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  • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
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    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

  • Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
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    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins
  • ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
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    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild
  • Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat
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    Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat
  • This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India
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    This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India
  • ‘Andhar Maya’ review: An ancestral home in the Konkan is overrun by ghosts and greed
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    ‘Andhar Maya’ review: An ancestral home in the Konkan is overrun by ghosts and greed
  • Nagpur woman who crossed Line of Control from Kargil booked for espionage
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    Nagpur woman who crossed Line of Control from Kargil booked for espionage
  • Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg’s suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic
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    Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg’s suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic
  • June fiction: Six new fiction titles by Indian writers that probe the unseen of everyday life
    9

    June fiction: Six new fiction titles by Indian writers that probe the unseen of everyday life
  • From Assam to Haryana, arbitrary arrests of social media users make a mockery of the Constitution
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    From Assam to Haryana, arbitrary arrests of social media users make a mockery of the Constitution
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Watch: Nadia Comaneci at Montreal 1976, Simone Biles at Rio 2016 – two gymnasts personifying genius

A video by the Olympic channel puts Comaneci and Biles side by side, giving a sensational perspective of the two gymnasts’ brilliance.

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May 28, 2021 · 04:09 pm
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Watch: Nadia Comaneci at Montreal 1976, Simone Biles at Rio 2016 – two gymnasts personifying genius
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Excellence, 40 years apart ft. @nadiacomaneci10 & @Simone_Biles. ⭐#ThrowbackThursday | #StrongerTogetherpic.twitter.com/7kQhIgTZMk

— Olympics (@Olympics) May 27, 2021
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