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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

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    How the uncivility in India’s gated communities is the result of deliberate political design

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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

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    Why Indian cities flood within hours of rain

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    Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species

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    Bhubaneswar municipal official dragged out of office and assaulted, told to apologise to BJP leader

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    ‘Heads of State’ review: An agreeably preposterous geopolitical buddy comedy

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    Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy

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Watch: Drones are being used in Mumbai again to control mosquito-borne diseases

The municipal corporation had also experimented with the procedure in 2020.

Scroll Staff
Aug 27, 2021 · 02:12 pm
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The drone which has a 10 liters tank ensures that it can go up and spray the chemical especially in those areas where civic staff finds it difficult to reach.

— Richa Pinto (@richapintoi) August 27, 2021

First time ever in Mumbai, BMC uses drones to spray insecticides for prevention of malaria and dengue. Drone can carry over 25 liters of spray which will be used in areas which are not accessible by BMC workers pic.twitter.com/e2N3THuqhH

— Saurabh Vaktania (@saurabhv99) June 23, 2020
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