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  • Savarna voters are angry with the BJP for its caste census – but they have nowhere else to go
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    Savarna voters are angry with the BJP for its caste census – but they have nowhere else to go
  • Indus Water Treaty: Pakistan has few legal options against India
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    Indus Water Treaty: Pakistan has few legal options against India
  • ‘The sun is a lizard and the earth is an egg’: A new book of fables by Suniti Namjoshi
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    ‘The sun is a lizard and the earth is an egg’: A new book of fables by Suniti Namjoshi
  • In the midst of an air pollution crisis, there’s another way India can better enforce emission rules
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    In the midst of an air pollution crisis, there’s another way India can better enforce emission rules
  • Bin free, litter-free, dust-free: How Indore became one of India’s cleanest cities
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    Bin free, litter-free, dust-free: How Indore became one of India’s cleanest cities
  • Why Marxism has lost its appeal for Indian Muslims
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    Why Marxism has lost its appeal for Indian Muslims
  • Thriller: Every student in an elite Noida school is a suspect when a schoolmate is killed
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    Thriller: Every student in an elite Noida school is a suspect when a schoolmate is killed
  • UN chief urges India, Pakistan to ‘avoid military confrontation’
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    UN chief urges India, Pakistan to ‘avoid military confrontation’
  • Low investment, several years too late: Why India lags far behind China in tech innovation
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    Low investment, several years too late: Why India lags far behind China in tech innovation
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    History of tea: Bubble tea of Taiwan, barley tea of Korea, and other experimental teas of Asia

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Watch: Loco pilots rescue elderly man from under their train near Mumbai, Maharashtra

The loco pilots of a Mumbai-Varanasi train used emergency brakes after realising that the man had been caught under the train.

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Jul 19, 2021 · 03:28 pm
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Alert Loco Pilots of Mumbai-Varanasi train (02193) applied emergency brakes immediately after starting the train from Kalyan station & saved the life of a senior citizen who was crossing tracks.

Please do not cross tracks in an unauthorized manner. It can be fatal. pic.twitter.com/hHCtn9bVIu

— Ministry of Railways (@RailMinIndia) July 18, 2021
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