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    Ashoka University professor arrested on BJP leader's complaint for remarks on Operation Sindoor
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    Indian academia is rife with research and publishing misconduct
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    Gujarat Samachar: A newspaper with a long history of criticising Modi is now under siege
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    ISRO says its earth observation satellite mission could not be accomplished
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    Ramachandra Guha: How thinking patriots should view the renewed hyphenation of India with Pakistan
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    ‘Ideas, Thoughts and Memories’: A rich anthology of literary essays by Bengal’s foremost writers
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    How India allegedly deported 40 Rohingya refugees by forcing them into Andaman Sea
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    ‘Informing Pakistan at start of Operation Sindoor was a crime’: Rahul Gandhi questions S Jaishankar
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    A hidden debt crisis is silently wrecking the dreams of India’s middle class
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