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    Long shunned as too explicit, an Indian music genre is rising from the margins

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    ‘I was astonished’: Valmik Thapar (1952–2025) on spotting one of his beloved tigers in the wild

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    Nature, who needs it? A writing adventure with Ranjit Hoskote at the Himalayan Writing Retreat

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    June fiction: Six new fiction titles by Indian writers that probe the unseen of everyday life

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    ‘Andhar Maya’ review: An ancestral home in the Konkan is overrun by ghosts and greed

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    This new cookbook has compiled heirloom recipes from every corner of India

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    Nagpur woman who crossed Line of Control from Kargil booked for espionage

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    Aristotle would scoff at Mark Zuckerberg’s suggestion that AI can solve the loneliness epidemic

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    From the archives: How Raj Khosla and Guru Dutt struck up an instant friendship

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Watch: Homes and streets washed away by mud after flash flood and landslide hit Quito, Ecuador

At least 24 people have died since the flooding began on Tuesday.

Scroll Staff
Feb 03, 2022 · 02:21 pm
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A #flood & a #landslide in #Ecuador, unfortunately, took the lives of at least 22 people. In the #LaGasca sector, authorities reported 75L of #rain per square meters, although #weatherforecast had predicted just 2L
Videos: local #eyewitnesses#WeWant2Live #LastWarofHumanity pic.twitter.com/KJriBP3zIA

— Global Crisis (@_GlobalCrisis_) February 1, 2022

#BREAKING: At least 11 dead and dozens missing after landslides hit #Quito, #Ecuador, according to local reports pic.twitter.com/DvgcrH2rQw

— Leonardo Feldman (@LeoFeldmanNEWS) February 1, 2022

Ecuador: Death toll from landslide rises in Quito#Ecuador pic.twitter.com/JS8qUieJqt

— Hashtag Elyoum (@Hashtagelyoum) February 1, 2022

Painful images yesterday in Quito Ecuador Flag of Ecuador heavy rains caused a reservoir to collapse causing a flood in the La Gasca sector. Unfortunately, 22 deaths and 47 injuries were reported. pic.twitter.com/vQw9DCaSNa

— worldnews24u (@worldnews24u) February 2, 2022

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT – Footage obtained by Reuters shows a man struggling to free himself from muddy waters rushing down a residential street after a landslide in Ecuador https://t.co/br5Geb7SYh pic.twitter.com/txGbLBAnzK

— Reuters (@Reuters) February 2, 2022
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