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      New regimes in Bangladesh and Bengal could improve cooperation over shared rivers

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    Readers’ comments: ‘India’s middle class has lost hope in Modi’

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    · Feb 16, 2018 · 10:30 pm
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    Five Aadhaar developments from just the past week that should disturb you

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