cover-up’ and alleged that ‘the real culprit’, Dharmendra Pradhan, was ‘spared’. ]]></description>
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<title>In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Confetti and Ashes: Reflections on Wellness’, by Shahd Alshammari. ]]></description>
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<title>Fraternity and caste society: The prospects and risks of a Madras High Court order</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The order invokes fraternity as a constitutional idea linked to apology, pedagogy, and social reform. But could it weaken enforcement of the anti-caste law? ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: Kangana Ranaut leads ‘Bharat Bhhagya Viddhaata’ about brave nurses on 26/11 in Mumbai</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/watch-kangana-ranaut-leads-bharat-bhhagya-viddhaata-about-brave-nurses-on-2611-in-mumbai</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Manoj Tapadia’s film also stars Girija Oak Godbole, Smita Tambe, Suhita Thatte, Asha Shelar, Priya Berde, Esha Dey and Rasika Aghase. Out on June 12 in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<title>There’s a lot more to weight loss than just ‘calories in, calories out’. A physician explains</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/theres-a-lot-more-to-weight-loss-than-just-calories-in-calories-out-a-physician-explains</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Are people destined to be the weight their genetics, metabolism or environment dictate? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:15 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>‘Famesick’: In her new memoir, Lena Dunham makes us laugh about a dream job turned brutal nightmare</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/famesick-in-her-new-memoir-lena-dunham-makes-us-laugh-about-a-dream-job-turned-brutal-nightmare</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/famesick-in-her-new-memoir-lena-dunham-makes-us-laugh-about-a-dream-job-turned-brutal-nightmare</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Smart, sassy and highly entertaining, the memoir is ultimately a painfully astute analysis of the ways a dream job can morph into a perilous nightmare. ]]></description>
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<title>CBSE chairman, secretary transferred amid row over glitches in Class 12 marking system</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cbse-chairman-secretary-transferred-amid-row-over-glitches-in-class-12-marking-system</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cbse-chairman-secretary-transferred-amid-row-over-glitches-in-class-12-marking-system</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An inquiry committee has been set up to look into the procurement of On-Screen Marking Services by the board. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: CBSE top officials transferred, India rejects third&#45;party mediation in Nepal talks &amp;amp; more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-cbse-top-officials-transferred-india-rejects-third-party-mediation-in-nepal-talks-more</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-cbse-top-officials-transferred-india-rejects-third-party-mediation-in-nepal-talks-more</guid>
<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>Five rejoinders: What Ramachandra Guha gets wrong about Rahul Gandhi</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/five-rejoinders-what-ramachandra-guha-gets-wrong-about-rahul-gandhi</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/five-rejoinders-what-ramachandra-guha-gets-wrong-about-rahul-gandhi</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ His column reduces the struggle for the soul of the Republic to criticising the personal failings of a single individual. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 19:30:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>No role for any third party in bilateral matters: India after Nepal PM’s remarks on border areas</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/no-role-for-any-third-party-in-bilateral-matters-india-after-nepal-pms-remarks-on-border-areas</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/no-role-for-any-third-party-in-bilateral-matters-india-after-nepal-pms-remarks-on-border-areas</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Balendra Shah said on Sunday that Kathmandu had held discussions about the Kalapani-Limpiadhura-Lipulekh region with China and the United Kingdom. ]]></description>
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<title>Mehbooba Mufti urges J&amp;amp;K leaders to begin Ladakh&#45;like ‘united outreach’ to PM Modi, Amit Shah</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/mehbooba-mufti-urges-jk-leaders-to-begin-ladakh-like-united-outreach-to-pm-modi-amit-shah</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/mehbooba-mufti-urges-jk-leaders-to-begin-ladakh-like-united-outreach-to-pm-modi-amit-shah</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The situation requires ‘broad consensus’ beyond partisan lines to pull the Union Territory ‘out of the current debilitating stalemate’, Mufti said. ]]></description>
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<title>Southwest monsoon likely to set in over Kerala on June 4, says IMD</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/southwest-monsoon-likely-to-set-in-over-kerala-on-june-4-says-imd</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/southwest-monsoon-likely-to-set-in-over-kerala-on-june-4-says-imd</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The agency had earlier forecast that the monsoon would arrive in the state by May 26, but later acknowledged that its prediction was not likely to be accurate. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Already our mother’: Adityanath opposes Muslim clerics’ demand to declare cow as national animal</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/already-our-mother-adityanath-opposes-muslim-clerics-demand-to-declare-cow-as-national-animal</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/already-our-mother-adityanath-opposes-muslim-clerics-demand-to-declare-cow-as-national-animal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ No formal declaration is required to define the relationship between a mother and her child, said the Uttar Pradesh chief minister. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:30:17 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>US: 30 Indians allegedly working illegally as truck drivers arrested, to be deported</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/us-30-indians-allegedly-working-illegally-as-truck-drivers-arrested-to-be-deported</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/us-30-indians-allegedly-working-illegally-as-truck-drivers-arrested-to-be-deported</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The operation was aimed at enhancing public safety by detecting persons ‘who pose significant risks to public safety’, an official said. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Cocktail 2’ trailer: Kriti Sanon, Rashmika Mandanna and Shahid Kapoor star in a ‘threesome’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cocktail-2-trailer-kriti-sanon-rashmika-mandanna-and-shahid-kapoor-star-in-a-threesome</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cocktail-2-trailer-kriti-sanon-rashmika-mandanna-and-shahid-kapoor-star-in-a-threesome</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Homi Adajania’s film, written by Luv Ranjan and Tarun Jain, has music by Pritam. Out on June 19 in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Cocktail 2’ trailer: Kriti Sanon, Rashmika Mandanna and Shahid Kapoor star in romance</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cocktail-2-trailer-kriti-sanon-rashmika-mandanna-and-shahid-kapoor-star-in-romance</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cocktail-2-trailer-kriti-sanon-rashmika-mandanna-and-shahid-kapoor-star-in-romance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Homi Adajania’s film, written by Luv Ranjan and Tarun Jain, has music by Pritam. Out on June 19 in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 14:00:17 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>‘See how my murshid ... rows us through the world’s chaos’: Poems for every month of the year</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/see-how-my-murshid-rows-us-through-the-worlds-chaos-poems-for-every-month-of-the-year</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/see-how-my-murshid-rows-us-through-the-worlds-chaos-poems-for-every-month-of-the-year</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘In the Constant Rain of Bliss: Songs of Punjab’s First Woman Mystic-Poet’, by Peero, translated from the Punjabi by Neeti Singh. ]]></description>
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<title>ED searches Vedanta Group’s offices in foreign exchange violations case</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/ed-searches-vedanta-groups-offices-in-foreign-exchange-violations-case</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/ed-searches-vedanta-groups-offices-in-foreign-exchange-violations-case</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While the details of the matter were unclear, the Anil Agarwal-led conglomerate said that it was cooperating with the authorities. ]]></description>
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<title>Iran war: Trump says talks moving ‘rapidly’ as Tehran threatens to suspend dialogue over Lebanon</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/iran-war-trump-says-talks-moving-rapidly-as-tehran-threatens-to-suspend-dialogue-over-lebanon</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/iran-war-trump-says-talks-moving-rapidly-as-tehran-threatens-to-suspend-dialogue-over-lebanon</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Tel Aviv would continue to strike targets in Beirut if Hezbollah did not stop attacking Israeli cities and citizens, PM Benjamin Netanyahu said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>High Court issues notice to Punjab on plea against meat ban in Amritsar’s walled city</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/high-court-issues-notice-to-punjab-on-plea-against-meat-ban-in-amritsars-walled-city</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/high-court-issues-notice-to-punjab-on-plea-against-meat-ban-in-amritsars-walled-city</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The prohibition notified in December had no statutory backing and the state had used its executive power to enforce religious morality, the petitioner argued. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 12:00:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Why Punjab survey on drug addiction has led to fears of undercount</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-punjab-survey-on-drug-addiction-has-led-to-fears-of-undercount</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-punjab-survey-on-drug-addiction-has-led-to-fears-of-undercount</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Opposition parties have accused the Aam Aadmi Party government of using the exercise for political ends. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:30:15 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Bengal SIR: Congress leader moves Supreme Court seeking data on voter additions, deletions</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bengal-sir-congress-leader-moves-supreme-court-seeking-data-on-voter-additions-deletions</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/bengal-sir-congress-leader-moves-supreme-court-seeking-data-on-voter-additions-deletions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The petition noted that wrongful deletion from electoral rolls could  affect access to welfare benefits as well as voting rights. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 11:30:14 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Why generic obesity drugs are unlikely to help those who need them the most</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/why-generic-obesity-drugs-are-unlikely-to-help-those-who-need-them-the-most</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-generic-obesity-drugs-are-unlikely-to-help-those-who-need-them-the-most</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Poorer countries bear a greater burden of metabolic diseases but even with cheaper medicines, pharma companies will make access difficult. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:30:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Delhi Police arrest owner after Saket building collapse killed six</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/delhi-police-arrest-owner-after-saket-building-collapse-killed-six</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-police-arrest-owner-after-saket-building-collapse-killed-six</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Two additional floors were under construction for the past three months despite permission of only ground-plus-three-storey structures in the area, police said. ]]></description>
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<title>A new book shows India’s pollution emergency has once again got scant attention in the Union Budget</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/a-new-book-shows-indias-pollution-emergency-has-once-again-got-scant-attention-in-the-union-budget</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/a-new-book-shows-indias-pollution-emergency-has-once-again-got-scant-attention-in-the-union-budget</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Subhash Chandra Garg’s Explanation and Commentary on Budget 2026–27: With Implementation of Budget 2025-2026 and Outcome of Budget 2024-25.’ ]]></description>
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<title>Honey, they shrunk the Mohanlal phenomenon into ‘Lalettan’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/honey-they-shrunk-the-mohanlal-phenomenon-into-lalettan</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/honey-they-shrunk-the-mohanlal-phenomenon-into-lalettan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Mohanlal was on fire in the early-to-mid 1990s. Enter the toxic fan, undue praise, hero worship. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:00:14 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>UK migration at lowest since 2012, show latest figures</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/uk-migration-at-lowest-since-2012-show-latest-figures</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The sharp decline is primarily from lower immigration of workers and the family members of international students. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:00:15 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Watch: A neighbourhood becomes a strange and scary place in survival drama ‘The End of Oak Street’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/watch-a-neighbourhood-becomes-a-strange-and-scary-place-in-survival-drama-the-end-of-oak-street</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/watch-a-neighbourhood-becomes-a-strange-and-scary-place-in-survival-drama-the-end-of-oak-street</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ David Robert Mitchell’s thriller stars Anne Hathaway, Ewan McGregor, Maisy Stella and Christian Convery. Out in August in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 23:00:14 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Maharashtra: 80 lakh women removed from Ladki Bahin scheme, Opposition alleges ‘financial crisis’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/maharashtra-80-lakh-women-removed-from-ladki-bahin-scheme-opposition-alleges-financial-crisis</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/maharashtra-80-lakh-women-removed-from-ladki-bahin-scheme-opposition-alleges-financial-crisis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The number of beneficiaries of the scheme reduced to nearly 1.7 crore from 2.4 crore after an e-KYC deadline that ended on April 30. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:00:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>How India’s coral reef restoration efforts are paying off</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-indias-coral-reef-restoration-efforts-are-paying-off</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/how-indias-coral-reef-restoration-efforts-are-paying-off</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The ‘rainforests of the sea’ are important marine ecosystems that support coastal livelihoods. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2026 21:00:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Rush Hour: Jet fuel rates cut for international flights, commercial LPG gets costlier and more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-jet-fuel-rates-cut-for-international-flights-commercial-lpg-gets-costlier-and-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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<description><![CDATA[ The chief minister claimed that Ritabrata Bandopadhyay and Sandipan Saha had complained about Sovondeb Chattopadhyay’s nomination as the LoP in Bengal. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Abhijeet Dipke, who started the satirical political campaign last month, lives in the United States. ]]></description>
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<title>Jet fuel prices for international flights reduced by 27%, rates for domestic operations unchanged</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Last month, airlines had asked oil marketing companies to halt price hikes for domestic flights till the end of the war in West Asia. ]]></description>
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<title>Horror fiction: Three friends meet the ghost of the emperor and his begum in Qutubpur</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘An Anthology of the Best Ghost Stories from Bengal Vol. II’, selected and translated by Barnali Saha. ]]></description>
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<title>US court postpones sentencing of Nikhil Gupta, who pleaded guilty in plot to kill Khalistani leader</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Prosecutors alleged he was part of a conspiracy orchestrated by an Indian government employee to murder a Sikh separatist in New York. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: 35 BJP MLAs sworn in as ministers in first expansion of Suvendu Adhikari’s government</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The expansion takes the strength of the Council of Ministers to 41 from six, three short of the maximum permitted in the 294-member Assembly. ]]></description>
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<title>How Vulcan, a hypothetical planet, helped prove Einstein’s theory that gravity is curved spacetime</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Brief History of the Universe (and Our Place In It)’, by Sarah Alam Malik. ]]></description>
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<title>West Asia war: US, Iran carry out fresh strikes despite ceasefire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kuwait’s military said its air defence systems had intercepted ‘hostile missile and drone attacks’, without identifying who launched them. ]]></description>
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<title>India could weather ‘AI jobs apocalypse’ by tapping its bountiful human capital</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI ventures require a lot of money while displacing jobs. Indian policymakers and companies should instead focus on using its demographic dividend. ]]></description>
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<title>Prices of commercial LPG, 5&#45;kg free trade cylinder hiked</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The revision came as global crude oil prices rose by more than 2% on Monday amid tensions in West Asia. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the week with a film: ‘Joint Security Area’ turns hyper&#45;nationalism on its head</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Park Chan-wook’s breakthrough movie can be rented from Prime Video’s Channel K subscription service. ]]></description>
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<title>Hindusthan Records: How the shepherd boy playing a flute brought music into Indian homes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ From Tagore’s voice and Rabindra Sangeet to SD Burman’s melodies, the record company has reinvented itself for the YouTube era. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Delhi University’s four&#45;year undergraduate programme has left students in panic</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Only when the fourth year began did students realise that the programme was poorly planned, and that the system was unprepared and ill-equipped for it. ]]></description>
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<title>World leaders’ visits put China in the limelight, but what can Beijing actually deliver?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The recent influx of international leaders to China may instead be a reflection of growing uncertainty in the global order. ]]></description>
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<title>Nepal PM says held discussion with China, UK about Kalapani&#45;Lipulekh region</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Balendra Shah also claimed in his country’s Parliament that Kathmandu and New Delhi had encroached upon each other’s territories. ]]></description>
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<title>Before the 21st century’s climate grief, there was Bibhutibhusan Bandyopadhyay’s 1939 novel Aranyak’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Few works in world literature have understood that the destruction of nature is inseparable from the destruction of memory and the human soul itself. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: Six killed, eight injured after building collapses near Saket metro station</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-six-killed-eight-injured-after-building-collapses-near-saket-metro-station</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The building housed a coaching centre, cafes and offices, and its top floor was reportedly under construction. ]]></description>
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<title>Nepal PM claims Kathmandu, New Delhi have encroached upon each other’s territories</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He also said that the two countries had agreed to resolve the territorial dispute in the Kalapani-Limpiadhura-Lipulekh area through ‘diplomatic means’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amid reports of security breaches in the On-Screen Marking evaluation process, the board also said that ‘other exploitable weaknesses are being ruled out’. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: ‘In Youth is Pleasure’ is a whimsical bildungsroman about youthful curiosity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Author Denton Welch was also a painter. He died at 33, and much of the novel was inspired by his own life. ]]></description>
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<title>Uttar Pradesh: Man accused of stabbing teen in Ghaziabad killed in alleged gunfight with police</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Asad, a resident of Khoda, had allegedly stabbed a Class 11 student on the day of Bakrid. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The building housed a coaching centre, cafes and offices, and its top floor was reportedly under construction. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ In a separate incident on Sunday, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee alleged that he was attacked near Chanditala Police Station in Hooghly district. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Chinaki Chuburi’: An Assamese queer novel that experiences life outside binaries</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The agency asserted by the characters in Najma Mukherjee’s novel is mirrored by an omniscient, multi-faceted narrator who disappears and reappears at will. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ This was the activist’s ninth hunger strike on the demand over the past three years. ]]></description>
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<title>Emotional directness, common man’s language: What made Urdu poet Bashir Badr (1935&#45;2026) great</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Writer Amitabha Bagchi pays a tribute to Badr, who died on May 28. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Singh objected to the ex-AAP MLA allegedly insinuating that he misused his influence for officials at a school where a three-year-old was sexually assaulted. ]]></description>
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<title>‘I ask the world to be kind to editors at this moment’: Literary magazines in the age of AI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tanuj Solanki, the Founding Editor of ‘The Bombay Literary Magazine’ and its Fiction editor, confronts the spectre of suspected AI-authored submissions. ]]></description>
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<title>India’s dowry problem is actually a marriage problem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The current discussion about dowry fails to examine the outsize role of marriage in social life. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tanuj Solanki, the Founding Editor of ‘The Bombay Literary Magazine’ and its Fiction editor, confronts the spectre of suspected AI-authored submissions. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: Building collapses near Saket metro station, eight rescued</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several persons are still feared trapped under the debris of the structure, located in the Saidulajab area. ]]></description>
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<title>Ramachandra Guha: How the Gandhi family has helped Modi consolidate power</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Congress remains a family firm, headed by a man who lacks discipline, gravitas and a curriculum vitae. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ ‘Even with the right paperwork and visas, there is always a lingering fear that you may not be allowed into the country.’ ]]></description>
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<title>Agatha Christie: What made the world’s bestselling author successful? Here’s a clue in plain sight</title>
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<title>Bengal: TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee assaulted by mob in Sonarpur</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Trinamool Congress alleged that Bharatiya Janata Party workers were behind the attack. ]]></description>
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<title>Excelsa coffee: The lesser&#45;known variety that can weather changing climate</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As the dominant Arabic and Robusta species struggle with the shifts in weather, coffee-growers are trying to grow peripheral varieties. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority noted that an episode of journalist Sudhir Chaudhary’s programme did not meet standards of impartiality. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Congress leader Siddaramaiah resigned as the state’s chief minister on Thursday. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Kaaya’: A carefully, if haphazardly, stitched novel about body as a site of desire and violence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Despite the ambitious scope of Guruprasad Kaginele’s novel, which covers more than it can reasonably do justice to, the impulses that propel the story are clear ]]></description>
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<title>Pune: 22 excise, police officers suspended after spurious liquor deaths</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Eight persons have been arrested in connection with the 14 deaths that took place in Pimpri-Chinchwad and Pune. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The National Testing Agency said that the ‘technical glitch’ reported at some centres during the exam had been resolved. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Brown’ trailer: Karisma Kapoor plays a troubled cop on a killer’s trail in Kolkata</title>
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<title>‘Chapal Rani’: An ingenious biography of queer actor Chapal Bhaduri, commercial theatre, and jatra</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sandip Roy’s book is an invaluable addition to the history of theatre and the queer movement in India. ]]></description>
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<title>SC awards Rs 11 lakh compensation to convict for 24&#45;day ‘illegal’ detention after parole order</title>
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<title>Mumbai: CNG price hiked by Rs 2 per kg, second increase in two weeks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Compressed Natural Gas will cost Rs 86 per kg in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai and other areas of the metropolitan region. ]]></description>
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<title>Judi Singh was the ‘velvet voice’ of Canadian jazz – until history left her behind</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Born to a Sikh immigrant father, the Edmonton vocalist collaborated with some of Canada’s finest jazz musicians but never received the recognition she deserved. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Such framing depoliticises AI and displaces attention from profit-focused decisions and corporate accountability for the environment and labour. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The matter relates to a defamation suit filed by Gaurav Bhatia against the social media content creator and several others. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kishwar said that her application in the defamation suit had been rejected on what she described as ‘flimsy grounds’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The BJP’s win in West Bengal opens up a huge section of the border with Bangladesh to expand these extra-judicial operations targeting Bengali-speaking Muslims. ]]></description>
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<title>Can age&#45;related fraility be reversed?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Early signs such as slowing down, fatigue or unintentional weight loss are now recognised as an opportunity for intervention through lifestyle changes. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Truck driver from Bengal killed in Ukhrul ambush</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A police constable was injured in the incident. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ New Zealand businesses will almost inevitably struggle in states where operating on the ground is difficult and economic conditions less advanced. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A habeas corpus petition, filed by Satyam Verma’s wife, alleged procedural irregularities in his detention and custodial transfer. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: HC declines to restore CJP X account, spurious liquor kills 13 in Pune 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>Translated short fiction: Jameel’s outspoken servant, Nazru, puts him in a sticky situation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from Muhammad Hasn Askari’s short story ‘Slipperiness’, in ‘The Best of Urdu Short Stories’, edited by Mehr Afshan Farooqui. ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: Series ‘The Pyramid Scheme’ explores the lure of get&#45;rich&#45;quick businesses</title>
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<title>Food history: How America (and the world) developed a taste for hot sauce and ‘spicy’ sweets</title>
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<title>Uttar Pradesh: Six dead after portion of under&#45;construction bridge collapses in Hamirpur</title>
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<title>How Aurat March organisers overcame Pakistan government hurdles to protest for women’s rights</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Scores of working and middle-class women, non-binary individuals and male allies poured into the tented seaside venue in the scorching Karachi heat on March 10. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Selecting ‘portions or isolated lines’ can distort the true meaning of statements, the Assam chief minister said in an affidavit. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The satirical movement is a highly visible digital expression of frustration but cannot substitute for collective action and organisation on the ground. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The officials had been summoned in regards to an answer given in the Rajya Sabha about probe into allegations of a paper leak in the 2024 NEET-UG exam. ]]></description>
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<title>How false trafficking charges led to detention of hundreds of Bihar children going to madrasas</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Activists say the sudden rise in such interceptions point to a targeting of Muslim children. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A memo suggests prohibiting immigrants from applying for green cards while in the US. Instead, they would have to return to their home country to do it. ]]></description>
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<title>Renowned Urdu poet Bashir Badr dies at 91</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Badr was conferred with the Padma Shri in 1999 and was awarded four times by the Uttar Pradesh Urdu Academy. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Authorities did not anticipate what is evidently the natural dispersal behaviour of these big cats. ]]></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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<description><![CDATA[ The Madhya Pradesh High Court had quashed her anticipatory bail on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title>Short fiction by Saratchandra Chattopadhyay: Who will conduct the prayers after Aparna leaves?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Temple’ in ‘Saratchandra Chattopadhyay: Selected Stories’, translated from the Bengali by Anchita Ghatak. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Banerjee asked why Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar did not inform the speaker immediately if she believed that he made disrespectful remarks during a Parliament session. ]]></description>
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<title>In a new book, a genocide scholar examines the transformation of Zionism in Israel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Petitioners argued that the policy, set to take effect from July 1, would increase academic pressure and there are logistical challenges in its implementation. ]]></description>
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<title>The Muslim maestro at the heart of a Hindu temple tradition</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Two decades after his passing, a renamed street honours Sheik Chinna Moulana, the musician who defied religious orthodoxies to redefine Carnatic’s boundaries. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench was hearing a petition that sought to ban the Tamil film ‘Karuppu’ for portraying the judicial system in a damaging manner. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Let me die at home’: Back from Bangladesh, an Assam woman struggles to recover from ‘pushback’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A year ago, the BJP government began a crackdown that led to at least 300 people being forced into no man’s land at gunpoint. ]]></description>
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<title>How NGOs in the US are pushing back against Trump’s authoritarian playbook</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ If successful, their strategies to resist their nation’s democratic backsliding may one day inform efforts in the rest of the world. ]]></description>
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<title>Fiction: Gulabiya and Balesar’s escape from servitude will shake the very earth they till for others</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Gulabiya’, by Abha Purbey, translated from the Angika by Shivangi and Tejaswi Rawal. ]]></description>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: AIADMK factions reach truce, withdraw disqualification pleas against each other’s MLAs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The rift had taken place after 25 party legislators voted in favour of the new Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam government during the floor test on May 13. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Advisories don’t scare anybody’: Include heat protection in labour codes, say worker unions</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/advisories-dont-scare-anybody-include-heat-protection-in-labour-codes-say-worker-unions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Summer months are getting hotter, exposing informal labourers to increased health and occupational risks. ]]></description>
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<title>Kerala: ED team attacked allegedly by CPI(M) workers after raids at ex&#45;CM Vijayan’s residence</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/kerala-ed-team-attacked-allegedly-by-cpim-workers-after-raids-at-ex-cm-vijayans-residence</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/kerala-ed-team-attacked-allegedly-by-cpim-workers-after-raids-at-ex-cm-vijayans-residence</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers allegedly threw eggs and bricks at vehicles used by the Enforcement Directorate officials. ]]></description>
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<title>Eid prayers barred at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid for eighth consecutive year, says Kashmir chief cleric</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The administration’s decision was a ‘systematic assault on our religious identity, dignity and fundamental rights’, said Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. ]]></description>
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<title>For children: Mongoose Ruddy investigates what look like ‘crime scenes’ even if no laws are broken</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/for-children-mongoose-ruddy-investigates-what-look-like-crime-scenes-even-if-no-laws-are-broken</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Carri-on, Ruddy!: The Continued Adventures of the Naturalist, Sleuth, Mongoose,’ by Rohan Chakravarty. ]]></description>
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<title>Assam passes Uniform Civil Code bill</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/assam-passes-uniform-civil-code-bill</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The legislation will ban polygamy and make it mandatory for live-in relationships to be registered. ]]></description>
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<title>Bena Sareen wins 2026 Oxford Bookstore Book Cover Prize for Amitava Kumar’s ‘My Beloved Life’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bena-sareen-wins-2026-oxford-bookstore-book-cover-prize-for-amitava-kumars-my-beloved-life</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is the second time Sareen has won the award. ]]></description>
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<title>ED raids former Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s residences in money laundering case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The probe is related to alleged fraudulent payments of Rs 1.7 crore made by Cochin Minerals and Rutile Limited to a now-defunct firm run by his daughter. ]]></description>
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<title>New India Foundation Book Fellowships to be given every year instead of in alternate years</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/new-india-foundation-book-fellowships-to-be-given-every-year-instead-of-in-alternate-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The fellowship offers a substantial monthly stipend, editorial support, mentorship, and access to a community of writers and thinkers. ]]></description>
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<title>Sonny Rollins (1930&#45;2026): A jazz legend for whom art and life were never different</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The saxophone player died on Monday at 95, the last of a generation of greats. ]]></description>
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<title>Singapore court sentences Byju’s founder Raveendran to six months in jail</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/singapore-court-sentences-byjus-founder-raveendran-to-six-months-in-jail</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Convicting him of contempt, the court said the edtech entrepreneur had disobeyed several orders related to his assets dating back to April 2024. ]]></description>
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<title>India rejects ‘unwarranted’ references to Jammu &amp;amp; Kashmir in China&#45;Pakistan joint statement</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/india-rejects-unwarranted-references-to-jammu-kashmir-in-china-pakistan-joint-statement</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh ‘have been, are and will always remain integral and inalienable parts of India’, saud the MEA. ]]></description>
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<title>Maharashtra: Tensions erupt in Thane housing society after dispute about Bakrid goat sacrifice</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/maharashtra-tensions-erupt-in-thane-housing-society-after-dispute-about-bakrid-goat-sacrifice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Clashes broke out after Hindutva groups allegedly tried to bring a pig into the complex in protest against goats being kept for slaughter. ]]></description>
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<title>This book of queer writing argues that a history of casteism and racism ossified homophobia in India</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/this-book-of-queer-writing-argues-that-a-history-of-casteism-and-racism-ossified-homophobia-in-india</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/this-book-of-queer-writing-argues-that-a-history-of-casteism-and-racism-ossified-homophobia-in-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from the Introduction to ‘Queer India Now’, edited by Dhamini Ratnam and Dhrubo Jyoti. ]]></description>
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<title>Why INDIA bloc is welcoming the Cockroach Janta Party – but Congress is not</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-india-bloc-is-welcoming-the-cockroach-janta-party-but-congress-is-not</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The divergence between the largest Opposition party and its allies has once again brought the INDIA bloc’s internal divisions to the fore. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Governor’ trailer: ‘The Kerala Story’ producer’s new film is about the 1990s financial crisis</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/governor-trailer-the-kerala-story-producers-new-film-is-about-the-1990s-financial-crisis</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/governor-trailer-the-kerala-story-producers-new-film-is-about-the-1990s-financial-crisis</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Chinmay Mandlekar directs Vipul Shah’s latest Hindi movie, starring Manoj Bajpayee and Adah Sharma. Out on June 12 in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi riots case: WhatsApp chats show ‘conspiracy’, says HC on Athar Khan bail plea</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/delhi-riots-case-whatsapp-chats-show-conspiracy-says-hc-on-athar-khan-bail-plea</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/delhi-riots-case-whatsapp-chats-show-conspiracy-says-hc-on-athar-khan-bail-plea</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The verbal observation was made by the bench while reserving its judgement on a bail application of Khan, one of those accused of involvement in the matter. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Centre forms panel to study ‘abnormal demographic change’, India&#45;US mineral deal &amp;amp; more</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-centre-forms-panel-to-study-abnormal-demographic-change-india-us-mineral-deal-more</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-centre-forms-panel-to-study-abnormal-demographic-change-india-us-mineral-deal-more</guid>
<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>When saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins spent time in an ashram in Mumbai’s Powai in 1968</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/when-saxophone-colossus-sonny-rollins-spent-time-in-an-ashram-in-mumbais-powai-in-1968</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The US jazz maestro, who died in Woodstock on Monday at the age of 95, was profoundly influenced by yoga and Indian philosophy. ]]></description>
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<title>Centre forms panel to study demographic changes caused by ‘illegal immigration, abnormal reasons’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/centre-forms-panel-to-study-demographic-changes-caused-by-illegal-immigration-abnormal-reasons</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/centre-forms-panel-to-study-demographic-changes-caused-by-illegal-immigration-abnormal-reasons</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The committee will recommend policy, administrative and legal measures within a year. ]]></description>
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<title>India, US sign critical minerals deal amid concerns about Chinese export controls</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/india-us-sign-critical-minerals-deal-amid-concerns-about-chinese-export-controls</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The agreement seeks to strengthen ‘resilient and diversified supply chains’, New Delhi said. ]]></description>
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<title>Thriller: A novel is transformed into a deadly mind game that pushes logic and imagination</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/thriller-a-novel-is-transformed-into-a-deadly-mind-game-that-pushes-logic-and-imagination</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Grand Oxford Mystery,’ by Manjiri Prabhu. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Four arrested for allegedly abducting Naga men</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/manipur-four-arrested-for-allegedly-abducting-naga-men</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/manipur-four-arrested-for-allegedly-abducting-naga-men</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The apprehended persons are suspected to be ‘active cadres of armed village volunteer groups’, the police alleged. ]]></description>
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<title>HC refuses interim relief against Centre’s eviction order to Delhi Gymkhana, issues summons</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/hc-refuses-interim-relief-against-centres-eviction-order-to-delhi-gymkhana-issues-summons</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/hc-refuses-interim-relief-against-centres-eviction-order-to-delhi-gymkhana-issues-summons</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This came after the Union government told the court that the club would be evicted only after due notice. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 15:30:17 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: Another AIADMK MLA resigns a day after three joined Vijay’s TVK</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/tamil-nadu-another-aiadmk-mla-resigns-a-day-after-three-joined-vijays-tvk</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Meanwhile, Congress youth wing national secretary V Srinidhi resigned from the party’s primary membership after the TVK inducted the three former AIADMK MLAs. ]]></description>
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<title>Madhya Pradesh to give Rs 5 lakh to families of 3 killed during 2003 Bhojshala protest</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/madhya-pradesh-to-give-rs-5-lakh-to-families-of-3-killed-during-2003-bhojshala-protest</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The three men died following clashes with security forces during demonstrations to declare the Bhojshala-Kamal Maula mosque complex in Dhar a temple. ]]></description>
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<title>Mango mania: Why India is promoting kesar to US consumers rather than Alphonsos</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/mango-mania-why-india-is-promoting-kesar-to-us-consumers-rather-than-alphonsos</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The US received around 4,000 tonnes of Indian mangoes this year, up from 2,500 tonnes in 2023. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: CNG price hiked for fourth time in two weeks, reaches Rs 83.09 per kg</title>
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<title>As Bangladesh approves Padma Barrage, India must confront failure of its Neighbourhood First policy</title>
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<title>West Asia war: US carries out ‘self&#45;defence’ strikes in Iran despite ceasefire</title>
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<title>In a new book, a writer captures the thrills of a scenic, slow&#45;paced life in her hometown, Nainital</title>
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<title>Why workers in rural Jharkhand are wary of the new VB&#45;G RAM G programme</title>
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<title>‘AI must be disarmed’: Pope Leo emphasises importance of human over machine</title>
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<title>J&amp;amp;K: Over 300 rescued after Gulmarg cable car glitch</title>
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<title>Unhealthy ultra&#45;processed foods are designed to make us crave them and eat more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ From marketing to packaging, companies combine a range of tactics that exploit how consumers think, feel and behave. ]]></description>
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<title>Some H&#45;1B visa holders may not need to leave US to apply for green card: Report</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Those who show an ‘economic benefit’ may not have to leave the United States during the permanent residency process, the authorities told the ‘Newsweek’. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: NDTV criticised by regulator for  ‘thook jihad claims, petrol prices up again &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>J&amp;amp;K: Over 200 rescued, several stranded after Gulmarg cable car glitch</title>
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<title>Early signs of wildlife using underpasses along Delhi&#45;Dehradun eway, shows study</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Noise may be influencing how different species use these structures. ]]></description>
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<title>News regulator criticises NDTV for ‘thook jihad’ claim, tells it to avoid ‘sweeping generalisations’</title>
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<title>Fiction: Failed actor Rishi turns into a superstar when he accidentally lands in upside&#45;down Mumbai</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Slow Burn’, by Amal Singh. ]]></description>
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<title>NEET paper leak case: SC seeks National Testing Agency’s reply, says no lesson learnt from past</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court asked the authority what steps it had taken based on the recommendations of a committee formed after similar allegations in 2024. ]]></description>
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<title>Bureaucratic tangle holds back women from leading two of India’s top educational institutes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Susan Elias would have been the first woman principal of St Stephen’s College had her appointment not been frozen. ]]></description>
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<title>Assam: Uniform Civil Code bill introduced in Assembly</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The proposed legislation, which seeks to ban polygamy and make registration of live-in relationships compulsory, will be taken up for discussion on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title>Business case study: How Krack Cream ‘identified’ an everyday problem for women that no one else saw</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Desi Disruptors: Timeless Lessons From Iconic Indian Brands,’ by Vispy Doctor and Vikrant Pande. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Embarrassing’: Editors Guild on PM Modi, Indian delegation’s ‘face&#45;off’ with journalists in Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The press body said that is a ‘regrettable fact’ that the prime minister has not addressed any open press conference so far in his 12-year-long tenure. ]]></description>
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<title>Petrol prices in Delhi cross Rs 102 per litre as fuel rates hiked for fourth time in two weeks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Since the revision of rates resumed on May 15 after a four-year freeze, petrol and diesel prices have risen by nearly Rs 7.5 per litre across the country. ]]></description>
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<title>Assam introduces Uniform Civil Code bill in Assembly</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The proposed legislation, which seeks to ban polygamy and make registration of live-in relationships compulsory, will be taken up for discussion on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The CPI (M) accused the Congress of double standards, noting that the party had criticised the BJP for a similar move in West Bengal. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Cockroach Janta Party may not amount to much on the ground, but it offers potential at a constrained moment in Indian politics. ]]></description>
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<title>‘You must, in some sense, go mad with literature’: Writer Vivek Shanbhag</title>
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<title>Petrol prices in Delhi cross 102 a litre as fuel rates hiked for fourth time in two weeks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Since the revision of rates resumed on May 15 after a four-year freeze, petrol and diesel prices have risen by nearly Rs 7.5 per litre across the country. ]]></description>
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<title>Why parents from Bihar’s poorest district send children to madrasas hundreds of miles away</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Behind the exodus is crushing poverty and the hope of a better life for the next generation. But, increasingly, their choices are under government scrutiny. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Colours of Home’: This graphic biography of artist Ganesh Haloi for children is a treat for adults</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan withdrew from the contest days before polling. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is Ben Lerner’s fourth novel. ]]></description>
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<title>Avoid non&#45;essential travel to Congo, Uganda, South Sudan, India advises citizens amid Ebola outbreak</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan withdrew from the contest days before polling. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Tale of Hansuli Turn’: What Tarashankar Bandyopadhyay’s novel says about preserving a river</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As Bangladesh approves the Padma Barrage, a 1947 novel reminds us that the best river management looks less like engineering and more like worship. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ All government offices and institutions will be functioning on Tuesday and Wednesday, which were earlier declared holidays. ]]></description>
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<title>Bring It on Home: How Bob Dylan reshaped popular music in Eastern India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The American musician has inspired two generations of musicians in the subcontinent to break down the barriers between song and literature, protest and poetry. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The matter pertaining to the death of 33-year-old Twisha Sharma will be heard on Monday. ]]></description>
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<title>Hindutva finds a new target – ‘gym jihad’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Like Raktbeej – a mythological demon king who spawned a clone every time a drop of his blood hit the battleground – these conspiracies resurrect repeatedly. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India: What are India&amp;apos;s smart city expansion plans costing us ecologically?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Critics argue that across New Town, parts of its community housing and commercial high-rises stand on the East Kolkata Wetlands. ]]></description>
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<title>‘A very rare human being who treated editorial work as art’: Remembering publisher Krishan Chopra</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chopra, who worked in publishing for more than 50 years, died on May 20. A tribute from a colleague. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Kuki groups, meanwhile, have alleged that 14 of the community members were being held captive by Nagas, and extended a shutdown. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ At least one – and maybe three – of the five regional winners of the Commonwealth Short Story Competition faces allegations of using AI to write the stories. ]]></description>
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<title>ASI circular on tourist guides begs a question – who has the right to tell India’s history?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ By restricting Red Fort to government-licensed guides, the Archaeological Survey of India is trying to control whose interpretations can reach the public. ]]></description>
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<title>Vitamin B12 is essential for life. But are high levels linked to cancer?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It is very difficult to consume too much B12 from food alone. But leave avoid high-dose supplements unless medically prescribed. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Yesteryear’: is this viral novel’s time&#45;travelling tradwife really ‘perfect at being alive’?</title>
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<title>Fishing cats thriving in Kaziranga floodplains, finds study</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The presence of the meseka, as it is known in Assamese folk tales, is an indicator of ecological health. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A purported video of the comments was widely shared on social media. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Social Life of Indian Trains’ by Amitava Kumar: Dreams and nightmares of train journey</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The book makes a compelling case for close observation and note-taking in art and writing. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Abhijit Dipke, who started the social media campaign, said his personal Instagram account had also been hacked. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority directed the channel to remove the content in one case and issued a warning in the other. ]]></description>
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<title>Assam: Two allegedly lynched by mob for suspected cattle theft in Sonitpur</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ While a case had been registered in the matter, no persons had been arrested yet, the police said. ]]></description>
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<title>139 Indians released from Russian military, Centre tells Supreme Court</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Forty-nine of 217 Indians who had joined the Russian Army have died in the war in Ukraine, it added. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Commercial and genre fiction in Indian languages shouldn’t be overlooked’: Translator Poonam Saxena</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An interview with the Hindi-to-English translator. ]]></description>
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<title>How Canada exoticised its early Indian migrants</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In the first half of the 20th century, Indian lives in Canada were chronicled with suspicion and racial curiosity. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Abhijit Dipke, who started the social media campaign, said his personal Instagram account had also been hacked. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The new policy ‘allows our immigration system to function as the law intended instead of incentivising loopholes’, stated the US immigration services. ]]></description>
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<title>The Mughal emperor who tried to merge Vedanta with Islam</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/the-mughal-emperor-who-tried-to-merge-vedanta-with-islam</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ It reminds us that the 500-year legacy of Mughal rule is complex, contradictory, and at times a profoundly sincere intellectual exchange. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Magnificent Ruins’: A sprawling family drama that suffers from the outside&#45;in gaze</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/the-magnificent-ruins-a-sprawling-family-drama-that-suffers-from-the-outside-in-gaze</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nayantara Roy’s novel is set in Kolkata, where the once-wealthy Lahiris have to reconcile with family secrets when Lila, the heiress, arrives from the US. ]]></description>
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<title>Immigration history: Why Vancouver should not rewrite the Komagata Maru record</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The new text on the panel at a memorial does not decolonise the archive – it damages historical clarity. ]]></description>
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<title>Petrol, diesel prices hiked for third time in 10 days</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/petrol-diesel-prices-hiked-for-third-time-in-10-days</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Delhi, petrol rates increased by 87 paise per litre to reach Rs 99.51 and diesel will now cost Rs 92.4. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Unsilenced’: In Seema Azad’s memoir, prison is not a monochrome space but complex social terrain</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Azad suggests that women begin to recognise themselves beyond family roles in the very place meant to discipline them. ]]></description>
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<title>How Modi has recast a decade of policy failures  as an opportunity for citizens to make sacrifices</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The template has been the same from demonetisation, the GST roll out, the abrupt Covid-19 lockdown to today’s energy and gas crisis. ]]></description>
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<title>Watch: Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Bandar’ stars Bobby Deol as a TV star accused of rape by his ex&#45;girlfriend</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Written by Sudip Sharma and Abhishek Banerjee, the movie also stars Sapna Pabbi, Saba Azad and Sanya Malhotra. Out in cinemas  on June 5. ]]></description>
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<title>Heavy traffic can make cities warmer, finds study</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The role played by traffic is still rarely considered in urban climate adaptation and transport planning. ]]></description>
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<title>Centre agrees in SC to bring back some persons ‘pushed’ into Bangladesh, to verify citizenship</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This was being done because of the ‘peculiar facts and circumstances of the case’, and should not be treated as a precedent, the solicitor general said. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Maa Behen’ trailer: A mother and her daughters have to hide a dead body</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/maa-behen-trailer-a-mother-and-her-daughters-have-to-hide-a-dead-body</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/maa-behen-trailer-a-mother-and-her-daughters-have-to-hide-a-dead-body</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Suresh Triveni’s Hindi comedy stars Madhuri Dixit, Triptii Dimri, Dharna Durga, Ravi Kishan, Geetanjali Kulkarni and Arunoday Singh. Out on June 4 on Netflix. ]]></description>
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<title>CJI suggesting that activists obstruct ‘development’ shows ‘alarming prejudice’: Ex&#45;bureaucrats</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/cji-suggesting-that-activists-obstruct-development-shows-alarming-prejudice-ex-bureaucrats</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/cji-suggesting-that-activists-obstruct-development-shows-alarming-prejudice-ex-bureaucrats</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Chief Justice Surya Kant’s remarks came while hearing an appeal against the green tribunal’s order upholding the environmental clearances for a port project. ]]></description>
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<title>RBI approves surplus transfer of Rs 2.8 lakh crore to Centre for 2025&#45;’26</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rbi-approves-surplus-transfer-of-rs-28-lakh-crore-to-centre-for-2025-26</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/rbi-approves-surplus-transfer-of-rs-28-lakh-crore-to-centre-for-2025-26</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ This was the highest annual dividend transferred to the government by the central bank, according to reports. ]]></description>
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<title>Bangla Pokkho chief Garga Chatterjee granted bail</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/bangla-pokkho-chief-garga-chatterjee-granted-bail</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The leader of the pro-Bengali advocacy group was arrested for allegedly spreading misinformation about Electronic Voting Machines ahead of the Bengal polls. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi HC issues notices to journalist, AAP’s Gopal Rai in contempt case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Journalist Saurav Das and AAP leaders had published and amplified online posts that had ‘serious, unfounded allegations’ about a judge, the plea claimed. ]]></description>
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<title>SC lifts ban on experts behind ‘judicial corruption’ chapter in NCERT book, deletes adverse comments</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench said that the Union government and the states can take independent decisions on associating with the three academics for future projects. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The activist had approached the High Court after an additional sessions judge had rejected his plea on Tuesday. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The case was based on a complaint filed by an advocate, Joydeep Sen. ]]></description>
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<title>Man accused of plotting Pulwama terror attack shot dead in Pakistan&#45;occupied Kashmir: Report</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/man-accused-of-plotting-pulwama-terror-attack-shot-dead-in-pakistan-occupied-kashmir-report</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Arjumand Gulzar alias Burhan Hamza, designated by the Indian government as a terrorist in 2022, was reportedly killed by unidentified gunmen. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Chand Mera Dil’ review: Convoluted romance barks at the moon</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ananya Panday and Lakshya star in Vivek Soni’s movie. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: 500 companies of central forces to remain deployed till June 20</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The West Bengal government had sought that the deployment of the Central Armed Police Forces be continued till the end of October, the home ministry said. ]]></description>
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<title>Calcutta HC refuses to stay restrictions on cattle slaughter ahead of Bakrid</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench said that the notification was issued in compliance with earlier orders passed by the court. ]]></description>
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<title>This book explores how the 1979 Iranian Revolution and the siege of Mecca changed Pakistani politics</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran and the Rivalry That Unravelled the Middle East’, by Kim Ghattas. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Tumbadchi Manjula’ trailer: A ghost sighting causes chaos in Marathi remake of ‘Su From So’</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/tumbadchi-manjula-trailer-a-ghost-sighting-causes-chaos-in-marathi-remake-of-su-from-so</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/tumbadchi-manjula-trailer-a-ghost-sighting-causes-chaos-in-marathi-remake-of-su-from-so</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The cast of Vividh Korgaonkar’s film includes Jitendra Joshi, Om Bhutkar, Sai Tamhankar, Makarand Anaspure and Usha Nadkarni. Out on June 5 in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<title>Why BJP is dismantling OBC reservations in Bengal</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-bjp-is-dismantling-obc-reservations-in-bengal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Hindutva party alleges that first the Left and later Mamata Banerjee used OBC reservations to appease Muslims. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 08:30:16 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>India’s peak power demand at record high for fourth consecutive day amid heatwave</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/indias-peak-power-demand-at-record-high-for-fourth-consecutive-day-amid-heatwave</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An energy demand of record 270.8 gigawatts was recorded at 3.45 pm on Thursday, the Ministry of Power said. ]]></description>
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<title>Water, energy&#45;use concerns grow with more India data centres in the pipeline</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/water-energy-use-concerns-grow-with-more-india-data-centres-in-the-pipeline</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Indian policies are positioning the country as a global investment hub for AI, but the data centre industry should address environmental concerns. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Cockroach Janta Party’s X account blocked, ‘orange’ heatwave alert for Delhi and more</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/rush-hour-cockroach-janta-partys-x-account-blocked-orange-heatwave-alert-for-delhi-and-more</guid>
<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>Short fiction: A woman leaves her husband to live with a lion&#45;tamer who is both man and woman</title>
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<title>Calcutta HC directs no coercive action against TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee over comments about Amit Shah</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The satirical political campaign began on Saturday in response to remarks by the chief justice comparing some unemployed youngsters to ‘cockroaches’. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Drishyam 3’ review: Give it a rest, Georgekutty</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mohanlal returns for the latest film in Jeethu Joseph’s ‘Drishyam’ series. ]]></description>
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<title>In this book, a cricket fan writes of watching every match of the 2024&#45;’25 Australia&#45;India series</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is the first time in 59 years that the party will be part of the Council of Ministers in the state. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Trinamool almost won Rajarhat New Town. Until, a mostly Muslim booth was counted out of turn in the final round, and  voted overwhelmingly for the BJP. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Liar, Liar: The True Story of the Social Justice Scammer Who Faked Cancer and Death’, by Rheea Mukherjee. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Both are practices shaped by patriarchy and religion. But one is determined by individual autonomy and the other by biology. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Thanks to AI, automated bots that imitate human behaviour are becoming smarter, cheaper and harder to detect than ever before. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States Department of War’s cost estimate for the operations was $29 billion, the military finance chief said. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The shortage of gas cylinders and price hike has pushed the poorest to rely on coal and wood as fuel, exposing them to dangerous air pollution. ]]></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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<description><![CDATA[ The petitioner alleged that a May 14 court order initiating contempt action against AAP leaders showed that they did not hold allegiance to the Constitution. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ This marks the eighth consecutive trade session in ⁠which the rupee lost its value. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The proposed SilverLine was a 530 km semi-high-speed rail corridor between Thiruvananthapuram in the south and Kasaragod in the north. ]]></description>
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<title>A new book details innovations in literature, art, music, and architecture in the interwar era</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A businessman had alleged that a former director general of police had pressured him to make allegations against the two leaders. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Attempt to curb ritual sacrifice’: CPI (M&#45;L) moves HC against Bengal curbs on animal slaughter</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The party described the tightening of the law as an ‘assault’ on the religious freedom of the Muslim community and on the livelihood of farmers in cattle trade. ]]></description>
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<title>Rupee slumps to all&#45;time low of 96.9 against US dollar</title>
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<title>‘Children of god’: Madras HC infantilises transgender persons rather than speak of their rights</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/children-of-god-madras-hc-infantilises-transgender-persons-rather-than-speak-of-their-rights</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court’s invocation seems empathetic but it substitutes sentiment for sustained a examination of caste, labour, identity and the limits of judicial power. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Taiwan Travelogue’ by Yáng Shuāng&#45;zǐ, translated by Lin King, wins 2026 International Booker Prize</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/taiwan-travelogue-by-yang-shuang-zi-translated-by-lin-king-wins-2026-international-booker-prize</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The novel is the first book translated from Mandarin Chinese to win the prize. It is publisher And Other Stories’ second win in a row. ]]></description>
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<title>West Bengal: CBI arrests one more for murder of CM Suvendu Adhikari’s aide</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The accused, a resident of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, is the fifth person arrested for the killing of Chandranath Rath near Kolkata on May 6. ]]></description>
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<title>World Bee Day: How India’s herders sustain pollinators, biodiversity and fragile commons</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/world-bee-day-how-indias-herders-sustain-pollinators-biodiversity-and-fragile-commons</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Across the country, pastoralist communities are sustaining wild bee habitats through mobility, biodiversity conservation and traditional ecological knowledge. ]]></description>
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<title>How Big Tech is harnessing the data of Indian factory workers to train robots</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/how-big-tech-is-harnessing-the-data-of-indian-factory-workers-to-train-robots</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A startup founded by two Indian teenagers is among those making devices that record labourers at work. ]]></description>
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<title>Iodine deficiency is slowly rising again due to dietary preferences, salt intake concerns</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Advocating for iodised salt does not mean recommending a higher salt intake. ]]></description>
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<title>Noida workers’ protest: SC agrees to examine journalist’s NSA detention, denies interim relief</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Satyam Verma was detained for allegedly inciting violence during the stir in April. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi&#45;NCR placed under GRAP Stage 1 curbs as air quality turns ‘poor’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Meanwhile, the weather department warned of heatwave conditions and issued a yellow alert in the national capital till May 25. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: TMC candidate drops out of Falta repoll, SC won’t recall order removing stray dogs &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>Biogas from wet waste, solar cookers, pellet stoves: LPG alternatives see uptick</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/biogas-from-wet-waste-solar-cookers-pellet-stoves-lpg-alternatives-see-uptick</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The gas crisis points to the need for more decentralised, green-energy solutions. ]]></description>
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<title>Umar Khalid denied interim bail in Delhi riots conspiracy case, court says grounds unreasonable</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/umar-khalid-denied-interim-bail-in-delhi-riots-conspiracy-case-court-says-grounds-unreasonable</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The activist had sought 15 days of bail to attend a mourning ritual marking 40 days since his uncle’s death and to care for his mother, who is due for surgery. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 18:30:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Fiction: A peek into the minds of commuters from Nalanda Housing Society held at gunpoint in a bus</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/fiction-a-peek-into-the-minds-of-commuters-from-nalanda-housing-society-held-at-gunpoint-in-a-bus</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/fiction-a-peek-into-the-minds-of-commuters-from-nalanda-housing-society-held-at-gunpoint-in-a-bus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Twice in Nalanda’, by Kalpish Ratna. ]]></description>
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<title>Taiwan: Row erupts after alleged anti&#45;India messaging on local election candidate’s billboard</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/taiwan-row-erupts-after-alleged-anti-india-messaging-on-local-election-candidates-billboard</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/taiwan-row-erupts-after-alleged-anti-india-messaging-on-local-election-candidates-billboard</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The billboard featured a ‘no’ symbol over an inverted Indian flag and a brown-skinned man wearing a turban. ]]></description>
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<title>Rupee falls to record low of 96.5 against US dollar</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/rupee-falls-to-record-low-of-965-against-us-dollar</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Tuesday was the seventh consecutive trade session in ⁠which the Indian currency had lost its value. ]]></description>
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<title>Modi’s refusal to take query from Norwegian journalist sparks debate on media’s role in democracy</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/modis-refusal-to-take-query-from-norwegian-journalist-sparks-debate-on-medias-role-in-democracy</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/modis-refusal-to-take-query-from-norwegian-journalist-sparks-debate-on-medias-role-in-democracy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A reporter in Oslo faced a barrage of criticism online after she asked why the Indian prime minister had declined to answer questions from the media. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 15:30:16 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’ trailer: Imtiaz Ali’s romance travels from Partition to the present</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/main-vaapas-aaunga-trailer-imtiaz-alis-romance-travels-from-partition-to-the-present</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/main-vaapas-aaunga-trailer-imtiaz-alis-romance-travels-from-partition-to-the-present</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Hindi film stars Diljit Dosanjh, Vedang Raina and Sharvari. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 13:00:15 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>India continues to buy Russian oil regardless of US sanction waivers, says official</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The statement came on the same day that the United States extended a temporary waiver allowing countries to access Russian oil currently stranded at sea. ]]></description>
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<title>HC grants bail to remaining six Muslim men held for allegedly eating chicken biryani on Ganga</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/hc-grants-bail-to-remaining-six-muslim-men-held-for-allegedly-eating-chicken-biryani-on-ganga</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/hc-grants-bail-to-remaining-six-muslim-men-held-for-allegedly-eating-chicken-biryani-on-ganga</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Fourteen men had been arrested after a video of the iftar party was widely shared on social media on March 16. ]]></description>
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<title>US drops fraud charges against Gautam Adani after he pledges $10 billion investment</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/us-drops-fraud-charges-against-gautam-adani-after-he-pledges-10-billion-investment</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ A court will have to approve the request by the Trump administration. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 11:00:03 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>US drops fraud charges against Gautam Adani: Reports</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/us-drops-fraud-charges-against-gautam-adani-reports</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ This came days after reports said the businessman’s lawyers had told the US prosecutors that he would invest $10 billion in the country’s economy. ]]></description>
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<title>Beyond the hijab ban: Karnataka’s reversal and the constitutional cost of majoritarian uniformity</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Students who were forced to drop out because of the prohibition deserve institutional rehabilitation. ]]></description>
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<title>Petrol, diesel prices increased again amid supply concerns</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/petrol-diesel-prices-increased-again-amid-supply-concerns</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Delhi, the petrol rates were hiked by 87 paise to Rs 98.6 per litre from Rs 97.7. ]]></description>
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<title>Why many villages oppose a programme that rewards companies that plant trees</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/why-many-villages-oppose-a-programme-that-rewards-companies-that-plant-trees</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Communities say the green credits programme has blocked them from land they once used. Meanwhile, experts argue that the government is overstating its benefits. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Peddi’ trailer: Ram Charan plays a rural athlete who fights against injustice</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/peddi-trailer-ram-charan-plays-a-rural-athlete-who-fights-against-injustice</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/peddi-trailer-ram-charan-plays-a-rural-athlete-who-fights-against-injustice</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Buchi Babu Sana’s film also stars Janhvi Kapoor, Shiva Rajkumar, Jagapathi Babu, Divyenndu and Ravi Kishen. Out in cinemas on June 4. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 03:00:16 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Digital detox: Does it really work or is it just another wellness trend?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Instead of going cold turkey on technology, it is better to use it in a more conscious and deliberate way. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:30:02 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>Adani reaches $275 million settlement with US for alleged violation of Iran sanctions</title>
<link>https://surattimes.com/adani-reaches-275-million-settlement-with-us-for-alleged-violation-of-iran-sanctions</link>
<guid>https://surattimes.com/adani-reaches-275-million-settlement-with-us-for-alleged-violation-of-iran-sanctions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A group firm bought LPG shipments ​from a Dubai-based trader purporting to supply Omani and Iraqi gas, when the gas was actually Iranian, the US had alleged. ]]></description>
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<title>Southwest monsoon to reach Kerala around May 26: IMD</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In April, the weather agency predicted that the country would experience below-normal rainfall during the four-month season. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:00:15 +0530</pubDate>
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<title>The modern innovations of the 20th century that give Kannauj attars their famed fragrances</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What underwrote this runaway success was Kannauj’s ability to distil large quantities of sandalwood oil, the base upon which all attars were made. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: SC criticises its own verdict denying Khalid, Imam bail, rupee at record low 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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<description><![CDATA[ The petitioner Jahangir Khan needs to be allowed to contest ‘to keep the spirit of democracy alive’, the High Court said. ]]></description>
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<title>Translated fiction: A young man desperately wants to become ‘Bolero Class’, but fate turns rogue</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Kissagram: A Novella and Other Stories’, by Prabhat Ranjan, translated from the Hindi by Satyadeep Chhetri. ]]></description>
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<title>Rupee slides to record low of 96.3 against US dollar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Monday was the fifth consecutive trade session in ⁠which ​the Indian currency reached an all-time low amid economic headwinds. ]]></description>
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<title>ED arrests AAP leader Deepak Singla in money laundering case</title>
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<title>West Asia war: Targeting of UAE’s Barakah nuclear facility ‘dangerous escalation’, says India</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A drone strike on Sunday had triggered a fire at the power plant. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Bail is the rule even in UAPA cases’: SC says its verdict on Khalid, Imam pleas ignored precedent</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The court’s observation came while hearing a man’s petition against an order that refused him bail in an Unlawful Activities Prevention Act case. ]]></description>
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<title>For children: Pajapati is inconsolable when her sister Maya dies after giving birth to Siddhartha</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Girl Who Became a Buddha’, by Maria Denjongpa. ]]></description>
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<title>ED searches premises linked to AAP leader Deepak Singla in money laundering case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The raids are being undertaken in Delhi and Goa. ]]></description>
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<title>Bhopal: Accused in assault of Muslim man not linked to Hindutva groups, claim police</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Muslim man has also been arrested in connection with previous cases pertaining to alleged theft. ]]></description>
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<title>Beyond elections, a reading list to understand the rise of Hindutva and the BJP</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What turned the BJP and the RSS into social and political behemoths? These books have some answers. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Kathakali follows me like a shadow’: An Italian dancer on his 44&#45;year love affair with the form</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mario Barzaghi won the best actor prize at the META awards in March for playing the title role in a kathakali adaptation of ‘Old Many and the Sea’. ]]></description>
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<title>Congress’ VD Satheesan takes oath as Kerala chief minister</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United Democratic Front had defeated the Left alliance on May 4 in the Assembly polls after a decade in Opposition. ]]></description>
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<title>Romila Thapar’s memoir: How the historian was made to retire from the Prasar Bharati board</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Just Being.’ ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: Ex&#45;TMC minister files complaint against Abhishek Banerjee, police officer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Giasuddin Molla said he had decided to take the action because he has ‘faith in the administration led by the new chief minister, Suvendu Adhikari’. ]]></description>
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<title>Start the week with a film: ‘The Love That Remains’ is a gentle portrait of family tensions</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Icelandic director Hlynur Palmason’s movie can be rented on Prime Video. ]]></description>
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<title>Slow progress of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is causing us to miss early window for action</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Symptoms often appear later in life, but in many cases, the damage started decades earlier. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Valley of Unfinished Songs’: An uneven novel about the interior life of the Kashmiri people</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Umair Ahmed Khan’s debut novel fulfils its ambitions more often than not. ]]></description>
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<title>One Indian worker killed, three injured in Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kyiv launched nearly 600 drones overnight, killing at least four persons in the Moscow region. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The additional commissioner of police said that some persons had been arrested, but did not specify the number. ]]></description>
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<title>In Himachal Pradesh, tourism and migration are altering beliefs that kept forests safe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Belief-based practices of sacred groves have helped preserve forest patches across generations. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The poems chronicle the unsettling memories the city has lived through and preserve the words of those who lived through them. ]]></description>
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<title>WHO classifies Ebola outbreak in DR Congo, Uganda a global health emergency</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Eight confirmed cases, 246 suspected and 80 suspected deaths have been reported in Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ So far, nine people have been arrested from Delhi, Jaipur, Gurugram, Nashik, Pune and Ahilyanagar. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi: CNG price hiked twice in 48 hours, crosses Rs 80 per kg</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This is the first time that compressed natural gas prices in the national capital have crossed Rs 80 per kg. ]]></description>
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<title>Sunday book pick: ‘Sister Carrie’, published in 1900, predicted the individualism of urban life</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Theodore Dreiser’s novel is about a young woman who moves to the big city, where she chases her own American Dream. ]]></description>
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<title>NIA files chargesheet against five for trafficking of Indians to ‘cyber slavery’ firms in Cambodia</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The agency named Anand Kumar Singh as the alleged ‘kingpin’, accusing him of charging between $2,000 and $3,000 for each person sent to fraudulent companies. ]]></description>
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<title>Illustrators Charbak Dipta and Anand RK, and journalist Suparna Sharma nominated for Eisner Awards</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ They are competing in the Best Digital Comic and Best Short Story categories, respectively. ]]></description>
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<title>Threads across empires: Why a 17th century Mughal carpet hangs in a London Guild Hall</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Knot by knot, Mughal-era carpets bear the imprint of anonymous South Asian artisans and speak of entangled histories of exchange. ]]></description>
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<title>Indus Waters Treaty: India rejects arbitration award, calls it ‘null and void’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ PM Narendra Modi’s long convoys and roadshows led to questions about the gulf between the measures he was urging fellow citizens to adopt and his own actions. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India: How learning outdoors provides a better template for environmental studies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ In Pune, few learning systems are helping children develop emotional and invested relationships with nature. ]]></description>
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<title>Ramachandra Guha: Seven duopolies that shaped independent India (and which have been most damaging)</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The partnership between Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel was unquestionably the finest and most constructive. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ A growing body of research suggests that your chronotype, the biological tendency to prefer certain times of the day to sleep, can affect exercise benefits. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chief Justice Surya Kant said his remarks were specifically about those who entered professions based on fake degrees. ]]></description>
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<title>Centre imposes curbs on silver imports, authorisation needed for 99.9% purity category</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This comes in the context of the government seeking to tighten oversight on imports of precious metals, so as to ease pressure on forex reserves. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The Unrepentant’: These Short stories looking at Malaysia’s past feel intimate, yet startlingly new</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The stories aim to recover the parts of history left out of official records, and what emerges are love affairs, dislocations, and private feelings of loss. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said that the time has come for society to work together to increase birth rates. ]]></description>
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<title>Bangladesh may be headed into another deadly dengue season – unprepared</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hospitals are already under severe pressure handling a severe measles outbreak. If dengue hits again, facilities could be overwhelmed. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu said that the time has now come for society to work together to increase birth rates. ]]></description>
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<title>May global fiction: New novels from Booker favourites Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout, and more</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Also, a science fiction novel chronicling the Arab Spring, and a novel on elderly pregnancy, besides others. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal orders re&#45;verification of caste certificates issued by TMC government</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The State Backward Classes Welfare Department on Friday issued letters to all district magistrates directing them to begin the process. ]]></description>
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<title>Eco India, Episode 321: Why real&#45;world lessons are a must for effective environmental education</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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<title>Case filed against TMC’s Abhishek Banerjee for  ‘provocative’ speeches during poll campaign</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The first information report was based on a complaint that alleged that the speeches included threats directed at Union Home Minister Amit Shah. ]]></description>
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<title>The 2026 International Booker Prize shortlist, dominated by women writers, is a portal to new worlds</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When literary awards are opened up to languages from around the world, they become diverse and inclusive. This year’s winner will be announced on May 19. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: TMC’s Rajganj candidate alleges miscreants set her house on fire</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee claimed that ‘BJP goons’ were behind the burning of Swapna Barman’s home. ]]></description>
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<title>Unemployed youngsters like ‘cockroaches’, become media, activists and ‘attack the system’: CJI</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/unemployed-youngsters-like-cockroaches-become-media-activists-and-attack-the-system-cji</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Chief Justice Surya Kant made the remarks when the Supreme Court pulled up a lawyer for a plea seeking directions to designate him as a senior advocate. ]]></description>
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<title>The forgotten plan to station Canadian soldiers in British India</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/the-forgotten-plan-to-station-canadian-soldiers-in-british-india</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Long before the World Wars, imperial strategists imagined Canadian regiments guarding India’s frontiers against revolt and invasion. ]]></description>
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<title>Trump says Islamic State’s second in command killed by US, Nigerian forces</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ United States President Donald Trump said that Abu-Bilal al-Minuki was the ‘most active terrorist in the world from the battlefield’. ]]></description>
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<title>Noida protest: SC orders UP Police to produce accused in court amid custodial torture allegations</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/noida-protest-sc-orders-up-police-to-produce-accused-in-court-amid-custodial-torture-allegations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The counsel for the brother of one of the men arrested in the matter sought an independent investigation. ]]></description>
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<title>That was the fortnight that was: Looking at the headlines from May 1&#45;May 14</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/that-was-the-fortnight-that-was-looking-at-the-headlines-from-may-1-may-14</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ After the election results and the BJP’s Bengal win, the prime minister appealed for ‘austerity’. The Iran war drowned out one year of Operation Sindoor. ]]></description>
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<title>PM Modi denies report that Centre is planning foreign travel tax</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/pm-modi-denies-report-that-centre-is-planning-foreign-travel-tax</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A cess would be imposed for a year to mitigate the impact of high global oil prices and the proposal was being discussed at ‘highest levels’, the report said. ]]></description>
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<title>Harsh Mander: India’s hate speech poison can’t be legislated away</title>
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<guid>https://surattimes.com/harsh-mander-indias-hate-speech-poison-cant-be-legislated-away</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Already existing legal provisions and court orders have done little to punish hateful speeches. New laws might only be weaponised by a partisan state. ]]></description>
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<title>How Anand RK created the Pulitzer&#45;winning graphic investigation of India’s digital arrest scams</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He won the ‘Illustrated Reporting and Commentary’ prize, along with investigative reporter Natalie Obiko Pearson and Suparna Sharma, for ‘trAPPed’. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Eating healthy often requires paying attention to numbers and nutrition details. When we are no longer able to, we opt for what is easy or familiar. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ He was identified as PV Kulkarni, a chemistry lecturer involved in the examination process on behalf of the National Testing Agency. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Dharmendra Pradhan said that there was a ‘breach’ in the command chain for the conduct of the test, which was cancelled after paper leak allegations. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The bench quashed an order by the Archaeological Survey of India, which allowed Hindu prayers on the premises on Tuesdays and Muslim prayers on Fridays. ]]></description>
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<title>Unnao rape case: SC sets aside Delhi HC order suspending life sentence of Kuldeep Sengar</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The CBI had challenged the High Court’s decision to suspend the expelled BJP leader’s jail sentence and allow his release. ]]></description>
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<title>HC grants bail to 8 Muslim men arrested for allegedly eating chicken biryani on Ganga</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Varanasi court had earlier denied relief to all 14 accused persons, stating that the offences allegedly committed by them were of ‘a serious nature’. ]]></description>
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<title>This book argues that leaders weaponise world trade to wage wars and win votes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Why Politicians Lie About Trade’, by Dmitry Grozoubinski. ]]></description>
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<title>SC questions why panel for appointing Election Commissioners should include Cabinet minister</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The third member of the selection committee should be a neutral person, Justice Dipankar Datta verbally observed. ]]></description>
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<title>Calcutta HC tells Bengal Police to ensure safe return of those displaced by post&#45;poll violence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who appeared as a lawyer for one of the petitioners, claimed that violence took place in the presence of the police. ]]></description>
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<title>Petrol, diesel prices increased amid supply concerns</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The price of petrol was increased by Rs 3 per litre in Delhi, Rs 3.2 per litre in Kolkata and Rs 3.1 per litre in Mumbai. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, who appeared as a lawyer for one of the petitioners, claimed that violence took place in the presence of the police. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The CBI arrested seven persons and conducted searches at several locations across the country in connection with alleged irregularities. ]]></description>
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<title>Review: In ‘Exam’, tough questions and wishy&#45;washy answers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A Sarkunam’s Tamil series is out on Prime Video. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Most of the persons who had been detained or arrested were found to have allegedly voted in Chennai and two in the Union Territory. ]]></description>
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<title>US to drop fraud charges against Gautam Adani, reports ‘The New York Times’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Adani Group chairperson agreed to pay $6 million to settle a parallel case filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, ‘Bloomberg’ reported. ]]></description>
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<title>India’s massive judicial backlog can be tackled by a simple legal provision that already exists</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Following the ‘Rule of Three’ cap on adjournments will deter deliberate delaying of cases and transform the judicial system. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The price of petrol was increased by Rs 3.29 per litre in Kolkata and Rs 3.14 per litre in Mumbai. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Baapya’ review: A gender bender about a man who loved a woman who was always a man</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sameer Tewari’s Marathi film, starring Rajshri Deshpande and Girish Kulkarni, is out in cinemas. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Trinamool claims that the BJP colluded with the Election Commission to slow down the counting of votes in its strongholds on the day of the results. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Unlike most other cholesterol measures, Lp(a) is largely determined by genetics. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, however, recused herself from hearing the CBI’s revision petition against their discharge in the liquor policy case. ]]></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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<description><![CDATA[ The increase comes in the backdrop rising global energy rates triggered by the conflict in West Asia. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ State Home Minister Govindas Konthoujam said the government was holding talks with civil society groups and political leaders to secure their release. ]]></description>
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<title>Short fiction: Dalit women in a Punjab village ward off lecherous dominant&#45;caste men</title>
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<title>Election Commission announces third SIR phase in 16 states, three Union Territories</title>
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<title>Attack on Indian&#45;flagged ship off Oman coast ‘unacceptable’, all crew safe, says MEA</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It was not immediately clear who carried out the strike on the vessel. ]]></description>
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<title>89 killed in heavy rain&#45;related incidents in Uttar Pradesh</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ More than 50 persons were injured and 87 hours were damaged on Wednesday. ]]></description>
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<title>‘The self is all pervasive like ether’: A new translation of the Isa Upanisad for the modern reader</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘The Upanisads’, translated from the Sanskrit by Nachiketa Jha. ]]></description>
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<title>Delhi blast case: NIA alleges terror group aimed to ‘overthrow government, impose Sharia’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Trinamool Congress government had withheld the permission to protect ‘corrupt bureaucrats’, alleged Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari. ]]></description>
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<title>Bengal: BJP government bans public slaughter of animals, mandates certificate for cows, bullocks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A person found violating the order may be punished with up to six months in jail or a fine of up to Rs 1,000. ]]></description>
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<title>Who is responsible when underage drivers cause fatal crashes? Indian law needs a reform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is a legal gap in punishing irresponsible driving by minors without valid licence. But there is a provision that holds parents to account. ]]></description>
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<title>India bans sugar exports until September to curb domestic prices amid West Asia conflict</title>
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<title>How literary critic DR Nagaraj engaged with 12th&#45;century philosopher&#45;poet Allama Prabhu in his work</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from the Introduction to ‘Allama Prabhu and the Shaiva Imagination’, by DR Nagaraj, translated from the Kannada by NS Gundur. ]]></description>
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<title>Gujarat fisherfolk in crisis after two summers of war</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The war in West Asia has cut off export markets, tanking fish rates while equipment costs have risen and a fuel price hike is likely. ]]></description>
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<title>Why hantavirus isn’t the ‘next Covid’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The difference in transmission potential is why SARS-CoV-2 caused a pandemic and Andes virus has only produced contained outbreaks. ]]></description>
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<title>Bangla Pokkho chief Garga Chatterjee sent to three days police custody</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ He was arrested for allegedly spreading misinformation about Electronic Voting Machines ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections. ]]></description>
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<title>Rush Hour: Gold and silver prices surge after import duties hiked, Assam to introduce UCC 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>How Pakistan emerged as a trusted mediator between the US and iran</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Islamabad’s mediation has also been a calculated effort to stabilise its borders and protect its economy. ]]></description>
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<title>Assam Cabinet clears UCC draft bill, to be tabled in Assembly on May 26: Himanta Sarma</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The tribal population in the state would be kept outside the purview of the legislation, said the Bharatiya Janata Party leader. ]]></description>
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<title>Medical body approaches SC seeking revamp of NTA after 2026 NEET&#45;UG cancellation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The plea sought directions to ‘replace or fundamentally restructure’ the agency, which conducts the undergraduate medical entrance exam. ]]></description>
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<title>Air India to suspend flights on several international routes as jet fuel prices surge</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The cuts will be implemented from June to August, said the airline. ]]></description>
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<title>Manipur: Three church leaders killed, 5 injured in ambush in Kangpokpi</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The victims were returning from a meeting of church representatives in Churachandpur, stated the apex body of the Kuki tribes. ]]></description>
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<title>Love stories from the epics: Mandodari’s devotion to her husband Ravana outlives tragedy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Epic Love Stories’, by Bulbul Sharma. ]]></description>
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<title>West Bengal CM Suvendu Adhikari to retain Bhabanipur Assembly seat, give up Nandigram</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Bharatiya Janata Party leader had secured a victory from both the constituencies in the recently-concluded Assembly elections. ]]></description>
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<title>Four cheetah cubs found dead in Kuno National Park one month after their birth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ They were the country’s first wild-born cubs since Project Cheetah was launched in September 2022. ]]></description>
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<title>Baltimore ship crash: US files criminal case against Chennai, Singapore firms and Indian citizen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Six persons working on a bridge had been killed when it collapsed into a river after the structure was struck by a vessel in March 2024. ]]></description>
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<title>N Rangasamy takes oath as Puducherry chief minister</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ BJP leader A Namassivayam and All India NR Congress’ Malladi Krishna Rao were also sworn in as ministers in the second NDA government in the Union Territory. ]]></description>
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<title>Four cheetah cubs found dead in Kuno National Park month after their birth</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ They were the country’s first wild-born cubs since Project Cheetah was launched in September 2022. ]]></description>
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<title>Tamil Nadu: CM Vijay removes astrologer as his aide after appointment row</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A petition was filed in the Madras High Court on Wednesday questioning the grounds on which Rickey Rathan Pandit Vettrivel had been given the position. ]]></description>
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<title>Bangladesh not intimidated by barbed wire, says Dhaka as West Bengal clears land for border fence</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Dhaka wants to see if the BJP will follow through on its West Bengal polls rhetoric, the foreign affairs adviser to Bangladeshi prime minister said. ]]></description>
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<title>Nashik TCS case: AIMIM corporator’s house where accused was allegedly sheltered demolished</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Matin Patel approached the court seeking a stay after receiving the notice on Saturday, but it was not granted. ]]></description>
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<title>Gold, silver prices jump after Centre hikes import tariffs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The government increased duties on the precious metals to 15% from 6% to ease pressure on the country’s foreign exchange reserves. ]]></description>
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<title>Bhopal: FIR against Hindutva group members for assaulting Muslim man over ‘love jihad’ claims</title>
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<title>Banibrata Mahanta wins 2025 Muse India Translation Award for translating Hindi novel, ‘Lavanyadevi’</title>
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<title>Bihar CM says persons excluded in SIR won’t get welfare benefits, passbooks to be cancelled: Report</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This came a day after the new Bharatiya Janata Party government in West Bengal made a similar announcement. ]]></description>
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<title>Prateek Yadav, SP founder Mulayam Singh’s son, dies at 38</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The exact cause of death would be known after a postmortem examination, doctors said. ]]></description>
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<title>This book examines the interplay between Christianity and caste, especially for Dalit women</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An excerpt from ‘Dalit Women and the Fullness of Life’, by Christina Dhanuja. ]]></description>
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<title>Modi’s austerity appeals are a misplaced solution for India’s economic woes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Asking citizens to change their behaviour in the midst of widening inequality cannot compensate for low trust and structural economic problems. ]]></description>
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<title>Indian writer Sharon Aruparayil is the Asia winner of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The winning story is titled ‘Mehendi Nights’. ]]></description>
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<title>Why India built the seat of Ghana’s government and what that says about global relationships</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ghana’s engagement with foreign-built projects often involves negotiation over design, symbolism and use. ]]></description>
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