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

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

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

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

  • Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India
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    Economic history: How the relationship between government and big business changed in India

  • Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform
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    Justice is not a startup: AI and technology can’t be a quick-fix for meaningful reform

  • For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with
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    For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with

  • Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

  • ‘Has he been deported?’: A UP Muslim family searches for man ‘detained’ in post-Pahalgam crackdown
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    ‘Has he been deported?’: A UP Muslim family searches for man ‘detained’ in post-Pahalgam crackdown

  • Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’
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    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

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Watch: Security forces detain protestors in Bhopal demanding OBC reservation in Panchayat polls

The protestors are demanding 27% reservation for OBCs.

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Jan 02, 2022 · 03:02 pm
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A demonstration was already announced in Bhopal today by the OBC Mahasabha
But don't know why Shivraj govt is abstaining from OBC class, why the govt has become bent on their suppression.#ReleaseChandrashekharAzad
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— Divya Ambedkar (@divyarnc51) January 2, 2022

Bhopal: Several #OBC leaders were detained ahead of their CM House gherao call in support of their demand of #OBCResrvation in Panchayat polls, on Sunday. Heavy police force has been deployed on all roads leading to CM House in Bhopal. pic.twitter.com/ddvcZBMxSO

— Free Press Journal (@fpjindia) January 2, 2022
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