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In February 2016, four JNU students were at the centre of a national controversy over slogans raised at a campus event. In a four-part series, Scroll traces their trajectories, mapping the choices they made and the outcomes that followed. Coming tomorrow. Stay tuned.

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In his first media interaction after his release, #SonamWangchuk did not take an aggressive stand. scroll.in/article/109147… But those closer to him,however, say he cannot distance himself from the movement. “I don’t think Wangchuk will remain silent. He won’t accept silence for his freedom.” @safwatzgr reports on #LadakhStatehood movement.

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Supreme Court dismisses PIL alleging wildlife trade violations by Vantara scroll.in/latest/1091501…

Review: ‘Chiraiya’ bluntly confronts marital rape scroll.in/reel/1091500/r…

Empathising with Iran must recognise the internal struggle against religious despotism scroll.in/article/109147…

After over seven years in jail, court acquits two men of UAPA charges scroll.in/latest/1091502…

The court was hearing a petition filed by the gym owner, who had opposed the harassment of an elderly Muslim shopkeeper by Hindutva activists. scroll.in/latest/1091499…

Mahad Satyagraha Day: A new book examines what connects Nietzsche, Ambedkar, and the Manusmriti scroll.in/article/109147…

The Opposition leader urged the residents of the national capital not to fall for any provocations. scroll.in/latest/1091493…

Pradyut Bordoloi, who joined the Hindutva party on Wednesday after quitting Congress, will fight in the Dispur Assembly constituency. scroll.in/latest/1091483…

Advocacy group Internet Freedom Foundation said on Thursday that it was concerned by reports of social media accounts and posts being withheld in India, “including satire and criticism of the government”. scroll.in/latest/1091498…

The draft legislation allows couples to declare their relationship to designated nodal officers, both verbally or in writing, following which the police are required to ensure their protection. scroll.in/latest/1091482…

Why public spaces in India are a minefield for children with intellectual disabilities scroll.in/article/109129…

Jaggi Vasudev’s foundation said the magazine alleged that some persons were held at its centre against their will despite the SC having closed a related case. scroll.in/latest/1091479…

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced an ex gratia payment of Rs 2 lakh for the next of kin of each deceased and Rs 50,000 for the injured. scroll.in/latest/1091477…

If passed, Gujarat would become the second BJP-ruled state to move towards implementing a common personal law framework, after Uttarakhand. scroll.in/latest/1091475…

The man convinced victims to ‘send funds, usually in the form of cash and prepaid debit cards, to addresses throughout the United States’, alleged the agency. scroll.in/latest/1091474…

Donald Trump said that the US will ‘massively blow up’ the key gas field shared by Iran and Qatar if Tehran continues to attack Doha. scroll.in/latest/1091473…

One thing that struck me as I was researching the corpus was that all the multilingual writers examined in the book have engaged in processes of translation in some way or another. scroll.in/article/108787… Sheela Mahadevan writes their works open up new ways of thinking about translation and multilingualism.