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  • From the memoir: When two mountaineers were forced to turn back only 900 metres from Everest summit
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    From the memoir: When two mountaineers were forced to turn back only 900 metres from Everest summit

  • ‘Umrao Jaan’ director Muzaffar Ali: ‘The film has aged gracefully. It’s timeless but fresh too’
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    ‘Umrao Jaan’ director Muzaffar Ali: ‘The film has aged gracefully. It’s timeless but fresh too’

  • Don’t have time for 10,000 steps a day? Try ‘Japanese walking’
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    Don’t have time for 10,000 steps a day? Try ‘Japanese walking’

  • Interview: Now ‘everyone is afraid’ of speaking about the Great Nicobar project, says ornithologist
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    Interview: Now ‘everyone is afraid’ of speaking about the Great Nicobar project, says ornithologist

  • Ghaziabad ‘love jihad’ case: Woman alleges family holding her captive, wants to meet husband
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    Ghaziabad ‘love jihad’ case: Woman alleges family holding her captive, wants to meet husband

  • Air India crash: Divided Manipur unites in grief at death of two crew members – one Kuki, one Meitei
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    Air India crash: Divided Manipur unites in grief at death of two crew members – one Kuki, one Meitei

  • How not to save a forest: Lessons for Hyderabad from Chennai’s Guindy national park
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    How not to save a forest: Lessons for Hyderabad from Chennai’s Guindy national park

  • Vulture population dwindles despite drug ban
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    Vulture population dwindles despite drug ban

  • Bangladesh’s gamble with Islamist extremism
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    Bangladesh’s gamble with Islamist extremism

  • ‘Jarann’ review: Amruta Subhash is terrified, terrifying and terrific in horror thriller
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    ‘Jarann’ review: Amruta Subhash is terrified, terrifying and terrific in horror thriller

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Watch: BJP MLA Sudhir Mungantiwar makes queerphobic remarks in Maharashtra Assembly

The minister made the remarks while questioning the state government’s decision to appoint representatives from the LGBTQ community to the university board.

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Dec 31, 2021 · 12:01 pm
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Can someone help me understand the issue Sudhir Mungatiwar, BJP is raising about #LGBTQIA? Isn't that problematic.#MaharashtraAssembly
Check last 30-45min: https://t.co/pwX1ubrK8d@sahiljoshii @SanjayJog7 @kamleshsutar @Marathi_Rash pic.twitter.com/pBJeq4nOGP

— Kaiwant (@KAIWANT) December 28, 2021

Speaking against the bill Maharashtra senior BJP leader Sudhir Mungantiwar went on with a bizzare Queerphobic rant in the assembly. He equated Asexuality with Beastiality. This happened on the floor of the assembly. pic.twitter.com/56qoic7ow5

— Ritushree 🌈 (@QueerNaari) December 30, 2021
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