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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

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

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

  • 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

  • How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan
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    How Poonch residents took on godi media for defaming a Muslim cleric killed in shelling by Pakistan

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

  • Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’
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    Watch: Ranveer Singh plays a super-spy in Aditya Dhar’s 1970s-set thriller ‘Dhurandhar’

  • 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’

  • Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?
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    Silica gel: What’s in those little packs and is it toxic?

  • 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

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From the archives: On Meghalaya’s Statehood Day, here’s a look back at its journey

Fifty years ago, Meghalaya became a separate state, carved out of Assam, on January 21, 1972.

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Jan 21, 2022 · 11:35 am
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