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  • UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances
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    UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

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

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

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

  • Maharashtra livestock commission asks animal markets to close during Bakri Eid week
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    Maharashtra livestock commission asks animal markets to close during Bakri Eid week

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

  • In Raj Khosla biography, a portrait of a director as a ‘gloriously flawed human being’
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    In Raj Khosla biography, a portrait of a director as a ‘gloriously flawed human being’

  • A new book sets out to trace the roots of modern languages back to one ancient tongue
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    A new book sets out to trace the roots of modern languages back to one ancient tongue

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

  • ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side
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    ‘Sister Midnight’ review: Radhika Apte is a blast as a rebellious housewife with a dark side

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Watch: Streets submerged, thousands evacuate homes as eastern Australia faces worst flood in decades

At least 14 people have died in the flooding that began a week ago.

Scroll Staff
Mar 03, 2022 · 04:00 pm
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Australia orders 200,000 to flee floods moving towards Sydneyhttps://t.co/Rfhepshv6B

📹 Residents in the town of Grafton on Australia's east coast return to properties after a deadly torrential downpour pic.twitter.com/PYPqRGu6c4

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 3, 2022

“I’ve never seen it like this. Ever.”

Residents of Lismore, New South Wales, are in shock after severe rainfall led to record-breaking floods in eastern Australia, per Reuters. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is calling it a “crisis situation.” pic.twitter.com/RoiR50SiUm

— CNN (@CNN) February 28, 2022

VIDEO: Parts of Grafton in Australia's New South Wales are under water following a week-long "rain bomb".
Deadly floods have swept Australia's east coast, stranding people on bridges and rooftops and forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes pic.twitter.com/4a8vXnmSX8

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 2, 2022
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  1. UK’s new rules for international students will worsen university finances

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

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