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    Why India is not able to fully use the solar power it generates

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    In this speculative memoir, an academic writes about chronic pain and liminal spaces she exists in

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    Ramachandra Guha: How the Gandhi family has helped Modi consolidate power

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    An ‘indigenous’ Assamese woman was pushed into Bangladesh. A year later, she is still stuck there

  • Hindusthan Records: How the shepherd boy playing a flute brought music into Indian homes
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    Hindusthan Records: How the shepherd boy playing a flute brought music into Indian homes

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    The Muslim maestro at the heart of a Hindu temple tradition

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    Jeff Bezos says poetry without rhyming is easy – but it’s not that simple

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    Why Delhi University’s four-year undergraduate programme has left students in panic

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    High Court issues notice to Punjab on plea against meat ban in Amritsar’s walled city

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Aug 13, 2021 · 11:54 am
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At least 65 people have been killed in fires raging through northern Algeria. The flames have been stoked by sweltering temperatures that have also exacerbated fires in Greece and Italy https://t.co/PfOZmuAcxb pic.twitter.com/Xe7eLVF1cb

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 12, 2021

BREAKING: 18 soldiers dead, 13 injured in Algeria wildfires pic.twitter.com/L8TMZMLaOv

— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) August 10, 2021

At least 32 people have been killed in wildfires that erupted in Algeria, including 25 soldiers trying to save residents from the blazes, the country's officials have said.

Read more here: https://t.co/tFRFV8a4uU pic.twitter.com/9npoDhXPd3

— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 11, 2021

Firefighters were battling forest fires throughout the night from Tuesday to Wednesday in the region of Calabria and on the island of Sicily in southern #Italy. pic.twitter.com/M3J9RgIvoC

— ANews (@anews) August 11, 2021

As Sicily experiences what may be the highest temperatures ever recorded in Europe, wildfires are raging throughout southern Italy: https://t.co/MV4ox7ptNG pic.twitter.com/vA7Eu9PERe

— AccuWeather (@accuweather) August 12, 2021

Absolutely terrifying scenes from Greece where boats had to pick up 1000+ people from beaches on Evia after wildfires exploded there on Friday pic.twitter.com/l7RPR3iGmQ

— Brian Kahn (@blkahn) August 7, 2021

VIDEO: Wildfires in Greece leave livestock herds and beehives decimated. Nearly 100,000 hectares of forestry and farmland have burned in less than two weeks in Greece in the worst wave of wildfires since 2007, according to the European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS) pic.twitter.com/k7RnJiwZb8

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) August 12, 2021

SAVED FROM THE FLAMES: Cats, dogs and other animals are rescued from raging wildfires in Greece as volunteers battle to reunite them with owners displaced in the blaze. https://t.co/WcA05fBQb3 pic.twitter.com/D2SkAHpCZE

— ABC News (@ABC) August 10, 2021
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