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  • Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom
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    Snow leopards thriving in Ladakh Himalayan ranges, but challenges loom

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    How the river flows: There is another way the Indus Water Treaty could help defeat terror

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    Why workers who grow one of the world’s finest teas face an uncertain future

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    Hindi’s Hindutva problem that supporters are not ready to reckon with

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    ‘Myth is a carrier of history, trauma, resistance’: Subi Taba on writing about Arunachal Pradesh

  • Kumkum Roy, professor of Ancient History, recollects her days as an MA student at JNU, Delhi
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    Kumkum Roy, professor of Ancient History, recollects her days as an MA student at JNU, Delhi

  • Podcast: The radical legacy of the 19th century ‘Young Bengal’ movement
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    Podcast: The radical legacy of the 19th century ‘Young Bengal’ movement

  • Russia’s pro-natalist push: Paying pregnant schoolgirls to have babies
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    Russia’s pro-natalist push: Paying pregnant schoolgirls to have babies

  • Myths, hearsay, and historical memory coexist in the ways Kashmiris remember decades-long conflicts
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    Myths, hearsay, and historical memory coexist in the ways Kashmiris remember decades-long conflicts

  • Five years to go, India’s climate action SDGs show worsening trend
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    Five years to go, India’s climate action SDGs show worsening trend

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Watch: How sudden floods are ravaging Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands

At least 50 have died and hundreds of people are missing, with water gushing through the streets.

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Jul 16, 2021 · 11:01 am
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This flooding in Germany today is hard to wrap your head around. It really seems like the planet is trying to tell us something pic.twitter.com/o5vCEpk8mk

— Read Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (@JoshuaPotash) July 16, 2021

Firefighter among those killed by Germany floods.

Fire brigade Vehicle submerged in flood water #Germany #floods #ClimateEmergency pic.twitter.com/Y2VmXdtbgB

— Fridays For Future Uganda (@Fridays4FutureU) July 15, 2021

Drone footage shows the extent of damage in western Germany after heavy rain triggered severe floods.

Dozens of people are still missing.

Latest on this story here: https://t.co/tDlDebAN8h pic.twitter.com/dyW5i5TKne

— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 15, 2021

VIDEO: Heavy damage after fatal floods in Germany.

Massive flooding in western Germany has left dozens of people dead and caused significant damage pic.twitter.com/D7JVPbZUPm

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) July 16, 2021

Residents of villages in Germany hit by floods have been rescued by helicopter. Dozens of people are known to have died so far.

Read more here: https://t.co/bcMdUO2e4s
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— Sky News (@SkyNews) July 15, 2021

Never seen this in Belgium #Verviers #flooding #floods pic.twitter.com/QC2PrHaPLB

— Hatice AVCI ‘Deniz’ (@HaticeDenizAVCI) July 15, 2021

This is Pepinster today, small town in eastern Belgium.
the strong currents are making rescue operations really difficult as those images show👇🏼#floods #Belgium pic.twitter.com/stoscdykVs

— Bruno Boelpaep (@BrunoBoelpaep) July 15, 2021

FLASH FLOODS: Drone footage shows flooding in the Netherlands on Thursday, where the waters have damaged many homes in the southern province of Valkenburg. At least 42 people have died in Germany and dozens missing as swollen rivers caused by rainfall across western Europe. pic.twitter.com/4QFP8HUhMC

— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 16, 2021

Grote Straat in Valkenburg op dit moment. #wateroverlast #Limburg @RTLnieuws pic.twitter.com/ZTdutppkZ2

— Nils Rompen (@nilsrompen) July 15, 2021
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