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  • How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi
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    How the judiciary paved the way for the current spate of slum demolitions in Delhi

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    ‘Failures for having dreamed of a united India’: Diplomat KM Panikkar anticipated Partition in 1941

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    ‘Volcano’: Eunice de Souza’s poems invite deeper reflections despite their seemingly light surfaces

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    ‘Incorrect’ that India lost Rafale ‘jets’ during Operation Sindoor, says defence secretary

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    How Mumbai neglected its groundwater – only to become dependent on it

  • In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells
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    In photographs: Rebirth at the water’s edge – a journey into India’s stepwells

  • For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance
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    For Jane Austen and her heroines, walking was more than a pastime – it was a form of resistance

  • Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’
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    Rajkummar Rao on playing a gangster in ‘Maalik’: ‘He is driven by the quest for power’

  • A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world
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    A new book suggests ways for professionals to develop AI literacy to thrive in an AI-first world

  • Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times
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    Sunday book pick: ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ by JD Salinger, a novel I have read 11 times

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Watch: Torrential rains hit Japan, cause floods, landslide

The same scene is repeating itself around the world.

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Aug 16, 2021 · 12:31 pm
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One woman died and two people were missing after torrential rains touched off a landslide and engulfed at least two houses in western Japan, with rivers overflowing their banks as rain continued to pound the area https://t.co/Jdq1gl0xPw pic.twitter.com/pQrj1e1rd5

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 14, 2021

Japan is being hit by torrential rain. The Kamo river in Kyoto is dangerously high. #kyoto #kamogawa pic.twitter.com/taxvBZnDdA

— Learn Japanese Pod (@japanesepodcast) August 14, 2021

Japan issued its strongest emergency warning for unprecedented rains in Hiroshima prefecture as torrential downpours hit southern parts of the country.

Thousands have been urged to evacuate with heavy rain forecast to continue for several days over a large swathe of the country pic.twitter.com/hQQf94OAmO

— TRT World (@trtworld) August 13, 2021
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